The Lopper Wrote:
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> Dunno...I think it could really depend on who
> comes in and what form they take; For instance if
> Lola enter and they Irish it up, a natural choice
> would be Adam Carroll, tested for BAR before and
> he seems upbeat about getting a seat next season.
> USGPE will presumably want US drivers (although I
> reckon there's a chance they'll extend this to
> American continent drivers/foreign drivers who
> have big portfolios in the US; Bourdais could get
> rescued by them for instance). Senna's been linked
> with Lotus.
>
> It's all really up in the air though, and if teams
> do have the money, driver salaries have been
> excluded from the budget cap, so experienced
> out-of-a-job drivers could well nab the seats. At
> 30/40 mil, pay-drives won't be as prevalent as
> they used be.
Bourdais would be a big big waste of time for USGPE.
Speaing of pay drivers, when was the last time we had one? Who was paying after Diniz?