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Red Bull:
Vettel
Ricciardo

Ferrari:
Alonso
Massa (his final chance. if Alonso fail to win the title he's out for not being 'helpful enough')

McLaren:
Button
Perez

Lotus:
Raikkonen
Valsecchi

Mercedes:
Hamilton
Rosberg

Sauber:
Hulkenberg
Guttierez

Force India:
Di Resta
Bianchi

Williams:
Maldonado (if FIA doesn't take away his superlicense before the end of the season)
Bottas

Toro Rosso:
Vergne
da Costa

Caterham:
Pic
Grosjean (a good swap for him )

Marussia:
Chilton
Coletti

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Surprised to see everyone pick da Costa for the STR seat. I haven't been following WSBR, but he hasn't been very good this season, judging by the results.

Da Costa and Vandoorne are the stand-outs of the series.

And Magnussen hasn't been?

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Frijns > Rest.

But he is Dutch, so he won't land in F1 based on talent.

I think Vettel is going to drive a Red Bull next year. The rest I'm not so sure of.

Here's what I'd like to see happen:

Red Bull
Vettel
Raikkonen

Ferrari
Alonso
Hulkenburg

McLaren
Button
Perez

Lotus
Di Resta
Grosjean

Mercedes
Hamilton
Rosberg

Sauber
Bianchi
Guttierez

Force India
Magnussen
Bird

Williams
Maldonado
Bottas

Toro Rosso
Vergne
da Costa

Caterham
Pic
Calado

Marussia
Nasr
Frijns

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Red Bull
Vettel
Räikkönen

Ferrari
Alonso
Hülkenberg

Lotus
Kobayashi
Nasr

Mercedes
Rosberg
Hamilton

Force India
di Resta
Sutil

McLaren
Button
Perez

Toro Rosso
Vergne
da Costa

Sauber
Ricciardo
Frijns

Williams
Maldonado
Bottas

Marussia
Bianchi
Chilton

Caterham
Pic
Rossi

OT but I'm curious to why is Kubica rumoured to be hard to work with, as you heard it?

I never read or heard anything on that line, just the opposite.

I'd like to see this happen...

Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber

Ferrari
Fernando Alonso
Kamui Kobayashi

McLaren
Jenson Button
Sergio Perez/Oliver Turvey (replaces Perez halfway through season)

Lotus
Kimi Räikkönen
Jerome D'Ambrosio

Mercedes
Nico Rosberg
Lewis Hamilton

Sauber
Nico Hülkenberg
Jules Bianchi

Force India
Adrian Sutil
Kevin Magnussen

Williams
Felipe Massa
Valterri Bottas

Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne
Stefano Coletti

Caterham
Charles Pic
Natasha Seatter

Marussia
Robin Frijns
Romain Grosjean

Giancarlo Minardi (not sure how authoritative he is) suggests Button will take a sabbatical from F1 next year, or might walk away from the sport completely. McLaren is trying to get Raikkonen back to fill the gap (me being Belgian, I'd like to see Stoffel Vandoorne there ).

Giancarlo Minardi (not sure how authoritative he is) suggests Button will take a sabbatical from F1 next year, or might walk away from the sport completely. McLaren is trying to get Raikkonen back to fill the gap (me being Belgian, I'd like to see Stoffel Vandoorne there ).

Now you are misquoting the article there. It merely says Raikkonen could be a candidate for McLaren if Jenson moves on, which is very different to what you're saying.

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It was reported that the main reason why Renault kept up in the development race in 2010 was because Robert was harassing them at every possible occasion to improve the car, above and beyond what a driver usually does. Perhaps it isn't being difficult to work with in the traditional sense, more a case of being very demanding. This was also a root cause in the disintegration of Robert's relationship with BMW.

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This Minardi stuff is interesting, although I do wonder where it has come from.

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Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

I'd be up for

Ferrari:
Alonso
Hulkenberg

Red Bull:
Vettel
Vergne

McLaren:
Button
Perez

Merc:
Hamilton
Rosberg

Lotus:
Raikkonen
Frijns

Sauber:
Bianchi
Kobayashi

Force India:
Calado
Di Resta

Williams:
Bottas
Wickens

Toro Rosso:
AFDC
Ricciardo

Caterham:
GVdG
Rossi

Marussia:
Chilton
Magnussen



I see it playing out like:


Ferrari:
Alonso
Massa

Red Bull:
Vettel
Ricciardo

McLaren:
Button
Perez

Merc:
Hamilton
Rosberg

Lotus:
Raikkonen
???

Sauber:
Gutierrez
Hulkenberg

Force India:
Sutil
Chilton

Williams:
Maldonado
Bottas

Toro Rosso:
JEV
AFDC

Caterham:
Kovalainen
GVdG

Marussia:
Coletti
Bianchi

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Sutil's going sportscar racing?

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Arden Caterham aren't very good. He flattered that team last year.

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Not the same Eric Lux Had to look up the American one because this Lux has racing experience as well, running Gravity Racing Moslers in the Belgian GT back in 07

Autosport has a fairly convincing piece this week saying Raikkonen is Red Bull's #1 target for 2014. It makes a lot of sense for reasons they outline (Webber pissed everyone else off in Brazil 2012, Raikkonen-Red Bull fit is good, Lotus's future uncertainty, Allison leaving). That would leave STR facing a quandry with da Costa, unless one of Ricciardo/Vergne has the balls to tell Red Bull to do one and sign for a rival.

Either way, it seems Red Bull wants rid of Webber. Ferrari will surely stick with the current line up, and you'd think Bianchi's link will leave him at Marussia. Unless Ferrari wants to move him up to Sauber, although that would mean booting Hulkenberg (quick) or Gutierrez ($$$)

If I were a midfield runner, with Kimi's hesitancy and Romain continuing to hit things, I'd try and build some Lotus contacts...

And Kals, harsh. But true.

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Are Red Bull poor or merely spending what was required to win? Something tells me that if Mateschitz wanted Raikkonen, he'd have no problem funding an extra £5m a year.