Comments on: Who Wants to Drive for Ferrari?

By: Nick Ollivère

Nick Ollivère — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:15:46 +0000

I have a feeling that Lance Armstrong's competitive come back in the Tour de France this year might have been playing on Michael's mind.

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:59:33 +0000

Interestingly, neither Gene or Badoer had driven this years car either… What were Ferrari thinking?

By: Nick Ollivère

Nick Ollivère — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:57:03 +0000

Holy Macaroni! That really was the last person I thought they'd pick. Surely without the testing he won't be able to be as competitive as he'd like?

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:40:40 +0000

hey sofaf1 what about a link to http://www.crash.net

By: Bearded Stew

Bearded Stew — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:55:38 +0000

Looks like it will be Schumacher after all.How will that go down with Raikkonen though? Interesting to see if Schumacher can still cut it and can drag the car past Raikkonen.

By: Nick Ollivère

Nick Ollivère — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:03:58 +0000

BMW have indeed gone, making the next few weeks pretty interesting – when normally the summer break is really quiet! My money is on Alonso going to Ferrari, and Kubica filling his boots at Renault (although aren't there rumours Kubica is wanted by Ferrari too?).

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:47:49 +0000

I think it really depends on how long Massa's recovery is. If it was to be short we would see Gene in the car. If, as is more likely it is long we will see another driver.From what I understand there is a chance Russian Billionaire Alisher Usmanov has made a play for Renault this weekend.And rumours abound that this morning (Wednesday) BMW is going to withdraw from Formula 1.Either way my guess is that no driver could go to Ferrari temporarily and come back to their own team. But that on the other hand Alonso and Kubica both fit the following criteria.a) Out of contract (both have had their performance criteria from their teams not met)b) Have a strong enough reputation to be worth Ferrari's while to go forc) Could reasonably announce that their driving for Ferrari this year did not mean a contract for next year – and mean it.Alonso could obviously just start his Ferrari career early. But Kubica could drive for Ferrari for the rest of the year and then happily leave and quickly find a birth elsewhere.

By: Bearded Stew

Bearded Stew — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:32:58 +0000

and Bruno Senna of course, missed out on a Honda/Brawn drive to Rubens this year.This probably so unlikely that it won't even be a rumour though!

By: Bearded Stew

Bearded Stew — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:29:13 +0000

I was just building up to post something similar. As soon as i read somewhere yesterday, something along the lines of … Renault banned from Valencia and Alonso would not be racing at his home GP for Renault anyway … i imediately thought, cha ching Ferrari seat free, result.I hadn't thought of Villeneuve, but you are right, how cool would that be? Maybe he could dye his hair red?