Who will get a race seat in 2003?

Wrex · 13 Oct 2002, 12:27 (Ref:402749)

6 seats up for grabs - Jordan (1) Jaguar (2) Minardi (2) Toyota (1)

Sato, Massa, Irvine, Webber, PDLR, Yoong, Bernoldi, McNish would all like to stay in F1, and Pizzonia, Davidson, DeMatta & Verstappen would like to join (return).

So, its time to state your opinion for the record (I will save this thread so we can laugh later) and tell us all how good you are at predicting the future.

Who will get a seat and where?

BTW - I've made this poll allow for more than 1 vote, so pick away

Mr V · 13 Oct 2002, 12:36 (Ref:402764)

Gotta say, i just don't know, i'd like to think that Irvine, Sato, Massa and Webber will all be in F1 next year, but i'm not so sure.

ASCII Man · 13 Oct 2002, 12:39 (Ref:402768)

I hope Jos gets the break he deserves after that Honda and Arrows cr*p

Speedworx · 13 Oct 2002, 12:49 (Ref:402785)

I'd like to see Sato, Massa, da Matta, Pizzonia, Bernoldi, de la Rosa, Irvine and Davidson all get seats.

Sadly thats not possible, with only 6 seats left.

f1manoz · 13 Oct 2002, 12:54 (Ref:402790)

Sato to remain at Jordan.

Irvine and Webber at Jaguar. Goodbye PDLR.

Panis and da Matta at Toyota.

Pizzonia in the Minardi.

ASCII Man · 13 Oct 2002, 13:03 (Ref:402803)

I'm sorry to say this but... **** PIZZONIA!
Sorry, Sorry!

®îjñtjûh - the autocensor is there for a reason - WREX

steve nielsen · 13 Oct 2002, 17:11 (Ref:402976)

I think:

Irvine to Jordan, Sato to BAR(as testdriver),Webber to Jaguar, Jos to Minardi(Paul said he's talking to 19(!!!) drivers for the other seat: www.pitpass.com ).

Mr V · 13 Oct 2002, 17:15 (Ref:402978)

Quote:

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
I hope Jos gets the break he deserves after that Honda and Arrows cr*p

Quote:

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
I'm sorry to say this but... **** PIZZONIA!

I'm confused, you don't want to see young stars like Antonio in F1, but you want to see old has beens like Jos? mmmmmm :confused:

Sato san · 13 Oct 2002, 17:21 (Ref:402985)

cant we just get rid of the older boring ones ( except Irvine ) and put these young chargers in instead !....

Daisy · 13 Oct 2002, 17:42 (Ref:403005)

Jag - Irv + Pizzonia
Minardi - Webber + Yoong
Toyota - Massa

ASCII Man · 13 Oct 2002, 20:55 (Ref:403160)

Who the f*ck is Pizzaloonya anyway?? Another Massa?!

If thats so then i would rather see Jos than a lame ass wannabee!

**Adam43** · 13 Oct 2002, 21:00 (Ref:403163)

6 seats to fill then IMO the ones that desrve to be in F1 next year are Sato, Massa, Da Matta, Pizzonia, Webber and Davidson.

EERO · 13 Oct 2002, 21:02 (Ref:403165)

It'll be FOUR seats. Minardi don't have a prayer of making it to the grid next season. It looks like Stoddardt and Verstappen are both watching F1 on TV next season.

ASCII Man · 13 Oct 2002, 21:19 (Ref:403176)

Minardi is not the only option Jos has, you know

JonesF1 · 13 Oct 2002, 21:59 (Ref:403209)

Irvine and Webber are the only sure bets right now. Hopefully Sato, Da Matta, and Pizzonia get rides. I doubt Massa will and I never really liked him but now that hes gone I feel bad for him, maybe someone will pick him up.

dryrot · 13 Oct 2002, 22:12 (Ref:403215)

I want Little Ant to come back!

