Jump to content


Photo

Lotus F1 2013- Grosjean, Kovalainen or Kobayashi? Media reports


  • Please log in to reply
157 replies to this topic

Poll: Who should partner Raikkonen at Lotus for 2013?? (322 member(s) have cast votes)

Who should partner Raikkonen at Lotus for 2013??

  1. Romain Grosjean (69 votes [21.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 21.43%

  2. Heikki Kovalainen (84 votes [26.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.09%

  3. Kamui Kobayashi (150 votes [46.58%])

    Percentage of vote: 46.58%

  4. Other, e.g. Algesquari, Sutil, Petrov (19 votes [5.90%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.90%

Vote Guests cannot vote

#151 Kelateboy

Kelateboy
  • Member

  • 7,032 posts
  • Joined: October 07

Posted 01 December 2012 - 03:10

Grosjean will keep the seat - Boullier and Total will not allow that to happen.

Nowadays in F1, money talks. And Grosjean is not really that bad of a driver either.

Advertisement

#152 hijinx

hijinx
  • Member

  • 626 posts
  • Joined: March 12

Posted 01 December 2012 - 03:14

Grosjean will keep the seat - Boullier and Total will not allow that to happen.

Nowadays in F1, money talks. And Grosjean is not really that bad of a driver either.

wasn't there a rumor that Total is having a safety driving campaign and Groggy's driving isn't exemplary?

#153 turssi

turssi
  • Member

  • 3,368 posts
  • Joined: October 10

Posted 01 December 2012 - 04:07

Grosjeans problem is that he cost Lotus 100 points. Looking at an another case, when McLaren cost Lewis 100 points this year he promptly dropped the team. So maybe Lotus should drop the driver.

Anyway, they could hire Koba and give Kova the 2nd test pilot seat.

But, as I prefer stability my vote in the poll went to Grosjean :-)

#154 nomi

nomi
  • Member

  • 288 posts
  • Joined: October 11

Posted 01 December 2012 - 04:29

So has Grosjean "Really" changed his driving ways??

This is the big question, but for me personally i don't see Grosjean eliminating his silly driving errors and style at all.


#155 Cool Beans

Cool Beans
  • Member

  • 1,553 posts
  • Joined: June 06

Posted 01 December 2012 - 04:35

[...] when McLaren cost Lewis 100 points this year he promptly dropped the team. So maybe Lotus should drop the

That's a strange way of looking at it. :well:

#156 turssi

turssi
  • Member

  • 3,368 posts
  • Joined: October 10

Posted 01 December 2012 - 04:42

That's a strange way of looking at it. :well:


Well, yeah, without a team a pilot would be just walking instead of driving, but you get my meaning.

#157 Cool Beans

Cool Beans
  • Member

  • 1,553 posts
  • Joined: June 06

Posted 01 December 2012 - 05:02

Well, yeah, without a team a pilot would be just walking instead of driving, but you get my meaning.

Yeah I get what you mean. I just like to think Mclaren built a car that won Lewis several races and put him in the fight for the WDC again. That's not a guaranteed thing and he'll learn that the hard way next season I think. But enough of this off topic :)

Edited by beancounter, 01 December 2012 - 05:03.


#158 Shiroo

Shiroo
  • Member

  • 4,012 posts
  • Joined: October 12

Posted 01 December 2012 - 13:15

Grosjean will keep the seat - Boullier and Total will not allow that to happen.

Nowadays in F1, money talks. And Grosjean is not really that bad of a driver either.

Boullier has nothing to say here. If Lopez will say NO then it means NO. If some title sponsor will say bring Koba for additional few millions he will drop Grosjean the very same day.

Tbh Lopez is GREAT at owning the team, bringing new sponsors, hiring great driver, bringing cash to the team, making it develop. I believe he will ditch Grosjean like there is no tomorrow if he will have better driver, and if they really will have Honeywell as titular sponsor, they rather won't car about TOTAL money as much as now (+ I beleive Total will sponsor them anyway)