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**VogsHoock** · 09-30-2010, 10:52 PM

I presume the same was said about the likes of Piquet Jr, Nakajima, Bourdais, etc. "Give them one more year and they'll come good." A couple of good performances don't change the overall picture, the general trend has shown that Petrov hasn't been able to improve during his rookie season unlike the likes of Hülkenberg, Kovalainen, etc. IMO Petrov is pretty much in the class of the Piquets and Nakajimas of this world.

Perhaps it's time for Renault to stop gambling on underperforming rookies. Considering their position in the pecking order, they need two drivers they can rely on being capable of accumulating decent amount of points. If they fail to get Räikkönen, I'd certainly try to sign someone like Sutil or Glock.

each case is different, as each driver is different and not cut from the same cloth.
NPJr was always overrated imo and no amount of years was going to help him out.
Nakajima was good his first year and had a dip his second year, but I still feel he was good enough for an F1 seat.
Bourdais was a bit of an enigma. i have no doubt that the guy knows how to drive cars well and the situation at STR was, well, just lousy.

my point being that every situation is different, but the problem with F1 these days is that nobody has enough time to develop adequately. The thing that all the top drivers have in common is that they all had time to develop. Except Hamilton who is a phenom and perhaps other teams are unrealistically looking to other drivers to emulate his level of early accomplishment.

09-30-2010, 10:52 PM	#16
VogsHoock Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	I presume the same was said about the likes of Piquet Jr, Nakajima, Bourdais, etc. "Give them one more year and they'll come good." A couple of good performances don't change the overall picture, the general trend has shown that Petrov hasn't been able to improve during his rookie season unlike the likes of Hülkenberg, Kovalainen, etc. IMO Petrov is pretty much in the class of the Piquets and Nakajimas of this world. Perhaps it's time for Renault to stop gambling on underperforming rookies. Considering their position in the pecking order, they need two drivers they can rely on being capable of accumulating decent amount of points. If they fail to get Räikkönen, I'd certainly try to sign someone like Sutil or Glock. each case is different, as each driver is different and not cut from the same cloth. NPJr was always overrated imo and no amount of years was going to help him out. Nakajima was good his first year and had a dip his second year, but I still feel he was good enough for an F1 seat. Bourdais was a bit of an enigma. i have no doubt that the guy knows how to drive cars well and the situation at STR was, well, just lousy. my point being that every situation is different, but the problem with F1 these days is that nobody has enough time to develop adequately. The thing that all the top drivers have in common is that they all had time to develop. Except Hamilton who is a phenom and perhaps other teams are unrealistically looking to other drivers to emulate his level of early accomplishment.
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