The Official F1 2023 silly season *contains speculation*

The Official F1 2023 silly season *contains speculation*

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Mister V

1,106 posts

215 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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glazbagun said:
Is Kvyat still on the go? I can't see AT giving up Gasly as he's all thats saving the team from embarrassment.
Kyvat was racing in NASCAR last week, He won't be back in F1 anytime soon on account of being a Rusky.

MG CHRIS

9,287 posts

182 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Pflanzgarten said:
Ian974 said:
Pflanzgarten said:
For all their bluster, what has the Red Bull Young Driver Program ever delivered? Sebastian Vettel and a lot of people sacked.
While it has given them Seb and Max,
It hasn’t, they poached Max from Mercedes by offering him a route straight into F1 with Torro Rosso and promotion to the big team if it went well.
Wasn't seb more BMW junior driver first he did his first race for BMW in 07.

DanielSan

19,429 posts

182 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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MG CHRIS said:
Wasn't seb more BMW junior driver first he did his first race for BMW in 07.
He was indeed.

Stockman14

263 posts

85 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Looks like the DR out the door confirmation is pending. More and more people reporting it

thegreenhell

19,401 posts

234 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Bradgate said:
They could hire Gasly. He’s French, he’s a GP winner and he has proved himself since being back at AT.
Two Frenchmen who hate each other in the same French team. What could possibly go wrong?

super7

2,110 posts

223 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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glazbagun said:
Bradgate said:
HustleRussell said:
All the other drivers in the frame for the Alpine drive are so uninspiring- Zhou, Schumacher, Drugovich... They have to go for Ricciardo surely.
They could hire Gasly. He’s French, he’s a GP winner and he has proved himself since being back at AT.
Is Kvyat still on the go? I can't see AT giving up Gasly as he's all thats saving the team from embarrassment.
Drugovich? After 3 seasons in F2 to get to the top of the tables..... and Logan Sargeant and Pouchair are catchinh up quickly!!!!

Zhou, Schumacher and Drugovich are all slow burners..... they don't inspire like Russell, LeClerc and Piastri.... all won F2 & F3 in rookie years!!

Tsunoda needs to go aswell.....

ch37

10,642 posts

236 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Stockman14 said:
Looks like the DR out the door confirmation is pending. More and more people reporting it
Yes the majority of those close to F1 have said it's done now.

Henry Fiddleton

1,593 posts

192 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Surprised Nyck De Vries isn't being mentioned more, given that Toto said he might have to off load him as he can't get him a drive?

Ian974

3,090 posts

214 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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MG CHRIS said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Ian974 said:
Pflanzgarten said:
For all their bluster, what has the Red Bull Young Driver Program ever delivered? Sebastian Vettel and a lot of people sacked.
While it has given them Seb and Max,
It hasn’t, they poached Max from Mercedes by offering him a route straight into F1 with Torro Rosso and promotion to the big team if it went well.
Wasn't seb more BMW junior driver first he did his first race for BMW in 07.
Fair cop, I'd missed all of that. Makes their driver development program look even more questionable!

Sandpit Steve

12,716 posts

89 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Henry Fiddleton said:
Surprised Nyck De Vries isn't being mentioned more, given that Toto said he might have to off load him as he can't get him a drive?
To Williams in place of Latifi? Doesn’t bring as much money, but doesn’t crash as many cars!

carl_w

9,855 posts

273 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Sandpit Steve said:
To Williams in place of Latifi? Doesn’t bring as much money, but doesn’t crash as many cars!
I don't think Williams needs money now as they have Dorliton.

glazbagun

14,828 posts

212 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Mister V said:
glazbagun said:
Is Kvyat still on the go? I can't see AT giving up Gasly as he's all thats saving the team from embarrassment.
Kyvat was racing in NASCAR last week, He won't be back in F1 anytime soon on account of being a Rusky.
Mazepin was out because his sponsor was Russian and HAAS didn't want a Russian Flag on the car. When the sponsorship dried up, his driving "talent" alone wasn't enough to keep him in the seat.

