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31 Jan 2008, 07:48 (Ref:2117548) | #1 | ||
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Ideal Season 4 driver lineup
I know this is very early but was just thinking to myself, what would be the ideal lineup in season four. Here is what I think, please post your own ideas & thoughts although it would be good if we could keep it reasonably sensible, (e.g. no Lewis Hamilton for Team GBR).
Australia - Ryan Briscoe Argentina - Don't know. Who is currently any good? Austria - Patrick Friesacher and Alex Wurz if he wants to have some fun. Bahrain - Hamad Al Fardan. Would be nice to have another Middle East team. Belgium - Don't know. Who is currently any good? Brazil - Sergio Jiminez and Antonio Pizzonia Canada - Robert Wickens and Paul Tracy China - Frankie Cheng Congfu Czech Republic - Tomas Enge Finland - Mika Salo, an oldie but a goodie. France - Loic Duval and Nicolas Lapierre Germany - Michael Ammermuller, Christian Vietoris and Ralf Schumacher as a special guest pay driver. Great Britain - Robbie Kerr and Oliver Jarvis India - Karun Chandhok (assuming he is not at Force India F1 for '09) Indonesia - Satrio Hermanto (not much choice available) Ireland - Adam Carroll Italy - Giancarlo Fisichella (assuming '08 is his F1 swansong) and Giorgio Pantano Japan - Satoshi Motoyama and Ryo Fukuda, or whoever else is good these days. Lebanon - Chris Alajajian, unless Fernando Alonso, having been blown off by Piquet Jnr, discovers Lebanese heritage. He did after all at one point have an Alajajian style goatee. Malaysia - Alex Yoong Mexico - Salvador Duran Netherlands - Jeroen Bleekemolen and Chris Van der Drift if he decides he's Dutch and not Kiwi. New Zealand - Jonny Reid and Brendon Hartley Portugal - Alvaro Parente Russia - Mikael Aleshin Spain - Javier Villa (if Pedro De La Rosa is still with McLaren cannot see him racing in a Ferrari backed series, even during F1 testing breaks) South Africa - Adrian Zaugg Sweden - Don't know. Who is currently good? Switzerland - Neel Jani, Sebastian Buemi and Romain Grosjean. Not bad for a country where the sport is banned! United States - Marco Andretti Venezuela - Ernesto Viso and Pastor Maldonado A nice 31 car grid. Last edited by Kiwi3; 31 Jan 2008 at 07:50. |
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31 Jan 2008, 15:33 (Ref:2117849) | #2 | ||
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Gret idea! and interested with some of your choices.
Australia - Nathan Antunes or Daniel Ricciardo Argentina - Mariano Werner Austria - Christian Klien Bahrain - Hamed Al Fardan Belgium - Benjamin Baily Brazil - Pedro Bianchini Canada - Robert Wickens China - Frankie Cheng Czech Republic - Erik Janis Finland - Atte Mustonen France - Jules Bianchi Germany - Daniel Abt Great Britain - Jon Lancaster Iceland - Kristjan Einar India - Armaan Ebrahim Indonesia - Zahir Ali Ireland - Robert Butler Italy - Andrea Caldarelli Japan - Kazuya Oshima Lebanon - Chris Alajajian Malaysia - Jazemen Jafaar Mexico - David Garza Netherlands - Renger Van Der Zande New Zealand - Brendon Hartley Portugal - Antonio Felix Da Costa Russia - Vitaly Petrov Spain - Javier Villa South Africa - Kyle Mitchell Sweden - Sabastian Hohenthal Switzerland - Giorgio Mondini United states - Jonathon Summerton Venezuela - Jorge Andres Goncalves www.driverdb.com is great for this to use. By the way, this post has taken me more then 2 hours to do. |
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It takes a long time mainly because of there are so many drivers to pick from, and countries like Germany and Italy ect ect have thousands and thousands of drivers... |
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Australia - Ryan Brisco
Argentina - Mariano Werner Austria - Christian Klien Bahrain - Hamed Al Fardan Belgium - Jerome D'Ambrosio or Bertrand Baguette Brazil - Bruno Junqueira Canada - Robert Wickens China - Frankie Cheng Czech Republic - Tomas Enge Finland - Atte Mustonen France - Alexandre Premat Germany - Nico Hülkeberg Great Britain - Duncan Tappy Iceland - Kristjan Einar India - Karun Chandok Indonesia - Zahir Ali Ireland - Niall Breen Italy - Andrea Caldarelli Japan - Kazuya Oshima Lebanon - Chris Alajajian Malaysia - Jazemen Jafaar Mexico - David Garza Netherlands - Henkie Waldschmidt or Francesco Pastorelli New Zealand - Brendon Hartley Portugal - Antonio Felix Da Costa Russia - Vitaly Petrov Spain - Javier Villa South Africa - Kyle Mitchell Sweden - Sabastian Hohenthal Switzerland - Giorgio Mondini United states - Carl Skerlong Venezuela - Jorge Andres Goncalves |
