Well, let's share your knowledge and wisom on everyone, how about Trulli having the exit door smacked on his rear end on the way out and, if what the BBC said was true, how about Kobayashi and Nakajima in Toyota next year?
Are you quoting the BBC or Jonathan Legard?
If this were the Cold War and I were a spymaster, I'd totally recruit Legard to work for me. The man is a sponge for any and all rumours, and he seems to believe them. So he'd be really obvious as a spy,a nd so the bad guys would concentrate on feeding him useless information. At the same time, I've got Brundle, Kravitz and Coulthard doing the
actual legwork. After all, it was Legard who suggested Sato would go to Lotus, but anyone who puts their ear to the ground for a moment would know that's the first that has been said of it.
I don't think Toyota will feature the Japanese All-Stars next season. Nor do I think they're going to offer Kobayashi a race seat overnight. He's one of their development drivers, but he's under no obligation to compete until he signs a contract. If his management is any good, they'll be meeting-and-greeting up and down pit lane, establishing contacts. The top teams are locked out, the likes of Toro Rosso and Force India are too slow, and the only ones that really have an opening are Renault. They
could be amenable, since they're putting Senna, di Grassi and a few other rookies through their paces (Petrov, for one, is rumoured). I'd say Koayashi is likely to show up in a Toyota next season, but if his management is competent, they'll be exploring every option just in case something comes up.
I seriously doubt Nakajima is going to go there. Toyota want to win races, and so hiring the only returning driver who failed to score a point in 2009 is just throwing good money after bad. Both are Toyota development drivers, but Toyota have staged a rare coup in finding Kobayashi; as was pointed out, he hasn't been too impressive in GP2 with DAMS (a midfield team at best), while Romain Grosjean was in a top-flight team with Barwa Addax and look how poorly he's doing. If Toyota have to choose between Nakajima or Kobayashi, choosing Kobayashi is a no-brainer. If they pick Nakajima, one has to wonder why they're even in Formula One, because they plainly don't know themselves.
Toyota are known to have shown interest in Raikkonen, who'll they'll only be abe to get if the McLaren agreement falls through (and I'm doubting it will make it if Kimi's only in it for the money) and they're willing to throw lots of currency at him. They're believed to be talking with Kovalainen, and I think they'll be able to get more out of him than McLaren did because Kovalainen will fit in better with them. Ever since Mark Webber broke his duck in Germany, Kovalainen has inherited the innviable title of Black Cat Magnet. He was looking very strong in practice, and if his gearbox had held on, he certainly would have looked good for the race. To his credit, he did finish ahead of Kimi Raikkonen. The other driver Toyota are said to be looking at is Sebastien Buemi. I like Buemi in that I see something similar to Kobayashi in him: untapped talent let down by lacklustre machinery. But if Toyota take Kobayashi, they won't sign Buemi. They're too inexpeirenced. If the Raikkonen deal with McLaren doesn't work out and he leaves the sport, I actually wouldn't mind seeing Buemi taking Kovalainen's place ... but it's highly unlkely.
Personally, I think Toyota's lineup for 2010 will be Kamui Kobayashi and Heikki Kovalainen.
Lol at Jenson calling Webber a B****** and saying the F word.
It wouldn't have been an angry, confrontational thing. Button would have been having a go more at himself than Webber.
He said he had the braking problem quite early on in the race and didn't feel too confident under braking....probably why he was unable to gap the Red Bulls.
