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Gasly is quick, but the really interesting one is Charles Leclerc, who won EVERYTHING this year and is a Ferrari junior driver. I hope he gets in at Sauber, now that they have a new team manager and a clearer plan, and more $. Could be interesting, he could be the future of Ferrari (and a cleaner driver than Vettel)...

Renault has also been making tons of investments in their factories both for the car (UK) and in Viry (France) for the engine and hired more people at both locations. At some point they are bound to come good... I read an interesting article from Prost (consultant there) about how difficult it was to implement and integrate this new small engine/turbo/KERS and how they were not surprised Honda had so many issues because it took them time as well, and Mercedes had clearly started over a year earlier than all of them, and with the development freeze until last year catching up was a biatch ! They are feeling rather confident for next year in terms of closing the gap to Mercedes now, at least enough so that a better chassis could get them in contention at Mac Laren and at renault the year after.

Also it looks like DiResta at Williams. The Stroll family is scared of Kubica - if a one armed guy beats their son it will look terrible for young Lance. They pay for the extra testing for Lance, so they blocked the use of the test car that Williams wanted to use to give Robert a proper test (which is their right since they pay for their kid but a cheap shot), so that leave Williams in the twilight zone regarding Kubica's abilities, and makes it risky, so.... DiResta.. a guy who barely matched Hulkenberg at Force india but presents no threat... I don't quite get this, they surely need a push, and even if Kubica fails, the marketing potential is nothing to sneeze at - would be a big story !