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Mercedes: Hamilton, Bottas
Ferrari: Vettel, Grosjean
Red Bull: Ricciardo, Verstappen
Force One: Perez, Ocon
Williams: Massa, Stroll
Haas: Magnussen, Giovinazzi
Renault: Hulkenberg, Kubica
Toro Rosso: Sainz, Gasly
McLaren: Vandoorne, Wehrlein
Sauber: Ericsson, The ClerkIndeed. I hope talent will be recognised and top drivers will manage to get into F1. However, I’m not really sure where all the F4 talents will go…FR2.0 and F3 are the only options, and above that there seems to be just one viable one, with the other almost certainly on its last legs.
Ilott’s very lucky to get a Carlin F3 drive in his first year in cars. Even Max V wasn’t that lucky last year.
It’s clear that Auto GP have steered clear of participating in the first round because despite tying up with FA1, they haven’t got enough entrants yet.
As for the second piece of news, can you give me the link? It’s not surprising though, as the series is run by his father, Enzo Coloni.If Bernstorff doesn’t get the GP2 seat, he should be a contender for the GP3 drive. But Carlin may need a paying option..
Surely that’s a sideways move at best?
That might have been the case in the past, but not anymore. GP3 cars are now much closer to GP2 in terms of speed, and in terms of tyres and tracks they are almost identical.They also have reverse grid races.
But yes, it’s definitely a bit of a comedown from his first rumoured move in the off-season (the DAMS seat which ultimately went to Lynn). Still, Ocon v Kirchhofer should be a mothwatering clash for 2015.
My apologies Keith, I did write in my comment and then waited for quite a while, but I fell asleep early and didn’t check on it afterwards, so I wasn’t aware of the edition.
It does prove though, that we should think twice before reading on face value, the supposed ‘exclusives’ apparently reliable sites like Sky and Autosport give. Jumping the gun on the basis of their reports is unadvisable, though the latter definitely have a better hit rate.I didn’t say it then, I’ll say it now..it was shoddy journalism from both Sky and Keith.
There was nothing official anywhere about Marciello joining Racing Engineering, as I insisted, in the comments section, at the time Ferrari confirmed he would do GP2. Unfortunately, Sky began circulating an assumption they had made, but I was more shocked that Keith took the bait and reported the assumption as well.
Shoddy journalism on both counts, though it pains me to say this. I hope in future, F1Fanatic will report official news, rather than simply reproducing assumptions made by supposedly reliable sites.Funny how the commentator is more concerned about who’s finishing ninth than fourth, just because he’s British.
Herta drove in the Formula BMW Asiacup series this weekend at Sepang and won a race and finished on the podium in two more. It’s really impressive, given that Aussie Jake Parsons has won 7 of the 8 races in the series this year, and Herta is four years younger than Parsons.
