By Andrew Hooper
August 5 2016
Discussions in regard to the Williams Martini teams driver line-up for the 2017 season have increased with various options open to the team. In recent races the performance of the teams 2016 drivers Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa have draw the inevitable views that the team will be looking for replacements for one or both for 2017. Various drivers names have risen to the top of the list as far as who Williams are considering including Jenson Button and Sergio Perez.
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Quote:AlanJones
As I've said in the News thread, it appears that Button wants to chat with Macca first. I'd say get Perez and let Button go before we have a situation where in Japan we still don't know who will drive for us in 2017..
Quote:K1
I have just read a report that renault are on the look out for a 'charasmatic lead driver'. i then read that they are talking to bottas!!!! is this some sort of joke?
Quote:Duffer
Two williams drivers next year will both have surnames with 2 syllables, start with B, have a double t in the middle, have 6 letters, and have the pattern, consonant, vowel, consonant, consonant, vowel, consonant.
Uncanny really!
Quote:Duffer
With max doing so well, i think everyone believes there are more stars to come. In reality, a max is a one in 10 year event. Takes a special person to handle the big leagues, max has that. Even if for example ocon beat max, it doesnt mean he will be a cracker like him.
These guys are very rare... i think we will find whitey is probably right.
Quote:Even if you discount Max the current 96-99 generation of drivers coming up looks very strong (Ocon, Leclerc, Stroll, Norris). I wonder how that group will compare to the previous generations; (92-94; Vandoorne, Sainz, Kvyat, Wehrlein), (89-90; Ricciardo, Pérez, Bottas, Bianchi), (86-87; Vettel, Hülkenberg, Grosjean, Kobayashi), (81-85; Hamilton, Rosberg, Kubica, Kovalainen), (77-81; Alonso, Button, Räikkönen, Heidfeld), (74-75; Montoya, R. Schumacher, Trulli, Fisichella).williamsdb.comQuote:Duffer
With max doing so well, i think everyone believes there are more stars to come. In reality, a max is a one in 10 year event. Takes a special person to handle the big leagues, max has that. Even if for example ocon beat max, it doesnt mean he will be a cracker like him.
These guys are very rare... i think we will find whitey is probably right.
Following that reasoning that means there won't be another race winner from the lower formulas for another 10 year, which seems ludicrous. Verstappen is a star but as has been said elsewhere you have to be in the right place at the right time.
Quote:Mehryar
Imo calling a driver "better" must be based on facts and results...the fact is RIC has outqualified Max and their close points finish is heavily effected by team mistakes for RIC in Monaco and Spain...the other fact suggests Max has cracked more than once, erm infact 3times through a weekend.
This "he's only 18 and inexperienced" excuse is useless as they don't give more points to a driver at the end of season for age or not enough experience...let the guy mature into a world beater then reflect his results.