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| De La Rosa to sign for Sauber; Finalised this week | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 12 2010, 08:41 AM (1,311 Views) | |
| John | Jan 14 2010, 08:42 AM Post #46 |
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The bulk of the Germans will be the same as were at McLaren and spoke English well enough... and Ross spent all those years with the Italian team and managed the language barrier. |
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| Iberiafromoz | Jan 19 2010, 02:38 AM Post #47 |
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Maybe PDLR will not go to Sauber? http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=355247&FS=F1 |
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| Red Andy | Jan 19 2010, 10:35 AM Post #48 |
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Jon Noble of Autosport says de la Rosa will race for Sauber this year. Link to follow. |
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| Red Andy | Jan 19 2010, 10:37 AM Post #49 |
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From the horse's mouth:
http://press_en.bmw-sauber-f1-team.ch/2010...bmw-sauber.html |
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| John | Jan 19 2010, 11:23 AM Post #50 |
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From Autosport... After seven years as McLaren's test driver, Pedro de la Rosa is making his return to Formula 1 racing with the BMW Sauber team. Here's ten facts about the Spaniard: • Pedro de la Rosa made his grand prix debut in 1999 in Australia, having tested an F1 car for the first time the previous year when he drove a Jordan. He finished his first race in sixth position, scoring a point for the Arrows team. • Before joining Formula 1, the Spanish driver spent a few years racing in Japan, where he won the Formula 3000 and GT championships. • During his ten-year stint in F1, he has raced for Arrows, Jaguar and McLaren, his best championship position an 11th place in 2006, when he scored 19 points. • De la Rosa has competed in 84 grands prix, his best result a second place at the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, the scene of Jenson Button's first victory. His last full season was with the Jaguar team in 2002. • At 38, de la Rosa will be the second oldest driver on the Formula 1 grid in 2010, only behind Michael Schumacher, 41. • He has been McLaren's test and reserve driver for seven years, and has taken part in 353 days of testing since the start of his career. Only Luca Badoer, Alex Wurz, Jarno Trulli and David Coulthard have spent more days testing. • With 29 points scored, including one podium and one fastest lap, he is the second most successful Spaniard to have raced in Formula 1, only behind Fernando Alonso. • With de la Rosa joining Alonso and Jamie Alguersuari on the grid in 2010, it will be the first time ever that Spain has three grand prix drivers on track. • The Catalan is the chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association. • His nickname is 'the Barcelona Bullet', although he was also nicknamed 'Nippon Ichy' - the number one - when he raced in Japan. |
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| Iberiafromoz | Jan 19 2010, 09:50 PM Post #51 |
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Ok guys! I believe it now.
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| John | Jan 20 2010, 09:08 AM Post #52 |
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I notice that Autosport continues to refer to the team as BMW Sauber...
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| Norbert | Jan 20 2010, 09:14 AM Post #53 |
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Aren't they keeping that name for this year for some rather odd reason? Anyway, I suspect PdlR will be about as much use as Luca Badoer. Great for testing, too rusty to race. |
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| P1 | Jan 20 2010, 11:25 PM Post #54 |
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Earlier from autosport.com:
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