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19 Mar 2002, 07:00 (Ref:239049)
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Someone no-one has thought of
Regarding McLaren-Mercedes driver line-up for next year, numerous names have been thrown about as to who will line up for the Macs in 2003 and beyond.
Raikkonen appears a dead-cert to still be in the car, as going by his first two performances, he still has plenty to find. So that leaves one car. Names like DC, Wurz, Panis and Heidfeld (and Hakkinen) have been the names to pop up so far on this forum, but there is one driver, who up to now has been ignored, who could, quite realistically, stand a chance of a Mercedes drive next year, or in the near future at least. His name: Mark Webber Now before you all start laughing and throwing jibes my way, just take note. Mercedes love Webber ever since he drove their sportscars and they were the ones who told him he should abandon sportscars and go race F3000 to achieve his dream of F1. Also don't forget that Mercedes took a big gamble by taking on Webber, investing much time and effort in him, plus a fair bit of money, while he raced in Formula 3 in Britain, and also when he raced sportscars. And, so far, he has delivered on every promise he has made. I think it would be rather nice if it came full circle for Webber and he did end up driving another Mercedes powered car (and this one would have little chance of flipping on him). |
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19 Mar 2002, 07:39 (Ref:239060)
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Re: Someone no-one has thought of
It would be great if he'd ever get the chance... considering he's not being paid by Minardi, same goes for Yoong and Benoldi who is not being paid by the Arrows and only receive money from their sponsors.
But don't forget that there are a pool of rookies the Mercedez can eye for. Heidfeld most probably will be their first option if they decided to ditch DC. Hmmm...i have a gut feeling that Rubens might be replaced by Heidfeld next year..who knows. |
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19 Mar 2002, 08:26 (Ref:239074)
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What are the odds of Lewis Hamilton being promoted straight from FRenault in 2003?
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19 Mar 2002, 08:37 (Ref:239076)
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In the future, perhaps...
I thought he was on loan from Renault? I don't think Panis has much of a chance since he seems content with BAR. And if they didn't take on Wurz this year, they'll probably keep him out of the grid next year too. So I think it'll be just the usual suspects in contention. |
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19 Mar 2002, 09:04 (Ref:239096)
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Well, I think DC will stay, to be honest....and Kimi is doing a decent job. The main reason I think DC will stay, is because there are no other race winning teams with vacant seats....
But yes, I have given the Webber-McLaren possibility some thought. There is no reason it won't happen, but I think it's more likely Renault will loan him to Sauber or Arrows perhaps... |
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19 Mar 2002, 09:09 (Ref:239098)
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RE: Someone no-one has thought of
it would be great to see him in a mclaren or any top team for that mater - if it wasn't for the car stuffing up he would have 2 top ten finishes in his first two races in f1... not bad for a rookie!
somehow i doubt it though *sighs*... well, a girl can dream can't she????????  its now... 12 days, 8 hours and 57 minuets till the Brazilian GP GO MARK WEBBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AUSS1E, AUSS1E, AUSS1E, O1! O1! O1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last edited by ozrevhead; 19 Mar 2002 at 09:12. |
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19 Mar 2002, 09:10 (Ref:239099)
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i cant see webber going to mclaren.
first he is under contract to renault, and ron does not like loaned drivers. secondly, when webber split from mercedes, the split was less than amicable |
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19 Mar 2002, 09:26 (Ref:239108)
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Does Webber have a realistic chance of moving up from Minardi? Alonso drove probably aswell as anyone could at that team and is now a test driver...
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19 Mar 2002, 11:16 (Ref:239165)
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Ron will probably realize soon (if he hasn't allready)
that he HAS to buy in a true star driver.His cars can't be relied on to be the fastest anymore! |
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Re: Re: Someone no-one has thought of
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it would be great to see webber at mclaren next season, but remember this, mercades also paved the way for a certain michael schumacher, and he's never sat in a merc powered car since! |
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