2017 Teams and Driver predictions
Discussion
Yes, it's meant to say 2017.
Just for a bit of fun, where do you think everyone will end up next year?
As far as i know the only drivers who already have contracts til the end of 2017 are: Hamilton, Vettel, Hulkenberg and Alonso.
I think it's pretty obvious what's going to happen at Mercedes.
Ferrari will take a renewed interest in Perez following a strong 2016 campaign from him.
Red Bull will promote both of their juniors for the first time deciding that their previous drivers will take the blame for another below-par season.
Rosberg will reunite with his former team (can't really see him fitting in anywhere else) and will be joined by Ricciardo because he's a Williams-type driver.
Alex Lynn in at Force India, don't know much about him but other people seem to talk about him a lot!
Toro Rosso's new junior programme drivers will be Pierre Gasley (FRA) and they'll announce during 2016 that they're also backing Luca Ghiotto which will enable them to promote the Italian to F1.
Alonso will buy himself out of his Honda contract and go back to Renault who will make more progress in 2016 than Honda, Grosjean will be welcomed back with open arms too.
Bottas will jump to McLaren as all his other options dry up, Vandoorne's another obvious addition.
Sauber will become Honda's second supplied team, Ericsson will bring the lion's share of funding and against all odds Maldonado's family will find a few million down the back of the sofa.
Haas will be keen to showcase Russian-American friendship by having a driver from each nation in the team.
Nasr will become a relatively talented pay-driver for Manor while Haryanto will plod on riding the river of cash his associates provide the team with.
Massa, Raikkonen and Button will all retire at the end of 2016.
And then in 12 months time we can see how wrong we all were.
Just for a bit of fun, where do you think everyone will end up next year?
As far as i know the only drivers who already have contracts til the end of 2017 are: Hamilton, Vettel, Hulkenberg and Alonso.
Mercedes = Hamilton - Wehrlein
Ferrari = Vettel - Perez
Red Bull TAG = Verstappen - Sainz
Williams Mercedes = Rosberg - Ricciardo
Force India Mercedes= Hulkenberg - Lynn
Toro Rosso Ferrari = Gasly - Ghiotto
Renault = Alonso - Grosjean
McLaren Honda = Bottas - Vandoorne
Sauber Honda = Ericsson - Maldonado
Haas Ferrari = Kvyat - Rossi
Manor Mercedes = Nasr - Haryanto
I think it's pretty obvious what's going to happen at Mercedes.
Ferrari will take a renewed interest in Perez following a strong 2016 campaign from him.
Red Bull will promote both of their juniors for the first time deciding that their previous drivers will take the blame for another below-par season.
Rosberg will reunite with his former team (can't really see him fitting in anywhere else) and will be joined by Ricciardo because he's a Williams-type driver.
Alex Lynn in at Force India, don't know much about him but other people seem to talk about him a lot!
Toro Rosso's new junior programme drivers will be Pierre Gasley (FRA) and they'll announce during 2016 that they're also backing Luca Ghiotto which will enable them to promote the Italian to F1.
Alonso will buy himself out of his Honda contract and go back to Renault who will make more progress in 2016 than Honda, Grosjean will be welcomed back with open arms too.
Bottas will jump to McLaren as all his other options dry up, Vandoorne's another obvious addition.
Sauber will become Honda's second supplied team, Ericsson will bring the lion's share of funding and against all odds Maldonado's family will find a few million down the back of the sofa.
Haas will be keen to showcase Russian-American friendship by having a driver from each nation in the team.
Nasr will become a relatively talented pay-driver for Manor while Haryanto will plod on riding the river of cash his associates provide the team with.
Massa, Raikkonen and Button will all retire at the end of 2016.
And then in 12 months time we can see how wrong we all were.
btcc123 said:
I think it is to early to predict 2017,for example I believe that in your 2017 driver line up more than 75% of drivers will not be in the teams you think they will.
It may be better to concentrate on 2016 and make predictions for 2017 sometime near the end of the 2016 season.
It's just for fun! At this stage there's no possible way of knowing outside of those already with contracts, so it's a shot in the dark for most. A guess, or a fantasy or whatever. It may be better to concentrate on 2016 and make predictions for 2017 sometime near the end of the 2016 season.
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