2015 Formula 1 Season Paddock

Technical partnership

 

They're a Ferrari customer team like Sauber and Marussia

 

Geido van der Garde does indeed have a race seat with Sauber , Australian court rules

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/1...at-with-sauber-f1-team-australian-court-rules

 

I wonder who will be their drivers...

with NASCAR issues, could we see Kurt Busch move to F1?

 

Not very possible at all given the new Super License requirements

 

Whats that?

Nascar car success and Indy 500 rides would help right?

 

and he's already 36. Not that 36 is old, but it would be late to start an F1 career. He's 5'11" too, it would be a challenge to fit him in the car and make weight too. Danica would be more qualified! haha! I don't think either one of them would be on any F1 teams top 10 driver wish list.

 

Yep

 

Wow, what hoopla would take place if Haas took Danica to F1... wowsers!

They are going to be a back marker no matter who drives, so why not if Go Daddy wants to help fund the team...

 

because no Super License

 

To qualify for an FIA Super Licence the requesting driver must already be the holder of a Grade A competition licence, and additionally meet the requirements of the 2013 FIA International Sporting Code, Appendix L.[1][2] These requirements state that the driver must be either the reigning champion in a lower category of motor sport, for example Formula 3 (Euroformula Open Championship or Japanese championship), Formula 2, or GP2 Series (formerly known as Formula 3000), or must have consistently finished well in these categories. For example, a driver finishing fourth and fifth (twice) positions in the GP2 Championship within the last three years will be eligible for a Super Licence.
Additionally, drivers who have competed in the IndyCar Series are eligible for a Super Licence if they finished within the first four places of the driver's championship. This allows drivers from the United States domestic series to move into Formula One without first taking part in other FIA sanctioned events. Under exceptional circumstances Appendix L also allows the FIA to award a Super Licence to a driver who does not meet the normal criteria if a vote reveals unanimous agreement by the members, and provided that the driver has completed 300 kilometers of testing at racing speeds in a current car.

 

Yeah , thanks , exactly my point

PS when you copied that from Wikipedia , you should have included the revisions for 2016 onward because those are the relevant rules for the future Haas drivers

 

2016 eh. Alonso should be fed up with McLaren by then -- or the other way around.

 

I tried, the graph did not translate well.

 

It does not translate well...


From 2016 onwards, in order to secure a Super Licence, a driver must score at least 40 points from the following table:[3]
Championship position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thFIA Formula Two Championship6050403020108643GP2 Series504030201086432FIA European Formula Three Championship40302010864321FIA World Endurance Championship (LMP1 only)40302010864321IndyCar Series40302010864321GP3 Series30201510753210Formula Renault 3.5 Series30201510753210Super Formula2017107532100FIA Formula 4 championships10752100000National Formula Three championships10752100000Formula Renault (Eurocup, Alps, NEC)5310000000

 

I think Haas will hire Alexander Rossi and a more experienced driver

 

I wouldn't doubt it if Ferrari has a say in who else is in their driver line up , that's why Jules Bianci was in the Marussia car

 

That was part of the deal with Marussia , get a break on the price or terms on the power units and technical support in exchange for a race seat for a Ferrari Academy driver .

 

Sauber and Alonso dominate agenda as the F1 season kicks off in Melbourne

http://m.bbc.com/sport/formula1/31850385