I'm pretty sure You could pay Kvyat and get a better result than the bottom names out there right now, and possibly even Danny Ric if he's lost his way.

kambites

69,450 posts

236 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Sandpit Steve said:
Henry Fiddleton said:
Surprised Nyck De Vries isn't being mentioned more, given that Toto said he might have to off load him as he can't get him a drive?
To Williams in place of Latifi? Doesn’t bring as much money, but doesn’t crash as many cars!
I'd like to see him get a chance in F1. I don't think he's Hamilton/Russell/Verstappen calibre but I think he'd probably be at least average on the current grid.

ralphrj

3,803 posts

206 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Ian974 said:
MG CHRIS said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Ian974 said:
Pflanzgarten said:
For all their bluster, what has the Red Bull Young Driver Program ever delivered? Sebastian Vettel and a lot of people sacked.
While it has given them Seb and Max,
It hasn’t, they poached Max from Mercedes by offering him a route straight into F1 with Torro Rosso and promotion to the big team if it went well.
Wasn't seb more BMW junior driver first he did his first race for BMW in 07.
Fair cop, I'd missed all of that. Makes their driver development program look even more questionable!
He was already part of a Red Bull program long before he made his debut at BMW Sauber. I can recall it being reported that following the US GP BMW tried to sign Vettel full time but Helmut Marko was absolutely clear that it was not something they would even consider.

Red Bull signed Vettel to a young driver program when he was 11/12 and sponsored him when he was racing go karts.


HustleRussell

25,571 posts

175 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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Henry Fiddleton said:
Surprised Nyck De Vries isn't being mentioned more, given that Toto said he might have to off load him as he can't get him a drive?
F1 teams have tested him, he's a bit 'meh'. Logan Sergeant a more interesting proposition for Williams.

Deesee

8,509 posts

98 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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biglaugh

tight fart

3,225 posts

288 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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I spoke to someone I know at McLaren yesterday and he didn’t have a clue what was going on. Tonight he said Dans out and pasta is in. Have to wait and see if he’s correct.

Pflanzgarten

5,611 posts

40 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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ralphrj said:
Ian974 said:
MG CHRIS said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Ian974 said:
Pflanzgarten said:
For all their bluster, what has the Red Bull Young Driver Program ever delivered? Sebastian Vettel and a lot of people sacked.
While it has given them Seb and Max,
It hasn’t, they poached Max from Mercedes by offering him a route straight into F1 with Torro Rosso and promotion to the big team if it went well.
Wasn't seb more BMW junior driver first he did his first race for BMW in 07.
Fair cop, I'd missed all of that. Makes their driver development program look even more questionable!
He was already part of a Red Bull program long before he made his debut at BMW Sauber. I can recall it being reported that following the US GP BMW tried to sign Vettel full time but Helmut Marko was absolutely clear that it was not something they would even consider.

Red Bull signed Vettel to a young driver program when he was 11/12 and sponsored him when he was racing go karts.

Correct on Seb, he was sponsored by Red Bull early doors and his position in BMW was on their behalf.

Max most certainly want however.

I do sometimes wonder if the Seb story was the main reason for the eventual driver progress program at Red Bull but it simply hasn’t worked with anyone else.

I think it’s a flawed system anyway.

TheDeuce

28,160 posts

81 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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CoolHands said:
super7 said:
Ricciardo out of McLaren and Piastri is in eek
woop! fia confirmed contract. I presume that means it's legit.

https://twitter.com/formularacers_/status/15554721...
Seems likely combined with Piastri himself stating "I will not be driving for Alpine next year". That's fairly unequivocal.

DR to Williams? rofl (although not to much laughing, it could be his only choice!?)


TheDeuce

28,160 posts

81 months

Friday 5th August 2022
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jsf said:
Pflanzgarten said:
Correct on Seb, he was sponsored by Red Bull early doors and his position in BMW was on their behalf.

Max most certainly want however.

I do sometimes wonder if the Seb story was the main reason for the eventual driver progress program at Red Bull but it simply hasn’t worked with anyone else.

I think it’s a flawed system anyway.
Having a toxic personality running it doesn't help.
Easily the most distasteful aspect of the RB brand. Other than the drinks, of course.