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12 Aug 2007, 20:14 (Ref:1986925) | #1 | ||
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What now for Tonio?
I hope he can stay in F1, what are his options though? i would like to see him in a Spyker, a proper Gascoyne car with a Ferrari engine, not a lot of expectation and it could easily be a surprise package, could be worse.
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12 Aug 2007, 20:17 (Ref:1986932) | #2 | |
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Serving burgers in McDonalds.
Nah, I think he'll go to Champcar now to be honest. And why not? It could be just what he needs. |
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Is there any basis to the recent links to testing for Ferrari? That might be his best option. Otherwise, a good ChampCar drive would probably be a better bet than Spyker; he's a known quantity among the team owners and hasn't really shone at STR.
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12 Aug 2007, 20:44 (Ref:1986977) | #4 | |
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I've heard he's leaving to present his own TV make-over show.
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I wouldn't rule out somwhere like toyota - they need someone who isn't in the twilight of their career ie. trulli, ralf. They have also said they are nowq going to start doing one/two year contracts rather than multi year deals.
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It'll be a test position in F1 or ChampCar.
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12 Aug 2007, 21:52 (Ref:1987087) | #8 | |
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Just another in a never ending line of pay drivers... Time to move on to the next one, I'm sure Tonio have long and undistinguished career in Champcar, IRL, DTM, BTCC, etc
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12 Aug 2007, 22:29 (Ref:1987115) | #9 | ||
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I agree with davyboy and Knowlesy...
He may be driving a McDonalds liveried car even.. |
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12 Aug 2007, 23:40 (Ref:1987157) | #10 | ||
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I dont see a test role as being anything like what we have previously seen as a path to resurrection ala massa, wurz etc, as they just dont get enough time in the car these days - and especially little track time on race weekends...
so i think testing would be a dead end role for tonio. Even still, a ferrari test might be tempting if it's around... i can see him at williams, although it increasingly appears as though the williams drive is much sought after for next year: fisi & piquet seem quite keen to take it, and also of course, wurz. I have a feeling williams might leave the decision on their second seat right up to the last minute and have a shootout similar to 05... If tonio is still in the mix then, i would think he's got a fair chance of outgunning the aforementioned drivers. |
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Maybe he'll go and do Japanese GT's.. More likely thou I reckon he'll go to a midfield champ car team.
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13 Aug 2007, 08:54 (Ref:1987342) | #13 | ||
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I agree, ChampCar seems like his most likely destination - he hasn't really done anything to prove that he deserves an F1 drive. Perhaps there might be a test role somewhere for him, but if he's not considered good enough to race it all comes down to whether he'd rather race elsewhere or be stuck in the testing wilderness for years.
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Do people think he'll get a better deal than Christian Klien?
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dont see any results that suggest he should do anything better than Klien
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if pro drive are still on the grid next season... don't they need two drivers??
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A decent haircut and a shave wouldn't go amiss.
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Sadly Mathias may be right - from a public perspective F1 needs characters, but the teams want solid 'suits' who never say or do anything interesting. I'm not sure if the Williams links are with a view to race or test; he doesn't really deserve to move up the grid with what he's done so far. And I don't think he has any major sponsorship other than Red Bull themselves.
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He wears interesting hats.
We will never know if Tonio is interesting really because as soon as the race is over he sprints to his private jet so he can get home to take delivery of a new mattress. |
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It's a reference to an occasion where I think Liuzzi missed a test while he was waiting for a mattress to be delivered.
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northampton.. so luizzi lives 40 mins up the road from me?? blimey..
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