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19 Dec 2016, 23:08 (Ref:3697236) | #1 | |
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Great news that he now has a proper F1 role, though it gives the lie to the FDA income-generating scheme.
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But what will it really mean? I bet if Kimi broke a leg snowmobiling, Ferrari would look elsewhere for a replacement.
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Will he get Friday bum time? They do need to groom a replacement for Vet or Raik or both!
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Because Ferrari have historically shown a strong aversion to very inexperienced drivers. When Massa was put out of action, they went for Badoer (disastrous but he was their long-serving tester) then Fisichella. In the past 20 years or do, Massa is the only young driver they've really groomed and elevated to a race seat.
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Maybe he will go to Sauber, one of the two Ferrari 'b teams'
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That seems quite likely indeed.
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so another Marciello for Ferrari?
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Oddly enough I think Wehrlein is most likely for Sauber now. I was hoping Giovinazzi would have a shot at a Jagonya Ayam Manor Racing seat! A Merc driver driving a Ferrari engined car and a Ferrari junior racing a Merc engined car? Stranger things have happened! |
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The relationship between Ferrari and Sauber doesn't seem as close as it once was, and Haas seems to have usurped that position; Gutierrez went from Ferrari tester to Haas race seat (even if he has now been dropped), and if there is anything resembling a Ferrari B team now I think it is Haas. Of course, Marchionne is now saying that Alfa Romeo could be a Ferrari junior team, which would be interesting.
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But Haas have Leclerc and Ferrucci which I'm guessing why grandprix.com thought Sauber was more likely as a third driver.
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