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PM I kinda understand your view on Hamilton moving to Red Bull but i cant help but disagree. Why would a professional team like RBR demote one of their drivers simply because they are an “outsider”? Whether he is from the RB driver programme doesn’t matter. The reason why Alonso and Vettel are being favoured is because they are simply better drivers than there team mates so there best chance of winning would obviously be with them. If Hamilton started to beat Vettel and was in a situation whereby he was the best chance of winning, Red Bull would have no choice but to force Vettel to play second fiddle whether he likes it or not and vice versa.

I think Horner would actually say something along the lines of: “Guys, which ever one of you is quickest will be number one.”

@prisoner-monkeys – If you think Bianchi has a chance of being in F1 next year, you have to put Bird and Firjns there as well.

I think that if Hamilton does move, he’ll go to Red Bull. I’m not really sure if he would, though, because he’s been with McLaren since he was 13 or so. I’m not certain that Red Bull would let either of their drivers go at this point. I know that Vettel is staying, and Webber says that he will favor Red Bull when he makes his decision, so it’ll be on the team’s shoulders to decide if they would rather not have Webber, who is having a brilliant season, IMO.

@Prisoner Monkeys
Razia is old? Are you serious? He’s 23, that’s the same age as Bottas and Wickens. Sure, this is his fourth season in GP2, but then again, when he debuted in GP2 he was only 20.

@kingshark
How can you say Bianchi isn’t ready for F1 but Bottas is? They were born in the same month but Bianchi has done so much more racing as has had much more success. Bianchi got into F3 Euroseries a year earlier than Bottas and then won it in his second year, while Bottas had a best finish of third in his two seasons. Then Bianchi finished third in his debut year of GP2 and then did it again while Bottas has only driven in GP3 against subpar opponents. Now Bianchi is racing well in a super-competitive WSR season while Bottas is doing no racing at all and has never even raced GP2. Bottas is easily the most overrated young driver.
Bianchi has also beaten Valsecchi, Razia and Bird every year he has raced against them.

it’s never a good sign, sure, but Malders also won it only in his 4th year of GP2. He didn’t really come good in any of his first 3 seasons either

The difference here is that there are other, more exicting and younger drivers in the ranks. When Maldonado won his title, there was a power vaccuum in GP2 – six drivers had been promoted to Formula 1 for the 2010 season, so there was always going to be a rush to grab the championship.

On the other hand, this year’s GP2 season has Nasr, Gutierrez and Calado, who are all much more promising talents than Razia and Valsecchi.

I will earn a 50-million dollar sponsorship contract from Apple and replace the underperforming Alonso at Ferrari next year. :D

@duncanmonza
Bianchi was very crash-prone during his two GP2 seasons, and another year in F3.5R isn’t helping him either.

Check out Bottas’s junior racing record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valtteri_Bottas#Racing_record

Very impressive, isn’t it? Unmatched.

Also check out Wickens’s junior racing record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wickens#Racing_record

He’s pretty much been success wherever he’s been. Whether he’s racing in GP3, F2, or F3.5R.