Gary Paffett to F1?
Discussion
FourWheelDrift said:
jimmyc412t2 said:
is hardly the Raikonnen fast track is it!
I think he's a promising prospect
I do too, I meant the new Raikkonen as in the next top young F1 driver.
I know what you mean My point was that lots of teams are trying to find Raikkonens (ie Jag and Klien) then wonder why they struggle. They need to realise that Kimi is a freak incident (like most top-drawer drivers) - he can just do it. Other drivers need time to gain experience.
F1 teams are so daft when it comes to things like this. Sauber pick one amazing driver out of Formula Renault and the whole Formula starts testing babies who seemed racy on their first bike!
Paffet has had to try hard and drive a range of stuff. Its not been easy and he's had to fight. It means a bit of gritty determination and experience and it will stand him in good stead.
Remember that Mark Webber had a similar path drving all sorts of different cars (and one or two Mercedes "aircraft" ) before getting to F1 and it did him no harm whatsoever.
Hope he gets it...not that i have anytihng against Davidson mind. Its just Paffet derserves a shot!
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