Renault CEO Ghosn suggests Maldonado, Palmer contracts in doubt

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12/05/2015 at 13:00 • Filed to: F1

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I have nothing against Palmer, but please say we can get rid of Malo donaldo, he may be a nice guy as Ted suggests, but for whatever reason he is a catastrophe magnet. I don’t like the fact that he is there because of PDVSA money, otherwise he would not be driving for anyone other than the very back. He would be a perfect Manor driver, money and stays out of any real competition. Manor may be better with Mercedes power soon, but still at the back because the chassis is probably not going to be great.


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Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/05/2015 at 13:47

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Manor is now Williams Jr. team, so no, keep Maldonado out of there.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
12/05/2015 at 14:04

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Yeah, I think they will be a better outfit now. Put some talented young drivers in there. it would be nice to have all the teams at the back be something like Sauber or better. This is supposed to be the epitome of racing so if you can’t run at least at a Sauber level, stay in GP2 or some other series. No reason to have a car with no hope of beating any other team on a sunny day. It will be nice if Honda can sort out their issues too and be at least in there with the mid field or a bit higher at tracks that suit them.


Kinja'd!!! Leon711 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/05/2015 at 14:28

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Well Palmer’s dad paid his way in to F1. Jonathan Palmer was a driver himself and own Motorsport Vision which in turn owns a few UK circuits (Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Snetterton, Cadwell Park and Bedford Autodrome) so it’s not like he started entirely from the bottom. Both him and Loldonado are GP2 champs as was Grosjean, Rosberg, Hulkenberg and Hamilton, Maldonado was a very skilled driver at some point and he lost it.

Don’t get me wrong, I support Palmer because he is a local boy but Maldonaderp is better than everyone says.


Kinja'd!!! Chasaboo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/05/2015 at 14:43

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F1 needs Maldonado for the comedy he provides.


Kinja'd!!! Sky Higa > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/05/2015 at 15:25

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Maldonado’s gotten a lot better with the not-crashing thing, so I don’t see why Lotus wouldn’t keep him.


Kinja'd!!! 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Sky Higa
12/05/2015 at 16:13

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He still finds a way to be the one someone else hits, somehow.