With potentially six new places available on the grid for F1 drivers in 2010 we’re set for an influx of new names next year.
Who will be the lucky half-dozen to get the places? Fresh new rookies? Experienced hands making comebacks? Third drivers hoping for race team promotions?
Here’s a list of some of the likely candidates – vote for the ones you most want to see in F1 next year.
You can pick up to six names from the list below. It includes a mix of drivers with F1 experience who might be looking for a way back in, and promising and/or well-backed rookies:
Who do you want to see in F1 next year?
- Nico H???lkenberg (15%)
- Christijan Albers (1%)
- Franck Montagny (2%)
- Nelson Piquet Jnr (5%)
- Takuma Sato (8%)
- Anthony Davidson (12%)
- Christian Klien (4%)
- Gary Paffett (3%)
- Marc Gene (1%)
- Alexander Wurz (3%)
- Pedro de la Rosa (5%)
- Giorgio Pantano (2%)
- Andy Soucek (1%)
- Vitaly Petrov (8%)
- Lucas di Grassi (8%)
- Bruno Senna (23%)
Total Voters: 1,819
Loading ...Here’s who I picked and why:
Anthony Davidson – Showed promise at Super Aguri before the team fizzled out. He’s a fine addition to the BBC commentary team but he’s too talented not to be racing.
Franck Montagny – Another talented driver who deserved a proper shot at F1, not a few perfunctory appearances for Super Aguri while they tried to find a Japanese driver to replace him with. Has shown good form in sports car and Indy Car racing since his last F1 appearance in 2006.
Bruno Senna – A strong second place in GP2 last year against a much more experienced champion.
Nico H???lkenberg – Very likely to get a seat and absolutely deserves it after storming this year’s GP2 championship.
Pedro de la Rosa – Stacks of experience and a nice bloke to boot – a fine choice for any of the new teams.
Lucas di Grassi – He’s blown hot and cold somewhat in GP2, but got a good response from Renault when he last tested for them.
More on these drivers
- Bruno Senna (Meet the rookies)
- Lucas di Grassi: Is he F1 material?
- Can Andy Soucek jump from F2 to F1?
- Giorgio Pantano beats Bruno Senna to the GP2 title ?ǣ but will he reach F1?
- Wurz, Brabham and Gene win the Le Mans 24 Hours for Peugeot
- Christian Klien biography
- Alexander Wurz biography
- Pedro de la Rosa biography
- Anthony Davidson biography
- Takuma Sato biography
- Nelson Piquet Jnr biography
- Franck Montagny biography
- Christijan Albers biography
- Nico H???lkenberg (Meet the rookies)
- Nico H???lkenberg?s GP2 form points towards 2010 F1 debut for Williams
- Nico H???lkenberg wins GP2 title at Monza
Aaron
23rd October 2009, 11:06
Where is BETRAND BAGUETTE ?
He’s the chamion in the renault world series and very talented!!!
D Winn
23rd October 2009, 11:10
He drives for ‘Subway’ :)
Macca
23rd October 2009, 13:49
A name to watch out for in the future is Daniel Riccardo, talented young Aussie and just won the British F3 Championship. I would love to see another Aussie in F1 racing along side Webber.
Anthony
23rd October 2009, 14:12
where is michael schumacher on the list????
Ned Flanders
23rd October 2009, 14:23
Where is Luca Badoer???
F1Yankee
23rd October 2009, 15:49
you stole my question!
Maciek
23rd October 2009, 16:04
Where is Kobayashi?
Chazzers
23rd October 2009, 16:07
Where is Luca? Probably off getting lapped somewhere.
Hallard
23rd October 2009, 17:59
Im not even sure Luca knows where he is…
F1Fan
23rd October 2009, 17:26
Anthony, right on !
djdaveyp
23rd October 2009, 11:06
it only let me pick 1 name!
donwatters
23rd October 2009, 19:53
I was only allowed one pick as well.
D Winn
23rd October 2009, 11:06
Max choices = 1 Keith !
Ronman
23rd October 2009, 11:21
same here….
where’s Bourdais, isn’t he even trying? or are the football cars enough for him?
DC
23rd October 2009, 11:10
I would like to see Jonathan Summerton, but I think he needs a tour in GP2 first. He’s done Formula BMW, Formula 3, A1GP and the Atlantic series, I believe, but now he needs to move up to GP2 for a season or two and prove himself.
mfDB
23rd October 2009, 16:47
He can’t get his superlicense in time. There is a decent article on USF1 and their driver thoughts in the F1-links on this site (the Donnington one, look for the Kyle Busch article).
windsor pretty much says that there are no US drivers that can get their superlicense in time….
