The Official 2018 F1 Silly Season *Contains Speculation*
Discussion
thegreenhell said:
I think McLaren, Honda and Alonso will still be together next year.
+1Like it or not, Ron Dennis was right when he said you need works effort to win the championship.
If I were Mclaren, there's little appeal in being a customer team of Ferrari or Renault in order to finish 6th.
I would continue with Honda with some seriously big penalty clauses built in for non-performance.
ZX10R NIN said:
Maserati will be used in Formula E
So Sauber will have an Alfa unit along with Mclaren
It's more likely that Alfa will be in Formula E but not until 2019. Ferrari are very likely to use Maserati to brand customer engines in F1. McLaren are not included in that programme.So Sauber will have an Alfa unit along with Mclaren
rubystone said:
It's more likely that Alfa will be in Formula E but not until 2019. Ferrari are very likely to use Maserati to brand customer engines in F1. McLaren are not included in that programme.
Interesting; did you see Marchionne interviewed on Sky on Sunday? He said Fiat would not be used for F-E but referenced other brands and mentioned Maserati.... certainly looks like they are going there. Fits with bringing F1 to being less engine tech and more racing "show" for Liberty. Time will tell...Muzzer79 said:
+1
Like it or not, Ron Dennis was right when he said you need works effort to win the championship.
If I were Mclaren, there's little appeal in being a customer team of Ferrari or Renault in order to finish 6th.
I would continue with Honda with some seriously big penalty clauses built in for non-performance.
How big is a seriously big penalty clause, and how do you suggest they enforce it against a supplier/sponser whos already bankrolling the team by all accounts in excess of 150M a year?Like it or not, Ron Dennis was right when he said you need works effort to win the championship.
If I were Mclaren, there's little appeal in being a customer team of Ferrari or Renault in order to finish 6th.
I would continue with Honda with some seriously big penalty clauses built in for non-performance.
suffolk009 said:
My favourite two rumours on the internet at the moment are:
1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
From what I can gather, both Ferrari and Vettel are at loggerheads regarding a new contract; Vettel wants 1 year as Hamilton's Mercedes contract is up next year, however Ferrari want a multi year contract. 1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
suffolk009 said:
My favourite two rumours on the internet at the moment are:
1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
I guess both are reasonably feasible, Vettel doesn't want to be tied into an unbreakable long deal with Ferrari unless he knows they're going give him a car to win the title. If he walks away who can they replace him with for 2018? There isn't really a potential championship winner on the market (they won't have Alonso back) so Seb holds all the cards and feels he can push for a shorter deal.1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
Force India has been for sale for ages, with both owners in (or approaching) prison they will have to sell soon and the price is likely to come down as it becomes more of a 'distress' sale. Stroll Snr is a very astute businessman so buying the most efficiently run team in the midfield at a knockdown price makes some sense. However, it could just as easily be the less reputable sections of the media jumping to a fairly obvious but quite untrue conclusion in order to drive web traffic during the summer shutdown when there's no real news...
suffolk009 said:
My favourite two rumours on the internet at the moment are:
1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
1) Presumably a 3 year deal at $40m/yr? If he wins the title, they'll pay him $40m for a year. Of course, if he wins the title, maybe he'll be persuaded to stay for at least another year until 2019. 1/ Vettel has truned down $120,000,000 deal to stay at Ferrari, insisting instead on a one year only contract.
2/ Lance Stroll will be moving to Force India, cos daddy's going to buy the team for him.
2) I can see that happening. It makes me slightly sad. But it's happened at Sauber.
Jez
There's an article on Motorsport.com suggesting that there's a chance of Matsus
ta ending up in a Torro Rosso as part of the Honda engine discussions. He'd need to finish 3rd in GP2 to get a Superlicense which is a tough ask though.
It does of course beg the question of exactly what Helmut Marko was doing when Dani Kvyat walked in on him in order to guarantee himself another new contract 😂
ta ending up in a Torro Rosso as part of the Honda engine discussions. He'd need to finish 3rd in GP2 to get a Superlicense which is a tough ask though. It does of course beg the question of exactly what Helmut Marko was doing when Dani Kvyat walked in on him in order to guarantee himself another new contract 😂
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