Sorry Scott Speed
07-31-2007 | 03:40 AM
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Sorry Scott Speed
I'm so excited about this. I remember sitting in the stands at the US GP on Saturday morning and Vettel was out pounding around the track, and when he started posting some of the very fastest lap times I was like "who the hell is Vettel?!?" And then to see how well he did in the race the following day as a fill in for RK. Wow. Gongrats to SV, and congrats to Toro Rosso for snagging such a good driver.
This next race ought to be very, very interesting, if SV does well that will tell us a thing or two about SS's abilities...
I'm sorry to see the lone American driver out, but as a Toro Rosso fan I have t say, I think SV will be a more impressive driver...
This next race ought to be very, very interesting, if SV does well that will tell us a thing or two about SS's abilities...
Vettel replaces Speed
GERMANY'S Sebastian Vettel will replace American Scott Speed at Toro Rosso from this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. Californian Speed, who fell out with team bosses after the last European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, was the only American driver on the starting grid.
Vettel became the youngest driver in Formula One history to score when, aged 19, he finished eighth on his race debut with BMW Sauber in June at the US Grand Prix as a stand-in for Poland's Robert Kubica. The highly-rated German, also the youngest driver to participate in a grand prix weekend, turned 20 on July 3 and has been the BMW Sauber reserve since last year. "As our test and reserve driver Sebastian has carried out sterling work for us," BMW team boss Mario Theissen said in a statement. "However the current testing rules mean that he barely gets a chance to drive for us. Now he has been offered the opportunity to get inside a Toro Rosso cockpit."
Vettel started out with the Red Bull Junior Team at the age of 12 and has been backed by both it and BMW since, with both teams eyeing him for the future. "We have sponsored and coached Sebastian over a number of years. To place obstacles in his career path now would go against our concept of talent promotion," Theissen said. "BMW and Red Bull have a longstanding partnership in supporting Sebastian. Toro Rosso is the sister team of Red Bull Racing and in that context it makes sense for us to release him." The team said Germany's Timo Glock, who raced for Jordan in 2004 and is now competing in the GP2 support series, would replace Vettel as its reserve.
Toro Rosso did not give a reason for Speed's exit. However the 24-year-old American made clear after the chaotic Nuerburgring race, where he skidded out early on, that his relationship with team principal Franz Tost and co-owner Gerhard Berger had broken down. "As far as my future in F1 is concerned, you couldn't pay me enough money to race for those two people again," he said of Tost and Berger in an interview carried on his Web site (www.scottspeed.com). Speed had also accused the team of wanting to get rid of him and Italian teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi.
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GERMANY'S Sebastian Vettel will replace American Scott Speed at Toro Rosso from this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the Formula One team said on Tuesday. Californian Speed, who fell out with team bosses after the last European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring, was the only American driver on the starting grid.
Vettel became the youngest driver in Formula One history to score when, aged 19, he finished eighth on his race debut with BMW Sauber in June at the US Grand Prix as a stand-in for Poland's Robert Kubica. The highly-rated German, also the youngest driver to participate in a grand prix weekend, turned 20 on July 3 and has been the BMW Sauber reserve since last year. "As our test and reserve driver Sebastian has carried out sterling work for us," BMW team boss Mario Theissen said in a statement. "However the current testing rules mean that he barely gets a chance to drive for us. Now he has been offered the opportunity to get inside a Toro Rosso cockpit."
Vettel started out with the Red Bull Junior Team at the age of 12 and has been backed by both it and BMW since, with both teams eyeing him for the future. "We have sponsored and coached Sebastian over a number of years. To place obstacles in his career path now would go against our concept of talent promotion," Theissen said. "BMW and Red Bull have a longstanding partnership in supporting Sebastian. Toro Rosso is the sister team of Red Bull Racing and in that context it makes sense for us to release him." The team said Germany's Timo Glock, who raced for Jordan in 2004 and is now competing in the GP2 support series, would replace Vettel as its reserve.
Toro Rosso did not give a reason for Speed's exit. However the 24-year-old American made clear after the chaotic Nuerburgring race, where he skidded out early on, that his relationship with team principal Franz Tost and co-owner Gerhard Berger had broken down. "As far as my future in F1 is concerned, you couldn't pay me enough money to race for those two people again," he said of Tost and Berger in an interview carried on his Web site (www.scottspeed.com). Speed had also accused the team of wanting to get rid of him and Italian teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi.
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07-31-2007 | 08:51 AM
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Let's see what he can do.
My theory is that the perception of Vettel as the next boy wonder will fade away once he gets into an STR car. The driver can only do so much if the car is crap.
But maybe it will be good for him to get experience for a year or two and then return to BMW.
My theory is that the perception of Vettel as the next boy wonder will fade away once he gets into an STR car. The driver can only do so much if the car is crap.
But maybe it will be good for him to get experience for a year or two and then return to BMW.
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07-31-2007 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Rodan,Jul 31 2007, 11:51 AM
The driver can only do so much if the car is crap.
I'm not so convinced the Toro Rosso is a piece of crap.
07-31-2007 | 11:09 AM
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Let's not forget that only the driver can give feedback to develop the car. If SS was not doing the job, we can't expect Vettel to be a hero right off the bat. If he can develop the car (along with the engineers) that will be a truer tale imo - but that needs time....