Massa is only going to Williams with $6m, I would think PDVSA have forked out a lot of money to break their contract and buy their way up the grid rather than paying $30m to invest in a car that's languishing outside the points.
Almost certain Maldonado has been bought out of a bidding war for the Lotus seat by Quantum, but he will have a drive next season for sure. There are plenty of teams out there on the grid struggling financially, Force India or Sauber are likely destinations for the Venezuelan. But so glad to see Hulkenberg finally get the drive he deserves, just hope Lotus will be successful without Alison in 2014. Also great to see Williams using their brains and going with Bottas for another season.
Who's heard about Alonso being readmitted to hospital after leaving Abu Dhabi?
Adam Wiœniewski and Niki Đaković join Team Vires 25th October 2013.
Best known for his single seater prowess, Adam Wiœniewski is a fine addition to the Vires squad as he seeks active competition in the GTR leagues Live for Speed has to offer. The former spdoRacing driver from Poland is somebody I have known for a very long time, spanning back to when I started LFS so I am thrilled to have him in the team!
Completing the double signing is Niki Đaković who has been on trial with Vires for a few months now and has raced under the Vires flag in both the LX Challenge and the 16h event. He may have his critics, but the former GT2 World Series champion has joined Vires with a different philosophy and we hope it will be the perfect environment for him to grow. Although a number of you have already congratulated Niki in this thread, I don't want to break tradition!
Bild saying he's already signed a $15m deal plus bonus' but then Bild also saying Alonso has a contract with Red Bull so make out of that what you will.
Honestly, I don't see any reason why Raikkonen would want to go back to Ferrari, they are not a regular front runner, they broke his contrac early to get rid of him so Alonso could come, so I think it's a false rumour.
Alonso's manager is also the manager of Carlos Sainz Jr, who impressed Red Bull a lot in the young driver tests. Sainz is currently in GP3 and will be shooting to get in amongst Red Bull before everything settles down. He has also raced for Arden hence the Horner connection. The media has seen this and blown it full scale because there is nothing to talk about going into the summer break, sure Vettel was beaten but he actually extended his lead in the championship.