If you want to get your kid into F1, seems Sebastian & Nico are the names to go for…

Seriously, I think this is a good move. The only *possible* fly in the ointment is the Cosworth engine. I seem to remember it was a piece of **** last time around.

Never forget Rosberg’s comments in an early interview: “Campaigned might be too strong a word,” Rosberg cautions. “But [Ecclestone] did speak to Frank [Williams] and say it would be a good idea to sign me.”

And of course, Frank Williams’ other driver this year was Nakajima, whose presence on the team presumably reduced the price of those Toyota engines considerably. Bernie’s enthusiasm for the young Rosberg almost certainly had a financial component as well… A famous name for a generation of older (my age), now-successful investor-businessmen who cheered Dad in the 1980’s.

Frank Williams is what they call a privateer, right? This isn’t meant to give him a hard time, just to point out that Nico’s presence on that team might always had as much to do with dear sponsorship money as anything else.

Nico is said to be an old friend of Hamilton’s, but then so is Heiki, and he was only good for a single win when McLaren was at the peak of their powers in ‘07.

So who would you prefer to see beside Lewis next year? Kimi would make a wonderful contrast in personalities… I can imagine that Lewis would get (competitively) pissed off at Räikkönen every weekend, as the Brit greeted the sponsoring businessmen for mundane chitchat in the motorhomes, while the reticent Finn pursued parties of his own.
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(One last chance to withdraw sarcasm: Nico Rosberg is a much, much better racing driver than I am!)

Never forget Rosberg’s comments in an early interview: “Campaigned might be too strong a word,” Rosberg cautions. “But [Ecclestone] did speak to Frank [Williams] and say it would be a good idea to sign me.”

And of course, Frank Williams’ other driver this year was Nakajima, whose presence on the team presumably reduced the price of those Toyota engines considerably. Bernie’s enthusiasm for the young Rosberg almost certainly had a financial component as well… A famous name for a generation of older (my age), now-successful investor-businessmen who cheered Dad in the 1980’s.

Frank Williams is what they call a privateer, right? This isn’t meant to give him a hard time, just to point out that Nico’s presence on that team might always had as much to do with dear sponsorship money as anything else.

Nico is said to be an old friend of Hamilton’s, but then so is Heiki, and he was only good for a single win when McLaren was at the peak of their powers in ‘07.

So who would you prefer to see beside Lewis next year? Kimi would make a wonderful contrast in personalities… I can imagine that Lewis would get (competitively) pissed off at Räikkönen every weekend, as the Brit greeted the sponsoring businessmen for mundane chitchat in the motorhomes, while the reticent Finn pursued parties of his own.
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(One last chance to withdraw sarcasm: Nico Rosberg is a much, much better racing driver than I am!)

The experience of Barrichello and the enthusiasm of the ‘next best thing’ in Hulkenberg put Williams in good steed for 2010, I just hope the Cosworth engines don’t let them down.