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Mr Chadha's incident at Sandown was one of many over the season, that left some scratching their heads. At one stage, Andrew Jones stepped in, to offer advice on racecraft, etc.
Having said that, I don't fully agree that the Sandown take-off was entirely his fault. But I do agree that he shouldn't be competing in the maingame, and neither should Mr Rullo at this stage. Long gone are the days where the likes of young guns such as Lowndes, S. Richards, Tander etc were plucked straight out of Formula Ford, and offered paid drives in the big league. The gap between '90s era FF and touring cars, both in money and talent depth was probably smaller than DVS and the maingame. One season, mid-rear of the pack in DVS isn't sufficient experience. Even guys like Waters and Davies, who've run at the pointy end in recent years, have struggled with the transition. They've had plenty of national level tin-top experience. Championship wins, too. I feel like drivers such as Aaren Russell, the Gracie/SdS thing, and perhaps Shae Davies if you will, have set a poor precedent of being totally out of their depth, but there because the money allowed them to be. Are we coming to a point where SC needs to place a bit of emphasis on ensuring a quality grid? |
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Only problem is the current driver contracts - in my opinion, way too high. You'd never hear anyone say SC's rivals footy in terms of popularity/TV ratings/money etc, yet their stars are on similar coin. You could argue it's danger pay, but footy isn't that far behind in those terms
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Earnings haven't been mentioned for a while, but there wouldn't be too many up around $1mil anymore.
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All of those three might have a little more of a bargaining chip now that the Chadha deal has fallen over. That is of course, if any/all three of those blokes are still interested in the drive, and I'm not sure they are...
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Would anyone want to drive for LDM right now? A competitive co drive would be a much better option.
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They're not desirable seats. Even drivers with budgets that could probably get themselves a fair way into the season don't want to be there. Better off doing a deal for an enduro slot, and go play in Carrera Cup, Super2, AusGT, or something to keep match-fit. |
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