Gman
24th October 2009, 2:14
I agree 100% about Summerton- I did an article with an interview with him for this site last year, he’s a fantastic guy with some real talent. If he dose need more time for a superlicense, I would love to see him bang wheels with some of the GP2 stars next season.
Randy
24th October 2009, 5:01
Agreed DC, Summerton needs more time before he is ready for F1. I do not like the current trend of throwing 19 year olds into the fray. To many are being spat out and washed up before they are 22. Having said that, I would like to see Robert Wickens get an opportunity. He has been competitive at every level.
AA
23rd October 2009, 11:11
Kobayashi isn’t on the list :-(
IDR
23rd October 2009, 11:16
Here Here!!!!
Ace
23rd October 2009, 12:17
he’d get my vote :)
DomPrez
23rd October 2009, 14:02
+1
infact i think he is the next gen Sato. wreckless in a good way. his first race and he provided a great fight for a champion.
There’s just sumthing about Japanese kamakazi driving that gets my heart rate spiked!
IDR
23rd October 2009, 18:38
Wow!
Nelsinho with 19 votes!!!!!!
Family matters…..
IDR
23rd October 2009, 18:52
Sorry! wrong post..
Clay
25th October 2009, 23:30
I voted for him – for a new team he has some experience of tracks, is a former GP2 title holder, and imagine the press coverage you could offer sponsors? There would be a loot of it, especially early in the season and at the singapore race. Only offer him a 1 year contract and a performance based one at that though…
Ned Flanders
23rd October 2009, 11:18
Christian Albers? If he’s on the list, then why not Zsolt Baumgartner, Markus Winkelhock and Yuji Ide?
And what happened to Paul Di Resta- shouldn’t he be under consideration?
Jelle van der Meer
23rd October 2009, 12:47
Ned,
Robert Doornbos should be on the list before Christian Albers. Than Giedo van der Garde should also be there.
Do agree that Kobayashi certainly should be listed.
Ratboy
23rd October 2009, 21:39
I think Yuji Ide isn’t allowed in a F1 car after the Imola crash, didn’t he have his superlicense taken off him
Gman
24th October 2009, 2:17
Yes I believe Ide did have his superlicense revoked….haven’t heard anything on him since.
How did Albers wind up on the list? Is he planning some sort of comeback? I must admit that, even though they were going out as I was becoming interested in the sport, I did love those Dutch Orange Spyker cars :)
Lustigson
23rd October 2009, 11:18
Keith, either change the poll to radio buttons, or allow for multiple choices.
Richard Evans
23rd October 2009, 11:20
Paul di resta??
Gustav
23rd October 2009, 11:21
You need to fix the list, it says maximum one choice allowed. I’d love to see Sato and Kobayashi on the same team, that would be epic fun..!
pawelf1
23rd October 2009, 11:23
Yes something was wrong with this woting i wanted:
Bruno Senna
Alex Wurz
Anthony Davidson
Takuma Sato
Frank Montagny
Pedro de la Rosa
steph90
23rd October 2009, 11:33
I was told the same as the others, ‘maximum number of votes is 1’. Great idea though, and nice new way to do a poll
:)In no particular order:
Senna
Davidson
Petrov
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Sato
Daniel
23rd October 2009, 11:57
Same problem… while it’s not fixed, here’s my list:
Senna
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Klien
Wurz
Sato
Prisoner Monkeys
23rd October 2009, 11:36
Petrov
Hulkenberg
Senna
Kilen
Didn’t like any of the other choices, but I would like to see Summerton and perhaps Maldonado.
Luigismen
25th October 2009, 19:39
I’m with you on Maldonado, he’s got a lot of talent, just need to learn more
cholle
23rd October 2009, 11:43
Senna
di Grassi
Hulkenberg
Soucek
Davidson
and Kobayashi (he should be among the choices)
Adrian
23rd October 2009, 11:51
Nice to see Ant getting the most support!!
IDR
23rd October 2009, 11:57
“Nelson Piquet: 1 vote”
Congratulations Keith!
Nelsinho is a frequet reader of this blog!
GeeMac
23rd October 2009, 13:29
He has 2 votes now.. his popularity doubled during the day! ;-)
Sush Meerkat
23rd October 2009, 13:35
that’ll be his dad then!
DomPrez
23rd October 2009, 14:05
lol, sadly his dad voted for di Grassi…
Jr. just voted twice from a diferent computer…
Patrickl
23rd October 2009, 21:36
It’s probably people with bad hand eye coordination trying to vote for Sato.
