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Post by Kevin Smith on Dec 23, 2009 15:48:19 GMT -8
He signed with the new Mercedes F1 team. I doubt that anyone besides Broxton cares.
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Post by Jon Broxton on Dec 24, 2009 0:28:57 GMT -8
Actually, I'm amazed. I think joining with Mercedes/Brawn is a bad idea for a start; Button and Brawn only won the title because of their technological advantage at the beginning of last season with the diffuser, and once everyone else caught up from an engineering standpoint, the limitations of the rest of their chassis and their aerodynamics became very apparent.
Also, this isn't the 1970s anymore. Schumacher is not Niki Lauda or Alain Prost, and the new Mercedes is not the old Williams. The cars change so much between seasons, and Schumi has had so little testing since he last drove an F1 car, I think it will take him longer to catch up with everyone else than he thinks. I think he'll struggle.
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Post by Kevin Smith on Dec 24, 2009 5:40:43 GMT -8
But it'll sell tickets.
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Post by Jon Broxton on Dec 24, 2009 8:29:15 GMT -8
True. I'm more interested in it from a sporting perspectove, though.
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Post by Kevin Smith on Dec 24, 2009 12:04:34 GMT -8
I feel sorry for Nico Rosberg being his team-mate next year.
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Post by Jon Broxton on Dec 24, 2009 12:17:02 GMT -8
I know. He's Barrichello-in-Waiting.
I think the title will be a six-way fight between McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull. Button, Hamilton, Alonso, Massa (if he has recovered enough), Webber and Vettel.
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Post by Kevin Smith on Dec 25, 2009 11:10:53 GMT -8
Button is obviously risking the most out of any driver that is in the running of winning the title this year. New team, fast team-mate, etc etc.
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