Albers Gets The Dump!

• Kuali Baba

  10 Jul 07, 21:44

  Christijan Albers has been dropped by Spyker as one of his sponsors hasn't been paying up. The team stress that it's not related to his on-track performances, even though he has been outclassed by teammate Adrian Sutil. A replacement has not been named yet.
  
  http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40011
  
  Ahh the perils of being a pay-driver...good riddance, time to bring along a fresh face who deserves a seat!
• CKeer

  10 Jul 07, 22:06

  What's the point when you cant even win anything in the first place?
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• Kuali Baba

  10 Jul 07, 23:19

  Honda test driver Christian Klien and the Indian bot Narain Karthikeyan are among those being considered for the empty seat.
• SBS9828X

  12 Jul 07, 16:06

  The seat should go to klien. I find him better
• Kuali Baba

  19 Jul 07, 04:40

  Markus Winkelhock has been named as the team's interim replacement for Albers. They are still looking for a permanent replacement.
• 117

  19 Jul 07, 20:30

  Originally posted by Kuali Baba:

  Ahh the perils of being a pay-driver

  What's a pay driver?
• Kuali Baba

  19 Jul 07, 21:31

  Originally posted by 117:

  What's a pay driver?

  Instead of getting paid a salary by the team, a bunch of sponsors pays for your seat, and they will apear on the team car and merchandise. Usually practised by the teams with smaller budgets.
• Kuali Baba

  27 Jul 07, 00:07

  Sakon Yamamoto returns to Formula 1 with Spyker!
  
  http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40176