In the round-up: Heikki Kovalainen says he has told his management team not to look for money to support his F1 career.
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Top F1 links from the past 24 hours:
Kovalainen rules out becoming a 'pay driver' (Reuters)
'We are looking at other options' but even the other options require some money, teams asking for money, and I don't want to go that route.'
Kamui Support (Japanese)
Kamui Kobayashi has set up a website where his fans can contribute to support his racing career after losing his seat at Sauber.
Esteban Gutierrez: 'I don't know if I am ready yet' (Adam Cooper's F1 Blog)
'To be honest I don't know if I'm ready yet. I think when I'm going to be living the position of being an F1 driver next season, then I'm going to know if I was ready or not! But definitely I feel that I was comfortable to do the next step in my career.'
Sergio Perez Q&A: I'm ready for the pressures of McLaren (F1)
'In Japan I made a mistake and in Korea we had an issue with the pit stop. Abu Dhabi saw the contact with Grosjean. It was not my fault so I don't understand why I got a penalty there. And at the last race in Austin it looked okay but then I ran into problems with the brakes. So there you have it ' various calamities which ruined my chances of a better position in the standings.'
Tearful Lewis Hamilton discusses McLaren exit (BBC)
'It was the most difficult call I've ever had to make because we'd grown so close and [Martin Whitmarsh] had been so supportive and I didn't want to let people down. But at the end of the day you have to let people down sometimes to make decisions.'
Whitmarsh wants Lewis return (Sky)
'We'd have him back, yes. So let's hope it's just a gap year.'
Wasted: Hamilton says he left three world titles on the table at McLaren (The Mirror)
'Should I have had more championships? Absolutely. I feel I drove really well in 2007 and 2008, and in 2009 I was ready to do the same. 2010 was not bad. 2011 was not good so I don't feel I deserved to win that year.'
Sauber's poor pace concerns drivers (Autosport)
Sergio Perez: 'The heat just doesn't suit us,' he said. 'I found the car difficult to drive this afternoon and I think some big changes are required. Let's see how we can improve.'
F1 economic tally could take months to add up (Austin-American Statesman)
'Not everyone who attended the race had to purchase a ticket. Of the more than 110,000 tickets sold, track spokeswoman Ali Putnam said, 60 percent of the buyers were from outside Texas and the remainder were Texas residents. She said 15 percent of the ticket buyers came from 46 countries, primarily Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, Australia and a mix of Western European and Central/South American countries.'
La Ferrari per la gloria Alonso anche per i bonus (La Stampa, Italian)
La Stamps claims Fernando Alonso will receive a '10m (£8m) bonus if he wins the drivers' championship tomorrow.
Raging McLaren chief Dennis snubbed Hamilton's goodbye party (Daily Mail)
'McLaren chairman Ron Dennis was the only notable absentee from Hamilton's leaving function on the pool terrace of the Hilton hotel in Austin, Texas, last Saturday.'
Tweets
Sentirse observado en el trabajo';)Being analyzed and watched at work';)#brazilAlo twitter.com/alo_oficial/st'
' Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) November 23, 2012
Congrats @rfrijns for 3rd driver role with Sauber. But i think he deserves much much more' ''' #all4themoney
' Daniel Juncadella (@danijuncadella) November 23, 2012
Comment of the day
Many readers were disappointed to see Kobayashi lose his seat ' a subject of a recent Comment of the Day ' but @Hotbottoms was a dissenting voice:
I don't get it why everyone's so upset about Kobayashi losing his Sauber seat.
Sure, his debut drive in 2009 was promising and great entertainment and he's also Japanese, but has he really proven enough to get his fourth full season in Formula One instead of a rookie getting his shot?
It's true that Mexican money helped Gutierrez, but Sauber might've let Kobayashi go anyway. Or at least they chose Hulkenberg over him.
@Hotbottoms
From the forum
- With GP2 driver Esteban Gutierrez moving up to F1, who will be racing in the category next year?
- @Santico is looking to buy Monaco Grand Prix tickets and needs some advice
- @PieLighter has a question about Alain Prost's influence on French motorsport
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On this day in F1
It's six years to the day since McLaren announced Lewis Hamilton would make his debut for them in F1 in 2007. Hamilton became the first rookie to start his first race with McLaren since Jan Magnussen 12 years earlier, and the first to start a new season with them since Michael Andretti in 1993.
However tomorrow's Brazilian Grand Prix will mark Hamilton's last race for the team that gave him his F1 break.
- McLaren will race Lewis Hamilton in 2007
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