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How many drivers are hanging around and eligible, though? Kubica is the obvious choice. If the whole circus happens.
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25 Aug 2018, 18:06 (Ref:3846038) | #279 | ||
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I still puzzle over all this 'Kubica the obvious choice' business. I just don't see it. If Ocon is displaced from RPFI by Stroll (an advantage for RPFI which is as oxymoronic as it gets), he's the obvious choice to me.....
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Tbh for "normal" peoples it would be a no brainer for Williams to sign Ocon ASAP , he will be way more competitive than the risky choice to sign Kubica... some rumours also annunce Artem Markelov (or on a different note even Mazepin's father would inject some cash in Williams and make an all Russian team), in that case i am worried for the futur Williams, they will probably end up like Forti Corse back in the days , Team for rich kids.
But seems like Mercedes is more looking in direction of Vandoorne's seat . So either the Williams seat is already taken or Mercedes do not put much faith into Williams .... |
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The way they are going they would struggle to qualify for the GP2 race.
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26 Aug 2018, 07:04 (Ref:3846096) | #282 | |
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Seems strange Merc would pay McL rather than Williams to take Ocon, so maybe Kubica has a contractual hold on a seat becoming available?
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26 Aug 2018, 07:55 (Ref:3846103) | #283 | ||
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In which case Williams clearly don't have a plan.........
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26 Aug 2018, 08:08 (Ref:3846110) | #284 | ||
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Kubica is Officialy "Williams Reserve Driver" The other strange thing would be Vandoorne Moving to Sauber (instead of Ericsson) after being supported for so long by McLaren... At the end nothing makes sense ..... but well this is Formula 1 as would say Claire Williams |
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26 Aug 2018, 09:35 (Ref:3846125) | #285 | |
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Wouldn't surprise me to see Kubica in the car at Monza, but we'll see what happens with Stroll first
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Sirotkin secures his best result to date but still the sole driver with goose eggs so far this season. Surely Kubica would have scored by now.....
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27 Aug 2018, 09:23 (Ref:3846472) | #287 | ||
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But then again, who knows? What we do know is that the car is completely ineffective. Putting a driver in it and assuming that he is still some way as good as he was a number of years ago still seems completely hypothetical to me.....
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27 Aug 2018, 09:30 (Ref:3846475) | #288 | |
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Close for Sirotkin, but still the car ain't good enough for top ten at the moment
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wheel out one of the 90s cars and disguise it as the current one
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It's hard to believe Williams was the car to have when I watched my 1st F1 race in 1993.
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Claire Williams: "We are not taking the Mercedes gearbox. There is no increased collaboration outside of the engine deal. "We talked about it and explored the opportunity with Mercedes. And it didn’t make sense for us for a number of reasons." |
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3 Sep 2018, 08:59 (Ref:3847838) | #296 | ||
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Well, it may have taken Romain Grosjean getting disqualified to get there but Sergey's done it, he's scored a POINT!
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Certainly he’s been close a few times, but now he’s done it
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3 Sep 2018, 10:09 (Ref:3847850) | #298 | ||
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Have Williams turned a corner? Good improvement from them this weekend.
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No they haven't. They've no downforce and a massive motor at a circuit that needs big horsepower and no downforce.
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Singapore will bring them back to where they belong.
Monza just suited the low aero Williams chassis. Wouldn't get too excited. |
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