The idea here is simply to nominate a driver you'd like to see getting a crack or another chance in a top seat for a couple of years. It doesn't necessarily have to be in F1, but in all likelihood I see F1 as being the most likely arena for this topic.
My own nomination is slightly controversial in that this guy has already had a crack at the whip (two in fact), but ever since seeing him win the Race of Champions in 2004 I took a shine to Heikki Kovalainen. I always felt (or wanted to believe) that he had what it takes, but never fully got to make the best of his lot. Yes, he had his first season with Renault and then a couple as Lewis's team mate at McLaren where he won the Hungarian GP, so you could reasonably argue that he's had his chances, and at 31 he's in the latter part of his F1 career, but what the heck, I still really like the guy - he just comes across as one of those charismatic personalities for whom the glass is half full not half empty, even though I am not convinced about his own self confidence which sets the champions apart from the rest, but as he has matured I wonder how he would fit in to a team like Lotus or RedBull nowadays. I'd love to see him end his career with a couple of years in a championship contending team.
Other drivers do spring to mind of course, but one nomination is good enough to kick off with. So, have at it.
Which driver would you like to see get a crack or another chance in a top seat?
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:36
None - all the drivers in top cars who didn't stay there for long all proved they should've never been there in the first place.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:39
You should try reading the OP again.None - all the drivers in top cars who didn't stay there for long all proved they should've never been there in the first place.
Hulkenberg for me.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:39
Ricciardo, with a race engineer who has a clue.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:41
Hulkenberg
Bianchi & Magnussen in the Long-Run (Bottas maybe?).
Maybe Ricciardo.
EDIT: @OT I was one of the Heikki fans too. I would even say he would be fast enough but he didn't have the mental stability to be at the top (too much pressure). Maybe if he can bring that, who knows. There are others like Glock which are kind of similar. Good and decent driver but just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Bianchi & Magnussen in the Long-Run (Bottas maybe?).
Maybe Ricciardo.
EDIT: @OT I was one of the Heikki fans too. I would even say he would be fast enough but he didn't have the mental stability to be at the top (too much pressure). Maybe if he can bring that, who knows. There are others like Glock which are kind of similar. Good and decent driver but just at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Edited by ElDictatore, 28 July 2013 - 16:45.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:44
Heidfeld. I think he could have mounted a Webber 2010 title challenge if he was in a top car. Even in one of his poor seasons, 2008, he was only 15 points off Kubica.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:45
Wouldnt mind Alonso getting a top seat......
.... says the disgruntled Ferrari fan.
.... says the disgruntled Ferrari fan.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:46
Hulkenberg is the only one right now.
BTW, Massa and Grosjean should get out.
BTW, Massa and Grosjean should get out.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:47
Lewis Hamilton. Not saying that the Merc is bad, but I would love to see him in a dominant car like 2011's Red Bull.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 16:59
The old man, Michael Schumacher.
He still has it...
It would be like Fangio all over again.
He still has it...
It would be like Fangio all over again.
Edited by George Costanza, 28 July 2013 - 17:00.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 17:05
Not another, but finally a one! With the same technical and tactic support as his teammate... Alguersuari, Sutil...
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 17:14
Bottas and Hulkenberg
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 17:35
The idea here is simply to nominate a driver you'd like to see getting a crack or another chance in a top seat for a couple of years. It doesn't necessarily have to be in F1, but in all likelihood I see F1 as being the most likely arena for this topic.
My own nomination is slightly controversial in that this guy has already had a crack at the whip (two in fact), but ever since seeing him win the Race of Champions in 2004 I took a shine to Heikki Kovalainen. I always felt (or wanted to believe) that he had what it takes, but never fully got to make the best of his lot. Yes, he had his first season with Renault and then a couple as Lewis's team mate at McLaren where he won the Hungarian GP, so you could reasonably argue that he's had his chances, and at 31 he's in the latter part of his F1 career, but what the heck, I still really like the guy - he just comes across as one of those charismatic personalities for whom the glass is half full not half empty, even though I am not convinced about his own self confidence which sets the champions apart from the rest, but as he has matured I wonder how he would fit in to a team like Lotus or RedBull nowadays. I'd love to see him end his career with a couple of years in a championship contending team.
Other drivers do spring to mind of course, but one nomination is good enough to kick off with. So, have at it.
Imagine if Kovalainen had been at Enstone the last couple seasons rather than Grosjean. A ton more WCC points and most likely an actual title sponsor as well. For whatever reason, sponsors won't touch the team with a 10 foot pole. They have no confidence in the team despite Kimi almost always being in top 3 WDC. I believe it's that Grosjean is far and away the least reliable driver in F1.
Edited by 2ms, 28 July 2013 - 17:35.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 17:37
Jules Bianchi. Hulkenberg second choice.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 18:15
In order: Hülkenberg, Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Bottas, Bianchi.
And Frijns!!!
And Frijns!!!
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 19:33
I'd like to see Di Resta (as he's improved a great deal from last year and outclassing Sutil), Hulkenberg (as he seems to be dragging that naff Sauber to decent places) and Maldonado (as he's a race winner and seems to have calmed down a great deal from last year) in top seats.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:02
Alonso deserves at least one more season in a car capable of fighting at the front every weekend.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:06
Jos Verstappen
The real BOSS
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:12
I think Kovalainen would do a solid job in a top team and deserves a second chance... (then again I´m finnish)
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:24
I'd like to think everyone would be glad to see that happen.Kubica
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:27
Jenson Button and Sergio Perez.