Leon
23rd October 2009, 12:04
Davidson
Hulkenburg
Senna
Montagny
Kubayashi
De Grassi
Can you fix the system Keith?
ajokay
23rd October 2009, 12:13
I’ll name my picks here, seeing as the tick boxes aren’t working, and only a couple of them are on the list anyways.
Davidson – needs a chance to shine.
Senna – his name is Senna.
Klien – always liked him, think he should be back.
Wurz – ditto.
Kobayashi – drove an entertaining stonker in Brazil.
Villeneuve – I just like him and his attitude.
Hulkenberg – is awesome, apparently.
That is who I want to see in F1 next year.
Gabriel
23rd October 2009, 12:13
Where’s Adam Carroll? I’d like to see him abd in that way support A1GP as a feeder series.
lynnduffy
23rd October 2009, 17:10
Agreed
ConcedoNulli
23rd October 2009, 22:20
Agree – Adam Carroll should be in F1
slr
23rd October 2009, 12:17
I picked Sato. He and Kobayashi would have great battles.
GeeMac
23rd October 2009, 13:30
Sato and Kobayashi would have great battles, which would end in spectacular crashes…
Phil
23rd October 2009, 12:18
Petrov obviously. I mean if our football team can beat Barcelona, why can’t our racers be just as good :) Plus, if not for the technical problems he could very well be the champ this year.
Pete Walker
23rd October 2009, 12:21
For me, four GP2 kids: Senna, di Grassi, Petrov and Hulkenberg – promising talents all and a Russian in the field would be great for the sport.
Aside from that, Anthony Davidson is an obvious choice, I’d love to see what he could achieve in a decent car. I’d miss his commentary though. Maybe he could combine both jobs and talk us through practice sessions from on-track :P
And finally, Takuma Sato. I know he’s had more chances than most, but he’s surely one of the most likeable drivers of the decade. :)
Joe
23rd October 2009, 12:26
Bruno Senna – Just cause its Senna, havnt seen him race yet
Vitaly Petrov – Very quick, should be a good fit for F1 bringing it to Rus
Pedro de la Rosa – Needs to be on the gird, wasted as a tester
Gary Paffett – Going strong in DTM, better than Ralf S.
Anthony Davidson – For sure we need Ant on the gird
Nico Hülkenberg – GP2 Champ says it all really
matt
23rd October 2009, 12:33
Only given one vote so I didn’t bother.
Senna
Sato
Davidson
Hulkenberg
Paffett
Di Grassi
Becken
23rd October 2009, 12:41
Why Paul Di Resta is not in the list?
Daffid
23rd October 2009, 12:57
seconded
Daniel
23rd October 2009, 12:43
Something must be said about Bruno Senna:
Yes, his family name helped a lot, but when his uncle died it interrupted his career (then in karts) and he stayed away from motorsport for almost a decade… despite all of that, since he came back, he won races in every series he’s participated and, despite never being champion, he always came very close to that with little experience… he deserves his shot at Formula 1, and I’m glad to see everyone agrees…
steph90
23rd October 2009, 12:51
I always wonder about Bruno just how different he would be now as a driver if he had not stayed away from motorsport for that period of time. It is a shame that his career was interupted in that way (although completely understandable)
Spawinte
23rd October 2009, 12:50
Fix your broken poll!!
Daffid
23rd October 2009, 12:57
Who the hell would want Wurz back? He couldn’t cope the last time.
PAUL DI RESTA – you missed him
Nico Hulkenberg
– Best new talents
Anthony Davidson
Christian Klien
– Proven ability, yet to see their full potential
Gary Paffett – deserves a shot at last.
Nelson Piquet… because I think it would be hilarious :D I’m joking, scratch that one.
Bruno Senna – to see if he lives up to all the hype – I very much doubt he will, but I just want everyone to stop talking about him just because of his surname… it was never like this with Damon Hill…
CRM
23rd October 2009, 12:57
My choices:
Bruno Senna – Looks fast and would be great to have the Senna name back in F1
Pedro De La Rosa – I always thought he was a good driver and after so long as a test driver it would be great to see him get one full season as a main driver before he retires
Gary Paffett – Definitely deserves a chance in F1 after doing well in other series. In hope he doesn’t become one of those talented drivers who looked good elsewhere but never even got a chance in F1
Anthony Davidson – Another driver who deserves another chance in F1 after doing well with Super Aguri
Takumo Sato – F1 is more entertaining with Sato in, and with Nakajima more than likely losing his seat it is important for F1 to have at least one Japanese driver
Nico Hulkenberg – Can’t wait to see how fast he is in F1 after dominating GP2
str8guy
23rd October 2009, 13:01
Klien … wasn’t given a proper chance and deserves another shot …
Yuma
23rd October 2009, 13:04
why isn’t Jacques Villeneuve on the list????????
