2013 F1 Silly season!

Well, judging by all the posts in the F1 thread, silly season is in full swing!

Hamilton to Mercedes? Perez to Ferrari? Kobyashi to McLaren? The shock return of Gaston Mazzacane?! Anything is possible! Bets are on for 2013!

Ready, set, speculate!

Ferrari - Alonso/Perez
McLaren - Button/Di Resta
Red Bull - Vettel/Webber
Lotus - Raikkonen/Grosjean
Merc- Rosberg/ Hamiltion
Sauber - Kobayashi/ Massa
Force India - Hulkenberg/ Bianchi
Toro Rosso - Costa/Riccardo
Williams - Senna/Bottas
Caterham - Kovi/Petrov
HRT - Clos/Rosa
Marussia - Clock/Pic

Red Bull - Vettel, Webber (Both confirmed)
McLaren - Button, Kobayashi (Koby should get a chance at a top seat)
Ferrari - Alonso, Kovailinen (Ferrari say Perez too inexperienced)
Lotus - Raikonnen, Grosjean (no need to change imo)
Mercedes - Rosberg, Hamilton (If the rumours are true)
Sauber - Perez, whoever wins GP2
Force India - Hulkenberg, Di Resta
Williams - Bottas, Alguarsuari (Maldonado too risky, Senna not enough points)
Caterham - Massa, Petrov
Marrusia - Glock, Pic
HRT - The highest bidders (Maldonado??)

Wow, two lineups with no certain Maldonado!

Red Bull - Vettel/Webber
McLaren - Button/Rosberg (If the rumours are true, and if it's a swapsy deal)
Ferrari - Alonso/Massa (Massa will probably hang on for one more year in 2013)
Lotus - Raikonnen/Grosjean (D'Ambrosio could impress over the next few races though..)
Mercedes - Hamilton/Schumacher (2013 will be Schumi's last-last)
Sauber - Perez/Kobyashi (one more year at Sauber for this pair, 2014's shuffle has much promise)
Force India - Hulkenberg/Bianchi (Di Resta will spend a year as dev/test driver for Mercedes)
Williams - Maldonado/Bottas (Maldonado is just too quick to let go)
Caterham - Kovalainen/Rossi (The kid deserves a chance, and Petrov's money can't last forever)
Marrusia - Glock/Pic
HRT - Clos/Karthikeyan

I really can't see where Senna will go. He just doesn't have the pace of the younger crop.

I see 2014 as the year of big changes. 2014 will be the year that the youngsters break through. F1 has a very exciting future to look forward to!

Ferrari - Alonso/Perez
McLaren - Button/Hamiltion
Red Bull - Vettel/Webber
Lotus - Raikkonen/Grosjean
Merc- Rosberg/Di Resta
Sauber - Kobayashi/Sutil
Force India - Hulkenberg/Massa
Toro Rosso - Jean-Eric Vergne/Riccardo
Williams - Senna/Maldonado
Caterham - Kovi/Petrov
HRT - Clos/De La Rosa
Marussia - Glock/Pic

BG Hainesy wrote:
Sauber - Kobayashi/Sutil

And so the glassy Gachot returns!

Haha, he deserves a drive, even after the suspended sentence.

Shcumi can't retire!!! he needs to get back in ferrari

I'd love to see Paffett get a drive but as most seats are bought I can't see it.

GRT 458Italia wrote:Shcumi can't retire!!! he needs to get back in ferrari

I'd say his time in F1 is up. There is far too much young talent in F1 now for someone like Schumacher to be hanging on to a drive like that.

I see a good career in Sportscar racing for him though. He definitely has the potential to make up part of a Le Mans winning driver crew.

nickyf1 wrote:

GRT 458Italia wrote:Shcumi can't retire!!! he needs to get back in ferrari

I'd say his time in F1 is up. There is far too much young talent in F1 now for someone like Schumacher to be hanging on to a drive like that.

I see a good career in Sportscar racing for him though. He definitely has the potential to make up part of a Le Mans winning driver crew.

i guess that's true, i guess it's just cos i'm a shcumacher fan, have been since i was like 6, but i recon he should race either V8's or DTM,because his brother/cousin races there too right

I don't think there will be much change, I see the Hulk moving to Merc before Di Resta though.

Ferrari - Alonso/Massa
McLaren - Button/Hamiltion
Red Bull - Vettel/Webber
Lotus - Raikkonen/Grosjean
Merc- Rosberg/Hulkenberg
Sauber - Kobayashi/Perez
Force India - Di Resta/Senna
Toro Rosso - Jean-Eric Vergne/Riccardo
Williams - Maldonado/Bottas
Caterham - Kovi/Petrov
HRT - De La Rosa/Karthikeyan
Marussia - Glock/Pic

While I am certain that Schumi is past his prime, the only way I see him leaving before 2014 is a win in 2012. Not saying he won't snag a victory, but his chances seem to be dimming as each race goes by.

I haven't been much of a Schumacher fan since his early years, the current humbler Schumi is much more a likeable guy.

I like Massa, not to sound like an insensitive jerk, but he has never been the same since that hit to the head. I think it's time for Ferrari to start building for the future. Perez may be young, but why not have him learning the Ferrari way rather than picking up bad habits elsewhere?