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Eff One

STR ditch Bourdais

Looks like the rumblings over the weekend were correct: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76945

No great surprise. I hoped for big things after his US record, but it looks to me like he simply isn't quick enough.

I've never heard of the kid replacing him, but the team will have an uphill struggle with two rookies. I reckon they'd do better with someone like Takuma Sato, but time will tell.
Dr. Hfuhruhurr

How about this at the bottom of the article:

Quote:
Despite Alguersuari's promotion to the race seat, Sebastien Loeb remains linked with a switch to F1 with Toro Rosso once his commitments in the world rally championship are finished this season.


I would love to see that!
Chris M Wants a V-10

Yup, Loeb has said that so long as rally and F1 dates do not clash, he'd be happy to do both for the remainder of this year.
That has got to be worth watching ..... :-)
Apex clipper

Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote:
How about this at the bottom of the article:

Quote:
Despite Alguersuari's promotion to the race seat, Sebastien Loeb remains linked with a switch to F1 with Toro Rosso once his commitments in the world rally championship are finished this season.


I would love to see that!


I'm with you on that one.
Apex clipper

Well I never!

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30062009/58/raikkonen-wrc-debut.html
PhilD

Apex clipper wrote:
Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote:
How about this at the bottom of the article:

Quote:
Despite Alguersuari's promotion to the race seat, Sebastien Loeb remains linked with a switch to F1 with Toro Rosso once his commitments in the world rally championship are finished this season.


I would love to see that!


I'm with you on that one.


I'm not, the French fella is fairly average. What you want is that Ken Block bloke, he'd be world champion easy, with loads of skidding!!  
Apex clipper

PhilD wrote:
Apex clipper wrote:
Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote:
How about this at the bottom of the article:

Quote:
Despite Alguersuari's promotion to the race seat, Sebastien Loeb remains linked with a switch to F1 with Toro Rosso once his commitments in the world rally championship are finished this season.


I would love to see that!


I'm with you on that one.


I'm not, the French fella is fairly average. What you want is that Ken Block bloke, he'd be world champion easy, with loads of skidding!!  


Step away from the bong!
Blarno

Ken Block would make F1 interesting. I expect Loeb would just dominate and never crash, the boring cheese eating surrender monkey.
Apex clipper

Blarno wrote:
I expect Loeb would just dominate and never crash, the boring cheese eating surrender monkey.


Don't you start.
Eff One

I've just had a brainwave. Been reading an Autosport article about STR's woes this year in which Giorgio Ascanelli admitted that they're really missing Vettel.

So. They need a replacement for Bourdais. They have Ferrari engines.

Vettel is touted as the new Schumacher.

So who should slot into the vacant seat? The old Schumacher.

Now that I would be interested to see.
Blarno

Apex clipper wrote:
Blarno wrote:
I expect Loeb would just dominate and never crash, the boring cheese eating surrender monkey.


Don't you start.


Rally drivers should crash and have a personality! (McRae, etc...)

Stuntman

Loeb can certainly drive a bit, though.  Would be great if he transferred to F1, won the title in 2010 and then went to MotoGP and kicked everyone's arse there as well
Sav

Loeb did drive a 2008 Red Bull F1 car in winter testing last year and his laptimes were not shabby. According to some sources, we will see him in that STR seat at the season finale in Abu Dubai.
Big TC

I've always been of the opinion that Loeb has been the best driver in any discipline of 4-wheeled sport for a few of the last few years.

If he'd have chosen the racing, rather than rallying route, no doubt he'd be a multi-world champion by now.

Sadly, at the age of 35, he's not got enough years to get into a top car/team and be in a position to win races. Which his talent would surely allow him to do.

Pity he's French.
Humphrey The Pug

Soemone at work thinks Loeb will be in the STR for the last race of the season as the repalcement for Bourdais can do all of the races but that one.
Gooner

I don't know why they dropped him. His record in Champ car is pretty impressive as is his endurance race history. It's their shitty car that's the problem. Even if they got Michael Schumacher out of retirement and into it, he'd do shit. That's why Hamilton hasn't exactly been too competitive this year until McLaren improved the car (ok he crashed but the potential was there!)

It's like relegation threatenned teams that sack their manager with only a third of the season left. What's the point? you'll still be shit and go down!
TimR

Well, the new boy has covered himself in glory

The first time he's ever driven an F1 car was practice on Friday.
Is that really the best STR could do?

I'm sure there are tens, if not hundreds, of other drivers who are actually better qualified to get that seat.

Anyone know who the new boy's main sponsor is (I don't, I'm just assuming it has a bearing on him getting the job).
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