Jay Menon
25th October 2009, 6:57
Thats what I was gonna say…where’s Jacques?
cyanide
23rd October 2009, 13:07
I hope the FIA did not use this voting system to decide the president :D
neracer
23rd October 2009, 13:49
lol. very likely though! what a shame for Vatinen.
chaostheory
23rd October 2009, 13:13
Anthony Davidson from your list.
Kimi Raikkonen from outside the list :)
RedBullRacer
23rd October 2009, 13:14
I’m going to list mine here rather than vote for just one because this list is in no particular order:
Anthony Davidson
Takuma Sato
Bruno Senna
Lucas Di Grassi
Nico Hulkenberg
Kamui Kobayashi (not on original list but should be)
Dingle Dell
23rd October 2009, 13:20
Sad, only allowed to pick one instead of the said SIX. Got cheated. Anyway I only want to see Bruno Senna, at least that’s a consolation prize for me, than to remember myself that the Yawn Toad guy has been eleceted as FIA.T president… boring!
GeeMac
23rd October 2009, 13:26
I’d like to see:
Senna
Petrov
Paffet
Davidson
Sato
Hulkenberg
If this was a “who would you like to see NOT driving next year?”, I’d say:
Grosjean (not good enough yet);
Trulli (his 15 minutes of fame is up); and
Nakajima (not bad, but he hasn’t scored a point in what has been quite a competitive car).
Nik
23rd October 2009, 13:32
The ones I’d be very interested in seeing:
Senna
Davidson
Sato
Hulkenburg
Of the others, some I don’t know enough about, others I wouldn’t care to see. Would be nice for de la Rosa to get a break, and definitely Kobayashi too.
Mark Hitchcock
23rd October 2009, 13:39
Bruno Senna – I’ll be honest, I’d just love to see the Senna name back in F1.
Ant Davidson – Just really like the guy and didn’t really appreciate him when he was in F1 before.
Kobayashi – He’s not on the list but his race in Brazil is one of the most exciting debuts I’ve seen for a while.
Alex Wurz – As with Ant, I didn’t really take much notice of him when he was in F1 but since he left I’ve grown to like him.
Hulkenberg – Hype, hype, hype. Lets hope he lives up to it.
Lucas di Grassi – Just to make up the numbers,
Mark Hitchcock
23rd October 2009, 13:44
Oh and someone else who isn’t on the list that I’d like to see is Brendon Hartley. Maybe just because I’m drawn to anything New Zealand but I’ve liked him since I first saw him.
He needs a lot more experience though or he’ll just be slated like the rookies this year (who all deserve at least another year, especially ALG and Buemi)
SoLiD
23rd October 2009, 14:30
hype… don’t think you should be saying too much about a hype if you looked at what he did the last few years ;)
Mark Hitchcock
23rd October 2009, 14:36
I’m not saying it’s unfounded hype. Not at all.
I just haven’t been following his career very much, yet when I think of future talents his name is always one of the first in my mind. The reason for that is because of what other people have said about him.
F1Outsider
23rd October 2009, 13:41
Apart from Nico Hülkenberg, there’s nobody else on that list that I would care to see. At first I wanted to see Bruno Senna, but he’s been too much of a prima donna.
You should create a poll with drivers that shouldn’t be in F1.
three4three
23rd October 2009, 14:06
My six:
Kobayashi (even though he’s not on the list)
Senna
Hülkenberg
Davidson
Sato
Petrov
Would be good to See Davidson back, think there’s lost potential there. Petrov would be good not least for getting some involvement from that region. As with Davidson, I think Sato may have a bit left in him and would love to see it. Kobayashi for me is (as is Senna Hulkenberg) a no brainer. :)
UnicornF1
23rd October 2009, 14:13
I vote for (order of preference):
1. Nico Hülkenberg
2. =====> JUAN PABLO MONTOYA!!!!!!!!!
3. Bruno Senna
4. Pedro de la Rosa
5. Vitaly Petrov
6. Takuma Sato
UnicornF1
23rd October 2009, 14:16
Oops sorry, I forgot Jacques Villeneuve!
1. Nico Hülkenberg
2. =====> JUAN PABLO MONTOYA!!!!!!!!!
