Formula 1 an auction, says driver Jaime Alguersuari
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Jaime Alguersuari believes Formula 1 is "an auction" after failing to secure a seat for the forthcoming season.
The 22-year-old Spaniard was released by Toro Rosso at the end of the 2011 campaign and spent last season as Pirelli's tyre tester while working as a summariser for BBC Radio 5 live.
He claims he was assured of a seat.
"Those who committed themselves with me have given reasons I must accept but I do not share. F1 has become an auction," Alguersuari said.
"I assure everyone I have been convinced for most of the 2012 F1 season that my seat was secured in a team that usually scores.
"They did tell me and I believed it to be true. Due to this conviction I passed up other opportunities in other championships."
BBC's chief F1 writer Andrew Benson says that "pay drivers" - those who bring sponsorship with them to secure a seat and which the Spaniard was referring to - "have been a fact of life for as long as the sport has existed".
Alguersuari was the 2008 British Formula Three champion before moving up to F1.
He joined Toro Rosso in 2009 and, at the age of 19 years and 125 days, became the youngest driver in history to start a Grand Prix when he took his place on the grid in Hungary.
The Barcelona-born driver is adamant he still has a future in the sport.
"I know how old I am, I know my track record and I'm convinced I deserve a winning car in F1," he continued.
"Is my career over in F1 at 22 years old? Despite everything, I strongly don't think so.
"So I will continue to be active in Formula 1 [with Pirelli], and complete more kilometres than any third driver in this discipline."
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You've only got to look at the deals done around the world with Sky, taking F1 off free to air in many countries, and 50% here also (shame on the BBC) to see that it's all about the money.
Too many money men, not enough racers.
Obviously, don't believe anything until you're in the car and pen has been put to paper, but it is bad form of a team to do what they did & I would say that it's bad for writers to try and bury it in justification of Fangio.
When you see someone like Max Chilton getting a drive I can't help but be a little bit sick in my mouth, especially when talent such as Kobayashi, Kovalainen and others miss out because they don't have a rich daddy (Aon Chairman) to buy them a nice toy (Seat in F1)
Well done Max you earnt it (Y)
Still, Jaime, if someone tells you that you're secure, get it in writing!
We're destined to see more crash-tastic Maldonados until someone gets a grip on pay drivers' influence on teams.
Team that usually scores? Sutil's not a pay driver. Maldonado won a race. I assume he' means Sauber, but Gutierrez was a GP2 podium regular - hardly short of pedigree.
Algersuari's F1 results were mediocre and his qualifying poor - but Grosjean is proof you can get another chance with the right attitude.
Not a pay driver in the conventional sense, but not really different from one. After two years, the team that had helped him into F1 decided to cut him loose.
They are only quiet about it because they are absolutely gutted at how well Lewis did.
Keep chewing on those sour grapes BBC!!!
The "sport" needs a thorough overhaul.
Maybe Jaime should take a step back to GP2, a series he never raced in. If he wins it, great!