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January 12, 2004
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Yesterdays edition of SimRacing Magazine seems to have caused quite a stir in relation to signed drivers apparently moving teams - or not! EIRE team boss William Ponissi has spoken to the Italian press regarding speculation that Scott Whiteman has been linked with MMC!
umours published on the SimRacing magazine about Australian Scott Whiteman leaving the team after 5 races to land MMC have started some heavy talking about the future of the drivers market - with the season yet to start!
Ryan McConkey declared to the Ontario based magazine that his team would be thinking about replacing low-expectations driver Paul Sleight with the Australian hotshot, if his position at EIRE would be "too dominant". The news caught everyone by surprise, since a deal has already been reached between Whiteman and EIRE since November. However, in F1VWC we're not new to crazy driver marketing, so we asked the parts for some explanations.
Scott Whiteman met us in his villa near Sidney. He was taken by absolute surprise by the news, which he slammed soon:
"If I sign for a team I drive a whole season and I would expect the team to keep me for a whole season." were his only words before coming back to his activities.
EIRE team manager Will Ponissi was way more talklative:
"EIRE is in a slight monetary trouble, and selling our assets - drivers included - to other teams was an option we never ruled out. Obviously, Scott is our most concrete chance to aim at the championship, but the economical safety of the team comes first.
About the story of the 5-wins in 5-races? Well we haven't planned anything like that, but, come an offer we can't refuse, we'll take it into consideration. Rest assured that buyng teams should be prepared to pay a BIG BIG sum of money since he'll be quickly rated as the best driver around."
When asked if the team had received any offer from MMC's Ryan McConkey, Ponissi replied: "Ryan who?"
Rumours about a possible Whiteman departure also started rumours about a possible replacement. Names started to flow, from a possible return home of Swiss driver-on-loan Wagner to the obiquous Adam Fretter, but first of all Kieran Ryan, who had been considered Ponissi's natural choice since the end of last season.
The irish team manager was quick, however, to slam the rumours.
"Ryan? He's fast and committed, that's sure, but he's not in our plans. We at EIRE want to be trouble free, and Kieran acts as a primadonna way to often. He's expensive, also. We keep him free to go wherever he wants."
EIRE will now undergo the first official test session of the year, with Whiteman, Loram, Wagner and Grooff driving in the four days.
Many other unofficial tests are supposed to be in the schedule, with drivers Ponissi and no-contract Bartalotta at the wheel.
umours published on the SimRacing magazine about Australian Scott Whiteman leaving the team after 5 races to land MMC have started some heavy talking about the future of the drivers market - with the season yet to start!
Ryan McConkey declared to the Ontario based magazine that his team would be thinking about replacing low-expectations driver Paul Sleight with the Australian hotshot, if his position at EIRE would be "too dominant". The news caught everyone by surprise, since a deal has already been reached between Whiteman and EIRE since November. However, in F1VWC we're not new to crazy driver marketing, so we asked the parts for some explanations.
Scott Whiteman met us in his villa near Sidney. He was taken by absolute surprise by the news, which he slammed soon:
"If I sign for a team I drive a whole season and I would expect the team to keep me for a whole season." were his only words before coming back to his activities.
EIRE team manager Will Ponissi was way more talklative:
"EIRE is in a slight monetary trouble, and selling our assets - drivers included - to other teams was an option we never ruled out. Obviously, Scott is our most concrete chance to aim at the championship, but the economical safety of the team comes first.
About the story of the 5-wins in 5-races? Well we haven't planned anything like that, but, come an offer we can't refuse, we'll take it into consideration. Rest assured that buyng teams should be prepared to pay a BIG BIG sum of money since he'll be quickly rated as the best driver around."
When asked if the team had received any offer from MMC's Ryan McConkey, Ponissi replied: "Ryan who?"
Rumours about a possible Whiteman departure also started rumours about a possible replacement. Names started to flow, from a possible return home of Swiss driver-on-loan Wagner to the obiquous Adam Fretter, but first of all Kieran Ryan, who had been considered Ponissi's natural choice since the end of last season.
The irish team manager was quick, however, to slam the rumours.
"Ryan? He's fast and committed, that's sure, but he's not in our plans. We at EIRE want to be trouble free, and Kieran acts as a primadonna way to often. He's expensive, also. We keep him free to go wherever he wants."
EIRE will now undergo the first official test session of the year, with Whiteman, Loram, Wagner and Grooff driving in the four days.
Many other unofficial tests are supposed to be in the schedule, with drivers Ponissi and no-contract Bartalotta at the wheel.
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