Nelson Piquet Jr: Junior Indeed!!! F1 Too Much and Too Early for You!

Nelson Piquet Jr the son of 3 times world champion Nelson Piquet has landed himself a racing seat in one of the most opportunistic fashion.

When Flavio Briatore was on the prowl for sponsors so he could finance the return of Fernando Alonso to the regie; he got himself in more than he was asking for, the world's richest man "slim" agreed to sponsor the Renault squad for Mr Alonso's symbolic 46 million dollar salary symbolic because it is 1 million above Kimi Raikkonen's record salary with Ferrari;

 in any respect "slim" would agree to lay the cash at one condition and that was for a south American driver to fill in to no:2 driver alongside Alonso. In other words Fisichella can pack his bags and find himself becoming Vijay Mallya's new right hand not like his personal right hand but his racing man to lead the force india team!! anyways Nelsinho was in for a treat thanks to Alonso's return he has made the jump from test driver known because daddy was 3 times world champion to no:2 racer. Impressive; but more to the point considering his dire beginnings piling DNF upon DNF the young Brazilian's rise to F1 may have been precipitated in the great scheme of things.

Alternatively Briatore could have fast forwarded Romain Grosjean (this year GP2 champion) to partner Fernando Alonso, however considering el Nano (ALonso)'s reputation with newcomers GP2 champion (ie Lewis Hamilton 2007) then it's fair to say Flavio was not in the mood for a repeat meltdown especially when you go from strength to strength to secure a record breaking salary for your top man.

More to the point Piquet's appointment as no:2 driver for the French Squad means Alonso is in the clear to lead the team; but also it leaves the door open for Romain Grosjean to replace David Coulthard in 2009 because let's face it DC is on verge of retiring and if not Barrichello will and that could spark some very interesting developments in the Driver market;

Furthermore Grosjean seems to have more potential than Piquet, for a) he is a French national contracted with a French team I mean come on!!! and b) he is a GP2 champion the very feeder championship that brought names such as Lewis Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen, Timo Glock, Robert Kubica and the likes so Grosjean here is your chance to shine!!!

 In the meantime I cannot see Piquet Jr catching up to level, he is just not ready yet, I hope I will be proven wrong as the championship unfolds but I would not rule out him getting replaced in the mid season as pressure is fast mounting for the young Brazilian to deliver for a team that looks to regain its past glories!!!