Absolutely. It’s great fun to try and figure out who’s gonna be good in the future. There’s no foolproof system, except for the mega talents like Lewis, Max and Charles who stood out immediately as future superstars at the F3 level.

There’s no big talents being lost because of a lack of seats. It’s not a thing. If you’re good enough, you’ll get your opportunity. Ilott was a fringe F1 talent at best. Lundgaard got absolutely smoked by his younger and less experienced teammate in F2 last season.

Convincing an idiot that he or she is an idiot is a pointless exercise. You make many claims; the best of which are completely unfounded, the worst of which are verifiably untrue and show a complete lack of understanding of the process of joining F1.

First of all, going Indy Lights for a full season would be a great move for her career. Perhaps not for the W Series, but who cares? I hope the test goes well, her career’s been stalling in Europe and a path towards IndyCar is a great alternative for her.

From Scott Mitchell at The-Race, in an interesting report as to why the Red Bull/Porsche deal isn’t as straightforward as it seems.

I don’t think Red Bull is legitimately interested in Herta, but with AlphaTauri rumored to be up for sale, the Andretti link is easily made. Signing Herta to AlphaTauri might be a first step into that direction.

He didn’t really prove anything in F3/F2. There were still major question marks regarding his raw speed.

I don’t really think Hülkenberg is the answer either. He’s 35, and hasn’t been a regular for 3 years now. I think his prospects as a full-time driver have passed, particularly with Ricciardo’s availability.

Also, with every race added the chance of the championship going down to the wire reduces.

You’re right on the money. F1 tried this in 2010, adding Lotus/Caterham, Virgin/Marussia/Manor and HRT, and apart from extending the careers of a few veterans it brought with it a long list of paydrivers. Only 2 legitimate young talents got a chance in those teams: Ricciardo and Bianchi. Ricciardo would have got that…

Yes please.

Out of those three, at least Tsunoda has F1 calibre raw speed. Which means that occasionally, he’ll show something that’ll make you wonder if he’s finally figured it out. Unfortunately, he’ll then let you down again at the next race (or corner) with some boneheaded move.

Could also be that he’s really good when he’s got a really good car and an aging teammate.

And with Formula 1 intent on expanding the calendar, we got to wondering what tracks could warrant a spot on next year’s schedule?

They are only 17 points behind, and while Alfa is quicker and has lost points themselves, that’s mainly been due to mechanical issues (and having an uncompetitive second driver). Haas should absolutely be much closer to them in points.

The reason Drugovich isn’t being mentioned anywhere is because he’s not one the best three prospects in F2. He’s only leading because he has an experience advantage and he’s the most consistent on tire managment, not because he’s the fastest. Consistency comes with age, speed can’t be taught. And guys who don’t have…

True, but Hamilton has only 2 from the pre-DRS era. He’s also been in quite a dominant car for most of them.

Both drivers’ performances have been really subpar this season. Magnussen is still the exact same driver he was 8 years ago, and Mick lacks pure speed. Both of them just can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

There’s some loopholes there, and I think they’ll be able to convince the FIA to make him eligible for a provisional SL. The points requirement is really only there so that the FIA can easier keep unqualified drivers out of F1.

Right now, the only options are at Alpine and Williams, and both vacant seats have already been associated with names like Nico Hulkenberg.