Salo absent from Friday: What does this mean?

BootsOntheSide · 5 Jul 2002, 16:18 (Ref:327798)

According to Autosprot, Mika Salo only completed 1 installation lap on Friday in the Toyota due to a stomach upset. He is said to be optimistic that he will be able to drive on Friday, but it can't be certain.

This raises a few questions:

1 How would the pressure of being team leader affect McNish, who may be an F1 rookie but is experienced. So far he has struggled- slowest of all 19 runners today.

2 Which of Toyota's test drivers, Ryan Briscoe or Stephane Sarrazin, would take over? Sarrazin has extra experience, including of Silverstone (and a Grand Prix start under similar circumstances back in 1999), and has no F3000 commitment, but Briscoe is among the seemingly 10000 drivers being linked to a full time drive next year, and perhaps the more talented

3 If Brsicoe is doing the F1, would he also do the F3000 race? Or would anyone else be abel to step into his car and drive, bearing in mind that qualifying has now happened?

Mekola · 5 Jul 2002, 16:36 (Ref:327805)

Ryan Briscoe is attempted to be in the F3000 race; today he qualified 15th in there so that makes hard probably his chances to substitute Salo if he isn't able to race this weekend at Silverstone.

BootsOntheSide · 5 Jul 2002, 18:04 (Ref:327844)

I mean "be able to drive on SATURDAY", of course, my mistake.

Sato san · 5 Jul 2002, 18:37 (Ref:327865)

does anyone else think that its still a little bit early in Briscoe's career to make his GP debut.?

sceptic · 5 Jul 2002, 18:49 (Ref:327868)

In one way yes, but on the other hand he's been very good in F1 tests - better than other F3000 drivers like Ricardo Sperafico or Giorgio Pantano when they tested F1 cars.

However there is a rule that nobody is allowed to race in both F1 and F3000 at the same race weekend, so it would probably have to be Sarrazin now, if Salo remained unwell and the FIA would allow the late substitution.

Sato san · 5 Jul 2002, 20:14 (Ref:327908)

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Originally posted by sceptic
However there is a rule that nobody is allowed to race in both F1 and F3000 at the same race weekend, so it would probably have to be Sarrazin .

I never knew about that rule . So in that case then unless Briscoe dropped out of tomorrows F3000 race he couldnt race F1 even if he wanted to .

Sarrazin has only got 1 F1 start to his name hasnt he ...Brazil 98 for Prost ?

Kex · 5 Jul 2002, 20:37 (Ref:327916)

Brazil 1999 for Minardi.

Sato san · 5 Jul 2002, 20:40 (Ref:327921)

O WELL , i year out and wrong team as well . But i was on the right track

thanks kex

f1manoz · 6 Jul 2002, 00:29 (Ref:327981)

Salo will drive. He's a tough cookie and will put it behind him.

Briscoe has struggled so far in F3000 this year so I wouldn't be putting him in a Toyota F1 car.

Valve Bounce · 6 Jul 2002, 06:55 (Ref:328045)

Maybe Toyota is trying to land a new sponsor : IMODIUM

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sceptic · 6 Jul 2002, 09:35 (Ref:328081)

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Originally posted by Sato san

I never knew about that rule . So in that case then unless Briscoe dropped out of tomorrows F3000 race he couldnt race F1 even if he wanted to .

I only found out about the rule last year when there was a chance that Jacques Villeneuve would miss a race for BAR and Darren Manning was told he would have to miss the F3000 race if he replaced JV in the F1 - he was the only one of BAR's four test drivers at the time who would have qualified for a superlicence.
In the end JV turned up and Darren stayed in F3000.

Dino IV · 6 Jul 2002, 09:38 (Ref:328083)

From grandprix.com: Mika Salo-monella

Valve Bounce · 6 Jul 2002, 12:23 (Ref:328128)

Hey Dino - kemo sabe?

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