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23 Jul 2005, 21:04 (Ref:1361680) | #1 | ||
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Moving on from Minardi?
I know that people have gone on to great things after their respective tenure with Minardi, namley Alonso, Webber and to a degree Wilson impressed in it before dissapointing at Jaguar. But take Albers, Doornbos and friesacher etc. Can u honestly see them jumping into a red-bull or a sauber and then going on to take titles? I cant. But is this now to do with the fact that Paul Stodart is selcting drivers on the size of their bank balance more than the skill they have. Not Paul bashing in the slightest just a question
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Minardi can only really survive with the backing sourced via pay drivers. It's nice when they can discover talent, but money is more important.
I have to say though, the drivers they have this year are much better than those they had last year. Albers was a winner (i'm 99% sure) in DTM, and Doornbos took a victory in F3000. Baumgartner was dreadful in his seasons of F3000 and got a drive for purely financial reasons. |
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With Montoya's car Albers would be on pole...
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IIRC both Alonso and Webber had mangement contracts with Flav - I guess that has something to do with their moving onwards to much better things. Also Alonso/Webber had team-mates who were very much less talented than they were (Marques/Yoong) which does wonders for a driver's reputation - e.g. if Wilson had been teamed up with Yoong and trounced him by as much as Webber did in very race I suspect Justin would still be in F1 now...
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Albers : German F3 champion (1999), 2nd in DTM championship (2003), 3rd in DTM championship (2004)
Doornbos : 3rd in F3000 (2004) So I don't would call them 100% pay drivers, they can drive. Didn't bring Alonso a lott of Spanish Telefonica peseta's to Minardi? |
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And in regards to the Telfonica deal. I was under the impression it was Gene who brought that sponsorship before Alonso was on the scene. I could be wrong Your thoughts? |
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Well can you see them moving on. In terms of there overall performance thus far could you see any of the teams making a move for them.
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Considering how late Doornbos started racing, he has every potential to move up if he can start outpacing Albers. His CV is the most impressive of any of this year's rookies once you take it in context.
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