F1 Team 'developed' drivers
Discussion
Hopefully someone with some knowledge can settle a pub discussion.
McLaren had Hamilton, Red Bull have Vettel. Paid for them for a decade plus in both cases.
How come, in the instance of Perez, who I believe is a Ferrari developed and paid for driver, is he driving for McLaren next year? Di Resta was Mercedes back and driven in DTM prior to F1, but (potentially) mooted for a Ferrari drive in the future.
Why are these financiers not keeping hold of their commodity in the same way as Hamilton and Vettel have been?
McLaren had Hamilton, Red Bull have Vettel. Paid for them for a decade plus in both cases.
How come, in the instance of Perez, who I believe is a Ferrari developed and paid for driver, is he driving for McLaren next year? Di Resta was Mercedes back and driven in DTM prior to F1, but (potentially) mooted for a Ferrari drive in the future.
Why are these financiers not keeping hold of their commodity in the same way as Hamilton and Vettel have been?
2lefthands said:
How come, in the instance of Perez, who I believe is a Ferrari developed and paid for driver, is he driving for McLaren next year?
Perez has been sponsored by Telmex (ie. Carlos Slim) since at least 2004. His entry into the Ferrari Driver Academy was only in 2010. So he has more owing to Telmex than to Ferrari.He's probably got an option for a Ferrari contract at some point in the future, most likely conditional upon performance targets. But Ferrari doesn't own him.
By contrast, Vettel was in the Red Bull Junior Team since 2002. Hamilton was in the Mercedes Young Driver program since 1998. Compared to these two, Perez's two-year association with Ferrari seems very minor.
Jungles said:
2lefthands said:
How come, in the instance of Perez, who I believe is a Ferrari developed and paid for driver, is he driving for McLaren next year?
Perez has been sponsored by Telmex (ie. Carlos Slim) since at least 2004. His entry into the Ferrari Driver Academy was only in 2010. So he has more owing to Telmex than to Ferrari.He's probably got an option for a Ferrari contract at some point in the future, most likely conditional upon performance targets. But Ferrari doesn't own him.
By contrast, Vettel was in the Red Bull Junior Team since 2002. Hamilton was in the Mercedes Young Driver program since 1998. Compared to these two, Perez's two-year association with Ferrari seems very minor.
Thought it was much longer an association the way it was mentioned when he came into F1.
Gravity Motorsport (Genii Capital) have backed a variety of drives over the years with their current top man being Romain Grosjean. There are a variety of organisations that take stakes in drivers across a variety of championships and should a driver become successful then these companies get their investment back. However for every one who earns a decent salary, twenty don't and there lies the issue. Also once a driver has paid back his debt then usually they vanish off after a bigger salary and drive 'advised' by a variety of characters, few of them with any motorsport experience or background.
Most of the F1 grid today have had backing from a variety of 'investors' but few have been managed by a 'Team' from a young age, ie Hamilton, or by a manufacturer, ie Di Resta.
Most of the F1 grid today have had backing from a variety of 'investors' but few have been managed by a 'Team' from a young age, ie Hamilton, or by a manufacturer, ie Di Resta.
Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff