De la Rosa set to be 2nd Sauber driver, Heidfeld discarded

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So Heidfeld goes to Renault, takes sabbatical or becomes 3rd driver at Mercedes?

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I think Heidfeld to Renault.

3rd driver or Mercedes? crazy, no? Isn't Schumacher signed for 3 years?

Kubica-Heidfeld pairing in Renault...again haha That does for those that wanted to compare properly who is best!

Go Pedro!

I hope Nick will find seat, he deserves it. Hell, it may be even REnault, though I'd like to see Kubica against someone else. I like Pedro but I dont think he is on Heidfeld's level, probably money issue decided.

oh dear, De La Rosa/Kobayashi is not a great line up. This is surely to do with money as both drivers come with it, and Sauber have just lost Petronas.

A new team like Lotus, that don´t even have a car yet, can sign expierienced drivers like Trulli and Kovalainen.
(who both have raced the last years)

we as a establish team get a mediocre gp2 driver (yes he did well at Toyota, but in the gp2 main series he was nowhere)

and we get a test-driver, that haven´t been in a f1-car much in recent years, and haven´t raced full time since 2002.....

boy I hope they bring alot of money...


ps... I´m not saying Trulli and kovi is very good, but they sure is better than our line up.

Although I like Kobayashi, I don't like DLR. I was hoping for either Nick or Fisi. I think both drivers were signed due to money reasons and sponsorship, which is understandable considering the way Peter had to rescue the team, losing the F1 money, then losing Petronas. But I was prepaired for 2010 to be very much a transition year for the team, and I don't have very high expectations for results. Frankly, I'm just happy the team has survived, although hopefully we can be better than at least the new teams.



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I'm beginning to get very concerned about Heidfeld's future. What if Renault can't afford him, or Kubica tries to keep him out? Could it be that the return of Schumacher a veteran who has nothing to prove, and who has already been there and done that many times over, has prevented Heidfeld from achieving his potential, and which may result in the ending of his career? I doubt Heidfeld comes with enough sponsorship for Campos-Meta or USF1, so he could be in a very sticky situation.

Im not sure why Peter Sauber would want to choose DLR over him either. Sauber dropped Heidfeld in 2003, and only had him back in 2006 due to Thiessen, so perhaps Peter doesn't rate Nick very highly. But considering the team will need results this year to win new sponsors, Heidfeld is surely the best man for the job, so I can only presume it will be a decision based on an urgent need for cash, or based upon the idea that DLR offers better value for money due to his sponsorship. (but then again, so did Nakajima, and we all know how much value it turned out he offered Williams!)

Im no fan of DLR. He comes with plenty of "Knowledge" but I do not forgive him for how he managed to come by that knowledge. He seemed more than willing to use that ferrari data when reading those leaked emails from 2007, he was totally aware of where it came from, and yet he got off scott-free. For me, he will forever be tarnished by that incident, and to my mind he also risks being another "Luca ?Badoer when you consider the length of time he has spent away from f1 competition.

It's again money period. Peter is back to robbing Peter to pay Paul and Nick can get more out of Renault. Mercedes has given PDLR a little bag of money to sweeten the pot.
(I have a theory why ?)
Two poor choices and its back to mid-field.
I guess unless you are a true Sauber fan we'll linking up @ Renault and again battling between who's better Nick or Robert. Posters can replay all the same old dialogue.
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BTW. What happened with Renault board?

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So Heidfeld goes to Renault, takes sabbatical or becomes 3rd driver at Mercedes?

Now that's funny

Heidfeld offered Mercedes reserve role
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Well, that maybe a good shot.

If MS neck problems are back he can step in.

But knowing Nick's luck, he won't step in and Mercedes will hire Kimi (or someone else)

OK, so Nick finally made an announcement that he has no announcement to make:

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Pretty much same stuff what Morelli said couple of times lately :-)

I think you are not up to date on F1 issues or your F1 vision has no criteria at all. PDLR has been doing F1 tests on a regular basis until last year. Results: Always on top. I mean first in all of them. Also you must remember when he had to replace Montoya. He scored a 2nd in Hungaria and had same points results than Kimi. So please, do not compare him with Luca Badoer. I could understand that he is not glamorous enough or "known" enough for the mass, but he IS well known inside F1.

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I'm beginning to get very concerned about Heidfeld's future. What if Renault can't afford him, or Kubica tries to keep him out? Could it be that the return of Schumacher a veteran who has nothing to prove, and who has already been there and done that many times over, has prevented Heidfeld from achieving his potential, and which may result in the ending of his career? I doubt Heidfeld comes with enough sponsorship for Campos-Meta or USF1, so he could be in a very sticky situation.
Im not sure why Peter Sauber would want to choose DLR over him either. Sauber dropped Heidfeld in 2003, and only had him back in 2006 due to Thiessen, so perhaps Peter doesn't rate Nick very highly. But considering the team will need results this year to win new sponsors, Heidfeld is surely the best man for the job, so I can only presume it will be a decision based on an urgent need for cash, or based upon the idea that DLR offers better value for money due to his sponsorship. (but then again, so did Nakajima, and we all know how much value it turned out he offered Williams!)

Im no fan of DLR. He comes with plenty of "Knowledge" but I do not forgive him for how he managed to come by that knowledge. He seemed more than willing to use that ferrari data when reading those leaked emails from 2007, he was totally aware of where it came from, and yet he got off scott-free. For me, he will forever be tarnished by that incident, and to my mind he also risks being another "Luca ?Badoer when you consider the length of time he has spent away from f1 competition.

Sorry, did not quoted it.