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Two of Ranaults kids Keikki Kovalainen and Jose Maria Lopez are going to get drive the Renault at Barcelona when the testing ban finishes.
Excellent, I am looking forward to Kovalainen getting a go. He seems to be very highly rated for the last couple of years. Don't know much about J Lo Should be fun... |
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How old are these guys?
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Well as long as they're not 17, as is the trend these days!
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Heikki Kovalainen gives an interview to F1 live. He seems quite self critical: Quote:
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Sounds like a perfectionist, which I suppose is a good asset for a racing driver. The day you're 100% satified with your race is the day you retire.
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I agree with you BootsOntheSide. JML is 20.
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They should test Carbone :-/
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why's that? Im not saying he shouldn't, Im just wondering why you think he should?
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Recently these two guys have the best positions in the RDD program.Kovalainen was -now ReanultF1's 3rd driver- Motagny's team- mate in the Nissan World Series (Even if it's not a real world series since it doesn't have a single race outside Europe!) but Motagny -after a dominant season- is leaving the series and Jose Maria Lopez will replace him to partner Kovalainen.At the same time Reanult increases its sponsorship toward this particular Nissan team called Gabord so in 2004 the team's name will be Gabord Renault Junior team and will have the ReanultF1 cars' livery (just like F3000 team SuperNova did in 2002).
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Because he's part of Renault and he's got the Marlboro Masters under his belt and really should have won Macau. Lopez hasnt won anything of note.
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But its V6. Theres barely any cars or talent. Take a look at the grid when Carbone won at Zandvoort. Take a look at the Macau grid when he took pole.
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While you can argue that it was easy for Lopez to do well in V6, he did do well and you can only beat who you are put against.
So, he has not done anything wrong and hopefully we will see him somewhere next year where he can prove his talent. |
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Looking forward to seeing what HK can do. On another note it's good to see F1 teams finally (seriously) looking down the ladder and backing, or testing, drivers at an earlier point in their career.
With McLaren having Hamilton on the books and William's giving both Piquet jnr and Rosberg jnr runs it bodes well for the future of F1. I'm sure I will be corrected (LOL) but are their more young drivers both on the fringe of F1 (in testing roles, associations, etc) and coming into F1 - than we have seen for some time? Thinking back to the 'Clive James' era 80's reviews, it semed to be much more luck musical chairs, with drivers moving around more than new ones coming in en masse. |
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Carbone did a fantastic job at Macau. Consistently fast, and unlucky to damage his front wing in the second race. If it wasn't for that, he would have taken the outright honours. That's not to say that Lopez shouldn't be given a chance - it's just that Carbone definitely deserves the chance. |
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Anyways realize please that JML's F1 tests is a prize for winning the V6, if you followed the series (which would have been quite a good idea before criticizing it) you would know it.If you or me won the Renault V6 championship this year then you (or me) would test the RenaultF1 in december since that is the prize of the championship and has NOTHING to do with being a RDD driver. |
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