So the seat goes to this kid, but does anyone know what happened to Taku? I was really hoping he'd get Vettels seat after Vettel left the team last year when he was still a reserve/test driver. I love Takuma Sato, STR should give him a chance. He's got the experience, shown brilliance in a F1 car before(see US GP 2004 and infamous Alonso pass Canada 2007) and he works great with teams. I see no downside here?

 

Probably a money related issue too. While there are mumblings about giving Alguersuari a run in-season because of the lack of testing opportunities, there is plenty of time to let him drive in the post-season. Word is that he's coming with plenty of Repsol money, so that might have something to do with it.

I remember when Sato and Bourdais were in a 'shoot out' for the STR seat last winter, once Bourdais got the nod, Sato was hinting that STR wanted/needed the driver to bring in some cash, and that wasn't something he could do very easily.

Too bad though... Sato really deserves a run in F1 again, exciting driver.

 

From what I understand, Sato brings some serious sponsorship money behind me.. I was surprised not to see Sato fill that seat for the remainder of the year.

As far as Sato goes as a driver though, he was exciting, but not very good... Qualifying was impressive but how many times did he actually complete a race? The difference between him and JB wasn't as bad as FA and NP but was pretty big nontheless...

 

Nah, he was a dick. His ego was flattened as soon as he came over from Champcar. It's got to suck being trounced by your rookie teammates when you're a previous champion.

He always had an attitude about him. I loved it when PT called him out on it.

 

Glad Bourdais is finally sent packing! Never liked him even when he won stuff here in North America. Don't like PT either, so as far as I am concerned, they can punch either other out in in a bar fight... don't splash these out at race tracks.