3. =====> Jacques Villeneuve!!!!!!!!!
4. Bruno Senna
5. Pedro de la Rosa
6. Vitaly Petrov
ccolanto
23rd October 2009, 17:17
i second Jacques Villeneuve
Ratboy
23rd October 2009, 21:44
Didn’t Jacques Villeneuve walk away from F1, same with Montoya.
thats probably why they aren’t on the list
Pink Peril
24th October 2009, 2:48
Hello my name is Juan Pablo Montoya, you killed my F1 career – prepare to die !
Agreed, bring back Montoya !
From the list I picked Senna, Sato, Davidson, Hulkenberg, Di Grassi & Paffett.
Sato & Davidson because I’d like to see them back, and the rest because I’d like to see what they can do. As for options not already on the list I’d like to see Montoya (obviously), Black Jack, Hartley, Riccardo, Kobayashi & Patrick all plying their trade in an F1 car.
Knight001
23rd October 2009, 14:14
My 6 I want to see in F1:
Hulkenburg
Senna
Klien
Kobayashi
di Grassi
Davidson
Anthony
23rd October 2009, 14:21
Well.. since the list only let me choose 1, I will write down my own list:
1) Michael Schumacher (why discount him?? he can still make a comeback)
2) Kobayashi (impressed me in brazil!)
3) Nico Hulkemberg (GP2 champ)
4) Anthony Davidson (has my own name, and everybody says hes good)
5) Bruno Senna (just because of the name..)
6) Nelson Piquet Jr. (I just want to see if he’s really that bad on another team, or if its true it was renault the problem)
AA
23rd October 2009, 14:26
+1 – agree with all of this.
SoLiD
23rd October 2009, 14:28
As A Belgian, I would love to see Baguette or D’Ambrosio in F1.
Baguette is WSR champion wich is big and D’Ambrosio did a descent GP2 season, but the DAMS team faded second half of the season… He did much better than Koboyashi in the same team.
Gman
24th October 2009, 2:23
Interesting- I had never heard of those guys before now. Thanks for the info :)
sato113
23rd October 2009, 14:32
my top six are:
Sato (obviously)
Klien
Wurz
de la Rosa
Davidson
and Senna
so mostly returning drivers and Senna to see what he’s like. and (KAMAKAZIE) KOBAYASHI!!! of course but hes not on the list.
HounslowBusGarage
23rd October 2009, 14:33
I’d just like to point out that I’m still available for next season and like Jensen, I’ll wash my own overalls . . .
madurai
23rd October 2009, 14:47
Common Guys give a chance to the poor fellow Piquet Jnr.
He needs to be given one more chance.
djdaveyp
23rd October 2009, 15:08
I’m not sure he deserves it. But I want to see what he can do. I still feel sorry for him!
Prisoner Monkeys
23rd October 2009, 15:04
Rumour has it that Petrov will take part in Renault’s rookie race-off event, possibly lending credence to the suggestion the team will be purchased by a guy from Russia with connections to current Renault sponsor MegaFon.
Gman
24th October 2009, 2:37
Hmmmm..not sure if its the same guy, but could Mikhail Prokhorov be buying Renault F1 AND the New Jersey Nets in the same timespan?
LC Coelho
23rd October 2009, 15:09
poll still not working..
max choice = 1
Aaron Shearer
23rd October 2009, 15:11
Where’s Paul Di Resta on that list??
theo
23rd October 2009, 15:17
why not have Loeb on the list?
Tiomkin
23rd October 2009, 15:32
I only really want to see one man next year, that is Kobyashi.
But he, for some strange reason is not on the list.
Patrickl
23rd October 2009, 21:39
Howett thought he was too slow …
PJA
23rd October 2009, 15:47
I don’t really follow the junior series so I can’t say which drivers deserve to be in F1 in terms of their performances, and so some of the drivers on the list I know virtually nothing about. But as the question is who we would like to see in F1 here goes
Hulkenberg – will be surprised if he is does not have a race seat at Williams next year
De la Rosa – I think he deserves a race seat and his experience will be valuable for a new team
Davidson – Was a good tester at BAR/Honda and should get another chance.
Senna – Like a few others this choice is mainly based on his name.
Kobayashi – impressed in his debut race and probably deserves a full time race drive
I am not sure who else to pick, Sato was entertaining when he was in F1, some posters on this site seem to rate Petrov highly, and the part of me that likes to see more British drivers in F1 would choose Paffett.
I would like to see Villeneuve back in F1, but the problem is I fear he just won’t be quick enough.
