i have the feeling that rbr has never been firmly serious about Kimi. so i think Ric it will be.
and i have bought the lotus ferrari story. that Kimi waits hoping for a strong financially lotus and that ferrari waits for a Kimi in case things are smooth.
Lopez just said it wasn't the finances that Kimi is concerned about.
It sounds like he wants some assurance that Lotus will grow closer in their relationship to Renault. I don't think signing Infinity as a major sponsor would hurt either " title="" />
Red Bull confirms Daniel Ricciardo for F1 2014 By Jonathan Noble Monday, September 2nd 2013, 19:21 GMT
Daniel Ricciardo will be Sebastian Vettel's team-mate in 2014, after Red Bull announced him as its new driver on Monday.
Following weeks of speculation about who would land the second seat at the reigning champion team, Red Bull confirmed Ricciardo on its own Servus TV channel.
Ricciardo will follow in the footsteps of his Australian compatriot Mark Webber and makes the switch from Red Bull's junior team Toro Rosso.
The destiny of the Red Bull seat has been the focus of Formula 1's silly season for weeks, with Ricciardo heading off tough opposition from Kimi Raikkonen for the prized drive.
Although he had been widely expected to get the drive ever since Raikkonen's management revealed last month that talks with the team had broken down, Red Bull still delayed announcing its decision.
Team principal Christian Horner had suggested that the team wanted to know what other options were on offer - which included Raikkonen and an outside possibility of Fernando Alonso.
Although suggesting in Belgium that an announcement may not happen until after this weekend's Italian Grand Prix, Red Bull has elected to confirm its plans now.
Ricciardo will make the jump up to Red Bull after two full seasons with Toro Rosso, and a half campaign for the HRT team in 2011.
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Zitat von BoudicaYawn, completely predictable I wish Ricciardo well. Now Ferrari only has to announce Massa again after a good run at Monza, and we are all set.
It's hard to believe that a driver who has underwhelmed to Massa's extent doesn't really have a suitable replacement at Ferrari. Why don't they roll the dice on Bianchi or Hulkenburg? I think Bianchi, being in the Ferrari young driver program, may be one year shy of a Ricciardo-like replacement.
I still don't believe Kimi will go to Ferrari alongside Alonso. I could write a book about all of the reasons it won't happen. And only Pekka Franck says it will. Should be an interesting end to this silly season.
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Not only pekka, there are a lot of credible people who said it:
those italians (from sky and cnn), Jordan, Saari, turrini
Yesterday vanzini (from sky) talked with valsecchi (3rd driver at lotus) about Kimi and almost said kimi signed with Ferrari:
Valsecchi: everyone within lotus was sure kimi signed with RBR, but he surprised us a lot (both laughing) Vanzini: instead he signed with another team (both laughing again) ....
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