What will happen -?

Question

1. To respective teams and drivers if Hamilton drives for Torro Rosso / Force India? Can vettel/Sutil produce same or better result if given opprtunity in Mclaren?

2. to Ferrari if Kimi retires at the end of this season

3. if Heidfeld retires, who is likely to take his place?

Answer 1

1)No, Hamilton is an exceptional driver, he would take the car further up but still with little success of course.

2)Alonso will probably take his place unless Massa wins the championship this year in which case he won't be able to get a deal for being the #1 driver with Massa his pet.

They will get Kubica instead.

3)Vettel.

Answer 2

1. Hamilton would be doing better than Sutil at FI and maybe a little better than Vettel at STR, Sutil would struggle to keep up with Heikki at McLaren whereas Vettel would probably be in a similar postiion to Hamilton.

2. At Ferrari a lot would depend on where there drivers finished at the end of the season. If Massa wins they would probably take on a driver who would be able to develop into a champion, Rosberg would be a good candidate after Williams blocked a move to McLaren they didn't really provide him with anything spectacular. If kimi won or neither won they could well want a proven winner to take over so that would most likely be either Kubica, Hamilton or Alonso and only one of these men is likely to be available.

3. I think that Vettel would be a shoe in at BMW.

Answer 3

1 Oh dear... the STR would be doing slightly better but the car would occasionally break down or head for the barriers. If he were in force India, he'd be doing a better job than Fisi and Sutil. Maybe even score them a point. But be prepared for mechanical failures

2 They'd be pondering which driver to sign on if Kubica is not available. Alonso is a no-no.

3 Hmm.... I can't think of any driver at the moment but perhaps Nico Hulkenberg is Williams is willing to let him go. (he's their test driver)

Answer 4

1. I would think Hamilton would be doing similar job to Vettel, sometimes in the points, sometimes beached in the gravel.

2. IF Kimmi Retires, Ferrari would probably plump for Kubica and though a good choice, bad for fans as Kubica, like Alonso was once for Renault, both work in perfect harmony and would, possibly be weaker without each other. I think Ferrari would be wise to steer clear of the young chargers, Vettel, Rosberg etc as they would need 1 steady driver, which though massively improved, Massa just isn't.

3. Heidfeld has at least 1 more season in him yet, hes still a great race, his smoother style doesn't get the best out of the tyres during qualifying, if he did go and Robert stayed BMW might risk a young gun like Nico Hulkenberg ( last years A1 GP champ).