Red Bull's 2nd Driver

I think Neel Jani should get the seat. He has tested more extensively for Sauber and RBR, and I think he deserves the chance.



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speed killed him in barcelona test as shown by my sig.

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I still maintain that in GP conditions, a guy who has tested F1 cars on a number of occasions with relative success is a best bet.

RBR are already in a marketing and promotional mix with the Klien/Liuzzi situation, why add Speed to it??





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because hes american and im american, slight bias

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LOL thats fair enough

Nice to see him beating Piquet Jr too



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It'd be great to have an American driver in F1. America is the only market that F1 hasn't cracked yet, and surely having an American driver in the series would help America's population get watching F1.

The FIA today changed the rule. Now, anyone with an F1 superlicence can drive on a Friday. I'm kind of disappointed, tbh....I think the rule promoted teams to employ rookie drivers who had a chance to shine.

I agree Zcott, bad decision.

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Now I think it's Klien because the rule has been changed.
Because the teams asked for a change (espacially RBR).
Now everybody can drive the 3rd car on Friday.

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> It'd be great to have an American driver in F1.
> America is the only market that F1 hasn't cracked
> yet, and surely having an American driver in the
> series would help America's population get
> watching F1.


I agree. Not because i want to see americans in F1 specificly, but if we open the door to the american market maybe we'll end up with F1 at road america or some other good track.

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how long will it take tho to interest enough americans to make them want more? and would they cope with the non circular motion?

stupid rule changes - now all teams can run a friday car with any driver? good way to keep costs down and help the crap teams :|

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No I meant every driver can drive the 3rd car (if you're team is allowed to use one)

am happy for klien but as i said bet people like wilson will be pissed off.

i agree with dave some of the track in the usa are great and would be fantastic for f1 better than indy

how long will it take tho to interest enough americans to make them want more? and would they cope with the non circular motion?

An American driver will help alot. A well known american driver, and a top class american driver wouldnt go a miss either

Non circular motion? They have already given us Road America, Road Atlanta, Laguna seca, and Mid Ohio, 4 of the greatest road courses in the world. Im sure they would cope somehow

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Im sure they would cope somehow

yeah, but imagine all the neck injuries*





*to the fans, that is

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no circular motion?

That realy offends me.. ALOT Of us americans actually HATE NASCAR, if you ask me it is a Pile of S***. If i want circles i go watch the local shorttrack! Personaly i like road racing, infact i think my favorites series of racing is Speed GT (great races) or every now and then a ALMS race, not because they are the closest things, but because its COOL.

Oh, to add to what dave said,

Dont forget Sebring, maybe the Daytona Roval, and one of the best Lime Rock Park.


The Flanker is gone.

Well like nascar or not, he has a point. America's primary motorsport is oval based. there next top 2, one is oval based and only added road courses this year, and one used to be very oval based and has filtered it down to just 2 ovals

The Daytona Prototype produce amazing racing thought. I seen the season review and loved it.

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even the irl has some road tracks now something they said will never happen

true, Dave - those tracks, and other non O ones are some of the best around.
just seeing thousands of fans sitting like at a football game is just something i'm not used to, snd doesnt really capture the spirit of racing (to me anyway).
theres no wandering about looking for good spots, no great corners, no action spots - just a 500 mile straight (with camber)

like most sports (and other things) america like going it alone, and f1 has never really taken hold in the us - it seems americas attitude to f1 now is more similar to bahrain/turkey etc rather than the european countries.
going on americas raceing pedigree you'd thinkg half the f1 field should be americans.
i'd love americans in f1, but on merit and not just an american alex yoong.

just to add, i'm no expert - american racing has little coverage here, and oval racing (generalising) is always fun to watch

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