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@dot_com Grosjean has a 2013 Enstone contract – Kimi and Enstone have a 2013 option based on requirements from both ends. At least that’s how I understand the current situation

Pastor also has the benefit of his own car on every free practice session. I’m not saying that Senna is great, but you kind of feel like the odds are stacked against him a bit. I really feel like if he can sort his qualifying out then his races will start to get much better.

Senna had his car for free practice in Australia, Monaco, and Canada.

Australia – Bruno was fighting with Massa while Pastor was fighting with Alonso. Nuff’ said.
Monaco – He was outqualified by 5 positions, but MAD-onaldo had a pretty crappy weekend himself there.
Canada – He was nowhere near Maldonado all weekend.

I understand to why some love Bruno, as he’s the nephew of the great Ayrton Senna. Sadly, I’m afraid that he’s simply not as good as his uncle. Although I certainly don’t think it’s because he’s lacking talent, but rather his lack of experience. Missing out on racing between the age of 10 to 21 is a massive development range. I firmly believe that if his career didn’t come to a halt, he’d be at the same level as Ayrton right now.

Actually, I know for a fact that if it weren’t for his decade-long departure from racing, he’d be amongst the best drivers on the grid. I can prove it with reasonable judgement too. :P

Sorry, but I don’t buy that theory. Senna has never shown any flashes of promise. He can’t even get into Q3. He’s there because of his money, and he only has that money because of his name. If he was Bruno Jones, sponsors wouldn’t bother with him. It was the same in 2011 – Renault needed the money, so they dropped Heidfeld for Senna, and he proved to be equally-useless. The one time he beat Vitaly Petrov was in Singapore, and that was the team’s worst performance of the year. While at Renault, he tended to go backwards in the races, threw away points positions with penalties for avoidable incidents, and in the races that they both finished, Petrov finished – on average – four places higher than Senna.

I might be a Vitaly Petrov fan, but I’m willing to admit that he’s not highly-rated in the paddock. Neither is Maldonado highly-rated. Senna was beaten by Petrov, and he’s being beaten by Maldonado. The sooner Williams get rid of him, the better.

Vijay Mallya hints at a future race seat for Jules Bianchi.

I love the way people seem to think that Hamilton can just walk into whatever team he wants to and get a drive there, regardless of who is already racing for them. Case in point, Lotus. The team appear to be very happy with both Raikkonen (even after his Monaco nonsense) and Grosjean. Why would they give up on both those drivers for the sake of Lewis Hamilton?

I believe he’s a part of the FDA, but I don’t know of anything that specifically says an FDA driver must race for a Ferrari-powered team. And even if there is, it’s entirely possible that Ferrari will convince Force India to switch to Ferrari engines for 2014.

What I find most interesting is that it means di Resta or Hulkenberg will be moving on. I don’t believe the talk of di Resta moving to McLaren, though I am willing to entertain the idea of him moving to Mercedes. But if I were Vijay Mallya and I had to get rid of one of my drivers for the sake of Bianchi, I’d do everything in my power to keep the better-performing driver – in this case, Paul di Resta.

I think so much of the driver market is hinging on Schumachers next move. Personally I think he will call it a day at the end of this season, but I think I might have said that for the past three seasons. Hamilton says he knows where he will be next year – has he mentioned when he will make that news public?