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I wonder if we will see Zahir Ali in rookie sessions for Indonesia before long. Would make sense. A big call to suggest Jazeman Jaafar for Malaysia, he's only about 14 years old at the moment!
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I would of already call in Jaafar if i was running team Malaysia. By the way, hs turning 16 this year. Hes very young and promising. |
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My choice for Ireland would be Damien Faulkner, I dont understand why he has'nt been given a run in the car yet.
By the way who is Robert Bulter? |
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Katherine Legge for team GBR.
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I'm not going to do a list yet because of the time factor, but I think that one of the reasons why the standard in A1GP has improved so much this year is that, by and large, nations have chosen the best possible available drivers.
If you abandon that principle and start choosing relatively unkown drivers, you are going to set the whole thing back to square one or worse. Sorry to be critical, by implication, of some of the posts here, but in my view it is a fundamental point. I, for one, would certainly lose interest and, much more importantly, I don't believe Ferrari would be very impressed. |
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4 Feb 2008, 22:20 (Ref:2121125) | #12 | ||
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I don't have time to make a list at the moment, but one thing should feature.
Estonia - Marko Asmer. |
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Don't want to ruin this thread, but does anyone have any idea how many cars will be on the grid for season 4? Will the Ferrari partnership make it cheaper to run, or just more appealling to new players? Thanks for your help!!
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I would expect some more teams will enter.
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I heard they will have 26 cars on the grid next year, and about 10 candidates to fill in the last 4 spots. Belgium, Luxemburg, Thailand and Finland are known contenders, Spain, Sweden, Iceland and Nigeria among those rumoured.
Off course, some teams may return. According to Christian Murchison, they're trying to revive team Singapore for instance. |
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Does anyone know of a capable driver from Luxembourg? Or will it be a nationality wheeze entry, like Adam Carroll for Republic of Ireland and Graham Rahal testing for Lebanon (!).
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I attended the A1GP round at Eastern Creek in Australia. Even though I am Australian and consider myself an Australian, I have Dutch in my blood, so I follow them a lot as well. Does anyone know of the situation next season for The Netherlands? Will Jeroen Bleekemolen (who I rate highly as a driver) still be the lead driver next season?
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In Zhuhai Tony T stated there will be 26 cars next year. My 'ideal' lineup would include more. Estonia would be a good idea if Marko Asmer is not too busy with his F1 testing role. |
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Luxembourg drivers ? I'd say watch out for the Hauser brothers.. they entered the ATS F3 cup this year seemingly unnoticed, but they are getting there. As for whether I know if Jeroen will still be driving next year: I don't know. Jeroen will probably continue to drive untill either he is bored or the team is bored, or Jeroen gets an offer he can not refuse ( IRL, Champcar, F1, Superleague Formula ). Other than that, I can not see him quitting anytime soon. |
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