http://sports.163.com/11/0404/23/70R5AHGL00051CDQ.html ------------------------ Horner cools Hamilton link
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that it would be difficult to accommodate both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in the same team.
Hamilton's future with McLaren has been the subject of speculation at the beginning of the season as the team seemed to be off the pace with its new MP4-26. The 2008 world champion said he was happy to stay however, and new upgrades brought to the car for the first race of the season then made it more competitive than expected.
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko still said that Hamilton would always be a topic for the team, and while Horner agreed that he would have to be considered as a replacement for Mark Webber if he was available, he said he didn't see the opportunity arising in the near future.
"If he wanted to drive for Red Bull, you couldn't ignore a driver of his calibre," Horner told the BBC. "But I understand he has a multi-year contract with McLaren and I envisage that he'll be there for a while yet. Lewis is a wonderfully gifted driver. He's obviously happy at McLaren. We're very happy with the driver line-up we have."
Horner did admit though that if Hamilton himself was ever to express a desire to join Red Bull, then the situation could change.
"With any driver-team relationship there has to be a desire on both sides. That's what makes the relationship with our current drivers work so well. Sebastian has been with Red Bull since he was 12. But who knows? In the future you can never rule anything out, but there would have to be a strong desire on both sides to do something like that."
Horner also highlighted another stumbling block being any potential relationship between Hamilton and Vettel, citing Hamilton's turbulent season alongside Fernando Alonso in 2007 as evidence that it could cause problems.
"It's difficult to see how you could have two drivers of Lewis's and Sebastian's calibre under one roof. There tends to be fireworks as we saw with Fernando Alonso and Lewis. We're very happy with our current drivers. We'll see how things evolve."
When asked if his comments meant he did not rank Webber in the same category as Vettel and Hamilton, Horner clarified that was not the case.
"Absolutely not. They [Vettel and Webber] are at different stages of their careers and they complement each other. You've got an 11-year age gap and that life experience is pretty valuable, in Lewis and Sebastian you have two drivers who are pretty close in terms of age."
新賽季揭幕戰站維特爾問鼎冠軍,漢密爾頓緊隨其後獲得亞軍,當澳大利亞站大幕落下後,關於小漢轉會紅牛的傳聞非但沒有平息,反而有愈演愈烈的趨勢。
這也不難理解,畢竟紅牛車隊實力雄厚,而澳大利亞人韋伯卻與這家豪門顯得很不般配,這位老將也只得到一年合同,而十分玄妙的是,漢密爾頓與邁凱輪的合同據說也在2012年到期。想想看,紅牛的RB7火星車,維特爾+小漢的夢幻組合,F1豈不是他們的天下?然而就在這周探訪銀石賽道時,紅牛領隊霍納卻這樣的夢幻組合不感冒,他的理由是:讓這兩人並肩作戰是不明智之舉。
老話說得好,一山不容二虎,霍納深知這個道理,他甚至搬出了07年邁凱輪因為漢密爾頓和阿隆索同處一隊產生內耗的例子。“讓維特爾和漢密爾頓這兩位重量級的車手同在一個屋檐下,簡直太難了。我們都知道阿隆索和漢密爾頓的故事,強強組合不見得是好事,有可能是給自己找了一個火藥桶。”
當然,紅牛內部目前也不是沒有隱患,維特爾逐漸坐穩了老大的位置,但身為二當家的韋伯並不甘心。紅牛能做到手心手背都是肉嗎?霍納給出了積極的答案:“他們的職業生涯完全涇渭分明,是一對能夠互補的車手,他們在年齡上相差了11歲,換句話說,韋伯擁有更豐富的人生閱歷。”霍納的話不無道理,儘管韋伯在上賽季與小弟維特爾的競爭中也有過不快,可畢竟他與維特爾不是同一時代選手,而小漢和維特爾就不同了。
正如霍納所言:“漢密爾頓和維特爾這兩位車手年齡相仿,他們都處在職業生涯的起步階段,誰都知道漢密爾頓是一位才華橫溢的車手,他在邁凱輪過得很快樂,我們很榮幸人們把這麼一位優秀的青年才俊和紅牛聯繫在一起。當然,如果他想為紅牛效力,紅牛無法做到置之不理,但我知道他和邁凱輪還有合同,還會繼續在那裡效力。”
小漢加盟紅牛,對於紅牛而言有利有弊,儘管霍納不想多談,但一切皆有可能,這位紅牛車隊負責人也這位認為:“維特爾12歲時就與紅牛聯繫在一起,沒有人想打他的主意,但誰知道未來呢?你不能排除這個可能,就像人們現在把漢密爾頓與我們放在一起,因為這就是強強組合。”
(本文來源:網易體育 作者:穆勒)
http://sports.163.com/11/0404/23/70R5AHGL00051CDQ.html
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Horner cools Hamilton link
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said that it would be difficult to accommodate both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel in the same team.
Hamilton's future with McLaren has been the subject of speculation at the beginning of the season as the team seemed to be off the pace with its new MP4-26. The 2008 world champion said he was happy to stay however, and new upgrades brought to the car for the first race of the season then made it more competitive than expected.
Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko still said that Hamilton would always be a topic for the team, and while Horner agreed that he would have to be considered as a replacement for Mark Webber if he was available, he said he didn't see the opportunity arising in the near future.
"If he wanted to drive for Red Bull, you couldn't ignore a driver of his calibre," Horner told the BBC. "But I understand he has a multi-year contract with McLaren and I envisage that he'll be there for a while yet. Lewis is a wonderfully gifted driver. He's obviously happy at McLaren. We're very happy with the driver line-up we have."
Horner did admit though that if Hamilton himself was ever to express a desire to join Red Bull, then the situation could change.
"With any driver-team relationship there has to be a desire on both sides. That's what makes the relationship with our current drivers work so well. Sebastian has been with Red Bull since he was 12. But who knows? In the future you can never rule anything out, but there would have to be a strong desire on both sides to do something like that."
Horner also highlighted another stumbling block being any potential relationship between Hamilton and Vettel, citing Hamilton's turbulent season alongside Fernando Alonso in 2007 as evidence that it could cause problems.
"It's difficult to see how you could have two drivers of Lewis's and Sebastian's calibre under one roof. There tends to be fireworks as we saw with Fernando Alonso and Lewis. We're very happy with our current drivers. We'll see how things evolve."
When asked if his comments meant he did not rank Webber in the same category as Vettel and Hamilton, Horner clarified that was not the case.
"Absolutely not. They [Vettel and Webber] are at different stages of their careers and they complement each other. You've got an 11-year age gap and that life experience is pretty valuable, in Lewis and Sebastian you have two drivers who are pretty close in terms of age."
http://en.espnf1.com/redbull/motorsport/story/45006.html
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