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Scottish Champion; hoots mon!
Topic Started: Feb 12 2007, 06:35 PM (177 Views)
The Saint
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With Coulthard’s career coming to a close (2 seasons max IMHO), do we have any Scots to take his place?
Our pals from North of the border have a magnificent racing heritage, but I wonder who is in the lesser series waiting to carry the tartan torch?
So who do you feel will be the next Scottish F1 driver?
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So who do you feel will be the next Scottish F1 driver


Nobody springs to mind straight away
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The Saint
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That seems a shame.

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Have to agree - there's no young Scottish drivers that are standing out. I feel that F1 missed out on two great Scottish talents in Allan McNish and Dario Franchitti.

McNish had several testing contracts in the early 90's but was never offered a full-time drive. By the time he was given a race seat at the age of 32 with Toyota I feel he wasn't given a fair go at it by the Japanese team and was unfairly released at the end of the year.

Dario has proved in America that he is a good driver who is capable of leading races convincingly. But he only got the odd F1 test and never really got a chance to show what he could do in an F1 car.

Isn't Dario's cousin or nephew coming through the ranks at the minute?
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I agree Paul, when McNish finaly got his arse in an F1 car, he was past his best.

Dario always looks good when IRL are on the road tracks, I think he could have been a worthy driver in an F1 car.

And of course his wife would have added a bit more Hollywood glitz to the pitlane!
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I wouldn't say McNish was unfairly released...he was less than impressive, from what I recall of that season. Does make you wonder why Toyota have stuck with Ralf and Jarno though...
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safc_fan89,Feb 12 2007
06:56 PM
I wouldn't say McNish was unfairly released...he was less than impressive, from what I recall of that season. Does make you wonder why Toyota have stuck with Ralf and Jarno though...

Probably due to foolishly signing billion-year contracts with the both of them.

It's also well known that Ralf's salary was a typo.
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Paul Di Resta, beat Sebastien Vettel to the f3 euro series last year and is going to compete in GP2 this year.
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Paul_Murtagh,Feb 12 2007
06:43 PM


Isn't Dario's cousin or nephew coming through the ranks at the minute?

He is indeed very nicely i might add
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Richard Crozier (a mate of mine) races karts and is looking to get into cars. He is pretty decent :)
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Speedworx,Feb 12 2007
07:10 PM
Richard Crozier (a mate of mine) races karts and is looking to get into cars. He is pretty decent :)

Im a fan already <thumbs>
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Red Andy,Feb 12 2007
06:58 PM

It's also well known that Ralf's salary was a typo.

Is that really true?

It seems laughable but i'd love it!

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GordonB,Feb 13 2007
09:07 AM
Is that really true?

It seems laughable but i'd love it!

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Sadly I don't think it is. Toyota were just that stupid.
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