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Quite delusional. He has good qualifying pace sometimes, in the races in 2012 he has been slower on race pace than Kimi 90% of the time, and when he was quicker it was due to Kimi's issues with tyres etc. This raw speed people talk about with Romain is just bull, because as stated on race pace he's slower than Kimi 90% of the time, and usually messes it up anyway, so it all counts for nothing.

Romain is an awful driver, just because hes good at qualifying sometimes does not mean he will win races with consistency. He just has no race craft and spacial awareness in an F1 car, all he does is cost Lotus millions in repair bills and championship standing, as well as giving the team a bad image. He's had plenty of chances and all he's shown is he's not F1 material, far from it.


The incidents, race pace and championship standing don't lie with Romain, they give a good reflection of his abilities, not F1.

They're both excellent drivers, Kimi is just that much better. He's a world champion, he SHOULD be defeating Grosjean. When they both finished a race, this is the result:

China - Romain 6, Kimi 14
Bahrain - Kimi 2, Romain 3
Spain - Kimi 3, Romain 4
Canada - Romain 2, Kimi 8
GB - Kimi 5, Romain 6
Germany - Kimi 3, Romain 18
Hungary - Kimi 2, Romain 3
Singapore - Kimi 6, Romain 7
Korea - Kimi 5, Romain 7
India - Kimi 7, Romain 9
US - Kimi 6, Romain 7

I'd hardly say Romain's done that bad when he's not forgetting how to do first laps. Kimi got his act together later in the season and did what a team leader should do, and led Romain home, but Romain was close behind in those races to be fair.

I would be happy with Senna or RoGro alongside Raikkonen

Bruno?? no please...he's pure crap

I would like to change RoGro. Romain with his pace have more potential. Anyone remember him at Valencia? Koba despite his reputation on this forum is just solid driver. If someone can manage Romain career properly, he may be another F1 star.

Maybe he's still not ready for a good car?

I say he takes his 5 million from Total and gets a seat at Marrussia or something then convince the big guys to hire him

How can he learn without racing? I belive the issue with sponsorship and Total is that Total may just give up sponsoring this team if there is no French driver. They also may still have some special deals with Renault. Beside that you don't just let go such crazy, but fast driver go. He did well against Kimi in many races. There are many examples of wasted talents in sport, but also many examples of sportsman who settled down and finally achieved success. I know that Koba is a nice likeable person, but his career stalled despite many seasons in F1.

How can he learn without racing? I belive the issue with sponsorship and Total is that Total may just give up sponsoring this team if there is no French driver. They also may still have some special deals with Renault. Beside that you don't just let go such crazy, but fast driver go. He did well against Kimi in many races. There are many examples of wasted talents in sport, but also many examples of sportsman who settled down and finally achieved success. I know that Koba is a nice likeable person, but his career stalled despite many seasons in F1.

Maybe he's still not ready for a good car?

I say he takes his 5 million from Total and gets a seat at Marrussia or something then convince the big guys to hire him

RoGro. He has raw speed, with consistency he'll win races.

Quite delusional. He has good qualifying pace sometimes, in the races in 2012 he has been slower on race pace than Kimi 90% of the time, and when he was quicker it was due to Kimi's issues with tyres etc. This raw speed people talk about with Romain is just bull, because as stated on race pace he's slower than Kimi 90% of the time, and usually messes it up anyway, so it all counts for nothing.

Romain is an awful driver, just because hes good at qualifying sometimes does not mean he will win races with consistency. He just has no race craft and spacial awareness in an F1 car, all he does is cost Lotus millions in repair bills and championship standing, as well as giving the team a bad image. He's had plenty of chances and all he's shown is he's not F1 material, far from it.


The incidents, race pace and championship standing don't lie with Romain, they give a good reflection of his abilities, not F1.

Quite delusional. He has good qualifying pace sometimes, in the races in 2012 he has been slower on race pace than Kimi 90% of the time, and when he was quicker it was due to Kimi's issues with tyres etc. This raw speed people talk about with Romain is just bull, because as stated on race pace he's slower than Kimi 90% of the time, and usually messes it up anyway, so it all counts for nothing.

Romain is an awful driver, just because hes good at qualifying sometimes does not mean he will win races with consistency. He just has no race craft and spacial awareness in an F1 car, all he does is cost Lotus millions in repair bills and championship standing, as well as giving the team a bad image. He's had plenty of chances and all he's shown is he's not F1 material, far from it.


The incidents, race pace and championship standing don't lie with Romain, they give a good reflection of his abilities, not F1.

You cant just look at when they both finished as an excuse. The standings and incidents don't lie, they are a true reflection, stop making excuses for a driver who should not be in F1, his driving most of the time is awful and he's taken championship contenders with him. Even after a race ban he was straight back into incidents. Your just clutching on straw's for a driver who's been god awful this season.