Also if we decided to include current drivers we wanted on the grid next year who are uncertain to get a drive I would include Heidfeld and some others.
UnicornF1
23rd October 2009, 15:57
Keith,
I think you should run this poll again including all the extra names reported here and also being able to give more than 1 vote…
Mahir C
23rd October 2009, 15:59
What happened to Di Resta?
He was suposed to be the next big thing. He is forgotten by not only Keith, but the teams as well.Are any of the teams considering him?
Brian
23rd October 2009, 16:03
?????????? Why isn’t Robert Wickens on the list?????????
He deserves a shot.
Racin-Rob
23rd October 2009, 16:15
Not sure Robbie is quite there yet in terms of experience…don’t get me wrong, I like him for many reasons, not the least of which is that I’ve watched him develop since karts (he grew up in my region). Just think he needs a year of GP2 to be ready for F1.
As for picks for next year…I like
Davidson
Hulkenburg
Paffet
DiResta
Montagny
Senna (just to see if he’s good enough)
+X-K
23rd October 2009, 16:20
Davidson seems to be favored in excess.
He was rarely keeping a consistent pace in the race through the season.
He has been a scoreless by that token.
Willian
23rd October 2009, 16:36
Where is Kobayashi?
He was the best rookie in 2009!
bob
23rd October 2009, 17:20
actually the best was Buemi
sato113
23rd October 2009, 18:04
ok, rookie without loads of testing.
Patrickl
23rd October 2009, 21:41
for finishing one race?
Ben
25th October 2009, 8:13
I totally agree with you
bob
23rd October 2009, 17:20
De La Rosa
Wurz
Zonta
Da Mata
Hulkenberg
Senna
Kerrol
Sato
Kobayashi
Grosjean
gaz
23rd October 2009, 17:39
keith, can i vote for myself??
Tiomkin
23rd October 2009, 18:44
Only if you’ve got a super license.
Leaf
23rd October 2009, 18:54
Grosjean – For no other reason than the haircut
Kobayashi – For no other reason than he’ll keep
everybody on their toes while attempting to
pass him.
Any American driver – For no other reason than we have
to have someone that is better
than some of the slugs posted
in the list and comments.
Have a nice day everyone. :-)
Gman
23rd October 2009, 23:21
I absolutley LOVE the American driver comment :) I disagree about Grosjean’s haircut, but if he keeps that cool helmet design (best on the grid at the moment) then he should stay.
Red Andy
23rd October 2009, 19:22
My six would be:
Nico Hulkenberg
Alvaro Parente
Adam Carroll
Lucas di Grassi
Paul di Resta
Vitaly Petrov
No point in bringing back old hands like de la Rosa, Wurz, Davidson who have tried and failed. Especially not the journeyman Klien, who was only a Jaguar/Red Bull driver because of his nationality. Plenty of young talent to fill up those grid spots, please!
Wesley
23rd October 2009, 19:26
Only lets me choose one.
Koby needs to be on the list too.
effone
23rd October 2009, 19:30
What about Jacques Villeneuve?
steph90
23rd October 2009, 19:48
Nooo not Jacques!!
:PMike "the bike" Schumacher
23rd October 2009, 19:48
Are people having a laugh, piquet is 7th at the moment and what about Adam Caroll.
Patrickl
23rd October 2009, 21:44
7th with 6 places available …
Paige Michael-Shetley
23rd October 2009, 20:10
Hulkenberg.
He’s the only one on that list who is a really exciting talent.
Patrickl
23rd October 2009, 21:41
Indeed
JUGNU
23rd October 2009, 21:47
My top 6: Above voting system only allowed one entry.
Bruno Senna
Vitaly Petrov
Giorgio Pantano
Pedro de la Rosa
Nelson Piquet Jnr: Should get another chance to show his true talent.
Nico Hülkenberg: Only an official announcement is left. He will surely be in F1 next year.
Ratboy
23rd October 2009, 21:49
Technically Piquet jnr showed his true talent in the races running upto singapore,
Flavio then used piquets lack of skill to full use.
ConcedoNulli
23rd October 2009, 22:21
Adam Carroll
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
23rd October 2009, 22:29
Hi everyone,
I’m very sorry that the poll hasn’t been working properly. I set it up to work for six votes and tested it out and it worked fine, but now I’ve come back to it it’s gone back to one and I can’t understand why. I have changed it now and it should be working properly again.
I would have picked up on the problem sooner but due to circumstances beyond by control I haven’t been able to check the comments for much of the day.
Sorry again for the problem.
