THE RUMOUR FACTORY FOR 2007

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:23 am

jacfan wrote:Can't imagine him coming out of retirement but then I don't think he ever said that he wouldn't..... and it would make sense of the testing.

Yeah, I agree. Why him if he was happily retired? I'd rather see young drivers have a go instead of Hakkinen reliving old days at others' expense.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:28 am

I think once you have left you should stay left. Unless you are forced out by politics or injury but if you decide to retire that is different.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 12:33 am

jacfan wrote:I think once you have left you should stay left. Unless you are forced out by politics or injury but if you decide to retire that is different.

Echoing my thoughts again.

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:44 am

Ahhh great minds think alike.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 2:14 pm

This bit of news/rumor will take a little explaining, so bear with me.......

According to multiple sources(autoracing1.com and speedtv.com), Scuderia Toro Rosso has offered a test session this week at Jerez to 3-time ChampCar series titleist Sebastien Bourdais, which SeaBass has accepted with the blessings of Newman-Haas Racing, the team for which Bourdais drives for in North America. That much is fact; here's the rumor part.............

Here's the two speedtv.com stories if anyone's interested......
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/34389/
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formualone/34394/

The first story mentions Bourdais' upcoming test; the second story talks about the possibility that, according to STR's Gerhart Berger, either Tonio Liuzzi or Scott Speed could lost their rides for 2007. Apparently, rumor has it that Berger is still trying to bring in more sponsorship for Toro Ross in 2007, and that the team has been talking to several drivers from other teams, most notably' Narain Karthikeyan(Williams), Tiago Montiero(Spyker) and Robert Doornbos(Red Bull).

My question.....I thought Toro Rosso had already found enough money to take care of sponsorship issues for 2007; could they still be looking?

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 4:35 pm

mlittle wrote: My question.....I thought Toro Rosso had already found enough money to take care of sponsorship issues for 2007; could they still be looking?

Who knows... After all they are the only team who has not confirmed the driver lineup (apart from Spyker's #2 seat of course). Same deal could go with their sponsorship deals. On top of that Berger said that he wants Hakkinen to drive for STR. If nothing else Toro Rosso folks like to muddy up the waters for sure...

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:23 pm

mlittle wrote:This bit of news/rumor will take a little explaining, so bear with me.......

According to multiple sources(autoracing1.com and speedtv.com), Scuderia Toro Rosso has offered a test session this week at Jerez to 3-time ChampCar series titleist Sebastien Bourdais, which SeaBass has accepted with the blessings of Newman-Haas Racing, the team for which Bourdais drives for in North America. That much is fact; here's the rumor part.............

Here's the two speedtv.com stories if anyone's interested......
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/34389/
www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formualone/34394/

The first story mentions Bourdais' upcoming test; the second story talks about the possibility that, according to STR's Gerhart Berger, either Tonio Liuzzi or Scott Speed could lost their rides for 2007. Apparently, rumor has it that Berger is still trying to bring in more sponsorship for Toro Ross in 2007, and that the team has been talking to several drivers from other teams, most notably' Narain Karthikeyan(Williams), Tiago Montiero(Spyker) and Robert Doornbos(Red Bull).

My question.....I thought Toro Rosso had already found enough money to take care of sponsorship issues for 2007; could they still be looking?

There has been a very strong rumour since September, that Scott Speed would be staying at home after Xmas

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:43 pm

More a case of Scott (no) Speed.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:49 pm

jacfan wrote:More a case of Scott (no) Speed.

True. Reliability has not been a major issue. So, he should have scored a few points at least.

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 10:12 pm

Rumor has it that Bridgestone is going to supply Ferrari with free race tyres whereas other teams are to pay $5 mil. Is there any truth to that?

<T-K> · Post by **<T-K>** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:09 pm

What is this I hear about underperforming teams having to drop down to GP2?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:31 pm

<T-K> wrote:What is this I hear about underperforming teams having to drop down to GP2?

Yup n the top gp teams go up to F1

gkaytaz · Post by **gkaytaz** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:38 pm

League style with promotions and relegations. Even a playoff at the end of the season among the top 4 teams.

Ed · Post by Ed » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:09 pm

That is an idea from Max but the F1 budgets have to be stabilised first to make this a reality I don't think anything like this will happen in the next 5 years.

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:24 pm

gkaytaz wrote:League style with promotions and relegations. Even a playoff at the end of the season among the top 4 teams.

No Ferrari in F1.........Bernie wii have to have a fire sale