Timo Glock to leave Marussia
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As much as I don't want to see another talented driver leave......
......i see Glock in the same position as Kovaleinen.
What would a fourth year with a backmarker team prove? And likewise, what's a team of this level got to gain by paying a Timo or a Heikki when there's an abundance of quick pay drivers on the market.
Sad....but that's the reality.
......i see Glock in the same position as Kovaleinen.
What would a fourth year with a backmarker team prove? And likewise, what's a team of this level got to gain by paying a Timo or a Heikki when there's an abundance of quick pay drivers on the market.
Sad....but that's the reality.
He's wasted in that car anyway, he got some haf decent results in the Toyota.
Better off going GT/Sportscar racing, F1 market is sewn up for this year and it'd be hard to find his way back into a decent team.
All credit to Marussia for picking themselves up (this far, anyway) but one can't help but think they need some more investment to keep a decent driver instead of going through endless pay drivers year after year.
Better off going GT/Sportscar racing, F1 market is sewn up for this year and it'd be hard to find his way back into a decent team.
All credit to Marussia for picking themselves up (this far, anyway) but one can't help but think they need some more investment to keep a decent driver instead of going through endless pay drivers year after year.
So Marussia's line up is Max Chilton - no experience, crap racer - big wallet and there's looking for an equally well financed driver to run alongside him. Doesn't look good for them does it !?
I'm sure Timo will actually start to enjoy his racing if he gets a DTM seat or GT drive.
I've never had the "chutzpah" to ask the likes of Heiki why bother driving in F1 when all you can hope for is a finish ? For the paid drivers, it must be just the money. For the pay drivers it must just be on a hope that one day someone will offer them a wage to drive a car, rather than buying it and of course their egos?
Shame to lose Glock - showed plenty of potential in the Toyota.
Agree with the above sentiments; F1 at the moment is a place for the hopeful rookies with stacks of cash, or the seasoned professionals with race wins and championships under their belts. Glock, like Kov and Kobayashi were sort of stuck in between; people like Hulkenberg, di Resta, Grosjean and Perez are obviously looked on favourably as safe bets for the future, otherwise I'm sure without solid funding they'd be out too.
Their arrival in other championships - Le Mans, DTM, etc - could always bring a welcome PR boost to other series.
Agree with the above sentiments; F1 at the moment is a place for the hopeful rookies with stacks of cash, or the seasoned professionals with race wins and championships under their belts. Glock, like Kov and Kobayashi were sort of stuck in between; people like Hulkenberg, di Resta, Grosjean and Perez are obviously looked on favourably as safe bets for the future, otherwise I'm sure without solid funding they'd be out too.
Their arrival in other championships - Le Mans, DTM, etc - could always bring a welcome PR boost to other series.
Further from autosport: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/105210
Quote:
"Our team was founded on the principle of benefiting from proven experience whilst also providing opportunities for young emerging talent to progress to the pinnacle of motorsport. Thus far, this philosophy has also been reflected in our commercial model."
Translation:
"We can only afford to run our team with pay-to-drive journeymen who bring money *in* to the team and can't actually afford to pay a driver."
Quote:
"Our team was founded on the principle of benefiting from proven experience whilst also providing opportunities for young emerging talent to progress to the pinnacle of motorsport. Thus far, this philosophy has also been reflected in our commercial model."
Translation:
"We can only afford to run our team with pay-to-drive journeymen who bring money *in* to the team and can't actually afford to pay a driver."
I think he is well regarded. Saw this tweet by Mark Webber earlier:
"@realTimoGlock you'll be missed matey on the drivers parade and drivers meetings chats. One of the good guys, and never went to your head."
And Brundle seems concerned over current trend:
"Martin Brundle @MBrundleF1
So we lose Timo Glock +possibly Kovalainen, Kobayashi, Petrov, Senna. Seats open at F/India, Caterham and Marussia. No cash, getting serious"
"@realTimoGlock you'll be missed matey on the drivers parade and drivers meetings chats. One of the good guys, and never went to your head."
And Brundle seems concerned over current trend:
"Martin Brundle @MBrundleF1
So we lose Timo Glock +possibly Kovalainen, Kobayashi, Petrov, Senna. Seats open at F/India, Caterham and Marussia. No cash, getting serious"
Martin Brundle makes a very good point, I honestly think F1 could end up back to how it was in the mid 90's with a sort of '2 class' field, the top half being guys regularly battling for points in the top cars, the 2nd half being the pay drivers in slow cars there just to fill out the field and bring in the vital money for teams to survive.
Looks like a bit of a Dutch Auction to me - the price of the seats will keep going down until someone can afford them. Not really an issue provided they get a bit of time before the first race to learn the car - it's only the difference between being last and slow, or last and a bit less slow...
Pints said:
Always grates me when the commentators say something about there being 22 of the world's best drivers on the grid.
Yes and no. Whilst they are not necessarily the top 22, they are amongst the world's best drivers. No matter how much money you or I had, I doubt we'd even be able to keep a F1 car's tyres warm on a flying lap, let alone lap within 107% of the rest of the grid.Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff