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[cap-dude]

Please. If Williams can prove Nakajima isn't preforming, which I doubt they'll have to, Toyota won't stop them from dropping him. I mean, why would Toyota force Williams to keep a driver they wouldn't even employ themselves. The Toyota name is still printed on the Williams Car and on Nakajima. They don't want poor results with their name on it, no team does. Besides, Williams are clearly adament in getting Hulkenburg a race seat seeing as Hulkenburg is deffinetly a rising star.

[Denthúl]

Please. If Williams can prove Nakajima isn't preforming, which I doubt they'll have to, Toyota won't stop them from dropping him. I mean, why would Toyota force Williams to keep a driver they wouldn't even employ themselves. The Toyota name is still printed on the Williams Car and on Nakajima. They don't want poor results with their name on it, no team does. Besides, Williams are clearly adament in getting Hulkenburg a race seat seeing as Hulkenburg is deffinetly a rising star.

I thought that Williams got the engines free/discounted because they have Nakajima?

[bud]

Please. If Williams can prove Nakajima isn't preforming, which I doubt they'll have to, Toyota won't stop them from dropping him. I mean, why would Toyota force Williams to keep a driver they wouldn't even employ themselves. The Toyota name is still printed on the Williams Car and on Nakajima. They don't want poor results with their name on it, no team does. Besides, Williams are clearly adament in getting Hulkenburg a race seat seeing as Hulkenburg is deffinetly a rising star.

I thought that Williams got the engines free/discounted because they have Nakajima?

Toyota wouldnt care too much about his performance just as long as there is a Japanese driver in a Toyota powered car.

[Denthúl]

Please. If Williams can prove Nakajima isn't preforming, which I doubt they'll have to, Toyota won't stop them from dropping him. I mean, why would Toyota force Williams to keep a driver they wouldn't even employ themselves. The Toyota name is still printed on the Williams Car and on Nakajima. They don't want poor results with their name on it, no team does. Besides, Williams are clearly adament in getting Hulkenburg a race seat seeing as Hulkenburg is deffinetly a rising star.

I thought that Williams got the engines free/discounted because they have Nakajima?

Toyota wouldnt care too much about his performance just as long as there is a Japanese driver in a Toyota powered car.

Yeah. I mean, it's not that he isn't fast, he's just soo inconsistent that it's frustrating. Well, I guess he's consistent in the fact that he's decent in practice but then slow in quali.

[cap-dude]

Please. If Williams can prove Nakajima isn't preforming, which I doubt they'll have to, Toyota won't stop them from dropping him. I mean, why would Toyota force Williams to keep a driver they wouldn't even employ themselves. The Toyota name is still printed on the Williams Car and on Nakajima. They don't want poor results with their name on it, no team does. Besides, Williams are clearly adament in getting Hulkenburg a race seat seeing as Hulkenburg is deffinetly a rising star.

I thought that Williams got the engines free/discounted because they have Nakajima?

Toyota wouldnt care too much about his performance just as long as there is a Japanese driver in a Toyota powered car.

But better no Japenese driver than a bad japenese driver. They want someone to represent Japan, not make it look like the country can't produce decent drivers.

Also, I'm sure the extra points and money earned by Hulkenburg would surely make up for the extra engine price. As for Hulkenburg being busy with GP2. Every GP2 driver has the same goal, F1. Any one of them would instantly drop out of the series if they were offered a seat.

Interesting though, Toyota TD Kamui Kobayshi is going to win the GP2 Asia series next unless he's struck by lighting or something equally impossible. I wonder how Toyota are going to start pushing Kobayshi then. Toyota president speaks highly of the guy.

[bud]

He is apart of the engine deal as Denthul said. Regardless of his performance its all about association for the Japanese. Not every Japanese person is an F1 expert they just see a Japanese driver on tv in a Toyota powered car. Thats all Toyota wants. all for marketing my friend

[Denthúl]

He is apart of the engine deal as Denthul said. Regardless of his performance its all about association for the Japanese. Not every Japanese person is an F1 expert they just see a Japanese driver on tv in a Toyota powered car. Thats all Toyota wants. all for marketing my friend

I think the vast majority of Japanese people would know that you're supposed to go around the race track forwards, not backwards. Similarly, on the track rather than the grass/gravel/in the wall is also common knowledge world-wide.

[cap-dude]

I think the question is, would Frank and Patrick stand for it. Those two are hard men, and they certainly won't take any crap from toyota. They've got high driver standards. They'll turn round and tell Toyota if they want a Japenese driver, they can employ one themselves.

But the thing is, Nakajima can turn his season round still. At least he's not Piquet bad.

[bud]

He is apart of the engine deal as Denthul said. Regardless of his performance its all about association for the Japanese. Not every Japanese person is an F1 expert they just see a Japanese driver on tv in a Toyota powered car. Thats all Toyota wants. all for marketing my friend

I think the vast majority of Japanese people would know that you're supposed to go around the race track forwards, not backwards. Similarly, on the track rather than the grass/gravel/in the wall is also common knowledge world-wide.

funny but your average person wouldnt even have seen the race in full maybe your highlight reel on the nightly news.

[Dutchcruijff]

Williams and a Cosworth engine?

[cap-dude]

Williams and a Cosworth engine?

Your right. That makes perfect sense doesn't it. Though it depends on whether or not the cosworth engine will be decent enough. But it'll certainly be cheap, and thats perfect for Williams.

[FerrariFan63]

Williams and a Cosworth engine?

Your right. That makes perfect sense doesn't it. Though it depends on whether or not the cosworth engine will be decent enough. But it'll certainly be cheap, and thats perfect for Williams.

IMHO it's possible that the Cosworth engine could return to F1. And if this happens, then I think it likely that the FIA would allow the engine to be developed until it matched current engines.

[scotty]

Erm, i thought they were making the 'standard customer engine' for next season?

[bud]

Williams and a Cosworth engine?

Your right. That makes perfect sense doesn't it. Though it depends on whether or not the cosworth engine will be decent enough. But it'll certainly be cheap, and thats perfect for Williams.

IMHO it's possible that the Cosworth engine could return to F1. And if this happens, then I think it likely that the FIA would allow the engine to be developed until it matched current engines.

Its already has been given the thumbs up as the spec engine. USGP or USF1 what ever they will be called will be using it.

[EwanM]

Erm, i thought they were making the 'standard customer engine' for next season?

Yep they are.