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Albers will drive for Minardi!

vuurmuur
in ForzaMinardi.com Forum
On the 23th of December there will be a pressconference in Amsterdam. More news to follow.

Edit:
22 December 2004
Albers to be announced as Minardi driver


On Thursday Christijan Albers will be announced as Minardi Formula One driver by the team at a press conference in Amsterdam. The rumours were pretty strong since last week that the Dutchman was about to sign a contract with the team, but the deal will be finally announced on Thursday.

Albers tested with Minardi at the beginning of the month in Misano. A week later he tested with Jordan at Jerez. The press conference, organised by the Italian team, will be held in a hotel in Amsterdam at 13.00 CET.
F1racing.net

Good news I think, hopefully a paydriver that will perform aswell. Downside is that we dutchies have to deal with another arrogant driver on telly.;)

Grtz,
Vuurmuur




[Edited on 22/12/2004 by vuurmuur]
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  • Jello_Biafra
    Call me crazy but this makes me happy.
  • MinardiP1
    Me too. A driver that's not already the butt of jokes before he gets in the car. ;)
  • Jello_Biafra
    This will annoy the hell out of the V-Fans too. That's like... 8 bird with one stone... or something.
  • MCSF
    Call me crazy but this makes me happy.
    Your're crazy.

    you asked.
  • Jello_Biafra
    I did. Do we have any Dutchie's in the area that could attend on behalf of FM.com?
  • vuurmuur
    Me too. A driver that's not already the butt of jokes before he gets in the car. ;)
    Well, it is different here in Holland. Latest thing is that they are going to make a movie for television here which is called: The Way to the Top or something similar! :) If they are going to make a movie about Schumacher okay I can understand that, but about Albers?

    [Edited on 22/12/2004 by vuurmuur]
  • vuurmuur
    Do we have any Dutchie's in the area that could attend on behalf of FM.com?
    It will be on telly, so on the Albers forum probably someone will put it on the internet I think.

    [Edited on 22/12/2004 by vuurmuur]

    [Edited on 22/12/2004 by vuurmuur]
  • Homer
    I would be quite happy about Albers... any rumors about other confimrations that they will make?
  • Jello_Biafra
    If you could pass that video along vuurmuur, that would be quite appreciated. :D

    Homer: I'd imagine his sponsors will be confirmed. JVC and Telforts, I believe. No Trust though.
  • vuurmuur
    Trust money is probably provided by the ING Bank.

    If I will find a link tomorrow, I will post it!

    Grtz,
    Vuurmuur
  • Jello_Biafra
    Wow ING bank? This is the same ING that I see commercials for here in the States?
  • MCSF
    remember my email Jello?
  • vuurmuur
    Oops, sorry wrong bank. Must be ABN Amro Bank.
    Never knew ING was that big by the way.

  • Minardus
    RJ,

    expect major site hits from the Dutchies in 2005 !!!!!!!:hehe:
  • forzaminardi
    Well at least Christijan is Dutch and not some kind of half Belgian :-)

    Vuurmuur which channel? SBS6 or is it some local Amsterdam channel which I can't receive?
  • Linus
    If Trust won't support Albers in Minardi then where did he get his money from? After all you need about $10 milion to get the drive. Didn't Stoddart also say that he wants everthing to be payed in advance (So they won't have to deal with companies like Wilux again)??
  • forzaminardi
    Now listen to this. I just checked RTL4 teletext and they say the John de Mol is the guy behind this drive. John de Mol is the founder and CEO of Endemol the humongous media corporation that gave the world "Big Brother"

    [Edited on 22/12/2004 by forzaminardi]
  • Minardus
    OK, let's dream for a minute:

    John de Mol = Endemol = Telefonica = fosfor yellow/green Minardi car !!!!!!:cool::P

  • vuurmuur
    Vuurmuur which channel? SBS6 or is it some local Amsterdam channel which I can't receive?
    I think we will see some of it on Studio Sport (http://www.nos.nl/studiosport/voorpagina/index.html) later in the evening I think. At the moment there is nothing to find about it yet, but they are always late. And of course in "Het Formule1 Jaaroverzicht" on SBS6 on the 30th of December, 23:45 in which they also look at the chances of the three dutchies in F1.

    What's new to me is that John de Mol is involved too, I thought you mixed it up with the news that Mr. de Mol bought the soccerbroadcastrights for the coming three years. Interesting to know what his part is in this.
    This same site also tells us that Albers signed a 1 year contract.
    OK, let's dream for a minute:

    John de Mol = Endemol = Telefonica = fosfor yellow/green Minardi car !!!!!!
    Endemol was sold to Telefonica, he is a multimiljonair now. That's why he was able to buy those rights for the dutch soccer.

    Edit:
    J. de Mol owns also a few radiostations, two of them will sponsor Albers: Radio Noordzee FM and Radio 10 Gold.


    [Edited on 22/12/2004 by vuurmuur]
  • forzaminardi
    check rtl4 text 111 or
    here

    http://www.rtl.nl/videotext/rtl4/pag111/01

    looks quite clear to me but it could be that they mixed it up
  • Fox_Mulder
    hehe now it would be funny if they announce Albers AND The Dutch Wunderkind as his team-mate tomorrow ;)
  • forzaminardi
    fat chance :-)
  • MCSF
    Just show us the money!
  • Fox_Mulder
    Seriously, I'm glad for the guy, it is his dream coming true. I've read somewhere that he had to pay 5m€ for the seat.
  • MCSF
    Whats with the bargain basement prices?
  • Fox_Mulder
    Well had he had more cash, he would probably be announced at Jordan tomorrow. I don't think anybody would pay Minardi let's say $10m for its seat.
  • MCSF
    Thats depressing. Although I think that with the new Tilley design and a current spec Cossie he is getting one hell of a deal!

    Lets see if the other driver is Zsolt and he can bring that much or more... well we will have to see.
  • Steve
    Call me crazy but this makes me happy.
    you are crazy, this will only show everyone that Albers is'nt F1 material.
  • salvo
    why "confirmed"? (in the main page)

    He is a new driver, not a confirmed one.

    Hope he's bringing the cash. I'm not that enthusiastic about dutch sponsors.

  • forzaminardi
    is he confirmed for 2005 is the question...
    I'd say he will be confirmed tomorrow, ey?
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