Wrex · 14 Oct 2002, 01:10 (Ref:403333)

Sato to Jordan, Irvine & Webber to Jaguar, DeMatta to Toyota, and Jos & Yoong to Minardi.

mac · 14 Oct 2002, 02:09 (Ref:403358)

I think Wrex is pretty much on the mark.

DMC · 14 Oct 2002, 04:16 (Ref:403411)

Quote:

Originally posted by ®îjñtjûh
Who the f*ck is Pizzaloonya anyway?? Another Massa?!

If thats so then i would rather see Jos than a lame ass wannabee!

Mindardi is the only hope Verstappen has, no one else wants an old driver well past his used by date. If you haven't heard of Pizzonia then you must not know very much about the current state of Formula One. Coming on here and trashing a driver you've never heard of is stupidity. What Formula One needs more than anything else is fresh new talent and that includes drivers as well as designers, to spice up the competition. Olivier Panis and company may be fast but there are younger drivers that are just as fast who will develop into future champions, Irvine, Panis and Verstappen are not future champions, they are simply making up the numbers and developing retirement plans.

That said I think one more year for Eddie at Jaguar is most likely, he has comtributed a lot in developing the car and one more season is probably left in him with Webber as a Jaguar test driver. Eddie has said many times Jaguar need a better test program with an experienced test driver and Wbber would suit the job perfectly with a possible drive for them in 2004.

Takuma Sato will probably stay at Jordan if what I hear about Honda paying EJ to keep him is true. Come 2004 Villeneuve's departure from BAR will leave a drive for Sato. Eddie Jordan clearly doesn't mind breaking driver's contracts but I think Honda's support for Sato will discourage him this time but he no longer has any obligation to them....

As for the Minardi drives, one will most certainly be a rent-a-driver, if Paul Stoddart is really desperate for money then we could see Yoong in a Minardi again next season regardless of his qualifying performances this year. This is all assuming Minardi is still around next season....

Toyota's driver lineup will most likely be Christiano da Matta alongside Olivier Panis with the Newman/Haas CART teams already testing new drivers for next year.

steve nielsen · 14 Oct 2002, 04:19 (Ref:403413)

According to Jos at least one other team wants him.
AND: the contracts with the Malasian sponsors have already been renewed, only 1 difference to this years contract: Yoong does'nt have to race.

DMC · 14 Oct 2002, 04:36 (Ref:403420)

Of course Verstappen is going to talk up his chances but other than in a Minardi we won't be seeing him race next year. Yoong's departure will only mean another rent-a-driver for 2003.

Mr V · 14 Oct 2002, 09:07 (Ref:403569)

Quote:

Originally posted by steve nielsen
According to Jos at least one other team wants him.
AND: the contracts with the Malasian sponsors have already been renewed, only 1 difference to this years contract: Yoong does'nt have to race.

So what about all the talk of Jos being confirmed at Toyota back at the Spa (?) weekend? I honestly can't see him being back next year, Jos's name has been linked to nearly every team.

CleanTone · 14 Oct 2002, 20:25 (Ref:404192)

Jos is old and clueless, Pizzonia is not ready yet and Yoong is going to the States(good for him -- he is not THAT a bad driver you all seem to label him, he just isn't F1 material)

steve nielsen · 14 Oct 2002, 21:12 (Ref:404233)

Jos is only 30 and scored more points than his teammate in 2000 and 2001.

zootv · 14 Oct 2002, 22:38 (Ref:404318)

I think Pizzonia has a good chance to take the second Jaguar seat.
I don't agree with Cleartone that he's not ready. He's had two (?) seasons as a Williams test driver and he was regulary faster than RS, JPM or Marc Gene.

View Poll Results: Who will have a race seat in 2003
Sato	22	62.86%
Massa	6	17.14%
Irvine	22	62.86%
Webber	24	68.57%
DeLaRosa	8	22.86%
DaMatta	9	25.71%
Verstappen	9	25.71%
Yoong	5	14.29%
Bernoldi	1	2.86%
McNish, Pizzonia, Davidson or other	9	25.71%
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