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Old 13 Apr 2017, 18:47 (Ref:3726184)   #76
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Seriously Maldonado would be a good choice.

An F1 winner and acknowledged as the Monaco-Meistersinger over several years...
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Old 13 Apr 2017, 20:22 (Ref:3726208)   #77
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Seriously Maldonado would be a good choice.

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I'm not going to reply to this one. I shall be quiet and respectful of your view.......








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Old 13 Apr 2017, 21:34 (Ref:3726217)   #78
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It will be Button. I'm absolutely sure of it. Why else have a reserve driver?
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Old 13 Apr 2017, 21:49 (Ref:3726220)   #79
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Gasly is French, young and GP2 champion. Not a bad choice either.
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Old 13 Apr 2017, 21:50 (Ref:3726221)   #80
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It will be Button. I'm absolutely sure of it. Why else have a reserve driver?
Generally agree. Given the arrangement between McLaren and Button it would be odd to not be him. In fact, it would raise a number of questions as to why that agreement was structured as it was.

Unless Button's arrangement is pretty much an insurance policy if Alonso walks at end of season (and not a true reserve for 2017). Then McLaren may run someone else just to see their potential.

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Old 14 Apr 2017, 08:27 (Ref:3726279)   #81
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 09:57 (Ref:3726293)   #83
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 13:33 (Ref:3726357)   #84
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It's not as though he has far to walk to go to work!
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 13:38 (Ref:3726359)   #85
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Not a bad choice, considering would have kept himself fit with all his running, swimming and cycling. Only hope is Monaco suits the car
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a have a feeling we will still see more of JB in a Mclaren this year but if not, as was mentioned earlier (or in another thread), this gives him a chance to get the send off he deserves a la Massa in Brazil last year.

his 2009 win, parking in the wrong spot, and having to run over to the podium is one of my fave JB moments.
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 16:50 (Ref:3726402)   #87
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It was always going to be JB. He's McLaren's third/reserve driver. World champion and Monaco winner. No brained. The only surprise is that he's not going to get any running in FP before Monaco.
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 17:31 (Ref:3726418)   #88
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Apparently (from comments on FP coverage today) the team reckon that simulator work will be enough for JB at least to get used to the physical dimensions of this year's car...
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Old 14 Apr 2017, 18:38 (Ref:3726429)   #89
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If Button is on a per lap contract for the race it will be a cheap weekend for McLaren.
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Apparently (from comments on FP coverage today) the team reckon that simulator work will be enough for JB at least to get used to the physical dimensions of this year's car...
Simulator testing? I suppose that's better than having the car break down.
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How realistic is the simulator? Does it simulate engine failures? Then you have to walk back to the simulated garage.
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It was always going to be JB. He's McLaren's third/reserve driver. World champion and Monaco winner. No brained. The only surprise is that he's not going to get any running in FP before Monaco.
Or any running at all in a current-spec car – or have I missed something? Quite a challenge, and around Monaco of all circuits. But he has nothing to lose, and like the man said, he doesn't have far to commute – there or back. Bon chance, JB! As for Ferdie, he clearly has his eyes set on matching Graham's triple crown, and you wouldn't want to bet against it. And it'll be a welcome change from the monstrous MCL32...

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At this point I'm wondering whether Alonso will be back after Monaco. His post-race comments today are rather unflattering, even by his usual standards with McLaren.
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Just as I suspected, the fact that Bernie is no longer there makes it possible, as Bernie said in his C4 interview, he wouldn't have allowed it if he was still in charge
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He had no formal power to stop this even if he was still running things. Maybe he was talking about when he was running his own team..
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He had no formal power to stop this even if he was still running things. Maybe he was talking about when he was running his own team..


Nope, he said he would have a quiet chinwag with the McLaren and persuade them not to let him go, as he only sees F1
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I think the big peril here is that he gets injured and that's why my heart loves this but my head tells me this is very unwise. It's quite a bigger risk than in F1, some quite experienced Indy peddlers have been caught out in recent years and have had to have been benched for some substantial periods with more than minor injuries. So Alonso entering that kind of fray for the first time is a bit hair raising from a safety POV.

Which is why I don't think there'll be copy cat acts. We *may* see sometop F1 driver do NASCAR's Watkins Glen or something like that. I'd be looking in that direction for US "cross overs" if any. Maybe some well-to-do wealthy backmarker driver might do both Indy and Monte. That could happen. But the "prize" F1 drivers won't be permitted. They're barely permitted on scramblers as it is!

Insofar as his competitiveness is concerned, I think he'll be there or there abouts. He's broadly familiar with the dimensions of the track having raced the half-oval before in F1. But of course, it remains to be seen whether he exactly takes to racing with others the way the Indycars drivers do. The DRS slip streamin' stuff may help him a little. I do think he's a more agile and dynamic figure than Piquet for example so I think he'll be well poised to feature in the first third of the pack before he spins off.
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I think the big peril here is that he gets injured and that's why my heart loves this but my head tells me this is very unwise. It's quite a bigger risk than in F1, some quite experienced Indy peddlers have been caught out in recent years and have had to have been benched for some substantial periods with more than minor injuries. So Alonso entering that kind of fray for the first time is a bit hair raising from a safety POV.
Ditto this!

Really like the idea, but I think the risk is huge!
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Really like the idea, but I think the risk is huge!
It is enormous.. but as a racer, you can understand why Mr Alonso is aligned.. why be uncompetitive every weekend when there is something new to try...
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