Could Hamilton end up at Ferrari?
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this isnt a troll post, or one of those designed to stir up the fanboys, its a serious musing that i thought id throw open to the PH Massive.
with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
Gaz. said:
If he did go I'd have thought it would be to replace Alonso instead of partner him. I'm not sure why but I get the impression that Felipe will be there for quite a few more seasons yet.
Agreed. Fellipe will end up playing the dutiful Barrichello to Alonso's Schumacher for a while. I don't think Lewis will go there for various reasons, I think as Ferrari now have a junior programme in place they will bring someone through from there but also (and without wishing to offend anyone) I wonder how the Tifosi would take to a 'slightly black' driver given most southern European nations tolerance of some racial minorities.
Rumour is that Kubica will be replacing Massa at Ferrari within the next year or so.
In the short to medium term, what are the chances of:
Räikkönen to replace Webber at Red Bull?
Vettel to move to Mercedes?
Rosberg to McLaren?
If the above happened, given Alonso seems very much at home at Ferrari, why would McLaren want to lose Hamilton (who would replace him?), and where would Hamilton feel he stood more of a chance of winning?
In the short to medium term, what are the chances of:
Räikkönen to replace Webber at Red Bull?
Vettel to move to Mercedes?
Rosberg to McLaren?
If the above happened, given Alonso seems very much at home at Ferrari, why would McLaren want to lose Hamilton (who would replace him?), and where would Hamilton feel he stood more of a chance of winning?
Andy M said:
Rumour is that Kubica will be replacing Massa at Ferrari within the next year or so.
In the short to medium term, what are the chances of:
Räikkönen to replace Webber at Red Bull?
Vettel to move to Mercedes?
Rosberg to McLaren?
If the above happened, given Alonso seems very much at home at Ferrari, why would McLaren want to lose Hamilton (who would replace him?), and where would Hamilton feel he stood more of a chance of winning?
All possible, some more likely than others. Vettel to Mercedes is highly likely, probably to partner Rosberg and Kimi to Red Bull is far from unlikely. Nico to McLaren I think is less likely, I wonder if MSC will take a step back and give up his race seat at the end of the year.In the short to medium term, what are the chances of:
Räikkönen to replace Webber at Red Bull?
Vettel to move to Mercedes?
Rosberg to McLaren?
If the above happened, given Alonso seems very much at home at Ferrari, why would McLaren want to lose Hamilton (who would replace him?), and where would Hamilton feel he stood more of a chance of winning?
CastrolCraig. said:
this isnt a troll post, or one of those designed to stir up the fanboys, its a serious musing that i thought id throw open to the PH Massive.
with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
Just one point, "we" are not all agreed... except when their cars are good enough... with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
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My crystal ball has Kubica at ferrari, Hamilton staying at Macca, Rosberg going to Macca, Schumi retiring after finshing 7th this year, Vettel going to Merc and Di Resta going there too as Norb loves him and he will get a race drive at some point this season and do well. Button returning to Williams, Massa going back to Sauber.
I do NOT see the benefit of Hamilton going to Ferrari and Vodafone will match if not beat any money laid on the table by Ferrari and Altria ( Marlboro ) who are looking to leave F1 and 'sell on' the spaces on that car.
Altria (Marlboro) own the whole Ferrari and the sell on space that they do not use and this includes the drivers and their salaries. Hamilton has no connection with the associated clients where at Mclaren he has long term appeal.
There are some exciting new drivers coming along and many with serious money so expect some of the senior drivers to be gone within the next two seasons.
Altria (Marlboro) own the whole Ferrari and the sell on space that they do not use and this includes the drivers and their salaries. Hamilton has no connection with the associated clients where at Mclaren he has long term appeal.
There are some exciting new drivers coming along and many with serious money so expect some of the senior drivers to be gone within the next two seasons.
I don't think it will happen becuase for me Alonso hasn't yet shown he is superior to Massa. He probably will but for now it's too close to call.
Assuming he does though, why would Ferrari get rid of a great number two? No team really wants two number ones, they all want the Schumi/Barich or Mika/David scenario.
Assuming he does though, why would Ferrari get rid of a great number two? No team really wants two number ones, they all want the Schumi/Barich or Mika/David scenario.
MGJohn said:
CastrolCraig. said:
this isnt a troll post, or one of those designed to stir up the fanboys, its a serious musing that i thought id throw open to the PH Massive.
with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
Just one point, "we" are not all agreed... except when their cars are good enough... with alonso looking to have the measure of massa, and massa yet to win a world title, Ferrari may yet look to get another driver in of the world class variety, also factor into that mclaren looked to have gone off the boil design wise the past couple of season, plus the whole spy-gate/lie-gate saga's and he may look elsewhere?
i think we can all agree in here that in pure speed terms there are 2 drivers head and shoulders above the rest, alonso and hamilton, with alonso tied in at ferrari, obviously all the top teams will theoretically be looking at hamilton, but where would he realistically leave mclaren for, ferrari maybe, but mercedes? cant see it, red bull, no way....
anyway, i throw the thread open to the PH Oracle's
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Edited by CastrolCraig. on Wednesday 17th March 08:07
Syndrome said:
We'd have to go through the Alonso / Massa, Alonso / Vettel iterations first. By the time Hamilton got a look in at Ferrari everyone will have realised how s
t he really is and he'll be long gone hopefully.
if you read at the top of this thread id does say not for fanboys..or trolls.t he really is and he'll be long gone hopefully.oh yeah, hamiltons s
t, really st, doesnt even deserve and f1 car.....
Edited by CastrolCraig. on Wednesday 17th March 08:17
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