F1 season gets underway!

[davetlv]

Lots of changes over the last three months. Drivers have changed teams, teams have changed owners, team principles have come and gone, Ferrari and Bernie have pissed off all the other nine teams! Just the usual winter break madness in F1!

Can't wait for the opening race this weekend.

Will BAR manage to win a race this season? Will Farraris' 2004 car spec be better then Williams/Maclarens 2005 spec? Will Trulli and Ralf be able to build up Toyota? How about DC in the new Red Bull? What about the Midland group who bought out Jordan, can they turn the team around? What about the new engine/tyre rules? Will the new qualifying rules make for a better race?

Predicitons anyone?

[thesightless]

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formula 1, the only reason to stay home on a sat night and watch the race live at 2am in NY.

love it.

hope kimmi can turn it up and begging for schumi to let ruenbino take the crown for once.

also loving the champ car series too.

[Weizy]

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sweet, can't wait!

schumacher as usual this year?

[beto]

I stopped watching a couple of years ago. It really lost its magic after Senna's death, became really boring for me.

Now I just watch the WRC and the Deustche Tourenwagen Masters. Much better

[thesightless]

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DUDES,

if you like F1, you MUST check out the champ car series. F1 ideals about speed and actual tracks, but add in the NASCAR idea of equating the feild as ebst they can. makes for very very exciting racing and they have a Ton of street courses. paul tracy is a brilliant driver.

[frisky]

tell me about it mate. Im literally counting down the hours until Melbourne this weekend!

Montoya and Kimi in one team - now that wil be interesting!!!

f.

[thesightless]

montoya is a cunt. so overrated. i mean if he was the only one on the track he could be good, but the man cannot preform under pressure at all. dont ask for evidence, just go watch last year. kimmi however is great and has an extremely bright future. also, takuma sato is an exceptional driver , just his team is nowhere near on par with the likes of the big 3

[davetlv]

Frisky, I think Montoya and Kimi in the same team will lead to some interesting racing considering neither driver is prepared to play second fiddle to the other. I'm sure Maclaren were well aware of this when they took on Montoya. Its nice to think that at least some teams in the paddock will actually allow their drivers to race each other!

thesightless, not sure your assesment of Montoya is correct, his performance last year probably had more to do with the fact that Williams didn't quite get their act together for most of the season, and lets not forget that he did win in Brazil last year.

Although i agree with you about Sato, he certainly showed exceptional form last year when his engine didn't die on him, he's clearly overshadowed by the far superior Button. I also believe that his team, BAR who came in second in the championship last year, certainly proved that they can take on what you call the 'big 3' (although not quite sure who the big 3 might be nowadays especially as BAR and Renualt beat Williams and Maclaren last year).

I hope the Button gets his first win early in the season and that BAR shows that last year was not a one off but the culmination of a number of years of hard developent work.

[thesightless]

for me, its all about barrichello. been a huge fan of his from F3 till now. he is such a quiet winner. if schumi wasnt arond he'd have the title twice now. he is so good, but loses a lot due to his teammate and the brad name itself.

[Kobe]

F1 I've been watching for about 16 years now, I don't miss GPs.

This should be a good season, especially the first few races which will be a mad scramble for the teams to come to terms with the new rules and tires. Melborne's low grip track is going to be a skating rink with these long life tires. HOPEFULLY the aero changes will indeed allow the cars to follow more closely through the corners, which would lead to more passing oppertunities. Hopefully....

They say McLaren and Renault have been the best over winter testing, but watch out for Ferrari, as usual. Plus winter testing means ungatz anyway.

There will be some interesting driver battes this year, no doubt headed up by Kimi v JPM. I think they are both fast, but Kimi is more professional is his mind game, while JPM tends to be his own undoing too often.

Fissi and Alonso will be another one to watch. Fissi is one of the most highly rated drivers but has had an Alesi like career so far. Now he gets perhaps his best shot yet, but Alonso for his part looks to be a future Champion. I wonder if Flavio will even give GF a fair shot, since FA is his fair haired boy. Well see....

Can BAR keep it up? Button needs to win this year, no bullshit. He showed us something last year, including some toughness that I wasn't expecting, but now the real results must finally come.

The return of Jacques Villynoove. I suspect he has lost his touch, or at least his desire, but I'd like for him to prove me wrong. Those couple of races at the end of last year looked all too familiar, but that was apparently a tough car to drive, and it's no mean feat to just step into an unfamiliar car and go quick, so I'll try to forget that and hope he can get more out of the Sauber (doubt it!).

Toyota, talk about time to deliver, these guys have the biggest budget and have done nada. Now they have two top quality drivers and the rule changes should help them as it skakes up the pecking order a bit.

They say Red Bull will be a bit of a surprise. I'd like to see that just to demonstraight what a mismanaged operation Jaguar was.

Well, only thing left is to say FORZA FERRARI

[asdf_admin]

I will be watching!

[Trinity]

just saw some of the f1's zipping through the city.. was such a weird feeling. 2 minardi's and a bmw

[meinie]

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DUDES,

if you like F1, you MUST check out the champ car series. F1 ideals about speed and actual tracks, but add in the NASCAR idea of equating the feild as ebst they can. makes for very very exciting racing and they have a Ton of street courses. paul tracy is a brilliant driver.

indeed. the CART series was very exciting last season. i'm not sure that i agree with all of the rules changes they've made over the past couple years, but i has made for some outstanding racing. i am SO excited for the silicon valley gp.

[remoh]

asdf_admin, the chick in the pic has a wierd looking face

[Kinetic]

There?s even a Portuguese guy in there this year, Tiago Monteiro for Jordan!

I will be following it with extra attention, even though I?m afraid he will suck sweaty balls.