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OK, so given that he is part of Ferrari’s young driver academy, this seems quite unlikely, but let me explain the method behind the madness.
If Lewis Hamilton does leave McLaren, they will have a seat free, and they want the best driver to do it.
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber are at Red Bull.
Fernando Alonso with Ferrari.
Hamilton at wherever he would go.
Kimi is signed to Lotus, same with Nico to Mercedes.
Both Force India drivers are signed up, though the team have said they would let them go if a big team came knocking.
So McLaren won’t have a lot of options.
Assuming, as nearly all of us do, that Massa will leave Ferrari at the end of the year.
Firstly, McLaren won’t want Massa.
Secondly, Ferrari have said, at the moment, that they won’t really consider Perez.
If Ferrari don’t take Perez, and Hamilton does leave McLaren, I can see the young Mexican slotting in nicely next to Jenson Button.

I could certainly see McLaren making a play for Perez – but it would probably be hard to get him out of his contract with Ferrari, and he seems to be very content to stay at Sauber.

@raymondu999 – I believe Raikkonen’s deal with Lotus was for two years.

I’d hardly call those “signs”. He parted ways with Anthony Hamilton months ago, and Anthony isn’t involved in his son’s management anymore. That’s hardly representative of a move to McLaren. Likewise, Button’s management team has nothing to do with the running of McLaren. It doesn’t strengthen his position with McLaren at all to have the same managers as their existing driver.

The only “sign” di Resta will move to McLaren is David Coulthard pushing the Scotsman to the fore.

If Hamilton leaves for Mercedes and Schumacher signs for another two years (as it was rumoured a couple of weeks ago) then it would make perfect sense for Rosberg to switch seats and take over Hamilton’s duties at McLaren. Otherwise the Force India pair is more likely to end up at McLaren in my opinion.

Perez really looks Ferrari bound…

How about Robert Kubica?

He wants to come back next year if he can, and everyone has been operating under the assumption that his injuries are too severe for him to have a full range of movements in his arm. But what if he can be as competitive as he was before his accident?

Idk why everyone seems to consider Di Resta to be the next big thing. He was comprehensively beaten by Sutil last season,and while he had the upper hand over hulkenberg at the start of the season,the two appear to be evenly matched in terms of qualifying pace and i think hulk’s the better racer. Yesterday,despite qualifying 15 positions behind DiR,he was running only 5 positions behind the Scotsman prior to his retirement. I think DiR’s a very good driver,but i also do think that he is overhyped as some of his contemporaries,such as Perez and Grosjean are probably better drivers. Yet we have everyone considering him to be a future champ,and many eminent ex-drivers expecting him to be signed by either of McLaren or Ferrari next season.

It is a nice thought, but Perez’s and Button’s style are very simmilar, so their advantages, and disadvantages. Both of them are good at overtaking and tyre preserving, but both of them are beaten by their teammates in qualifying. I think with two complimentary drivers McLaren have the edge, as at least one of their drivers can perform in any given circumstance, but this gives them an R&D headache (IMO). The main question is which is better, have two simmilar styles, and have a reasonably straight developement path, or have two complimentary drivers but perform well with at least one car most of the races.

Here’s a shocking fact for people who say Hulkenburg;
Mclaren have never employed a German driver in it’s 45+ years of history in the sport.