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Old 10 Feb 2005, 19:34 (Ref:1222298)   #1
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How many competitors?

How many drivers will compete in this years F1 world championship? At the moment we have the following:

Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
Jenson Button
Takuma Sato
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella
Nick Heidfeld
Mark Webber
Juan Pablo Montoya
Kimi Raikkonen
Felipe Massa
Jacques Villeneuve
David Coulthard
Christian Klien
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli
Narain Karthikeyan
Tiago Monteiro
Christijan Albers


Who will or could replace some of those?

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Old 10 Feb 2005, 19:40 (Ref:1222305)   #2
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Liuzzi will be shoehorned in at Red Bull at some point.

Neither Minardi or Jordan drivers are a safe bet to last the season (unless Minardi choose Michael Schumacher as their second pilot).

And I somehow get the feeling JV will walk out mid-season.
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Old 10 Feb 2005, 19:41 (Ref:1222306)   #3
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Can't see JV staying around too long to be honest,to be replaced by Luzzi.
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Old 10 Feb 2005, 19:45 (Ref:1222310)   #4
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Montoya to be replaced by Bruni....
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Old 10 Feb 2005, 19:46 (Ref:1222315)   #5
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Both Jordan drivers are safe for the whole season.

Barring a bit of Klien/Liuzzi swapping, I don't expect any driver changes unless injury or illness intervene.
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Old 10 Feb 2005, 23:28 (Ref:1222535)   #6
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I don't agree JV will leave. More chance of Michael retiring IMO. NOT GONNA HAPPEN!

As far as I can see it the replacements for the teams (for injury/illness) are:

Ferrari:
Luca Badoer (although I suspect they will snub himas they did in 1999 and maybe go for Liuzzi or possibly DC?)

BAR:
Anthony Davidson (no doubt here)

Renault:
Franck Montagny (could do a very admirable job in place of Fisi/Alonso, although they didn't give him the chance last year...maybe Kovalienen a long shot?)

Williams:
Antonio Pizzonia will get the nod here

McLaren:
Both Alex Wurz and de la Rosa could and would do a good job, although Wurz is official no.3 my inkling would be de la Rosa, is Wurz still having trouble fitting in the car?

Sauber:
Don't think they have an official third driver. What's Neel Jani doing these days? Liuzzi also a possibility.

Red Bull:
Whoever isn't driving out of Klien/Liuzzi

Toyota:
Ricardo Zonta would get the nod, but I'd like to see Panis back if possible.

Jordan:
Whow knows? Baumgartner is probably without a seat so will he go back to His old team as a tester/reserve?

Minardi:
Again, your guess is as good as mine. Leinders, Bruni, Pantano, Nissany.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 00:49 (Ref:1222579)   #7
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The Ferrari sub question is a very interesting one with lots of possibilities. It depends on two things. First whether it's Micheal or Rubinho whos out and second, at what point in the season. Now if it's late in the season and the titles are stiched up, then expect just a safe pair of hands, Badoer having been such a reliable servent of the team looking to be most likely. However, if Micheal were to go out early in the season for a long lay off, it could get very interesting. Whoever they signed would indicate the true level of belief the Scuderia has in Rubens. My bet is that they would take the oppertunity to land some future talent that could work with Micheal in the ramp down of his career. My best guess would be that they couldn't resist an attempt at Alonso. And if Briatore said no dice, my money would be on pot shots at Davison, then Button and conceivably even Raikkonen if Mclaren were looking iffy. The basis for my ordering being that they'd want potential world champ winner who would try to assume 1st in the pecking order.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 06:21 (Ref:1222708)   #8
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Badoer's new contract at Ferrari guarantees him reserve driver status - and as such he would be called upon to race, according to the Scuderia itself.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 06:25 (Ref:1222712)   #9
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Again, your guess is as good as mine. Leinders, Bruni, Pantano, Nissany.
Very unlikely to be Bruni, as he's inked a deal with Coloni to race GP2. Very unlikely to be Nissany, as he does not have a superlicence.

IMHO, more likely to be Leinders, but only on the strength that he's consistently linked to Minardi, not for any other reason.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 06:56 (Ref:1222723)   #10
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Badoer's latest contract must stipulate that......I know that he was most disappointed to not have been given the sub role in 1999. Understandable. It did give Salo an opportunity in a good car though, which I was happy about.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 07:52 (Ref:1222743)   #11
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JV replaced? It basically will depend on his economic relationship with Sauber: if he brings money, he'll not be fired.

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Old 11 Feb 2005, 08:19 (Ref:1222750)   #12
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Badoer's latest contract must stipulate that......I know that he was most disappointed to not have been given the sub role in 1999. Understandable. It did give Salo an opportunity in a good car though, which I was happy about.
And then in Hungary 1999, Badoer in the Minardi PASSED Salo in the Ferrari! How sweet must that have been!
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 08:42 (Ref:1222763)   #14
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Salo's performance at Hungary that year was awful - but came two weeks after doing well at Hockenheim.

He was quite hit and miss.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 11:33 (Ref:1222849)   #15
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Salo only did well at the fast circuits - he did nothing to tell me that Badoer couldn't've been equally competitive. I wonder whether Liuzzi's contract allows his to take a Ferrari drive if it becomes available - it might depend on whether he gets the nod at Red Bulkl.

Last season Gene, Pizzonia, Glock and Zonta all started races having not been in the initial team line-ups - that makes 24 in total, plus the third drivers (Davidson, Wirdheim, Briscoe, Leinders and Doornbos). 24 and 29 seem like good repsective guesses, although let's hope we don't get any injuries.
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Liuzzi will be shoehorned in at Red Bull at some point.

Neither Minardi or Jordan drivers are a safe bet to last the season (unless Minardi choose Michael Schumacher as their second pilot).

And I somehow get the feeling JV will walk out mid-season.
I feel like Klien would get the RBR seat. He's backed by Red Bull and Liuzzi not. Besides, it's in the benefit of the team to choose a more experienced driver, that is Klien. Give Liuzzi a test seat for 2005 and a racing seat for 2006.
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 12:16 (Ref:1222895)   #17
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I feel like Klien would get the RBR seat. He's backed by Red Bull and Liuzzi not.

Liuzzi's been backed by Red Bull for many years
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Since when?
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Old 11 Feb 2005, 13:57 (Ref:1222956)   #19
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F3000 in 2003 and 2004, and possibly before that.
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Wow, that's many...
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It is given that he's not been in cars for a huge number.

I think Red Bull may have backed him in karting too...
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