Whither Viso?

[Mekola]

At the beggining of this year, we heard Ernesto Viso rejected GP2 testing in favour to snatch a place on F1 as driver or tester, but actually he didn't land nowhere.
Anyone has an idea to clear the fog around the career of the Venezuelan driver???

[Obizzz]

He was supposed to be the test driver for Toro Rosso but that is clearly not the case.. dunno maybe he didn't get the funding needed.

[tweak]

Originally Posted by Mekola

At the beggining of this year, we heard Ernesto Viso rejected GP2 testing in favour to snatch a place on F1 as driver or tester, but actually he didn't land nowhere.
Anyone has an idea to clear the fog around the career of the Venezuelan driver???

Spoke to him in Barcalona, seemed his usual chirpy self and confident that he had something brewing in F1. He certainly deserves to be driving somewhere, as on his day he is a match for most drivers, just needs to keep his head straight and not get distraced.

[Jackman]

I spoke to him too, but he told me he doesn't have anything happening at the moment. I got the feeling that he was hoping someone would drop out of GP2 so he could get a drive.

[Martin Haven]

I had heard whispers that someone high up in the Venezuelan Motorsport federation had changed and as a result Maldonado was now the focus, rather than Ernesto...

may be scurillous gossip, may be true... either way, Ernesto has graduated from GP2 and is now in a holding pattern waiting for instructions to land somewhere - anywhere - before his fuel runs out...

and - as we all know - the fuel doesn't always last long enough, no matter how talented the driver

[Chewie-1990]

Sadly for Ernesto, turning down GP2 seems like a mistake, especially now that the majority (if not all) F1 teams are reluctant to run anybody other than their race drivers in pre-race practice sessions

[bradrive]

Originally Posted by Chewie-1990

Sadly for Ernesto, turning down GP2 seems like a mistake...

May be not, as it is him or Pechito Lopez in the leading FMSI car for the next Ricard test/Magny Cours race...

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted by bradrive

May be not, as it is him or Pechito Lopez in the leading FMSI car for the next Ricard test/Magny Cours race...

So Pizzonia is out?

[Adri_tifosi]

I think yes because Tahinci will race in Euro3000 in Hungaroring and Magny Cours for have more track experience

[Jackman]

There will be a shoot out at Ricard, but I'm not sure that you've got all the right drivers named.

[Adri_tifosi]

Italia Racing confirm the new

http://www.italiaracing.net/notizia.asp?id=15200&cat=4

[Alex K]

Jackman, think it's not Lopez? ;/

[Mekola]

López was hinted to test for BCN at Ricard, but what happened? Apparently the Asian drivers doesn't want to be humiliated by the Argentinian and vetoed the initiative.
Scalabroni is condemned to have zero points at this season???

[hotwheels]

Originally Posted by Mekola

Scalabroni is condemned to have zero points at this season???

Maybe not... Yamamoto was close to points on Race 1 (Barcelona), before been overtaken by both RE's drivers on late stages of the race. The car also showed good potential in Bahrain, IMO. A driver like López would definitely be straight on points zone with one of those cars, but the Asian line-up can also pay-off some results. We need to remember that other teams like FMS and DPR are also struggling to leave their marks.