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Willi Weber predicts Rosberg switch to McLaren

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  1. cantsleepnk

    cantsleepnk Formula Junior

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    Looks like Heikki is going back to Renault and Rosberg to McLaren. So much for McLaren taking Heikki apart and putting him back together as a better racer.

    http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080716161758.shtml

    Willi Weber, most famous for being Michael Schumacher's long-time Formula One manager, has made a bold prediction about the next move for another highly rated German driver.

    The 66-year-old, who currently handles the career of Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg, reckons Nico Rosberg - who races for the Oxfordshire-based British team - will be bound for McLaren at the end of 2008.

    Rosberg, 23, is under contract to Williams for 2009, but currently he is refusing to say he will definitely still be driving for the Toyota-powered outfit this time next year.

    Weber told Sport Bild: "He has a clause in his contract that Williams can surely not fulfil. "

    Weber claims that Rosberg will be free to leave Williams if the team fails to finish fourth or better in the 2008 constructors' championship. The team currently lies sixth, nine points behind fourth placed Toyota.

    Willi Weber continued: "Rosberg will replace Heikki Kovalainen, who will change back to Renault."
     
  2. jk0001

    jk0001 F1 Veteran

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    Nico Rosberg is good friends with Hamilton, it looks like a good fit.
     
  3. senna21

    senna21 F1 Rookie

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    What a fun season that would be....

    Ferrari
    Kimi
    Alonso


    McLaren
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    Nico


    Hey if were going to dream might as well dream big! :)
     
  4. Scuderia980

    Scuderia980 F1 Rookie

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    YUP! that would be awwwwwwesome!
     
  5. Senna3xWC

    Senna3xWC F1 Rookie

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    Keke will never let his son race alongside Hamilton in equal machinery.
     
  6. LightGuy

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    #6 LightGuy, Jul 16, 2008
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    If he's smart he will.

    Mclaren is still A or THE top ride.

    This door only opens once. Run through it.

    PS; I was wondering why Kazoo was beating him, this explains his motivation, or lack thereof.
     
  7. maxorido

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    Not a surprise. Nico was Mclaren's first choice, but Frank wouldn't let him go. Heikki hasn't been doing very well, so I can see Mclaren going in a different direction. Hopefully Heikki still gets a seat, he surely deserves it before the likes of Piquet jr.
     
  8. RP

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    McLaren have moved to rubbish claims in the German press that Nico Rosberg is being lined up to replace Heikki Kovalainen next year.

    Speculation about Rosberg's future erupted on Wednesday when Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber, who also looks after Williams test driver Nico Hulkenberg, claimed that Rosberg would be on the move at the end of the year.

    Weber was quoted as saying about Rosberg: "He has a clause in his contract Williams can surely not fulfil....Rosberg will replace Heikki Kovalainen, who will change back to Renault."

    Rosberg himself refused to comment about the reports when asked about them at Hockenheim on Thursday, but McLaren made it clear that Rosberg was not part of their plans for next year.

    McLaren F1 CEO Martin Whitmarsh said: "We can confirm that we have not had any contact with Nico Rosberg, or with his management, about him driving for us in 2009."

    Even though Weber's predictions about McLaren have been denied, by making his comments about Rosberg he may well have achieved his aim of making it clear that the German is potentially available for next year.

    There are suggestions that Rosberg's contract with Williams for 2009 depends on the team finishing in fourth place or higher in the constructors' championship - meaning he would have an available escape clause should another team be interested.

    And Rosberg's departure would, of course, leave a seat potentially available for Hulkenberg.
     
  9. Senna3xWC

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    Wili Weber is just trying to open a seat for Hulkenberg. He doesn't know anything about Rosberg's intentions.
     
  10. Remy Zero

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    i think ur right. he's taking advantage of Nico's recent slump in performance before making this sorta statement.
     

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