Rosberg confirms Williams exit...
Rosberg confirms Williams exit...
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Ralf Rockefeller

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1,597 posts

206 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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belleair302

7,008 posts

236 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.

Mini1275

11,098 posts

211 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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belleair302 said:
More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.
yes

plg101

4,106 posts

239 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Mini1275 said:
belleair302 said:
More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.
yes
Better than Piquet Jr... at least Rosberg can be fast on a good day...

Wanta996Gotta

5,622 posts

236 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Its another interesting battle for next year. I look forward to see how he gets on against Button in the Brawn.

AlexS

1,593 posts

261 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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plg101 said:
Mini1275 said:
belleair302 said:
More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.
yes
Better than Piquet Jr... at least Rosberg can be fast on a good day...
He was good enough that McLaren tried to buy him out of his Williams contract early, and Frank refused.

130R

7,080 posts

235 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Mini1275 said:
belleair302 said:
More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.
yes
Disagree completely, Rosberg is a top driver and could be world champion in a decent car.

belleair302

7,008 posts

236 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Any half decent driver could be a World Champion in a decent car! Just look at Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton at the start of the season.

As is always stated, a decent car will flatter a poor driver, a decent car and a decent driver is unbetable and a poor car and a decent driver will crush the ability of even the best driver.

80% car and team.....20% driver.

Iain328

15,006 posts

235 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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130R said:
Mini1275 said:
belleair302 said:
More hype than talent. Another driver managed by his Father who believes his son MUST be the best F1 driver ever.
yes
Disagree completely, Rosberg is a top driver and could be world champion in a decent car.
Indeed, and we will find out next year how good he really is. On occassions he has been very quick, sometimes nowhere - that says to me that while he can drive the engineering/feedback side is not as good as it might be.

Also, don't recall Rosberg Snr ever getting involved in the way that NP has....



Edited by Iain328 on Thursday 29th October 17:59

RedexR

1,861 posts

243 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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On quite a few occasions in qualifying this year Rosberg has shown his true pace , Frank has always said he hoped they could give him a car that would match his talent and will be sad to lose him. I think we can take FWs judgement on this one , if I was in charge of McLaren I would have snapped him up rather than the unpredictable and mega-salary Raikonnen.

_dobbo_

14,619 posts

277 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Rosberg has been one of the drivers of the year for me, I can't wait to see what he can do in a decent car... Assuming the Brawn is decent next year!


Scuffers

20,887 posts

303 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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_dobbo_ said:
Rosberg has been one of the drivers of the year for me, I can't wait to see what he can do in a decent car... Assuming the Brawn is decent next year!
would like to have seen in at Mclaren with Lewis....

Iain328

15,006 posts

235 months

Thursday 29th October 2009
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Scuffers said:
_dobbo_ said:
Rosberg has been one of the drivers of the year for me, I can't wait to see what he can do in a decent car... Assuming the Brawn is decent next year!
would like to have seen in at Mclaren with Lewis....
I really want to see Kimi in the McLaren. He's been one of the drivers of the year for me - that Ferrari is clearly an utter pig to drive & yet he's strung together some pretty good results with it.

....and not much the Hamiltons can do will faze him either.

El Guapo

2,787 posts

219 months

Friday 30th October 2009
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If I were Ross Brawn I would not have swapped Barrichello for Rosberg unless Mercedes made me an offer I couldn´t refuse.
IMO Rosberg shows occasional pace in qually but has never done much to impress me over a race distance.

chevronb37

6,472 posts

215 months

Friday 30th October 2009
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Rosberg has been consistent and fast all year. He will give Jenson a very hard time if he's off to Brawn.

Redlake27

2,255 posts

273 months

Friday 30th October 2009
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It is a good move to go to Brawn.

Brawn need to plan for their future. Whilst Button and Barrichello might be top of the table this year, if I was Ross Brawn I'd be worried that it was a bit of a cosy partnership. Whilst they have both had the 'year of their lives', there are doubts about their performances when the car wasn't to their liking this year.

An Alonso-type star in the team could have been disruptive, a Heidfeld or Trulli type would give them more of the same, but an ambitious driver like Nico might just keep Jenson on his toes.