More seriously: Nico Hulkenberg, and I would like to see what a guy like Scott Dixon could do.
More seriously: Nico Hulkenberg, and I would like to see what a guy like Scott Dixon could do.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:31
Robin Frijns, and if a time machine existed: Jacques Villeneuve. Such a shame he went to BAR.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:33
I would have liked to see Montoya get another F1 opportunity a few years ago, but as of now I would like to see him in a better NASCAR team.
Also, I wonder if Christian Klien would be worth another look.
Also, I wonder if Christian Klien would be worth another look.
Edited by garoidb, 28 July 2013 - 20:34.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 20:57
Di Resta has grown on me. I'd like to see what he could do in a top team.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 21:14
Jos Verstappen
No, the question is about somebody getting a "top drive", not "topping someone with his drive", (ie, his girlfriend).
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 21:36
He was never in a "top car" but I would like to see Koba back too. Thing is, he's already a bit forgotten. The F1 fraternity is cruel like that.
I can also agree now, that it would be interesting to see what DiResta could do in better machinery. I used to rate Sutil higher, but I think Di Resta might be one notch better now.
I can also agree now, that it would be interesting to see what DiResta could do in better machinery. I used to rate Sutil higher, but I think Di Resta might be one notch better now.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 21:45
First crack: Hulk, Di Resta
Another crack: Juan Pablo Montoya, Frentzen
Another crack: Juan Pablo Montoya, Frentzen
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 21:48
He was never in a "top car" but I would like to see Koba back too. Thing is, he's already a bit forgotten. The F1 fraternity is cruel like that.
I can also agree now, that it would be interesting to see what DiResta could do in better machinery. I used to rate Sutil higher, but I think Di Resta might be one notch better now.
Personally, if Kimi moves or Romain loses his seat, I would love to see Sutil at Lotus. Just to see the Christmas party involving him and Eric Lux
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 23:47
I want Nick Heidfeld take the Red Bull seat....
F1 needs more beards and manly manliness like Nick has got 
If he were younger MOST DEFINITLY YES... but I think he is too old and out of shape for this now
F1 needs more beards and manly manliness like Nick has got ...
Another crack: ... Frentzen
If he were younger MOST DEFINITLY YES... but I think he is too old and out of shape for this now
Edited by Sin, 28 July 2013 - 23:49.
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Posted 28 July 2013 - 23:59
I think Hulkenberg definitely deserves a go, and will have it sooner or later. He's my nomination clearly.
Heidfeld and Glock should've had one, but Heidfeld ran out of performance whilst still in F1 after years and years of quietly impressive seasons in midfield, and Glock got harshly cutten off after driving expertly shitboxes. Neither will go back.
As for drivers that were never given any chance at all? Álvaro Parente.
Heidfeld and Glock should've had one, but Heidfeld ran out of performance whilst still in F1 after years and years of quietly impressive seasons in midfield, and Glock got harshly cutten off after driving expertly shitboxes. Neither will go back.
As for drivers that were never given any chance at all? Álvaro Parente.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 00:03
Jaime. Heikki. Sainz Jr., Piquet Jr.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 00:18
A recovered Robert Kubica would be my first choice.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 00:56
Hulkenberg.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 01:47
kamui, kyle larson 
, almindinger, and robby gordon.
, almindinger, and robby gordon.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 02:40
Kovalainen, Petrov, B. Senna.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 02:43
Koba, Ricciardo, Hulk, Bottas, Bianchi. In that order.
Kubica if he were not hurt would be choice #1.
As for who is in a 'top seat' Massa and Grosjean are eminently replaceable.
Kubica if he were not hurt would be choice #1.
As for who is in a 'top seat' Massa and Grosjean are eminently replaceable.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 06:51
Kamui and Hulk for me.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 06:55
Taki Inoue, if only for his tweets after each race.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 07:03
diResta to Ferrari
Magnussen to FI
Koba to FI
JEV to replace Rosberg
Costa + Sainz to TR
Kimi + Ric to RBR
Kubica to Lotus
retire Hulk, Sutil, Rosberg, Vettel
(would not be fair to the drivers, but maybe watching F1 in Germany´s free TV could be bearable again....)
Magnussen to FI
Koba to FI
JEV to replace Rosberg
Costa + Sainz to TR
Kimi + Ric to RBR
Kubica to Lotus
retire Hulk, Sutil, Rosberg, Vettel
(would not be fair to the drivers, but maybe watching F1 in Germany´s free TV could be bearable again....)
Edited by seahawk, 29 July 2013 - 18:21.
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Posted 29 July 2013 - 12:09
diResta to Ferrari
Magnussen to FI
Koba to FI
JEV to replace Rosberg
Costa + Sainz to TR
Kimi + Ric to RBR
Kubica to Lotus
retire Hulk, Sutil, Rosberg, Vettel
(would not be fair to the drivers, but maybe watching F! in Germanies free TV could be bearable again....)
That can be said also about british broadcasters where is every 3rd minute a mention about DiResta... More than champions Jenson and Lewis...
