Maldonado has been linked to the team since Kimi Raikkonen annonced he will rejoin Ferrari next season, along with Nico Hulkenberg for some time. However, the former Williams driver has now got the nod ahead of the Sauber driver. Which means financial backing from PDVSA and Venezuela, which is around £30m a year.
Which means Lotus' financial problems which has been notice throughout the season is a bigger problem then thought, Which includes news that the Team is owing Kimi Raikkonen 17.1m euros (£14.5m) because of a salary of eight million euros and a bonus scheme worth 50,000 euros a point. Despite, an investment deal with Quantum Motorsport has still yet to be done since the British Grand prix. Which means, Pastor Maldonaldo has been picked ahead of Nico Hulkenberg.
So here is my view, is Pastor Maldonado is the right person to replace Kimi Raikkonen, No, it should have been Nico Hulkenberg he has more talent. But, the team owing Kimi Raikkonen money, the Team in debt, and question marks with an investment deal with Quantum Motorsport they had no choice but to pick Pastor Maldonado.
Because, a drivers talent as Pastor Maldonado who's attitude at last months at the United States Grand Prix were he blamed his struggles in qualifying on sabotage from his own team at Williams and question marks on his driving style in pervious races throughout his career and blaming the other driver instead of himself. That's why he does not deserve to drive at Lotus next season, despite winning the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix with Williams. That is why I do not like the deal that money won over a drivers pure talent in a top four team got the drive. You have to remember, when Nico Hulkenberg and Pastor Maldonado were team mates in GP2 back in 2009, who was faster? Nico Hulkenberg by a distance.
I will stop ranting before it's goes into a hateful post.
End of post for now, new post soon. Bye.
No comments:
Post a Comment