UnicornF1
24th October 2009, 3:37
Keith,
I think it’s better to re-run the poll adding up some of the missing drivers we proposed along this poll.
This poll is now a mix of 1-voters and 6-voters
three4three
24th October 2009, 18:42
Yup gotta agree. Because I voted on one while it wasn’t properly working it won’t let me vote again now that it is.
StrFerrari4Ever
23rd October 2009, 23:13
The 6 drivers I would like to see come into F1 next season are:
Nico Hulkenberg(great talent and would be a brilliant capture for the Williams team)
Christian Klien(never got to show his full potential and deserves a chance to shine)
Anthony Davidson(Same as Klien)
Takuma Sato(Love the guy great entertainment deserves yet another chance in F1!)
Nelsinho Piquet Jnr(I actually want him back in F1 to show whether he had any chance)
Bruno Senna(Bring back the Senna name in F1 & shut up Hamilton about making him think his like Ayrton)
yelrom
23rd October 2009, 23:45
i wdl pick..
Senna: Been rumpoured for a while noe and has shown promise in GP2.
Klien: Dont think he really had a good shot, deserves another chance.
Hulkenberg: Promise in GP2, good to see 2.. nico.. bergs next yeaR!
de la Rosa: Never thought he had a real shot, was always in mediocre cars, apart from when he was in Mclaren.
Petrov: We need drivers from differnt countries, he has shown promise and would like to see him in F1 next year.
Sato: I say bring him back, I always liked watching him race, also missed out due to Super Aguris departure.
inc0mmunicado
24th October 2009, 0:15
I would like to see kimi next year in f1 instead of retired or in wrc…preferrably on one of the new teams or brawn..
Matt
24th October 2009, 1:14
My only choice is really Bruno Senna, I just only hope its with a current team with a decent car and engine.
Vincent
24th October 2009, 2:08
Guys, poll is now working. You can now choose more than 1. :)
Ed
24th October 2009, 3:04
It seems I am in the minority, but I would like to see Pantano have another go. As Glock proved, drivers who have a taste of F1, and then go and consolidate for a few years, can still come back and do a very good job.
Gman
24th October 2009, 3:09
Six drivers I want to see in F1 next year…
1. Jonathan Summerton- Forget Scott Speed and his attitudes, JS is the guy with the talent and personality to, eventually, put the Stars and Stripes over the top step of the podium someday :)
2. Nico Hulkenberg- Not just a GP2 Champoin, but dominant in every catagory he has driven in. Last new driver I remember with that sort of background was some guy named Lewis….
3. Adam Carrol- Is there a more under-rated guy out there? Perhaps not the best GP2 star, but more than solid in my book.
4. Anthony Davidson- Did more than OK in a team designed to keep the career of his teammate intact.
5. Giorgio Pantano- If Glock got the second chance, why not Georgie? I’d really like to see what he could do, and he’d probably drive for next-to-nothing in terms of pay.
6. Franck Montagny- Should have followed Trulli at Renault years ago.
I have no desire to see Sato back- honestly, why do people like drivers who crash out all the time? I would also like to see Senna, the name is good but I think he has real talent. Oh, and Paffett for sure.
In a few years…Robert Wickens, Esteban Gutierrez, Alexander Rossi, John Edwards (2009 Formula Atlantic Champion), J.R. Hildebrant (2009 Indy Lights Champ)…the North American talent pool is stocked and loaded!!
Oh, and my real favorite 2010 talent debut….Ben Spies at Tech 3 Yamaha :)
oricon666
24th October 2009, 3:25
JUAN PABLO MONTOYA!!!!!!
riza_kasela
24th October 2009, 6:20
i don’t like this polling
Where’s Kamui Kobayashi???????
Smitty
24th October 2009, 11:57
Bruno Senna
Lucas Di Grassi
Christian Klien
Anthony Davidson
Takuma Sato
Nico Hulkenburg
Dennis
24th October 2009, 16:47
Nico “the incredible” Hülkenberg is the one I’d really love to see in F1. He has been dominating nearly every series he’s participated in including A1GP, Formula three Euroseries and his impressive run at the GP2 of course. He might replace Rosberg at Williams next year.
I also liked Kobayashi in last week’s race in Brazil. He looks like a real racer/fighter. Shame he couldn’t get points, perhaps not fit enough.
Juan Pablo Montoya yeah! I forgot about him. He was very good too, let’s get him back in there, he was unafraid to go at it which is cool. That’s also why I would like
Takuma Sato back.
