Michael out, Lewis in.

So what's so silly then?

The silly season 'they' call it and it is certainly silliness we see this time each year. Our Mark gave up his chance to race the big red car which I thought would be something every racer would want to do before they retire but our Mark is hanging in with the Red Bullshit car. We all thought Shuey coming back in the German team was more about national pressure than racing and in a shock decision he has been relegated to the Mercedes safety car where he can (probably) stay out of accidents and still get to lead a few laps. Not so for Lois, he gets to keep his Gull Wing and jumps camp after all these years with his mentor Ron Dennis to take over the vacant seat. From one unreliable Mercedes donk to another. Nico Rosberg won't be too thrilled as he will still hang on to his second driver position, I would think. Perhaps the Hulk (Nico Hulkenberg) could have slid into Shuey's ride to retain the German-ness of the team and hey! have two Nico drivers. Perez takes over Hamilton's Vodafone suit along with Button and has proved he's no slow polk over recent races in the Sauber. A good choice Ron. Fernando stays at Ferrari and Massa who has never really been 'on it' since his accident will possibly be replaced by test driver Davide Rigon, lucky boy. It looks like Kimi will stick around at Lotus, unless he can find something better to do and it's looking like the wild child Grosjean will take his talents elsewhere. I think the Sauber would be perfect for him. Williams will drop young Senna but retain rolling trouble, Pastor Maldanado. With eleven places still up for grabs it would seem the silliness will continue and we may see more new faces in season 2013.