Bas Leinders

nippy · 18 Jan 2004, 22:08 (Ref:842718)

What do you recon should Jordan chance putting 28 year old Leinders behind the wheel with very little F1 experiance and also i was under the impression that Nick Heidfeld had filled a vacnt seat but i must have been wrong what did he sign to jordan as?

ASCII Man · 18 Jan 2004, 22:16 (Ref:842733)

Can you please speak english?

nippy · 18 Jan 2004, 22:21 (Ref:842739)

Bas Leinders is a belgian driver who was competing in Super Nissan world series last year. He is 28 and is in the frame to fill one of the jordan seats and he has a test with the team soon. But i was under the impression that Nick Heidfeld had already signed to Jordan as a race driver. But the reason i am confused is that he is not down as a confirmed driver. So i was wondering if anyone knew what he did with jordan.

BootsOntheSide · 18 Jan 2004, 22:29 (Ref:842749)

Nick Heidfeld's deal was dependant on funding being obtained, and seemingly that hasn't yet happened. The competition for both Jordan drives is very itnesnse, with Verstappen, McNish and Firman all in contention.

Leinders was German F3 champion some years ago, but failed to impress in F300 and has been racing in the Nissan World Series. I'm not sure he's really got the ability to succeed in Formula 1, but there are worse drivers in contention. He's doing some tests for Jordan, so that'll give a better idea what he can do.

ASCII Man · 18 Jan 2004, 22:31 (Ref:842752)

As far as i know, Heidfeld is not immediately in the running for the race seat as he doesn't have enough money unless they sign Jos which means they can then hire a non-paydriver but they would prefer a Brit as this would mean more sponsorship income from B+H.

So i would rather expect that Jos and either McNish or Wilson or Firman or maybe even Irvine gets the seats.

Bas Leinders is probably our best chance for a Belgian F1 racedriver, but that's a very small, extremely small chance actually...
I don't think he would cut it in F1.

nippy · 18 Jan 2004, 22:46 (Ref:842770)

Quote:

Originally posted by ASCII Man
prefer a Brit as this would mean more sponsorship income from B+H.

I Tend to agree with you that is why i feel that DC in with a shot in 05. I mean at the begginig of this year Eddie was obliged ( Excuse The Spelling) to take on Firman this year because of B+H AND APARENTLY AFTER WILSON DID THOSE TESTS IN 01 after his f3000 triumph Eddie was just pipped by Stoddy to sign him.

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Originally posted by ASCII Man I don't think he would cut it in F1.

And again i think Bas, as good as he may be is to old to be thinking of a rookie year in F1.

steve nielsen · 19 Jan 2004, 05:34 (Ref:842978)

I think the only chance Bas has is as a testdriver/third driver.

O'Schumacher · 20 Jan 2004, 14:52 (Ref:844120)

I was under the impression that Jaroslav Janis was already signed as test driver.

Kicking-back · 20 Jan 2004, 15:05 (Ref:844126)

Janis is not signed, no.

DriverT · 20 Jan 2004, 15:29 (Ref:844157)

How many drivers are actually signed? I get the opinion "none".

Suzy · 20 Jan 2004, 15:34 (Ref:844162)

As of today (20 January 2004), Jordan has not signed any drivers.

There are lots of drivers in the frame (some of which have signed provisional contracts, but not actual racing contracts); however, nobody is confirmed yet. It's because Jordan need to find those drivers who can bring the largest budget.

nippy · 20 Jan 2004, 18:16 (Ref:844338)

You mmean like Klien did to jag. If you ask me if eddi doesn't hurry up he wont have any drivers for melbourne and who will pull back the sheet at the launch of the new jordan.
Ediie no pressure?

Testure · 21 Jan 2004, 10:37 (Ref:845235)

Looks like Bas isn't having the best of starts!

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns12394.html

ASCII Man · 21 Jan 2004, 10:42 (Ref:845243)

Fantastic...

DriverT · 21 Jan 2004, 11:55 (Ref:845324)

Hire him right away Eddie!

shiny side up! · 21 Jan 2004, 12:03 (Ref:845331)

There are a few pics on F1-Live of the damage Bas rendered to the Jordan... significantly more than Timo did yesterday. Eddie tries to run these inexperienced (in f1, anyway) drivers in testing and appears to be paying dearly for it...

Super Tourer · 21 Jan 2004, 13:13 (Ref:845405)

I wonder if these two Jordan test days will effect the 3rd driver rule on Friday.

Some of the current F1 drivers, expressed the opinion that having so many rookies out on the track on a Friday, could be potentially dangerous. The fact that two novices have heavily crashed cars on their first attempt, surely add's power to their argument?

Rennen · 21 Jan 2004, 23:36 (Ref:846100)

FIA must have been putting Super Licenses in the Christmas Crackers!!!

jhansen · 22 Jan 2004, 01:01 (Ref:846261)

He was three seconds off the pace and in last spot. And on top of that, he crashes on his first lap. Not a promising start.

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