The Official F1 2025 silly season *contains speculation*
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ajprice said:
This is a good result for him - I'd imagine being around the Ferrari F1 team will be fairly exciting in 2025.Petrus1983 said:
This is a good result for him - I'd imagine being around the Ferrari F1 team will be fairly exciting in 2025.
Makes sense.history with Ferrari
history with Fred
knows the powertrain modes
experience at all the tracks on the calendar
likey cheap and potential bring a sponsor
andburg said:
Petrus1983 said:
This is a good result for him - I'd imagine being around the Ferrari F1 team will be fairly exciting in 2025.
Makes sense.history with Ferrari
history with Fred
knows the powertrain modes
experience at all the tracks on the calendar
likey cheap and potential bring a sponsor
Hustle_ said:
Ferrari have already put Bearman in the car in Saudi Arabia last year when Sainz had his appendix out. Now that Bearman's a HAAS driver I'd expect him to get the call up with somebody else deputising for him at HAAS.
Yep, Bearman in the Ferrari and Zhou into the Haas would make sense (I don't know the Haas reserves) unless they've created a car that's given Ollie a chance and good points they don't want to risk...Rotary Potato said:
It'll be interesting to see who gets the nod if Lewis or Charles is unable to race.
My money would be on someone other than Zhou (maybe whichever HAAS driver is doing better at the time, similar to Merc with Russell when Lewis had Covid), but you never know.
Definitely Bearman. He's in the wings at Haas and Ferrari would be more than keen to give him a little extra seat time in their car if they lost one of their main drivers.My money would be on someone other than Zhou (maybe whichever HAAS driver is doing better at the time, similar to Merc with Russell when Lewis had Covid), but you never know.
Zhou isn't going to get a sniff.
entropy said:
Robert Schwartzman was one of Ferrari's reserve drivers last year but it was Bearman, another of Ferrari's reserve drivers, who got the nod covering Sainz at Saudi.
Edited as it read as if you were implying that Schwartzman was the sole reserve but was overlooked. Giovinazzi was another unused reserve.LM240 said:
vaud said:
LM240 said:
Only one reason and it isn’t his performance capabilities should they be needed.
He's not that bad. Dog of a car the last few years,Ferrari are probably the most recognisable car brand in the world, highly profitable and could probably sell five times as many cars as they can actually make. I don't think they need to resort to hiring specific drivers just as marketing tools. Zhou is a former Ferrari Academy driver who has been racing for their main customer team, so it's quite natural for him to be added as a Ferrari reserve driver now.
entropy said:
Robert Schwartzman was Ferrari's reserve driver last year but it was Bearman who got the nod covering Sainz at Saudi.
Didn’t Bearman get the gig because he was already there in Jeddah for F2, whereas Schwartzman would have needed to get a visa and a flight when Carlos fell ill. Petrus1983 said:
ajprice said:
This is a good result for him - I'd imagine being around the Ferrari F1 team will be fairly exciting in 2025.TheDeuce said:
Rotary Potato said:
It'll be interesting to see who gets the nod if Lewis or Charles is unable to race.
My money would be on someone other than Zhou (maybe whichever HAAS driver is doing better at the time, similar to Merc with Russell when Lewis had Covid), but you never know.
Definitely Bearman. He's in the wings at Haas and Ferrari would be more than keen to give him a little extra seat time in their car if they lost one of their main drivers.My money would be on someone other than Zhou (maybe whichever HAAS driver is doing better at the time, similar to Merc with Russell when Lewis had Covid), but you never know.
Zhou isn't going to get a sniff.
Mark-C said:
LM240 said:
vaud said:
LM240 said:
Only one reason and it isn’t his performance capabilities should they be needed.
He's not that bad. Dog of a car the last few years,Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff