The Official F1 2020 silly season *contains speculation*

The Official F1 2020 silly season *contains speculation*

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ajprice

27,484 posts

196 months

Sunday 14th July 2019
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Well today EJ announced DC as the next BRDC President, which is true, but it surprised DC because he hadn't told EJ anything about it hehe

Lebo44

120 posts

60 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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Latest rumours:

Ocon --> Racing Point (Toto Wolff agreement with Stroll)
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]


Vaud

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50,503 posts

155 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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Lebo44 said:
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]
Grosjean has had his time, I think.

HustleRussell

24,701 posts

160 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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Lebo44 said:
Latest rumours:

Ocon --> Racing Point (Toto Wolff agreement with Stroll)
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]

I'd be happy with that, however I can't imagine HAAS' carbon fibre expenditure is going to reduce with a Magnussen Perez line-up!

I reckon the loser there (apart from Grosjean, obviously) is probably Racing Point, who end up with a relatively inexperienced driver pairing.

enjo

339 posts

138 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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Lebo44 said:
Latest rumours:

Ocon --> Racing Point (Toto Wolff agreement with Stroll)
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]
Rumour going around of Grosjean to Formula E,,,

thegreenhell

15,346 posts

219 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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enjo said:
Lebo44 said:
Latest rumours:

Ocon --> Racing Point (Toto Wolff agreement with Stroll)
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]
Rumour going around of Grosjean to Formula E,,,
He should go to Indycar so he can start blaming Ericsson for his mistakes again.

cuprabob

14,627 posts

214 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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enjo said:
Rumour going around of Grosjean to Formula E,,,
He'll certainly be more at home there smile

DanielSan

18,793 posts

167 months

Monday 15th July 2019
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enjo said:
Lebo44 said:
Latest rumours:

Ocon --> Racing Point (Toto Wolff agreement with Stroll)
Perez --> Haas (he was already linked with Haas last year) [Grosjean out?]
Rumour going around of Grosjean to Formula E,,,
They love a crash so he'll be right at home.

tobinen

9,227 posts

145 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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I'll be glad to see that back of GRO if true.

MAG & PER would be OK I think. Whoever is MAG's team mate will be in for some rough and tumble

HTP99

22,552 posts

140 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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Grosjean is a funny one, he came in and was pretty st, making stupid mistakes etc and then he came good for a while and seemed promising and now he's just a joke, he brings nothing apart from his bloody moaning and whining over the radio about anything which is just so tiresome.

I won't be sorry to see him (hopefully) go at the end of the season.

StevieBee

12,890 posts

255 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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HTP99 said:
Grosjean is a funny one
He's been in F1 for 10 years now. I'm struggling to think of another driver that has been there for that long delivering as little as he has.

Andrea di Cesaris springs to mind but he carried around the Marlboro millions - I don't think that RG brings any sponsor money to the party.

Teddy Lop

8,294 posts

67 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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HTP99 said:
Grosjean is a funny one, he came in and was pretty st, making stupid mistakes etc and then he came good for a while and seemed promising and now he's just a joke, he brings nothing apart from his bloody moaning and whining over the radio about anything which is just so tiresome.

I won't be sorry to see him (hopefully) go at the end of the season.
he's had moments of brilliance, often just when he desperately needs them, but never managed to sort out his error prone erraticness to be good at f1

As pointed out f-e should be ideal. We watched the NY race last night, I'm surprised they don't just slap huge rubber bands round them, there was a higher standard of driving on the woodlands campsite dodgems.

Vaud

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50,503 posts

155 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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StevieBee said:
He's been in F1 for 10 years now. I'm struggling to think of another driver that has been there for that long delivering as little as he has.
Trulli? 252 starts / Championships 0 / Wins 1 / Podiums 11
Badoer
Piercarlo Ghinzani (eight years in Formula 1, with more than one hundred races = 2 points)

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 16th July 2019
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StevieBee said:
He's been in F1 for 10 years now. I'm struggling to think of another driver that has been there for that long delivering as little as he has.

Andrea di Cesaris springs to mind but he carried around the Marlboro millions - I don't think that RG brings any sponsor money to the party.
Grosjean did first appear in F1 back in 2009 but that was only from round 11 to 17 after Renault got rid of Nelson Jnr.

2012 was his first full F1 season where he was soundly thrashed by Kimi. Again he was outscored by Kimi in 2013 even when Kimi left the team early.

He has outperformed his teammate in following years but Magnussen has got the better of him in 2018 and so far in 2019.

His past results are not that bad but he teammates since Kimi have not been on a good level IMO.

2014

Grosjean 8 points

Maldonado 2

2015

Grojean 51

Maldonado 27

2016

Grosjean 29

Gutiérrez 0

2017

Grosjean 28

Magnussen 19

2018

Grosjean 37

Magnussen 56

2019 - 10 rounds so far

Grosjean 2

Magnussen 14


exelero

1,890 posts

89 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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There are rumours that Ocon will replace GRO by the german GP

Deesee

8,421 posts

83 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Red Bull defending Seb in AutoBild today, I think this move might just happen...

HTP99

22,552 posts

140 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Deesee said:
Red Bull defending Seb in AutoBild today, I think this move might just happen...
What move; Vettel to Red Bull?

Deesee

8,421 posts

83 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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HTP99 said:
Deesee said:
Red Bull defending Seb in AutoBild today, I think this move might just happen...
What move; Vettel to Red Bull?
Yep

HTP99

22,552 posts

140 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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Deesee said:
HTP99 said:
Deesee said:
Red Bull defending Seb in AutoBild today, I think this move might just happen...
What move; Vettel to Red Bull?
Yep
Can't see it myself, Ricciardo handed him his arse and then subsequently Verstappen was none to shabby when it came to being Ricciardo's team mate; Verstappen would destroy Vettel.

Big Nanas

1,349 posts

84 months

Thursday 18th July 2019
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HTP99 said:
Can't see it myself, Ricciardo handed him his arse and then subsequently Verstappen was none to shabby when it came to being Ricciardo's team mate; Verstappen would destroy Vettel.
Vettle wouldn’t be the clear number one driver, so I can’t see it either.