Winter Testing 09/10

Winter Testing 09/10#169281

By scotty - 12 Nov 09, 01:29

- 12 Nov 09, 01:29#169281

Obviously the main bulk of testing won't be underway for a while yet, but we have young driver tests coming in the not too distant future (thank god!). Which drivers do you think will impress? Who has a realistic chance of earning a drive if they impress in these tests?

Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169285

By Gilles 27 - 12 Nov 09, 01:47

- 12 Nov 09, 01:47#169285

Hulkenberg? :wink:

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169288

By myownalias - 12 Nov 09, 02:05

- 12 Nov 09, 02:05#169288

Nelson Piquet Jr?
Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

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Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169291

By darwin dali - 12 Nov 09, 02:50

- 12 Nov 09, 02:50#169291

Nelson Piquet Jr?
Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

Fo shure

Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point.

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169300

By Juliet P - 12 Nov 09, 07:29

- 12 Nov 09, 07:29#169300

Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

*Young* drivers?!?!

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions... (Augusten Burroughs)

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169304

By Jabberwocky - 12 Nov 09, 10:55

- 12 Nov 09, 10:55#169304

isn't there some sort of 2 race limit?

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169310

By headless - 12 Nov 09, 11:43

- 12 Nov 09, 11:43#169310

Alex Waters

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did
:starwars:

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169315

By Gaz - 12 Nov 09, 13:01

- 12 Nov 09, 13:01#169315

paul di resta

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169322

By 7UpJordan - 12 Nov 09, 13:38

- 12 Nov 09, 13:38#169322

Hulkenberg?

Yep, he's been confirmed for the winter test for Williams. On the first day F2 Champion Andy Soucek will be testing as part of his prize for winning the Championship.

"And Mansell was lucky not to be taken off by that RIDICULOUS bit of driving by Alliot!!" - James Hunt
"AAAAAND into the pitlane..... OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" - Murray Walker

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169327

By myownalias - 12 Nov 09, 15:16

- 12 Nov 09, 15:16#169327

Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

*Young* drivers?!?!

Listen to miss Ageist... :hehe:

I think that Jacques and Michaal are still reasonably young; they're not quite coffin dodgers yet!

myownalias • The Englishman in Kansas • Twitter: @myownalias

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169328

By bud - 12 Nov 09, 15:26

- 12 Nov 09, 15:26#169328

Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

*Young* drivers?!?!

Listen to miss Ageist... I think that Jacques and Michaal are still reasonably young; they're not quite coffin dodgers yet!

are you telling her or yourself here :hehe:

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169330

By myownalias - 12 Nov 09, 15:32

- 12 Nov 09, 15:32#169330

Jacques Villeneuve?
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Michael Schumacher?

*Young* drivers?!?!

Listen to miss Ageist... I think that Jacques and Michaal are still reasonably young; they're not quite coffin dodgers yet!

are you telling her or yourself here

Neither... I seriously doubt that either driver will be testing anything this winter, especially Jacques... it's all in good fun!

myownalias • The Englishman in Kansas • Twitter: @myownalias

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169333

By vaptin - 12 Nov 09, 16:42

- 12 Nov 09, 16:42#169333

luca badoer

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169384

By scotty - 12 Nov 09, 21:20

- 12 Nov 09, 21:20#169384

I think each team gets 3 days of testing for new drivers. I bet Williams would rather give the Hulk more time in the car than having to test Andy Soucek. I've had a scout round quickly, and here's a (probably imcomplete) list of which youngsters are testing for which teams -

Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo (Aussie, British F3 champ)
Ferrari - Daniel Zampieri, Marco Zipoli and Pablo Sanchez-Lopez top 3 Italian F3 drivers respectively. The last Italian F3 driver to graduate to F1 was Giancarlo Fisichella in 1994...
Williams - Andy Soucek (F2 champ) and Hulkenburg
Toro Rosso - Mirko Bortolotti ('08 Italian F3 champ, has tested Ferrari's before and holds the unofficial lap record around Fiorano), and Brendan Hartley (RBR tester, former member of Hanson)
BMW Sauber (yes, you did read that correctly) - Alexander Rossi + Esteban Gutierrez - 2 highly rated drivers, pity they're testing for a seemingly defunct team
McLaren - Paul Di Resta (good driver who is gonna get stuck in DTM if he isn't careful)
Renault - Bertrand Baguette (Belgian, Formula Renault 3.5 champ. Never heard of him :confused:

), i have also heard a rumor that Di Grassi will test for them.
Force India - Karun Chandhok (kinda predictable)

n.b. Kobayashi is apparently eligible to test here, i have read his name and Lotus mentioned in the same sentence several times....

Rising number one of Formula 1, Juan - Juan, one wonders should Juan only win one Formula 1 one year, would Juan have won that one in round one, Juan??

Re: Winter Testing 09/10#169387

By 7UpJordan - 12 Nov 09, 21:24

- 12 Nov 09, 21:24#169387

Renault - Bertrand Baguette (Belgian, Formula Renault 3.5 champ. Never heard of him )

Let's hope he doesn't loaf around.

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