News Details

Ricciardo deal was ‘extremely sensible', not ‘stupid money'

Photo by: www.kymillman.com/f1 Remember back in 2015 when Renault announced they were buying the Lotus Renault GP team and entering Formula 1 for the 2016 season with Kevin Magnussen and Jolyon Palmer as its drivers with Esteban Ocon in reserve? Back then, the discussion we were having was whether those two drivers were the drivers to hand seats to for a full works team. I argued that they are perfectly fine drivers and that at that time, the car was the biggest issue, not the drivers. After that season—they finished in ninth place with eight points—they hired Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen left to join Haas F1. They retained Palmer but then let him go in favor of Carlos Sainz...
Full Story »
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Perez has mixed feelings over Ocon's future

Sergio Perez has revealed his concern for Esteban Ocon with his year out...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Perez opens up on relationship with Ocon

Sergio Perez opens up on his relationship with former teammate Esteban...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Perez: Ocon's year on the sidelines 'a risky move'

Sergio Perez believes that former Force India team mate Esteban Ocon's...
7y ago from F1i.com

Ocon confident Mercedes won't forget his potential

Esteban Ocon is confident that Mercedes' support and awareness of his...
7y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Paddock optimism for IndyCar’s new independent...

Drivers in the NTT IndyCar Series are largely happy to see the series’...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

15 G/A in 14 games – The underrated star who...

Arsenal have stuttered recently as they no longer necessarily look like...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

70m-plus-player bid prepared which threatens to derail...

Arsenal could reportedly be facing a very real threat to their hopes of...
14h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'It's more important for Arsenal' | Soccer Saturday...

Tim Sherwood and Clinton Morrison look ahead to the North London derby and...
14h ago from SkySports.com

Premier League club exploring deal to sign 19-year-old...

Nottingham Forest are reportedly eyeing Arsenal's young goalkeeper Tommy...
17h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.