45 replies to this topic

[jimjimjeroo]

So Charles pic has had 4 days testing, no sign of Razia.... Any ideas??

[BRG]

Cheque bounced?

[TheUltimateWorrier]

He's there somewhere, see if you can find him

[ApexMouse]

This http://www.motorspor...barcelona-test/
Seems to suggest finance difficulties. Nothing remotely concrete though. Maybe Luis will get all 4 days next week.

[D.M.N.]

Looking at his Twitter, he is in Barcelona: https://twitter.com/...942408175595520

[highdownforce]

http://www.grandepre...na#.USjw0Pq9Kc1

Razia himself says it's a money issue.

[Myrvold]

What I find interesting, is that no one have seen the typo in the first post

I guess it was Max Chilton, not Charles Pic that had 4 days of testing ;P However, if it is a money issue. Marussia doesn't have too much time to get another driver with more money.

[ApexMouse]

There's plenty of rich kids to jump at the scraps.

[jimjimjeroo]

What I find interesting, is that no one have seen the typo in the first post

I guess it was Max Chilton, not Charles Pic that had 4 days of testing ;P However, if it is a money issue. Marussia doesn't have too much time to get another driver with more money.

Haha awesome! Ill get my coat!

Whoops

[TheUltimateWorrier]

There's plenty of rich kids to jump at the scraps.

I'm surprised a 'Karthikeyan to Marussia' rumour hasn't started already. Perhaps he's too fussy for the scraps now.

[Thrasymakus]

First post!

Looking at his twitter now he says he's in Sitges for an aero test. So either it was just a hiccup, or he's paid enough for an aero test!

[SealTheDiffuser]

Chiltons father owns the team: son drives!

[Brandz07]

Chiltons father owns the team: son drives!

He doesn't own the team.

[Ross Stonefeld]

He's reported to have bought a portion of the shareholding.

[ApexMouse]

He's also buying more at the end of every year.

[ensign14]

He's always in the last place you look.

[svalgis]

What I find interesting, is that no one have seen the typo in the first post

i'll be amazed if Charles Pic is a typo of Max Chilton.

[dau]

i'll be amazed if Charles Pic is a typo of Max Chilton.

The keys are like right next to each other.

[Rosberg]

Funny how Luiz Razia was the one of the drivers with the most cash/sponsorship..

[TecnoRacing]

He's there somewhere, see if you can find him ;)

Fixed for you

[Myrvold]

i'll be amazed if Charles Pic is a typo of Max Chilton.

Haha, language barrier. What are the correct word?

[TheUltimateWorrier]

Fixed for you

Haha, awesome job . Took me longer to find Razia than Wally

[William Hunt]

He's there somewhere, see if you can find him ;)

Awesome drawing, who is the artist and where did you find this on the web? Would like to see some other drawings.

[billm99uk]

Haha, awesome job . Took me longer to find Razia than Wally

Well Razia isn't wearing that silly stripey shirt

[ensign14]

Awesome drawing, who is the artist and where did you find this on the web? Would like to see some other drawings.

Of what?

[TheUltimateWorrier]

Awesome drawing, who is the artist and where did you find this on the web? Would like to see some other drawings.

It's from a series of children's books, by Martin Handford, called Where's Wally? (Waldo in America). There's a ton of the images if you google where's wally/waldo and you have to find this guy;



The Where's Wally guy is missing a trick here. He could release a series featuring ex-F1 stars who have seemed to have disappeared. Where's Heikki? Where's Vitaly? And Where's Kamui?

[billm99uk]

The Where's Wally guy is missing a trick here. He could release a series featuring ex-F1 stars who have seemed to have disappeared. Where's Heikki? Where's Vitaly? And Where's Kamui?

Don't give fer312t ideas now!

[Rosberg]

The Where's Wally guy is missing a trick here. He could release a series featuring ex-F1 stars who have seemed to have disappeared. Where's Heikki? Where's Vitaly? And Where's Kamui?

OH! And Vijay running around with a contract in hand!

[Sin]

I'm pretty sure I have seen him with Carmen Sandiego

[Ross Stonefeld]

I haven't seen her since the early 90s.

[Seanspeed]

Fixed for you

Ha!

Nice job. Took me a minute.

[olliek88]

I can't find Razia, its killing me...

[highdownforce]

Strange things are strange...
http://flaviogomes.w.../2013/02/money/

[ensign14]

What gets me is F1 history is littered with ride-buyers, and people who say "I was about a million short of a drive" and so on, yet so many teams take on drivers/sponsors who never actually pay. You'd think they'd do SOME sort of due diligence first. Think of e.g. Broker Magazine, who got onto the Sauber - and then Sauber got stung again by Qadbak. Or the Nigerian prince (I mean, for Cliff's sake, how much more obvious do they have to be?) who was involved with Arrows.

[Ross Stonefeld]

To be fair, Arrows were ahead of the curve on that one

[STIGG]

I can't find Razia, its killing me...

Me neither, I'm wondering if he's there at all :/

[SUPRAF1]

Look slightly south west of center in fer312t's post

I'm not really sure what's going on. It might be better for Razia to stay another year in GP2 but GP2 is a series that you want to win and leave quickly. Does Marussia have any other pay drivers lined up?

Edited by SUPRAF1, 24 February 2013 - 20:49.

[billm99uk]

What gets me is F1 history is littered with ride-buyers, and people who say "I was about a million short of a drive" and so on, yet so many teams take on drivers/sponsors who never actually pay. You'd think they'd do SOME sort of due diligence first. Think of e.g. Broker Magazine, who got onto the Sauber - and then Sauber got stung again by Qadbak. Or the Nigerian prince (I mean, for Cliff's sake, how much more obvious do they have to be?) who was involved with Arrows.

Yeah, when you can't rely on ride-buyers, who can you rely on?

[F1ultimate]

This pay-as-you-drive model is taking a turn for the worst. Force India hasn't announced their second driver and Luis Razia is MIA on the track.

[chumma]

I too wondered where he was when I saw Chilton in the car all 4 days, surely he's paid up for the entire season not just a a race by race deal :S? They officially announced him in Jerez and everything.

[Massa_f1]

I too wondered where he was when I saw Chilton in the car all 4 days, surely he's paid up for the entire season not just a a race by race deal :S? They officially announced him in Jerez and everything.

I did not even notice he was missing to be honest

He was very slow in Jerez maybe the team or having 2nd thoughts.

[chumma]

I did not even notice he was missing to be honest

He was very slow in Jerez maybe the team or having 2nd thoughts.

Surely they wouldn't expect him to set the world alight in his first test with the team But, as we know, everything that happens in F1 happens for a reason, it doesn't just happen.

[Lotusseven]

Me neither, I'm wondering if he's there at all :/

here!

back to the subject....when is the payment deadline for Razia, 28 Feb, 17 March, asap ?

Edited by Lotusseven, 25 February 2013 - 08:55.

[Philzippy]

Razia scheduled to test today but Chilton again is driving...?


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#F1 FYI: This is the test schedule for the last #Barcelona week: pic.twitter.com/Od1gzbTtjX

[300KPh]

he ran out of talent and money apparently , so alternatives ? petrov,algersauri,bianchi ?

[Harry]

I did not even notice he was missing to be honest

He was very slow in Jerez maybe the team or having 2nd thoughts.

He was overall faster than Chilton at Jerez.

Chilton Marussia 1m21.269s
Razia Marussia 1m21.226s