I've just been reading the New York Times Formula 1 Blog's look at the 2009 F1 driver lineup and they aren't too flattering toward Toro Rosso driver Sebastien Buemi.
Joe Saward from grandprix.com and Brad Spurgeon from IHT discuss him as follows:
SAWARD: I don’t understand why Buemi is there. He has won nothing significant in his career.
SPURGEON: Buemi, I think, is the first driver I can remember in the recent history of F1 to get a drive in the sport after never having won a racing car championship in his whole career. He won karting titles, but nothing in five or six years of cars! But he has Red Bull backing.
They go on to criticise Red Bull's record of choosing drivers and generally agree that Sebastien Buemi was only chosen because Red Bull have already invested so much in him.
I can't say that their views are flat out wrong, but I do think they are a little harsh.
Sure, Sebastien hasn't won a title in five or six years of cars, but he's been constantly improving, then stepping up to the next level, then improving, etc. He's not far off the pace. That's a far cry from winning championships, but I think he's got enough about him to be a successful F1 driver.
I'm not saying he'll be as good as Lewis Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel, but there's something about him that I think is promising.
Time will tell. What do you think?
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