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Some rumors from insider mags I read yesterday... guesses I'm sure, but generally good...
Sainz is in line to go to Renault - RB wants $8Mil to "liberate" him but Renault Spain is very keen to have him, big commercial tie-in... the fly in that ointment is Robert Kubica who might make a come back with Renault as well. Super talented but physically diminished... Who do you pick ? Either way Palmer is out. Renault also wanted Ocon but he's pretty locked up by Mercedes apparently, suggesting they keep him as a potential replacement for a short term bottas or retiring Hamilton in the future..
Bottas is a done deal at Merc and Ferrari told Fernando to pound sand. Sounds like ALO will stay at McLaren *if* they dump Honda but otherwise he's gone...
Sauber apparently dumped Honda - never signed the contract that was announced a few months back - team boss job got taken over by Fred Vasseur who talked to mclaren a lot, and thinks Honda will remain crap, and wants a deal with Ferrari or Mercedes instead.
Apparently it's also possible Honda will buy a team so they can do it at their pace, they have a longer window of development (7 years total) which is incompatible with McLaren - and because they'd be out of engine customers.... possibly Sauber but that doesn't jive with the above, or enter a new team, which I am sure F1 would welcome... Toro rosso is always for sale...
That's all I remember....
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