mervyn charter
8th July 2007, 15:51
Can`t understand why Red Bull have signed DC for 2008. I think that he was not quicker than Klien who they dumped last year because he got the worse of the reliability, for example when DC scored his podium last year at Monaco it was Klien who was in position to do so until mechanical problems. I also think that Scott Speed is also very underrated. He is in the second string Red Bull team and yet is usually very close to DC in qualifying and in the races. Most importantly he is young and is going to get better with more experience. How much better will DC get at 36? Red Bull should have considered promoting one of its young drivers to the senior Team. Even Robert Doornbos another young driver doing great things in Cart, would be a better choice for Red Bull. I think he out qualified DC mainly in his short stint at Red Bull.
Anyway I have a gut feeling that Scott Speed is a very underrated driver doing a great job in a second rate team, where the owner is always unfairly criticising him, compared to his overhyped team-mate Luizzi who has more F1 experience yet he has matched him. Yes he`s had a few accidents, but most have not been his fault, and i see him as a what f1 experts call a real racer. If Williams, Toyota or even the new Prodrive Team took a chance on Scott next year he could be a real revelation.
Anyway I have a gut feeling that Scott Speed is a very underrated driver doing a great job in a second rate team, where the owner is always unfairly criticising him, compared to his overhyped team-mate Luizzi who has more F1 experience yet he has matched him. Yes he`s had a few accidents, but most have not been his fault, and i see him as a what f1 experts call a real racer. If Williams, Toyota or even the new Prodrive Team took a chance on Scott next year he could be a real revelation.