[investmentonlinev2006x]

Imagine a 3rd Ferrari just about to be lapped by Hamilton...

Would it be the Tesco Value Ferrari?


Made from:
- Cardboard 75%
- PVA Glue 10%
- Watercolour paint (decoration) 7%
- Masking tape 5%
- Salt 2%
- Reclaimed poultry extract 1%

Either that or the third Ferrari could be a... Lolo Ferrari From what I've heard the suspension is great.

[uchetrip]

And why? Do you really want the bransons of the world cruising around Spa? More drivers would be great but it should be thru more teams (and that seem hard enough).

We already have wildcard entries. They are just called paid drives.

That's why I think there should be a criteria for wild card entries before every Tom, Dick and Harry with 1/4 a million quid gets a race.

Sometimes a paid driver is a good way of getting a great prospect into F1. Look at Schumacher. He was a Mercedes paid driver to start with!

However, lets hope that other paid / sponsored drivers show more loyalty

[WenPyclenoWex]

That's why I think there should be a criteria for wild card entries before every Tom, Dick and Harry with 1/4 a million quid gets a race.

Sometimes a paid driver is a good way of getting a great prospect into F1. Look at Schumacher. He was a Mercedes paid driver to start with!

However, lets hope that other paid / sponsored drivers show more loyalty

maybe the wildcards should be kept for those drivers who are in the GP2 feeder series....

[uchetrip]

maybe the wildcards should be kept for those drivers who are in the GP2 feeder series....

That was my initial though.

Sure, some drivers have leapfrogged the intermediate formula (Kimi) but generally, they're mainly in GP2.

[WenPyclenoWex]

wouldn't that help GP2 as well....get the series more visibility and all

[uchetrip]

wouldn't that help GP2 as well....get the series more visibility and all

Well, I suppose so but GP2 has pretty good visibility already.

Then we have the option of Pay drivers.

As I said earlier, if we didn't have Paid seats, we might never have had Schumacher for example and if only allowing GP2, what about Kimi.

Difficult one.

[pokerbonuscod]

Well, I suppose so but GP2 has pretty good visibility already.

Then we have the option of Pay drivers.

As I said earlier, if we didn't have Paid seats, we might never have had Schumacher for example and if only allowing GP2, what about Kimi.

Difficult one.

Not sure if this has been suggested: I don't find a problem with pay drivers but just as long as they don't rob a good talent of a seat. In F1, this happens often enough (up to debate on who those drivers are) so, no, I'm not a fan of pay drivers with the current rules and regulations. However, I would have no problem seeing a driver paying for a third seat. If he under-performs, so what? He is less of a team player and he is only losing his own money. The two core team drivers would hopefully be hired based on talent (though, complications still exist realistically speaking. This suggestion doesn't necessarily stop 2nd drivers paying for their seat unless a specific rule against that was implemented, ha!)

I can ponder on it though.

EDIT: This, of course, would give space for up and coming GP2 (and other feeder series') drivers who are on the way up. And, at the same time, teams who want to hire a driver with cash can do so. They can have the best of both worlds, so to speak.

[WenPyclenoWex]

wouldn't it be better if the teams run 3 cars instead of the two in that case....

or will the grid be too large?

[pokerbonuscod]

wouldn't it be better if the teams run 3 cars instead of the two in that case....

or will the grid be too large?

And have two scoring manufacturers points, one not? I wouldn't see a problem with that. But it would be nice to think the third driver would become the only pay driver for the team, and the rest are hired on talent/experience.

Grid too large? Is that possible?