Bruno Senna. Mostly because of the name but he did pretty well in GP2 finishing as runner-up in 2008 (to Giogio Pantano but still!) and cousin Ayrton spoke very highly of him.
Baguette isn’t on the list. I just saw him drive in the formula renault today, impressive! He won the race with some old fashion overtake manoevres. Alguersari was in that race too, he finished 7th or so.
Who do I not want to see back in F1: Trulli (I’m tired of him and his trains), Kovalainen (he’s sympathetic but not fast enough), Badoer (no-brainer), Fisichella (he’s just not that fast), Nakajima because well, Rosberg is a fine driver but 0 versus 34 points.. too much!
I’m in doubt about Nelsinho Piquet jr. I was impressed by him in the A1GP and he did very well (almost beating Hamilton) in GP2. But he’s also a whiner and he drove terrible the past season and a half. I’d like to see what he can do but he’s not the guy that will do well in a new team unlike, say, Vettel or Alonso. So the problem is that if he gets back in a new team, he’s going to suck anyway.. Hard one but I think I’d like to see his skill so let’s have him back too.
JLS
24th October 2009, 18:51
Here are my choices?
Bruno
Taku
Klien
Petrov
Davidson
Hildebrand
And where are the rest of the US drivers?
verstappen
24th October 2009, 21:15
Senna – see if he really is that good (as Ayrton said: look at my nephew he is really good!)
Sato – Action where he went!
Piquet – as we see with Grosjean, Badoer and even Fisichella the car has to match the driver… given his achievements in GP2 I think he deserves a second chance in spite of singapore
Albers – Hey I’m dutch and he is the only dutch man on the list. And see the remark above about the car suiting the driver. Probably better to wait for Giedo van de Garde (or Max Verstappen, son of Jos….)
jason
25th October 2009, 3:59
the answer to where is luca badoer is he is thank god far away from a track and a f1 car hanging his head in shame for disappointing the prancing horse going slow somewhere. and if there is a god nelson cheatquet and the terrible sebastion bordais will stay far far away from the sport
jason
25th October 2009, 4:05
i totally forgot about these 2 but it would be great to see them back in the single seater Jacques Villeneuve and grab back montoya from the dreadful nascar series
Matt
25th October 2009, 5:12
Perhaps Keith was assuming that Kobayashi already has the drive for next year? I sure hope he does and would’ve got my vote if he was on the list.
Oh and my name wasn’t on the list either… I’d give my left testicle for a drive :P
Luigismen
25th October 2009, 19:48
what’s wrong with your right one?
AntoninF
25th October 2009, 6:20
Where is Alvaro Parente? It seems he’s dealing for a seat with Virgin F1.
Bud
25th October 2009, 17:28
Senna
Davidson
Petrov and I forgot to vote for Hulkenberg.
……and how about some racing at the sharp end of the field?
Luigismen
25th October 2009, 19:44
Pastor Maldonado?
Dennis
26th October 2009, 10:13
Ah the evidence for a Hülkenberg/Barrichello-drivers couple at Williams Cosworth is piling up now! Willi Weber, Nico Hülkenberg’s manager, said “I think he has new team-mate Rubens Barrichello under control”. I’m looking forward to that! I don’t think Hülkenberg came to the F1 to lose. With an experienced driver like Barrichello next to him, someone who can show him the way in F1, he’s an outsider for any race. Let’s hope they work well together and with the team. The 2010 championship is definetly shaping up better and better! Alonso in a Ferrari, Vettel in a Red Bull, Hamilton in a McClaren and Hülkenberg in a Williams.. This means we have 3 potential world champions and one rookie that’s very likely to end up on the stage in a few races (although the competition is pretty extreme).
Dennis
26th October 2009, 10:16
I mean at least 3 potential world champions. Massa was very strong the past season and a half. Who knows who the second McClarendriver is going to be? (Kimi?) Brawn Gp want to keep Button, if they trade Barrichello with Rosberg than there’s a dangerous looking team as well, good engines and Ross Brawn is a genius. If Renault can deliver a good car then Kubica might have a shot as well (not very likely but still!).
Jorge H
27th October 2009, 2:47
Why is Álvaro Parente (POR) missing in that list?
Hope he gets an F1 seat for 2010 or 2011. Great Driver!
gaby
27th October 2009, 12:24
The best six …..
Bruno Senna
Jose Maria Lopez
Nico Hulkemberg
Takuma Sato
Jaques Villeneuve
Esteban Guerrieri
Da Matta
27th October 2009, 19:33
Definetly Pastor Maldonado ought to be in the list.
The guy has raw talent and speed which could be polished very quicky.