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[Jabberwocky]

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/12433/95 ... -of-season

[sagi58]

More than anything, it sounds like McLaren was under pressure from Honda...

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/12433/95 ... -of-season

...McLaren have agonised over the identity of their 2015 driver line-up ever since Honda announced they would be returning to F1 to power the team next year. The Japanese company has reputedly demanded that McLaren deliver a marquee name to spearhead their comeback – prompting McLaren to publicly flirt with both Alonso and former driver Lewis Hamilton as well as reportedly make a name-your-own-price approach to World Champion Sebastian Vettel...

[myownalias]

Good drive from Jenson in Brazil to finish fourth, probably got the best out of the car today, Williams were too quick for Jenson to step up onto the podium, one more chance in Abu Dhabi, a podium would be a good end to Jenson's F1 career, should it be the end of the road in F1 for Jenson.

[Hammer278]

Jenson showed today he has the ability to mix it with the best when his neck is on the line.

[racechick]

The boy done good

[Roth]

Brundle said it best in the race - if he leaves F1 there will be a lot of drivers left who couldn't hold a candle to him.

[racechick]

Hmmmm, that's going a bit far. But Brundles a long standing member of the steak dinner club.

[What's Burning?]

I'd have to disagree with Brundle there. Ricciardo was in Toro Rosso last year and didn't raise many eyebrows. He moves to Red Bull and is using a four time world champion as his hobby horse.

I have to wonder what a Hulkenberg would do in a pointy end of the grid car?

[CookinFlat6]

The funniest was hearing Damon say Jenson was a guy with no interest in contracts and political scheming preferring to do his talking on track and that's why he was in this position

[LRW]

The funniest was hearing Damon say Jenson was a guy with no interest in contracts and political scheming preferring to do his talking on track and that's why he was in this position

Lol. As soon as I heard him say that I did think of you guys and chuckle.

[Roth]

I'd have to disagree with Brundle there. Ricciardo was in Toro Rosso last year and didn't raise many eyebrows. He moves to Red Bull and is using a four time world champion as his hobby horse.

I have to wonder what a Hulkenberg would do in a pointy end of the grid car?

The Hulk is eveybodies go-to man for untapped potential. Apart from the top teams apparently. It would have been interesting to see him given a chance, but that's not happened. Ricc is a special case. For every one of him there are many more given the chance who failed miserably.

[Jabberwocky]

Why do they always over look him?

[CookinFlat6]

Thats the thing, most never get given a chance let alone a second or third one.

Take Jenson, after failing in his first year at Williams to secure a seat, he was given another chance by being parked at Benneton, then after failing to secure a seat when he was replaced by Alonso, he had a third bite at the cherry.

Now every Jenson fan will agree that he was lucky to get the time to show his real talents leading to a WDC.

Compared to the cut throat pay driver world of today, Jaime Algea, Petrov, Chandhok just to mention a few that I though would have made it if the had not been unceremoniuosly dumped, each of those could have ended up a WDC given the luxury of 3 bites at the cherry

even Ricc didnt look better than JEV or Jaime Algae at STR - its more a question of being in the right place at the right time and having a patsy as a teammate doesnt harm your chances, neither does having a disturbed team boss as opposed to one more interested in the girls like Flavio

[myownalias]

I said this earlier in the thread, I can't complain that if Jenson does end his F1 career after Abu Double, he has had a fair shot and achieved multiple race wins and a world drivers title, so many drivers with potential have been unceremoniously dumped and never given the chance, mainly because their team found another driver with more sponsorship money to bring to the team. I make no secret of my dislike for pay drivers, if teams can not afford to pay a driver, get off the grid!

[Jabberwocky]

Jenson was only a stop gap Williams because Montoya who was winning everything in sight wanted some F1 action but was already contracted in america, BMW wanted at least 1 Germany driver. So Ralf kept the other seat.

Moving onto Renault, Flavio promoted his protégé Alonso once he had got upto speed in Minardi. Flavio also knew that because of the extra money Renault was pumping into the team compared to benetton that he needed his cash cow to bring in the money.