Thread: F1 this weekend!!!

Hey all,

Seeing that there are several Europeans in this forum I thought that I'd post a topic on F1 and in particular the upcoming season.

I added a poll to see who you think will take the constructors championships this year. I would have added drivers but that leaves too many options. So you can just state it in text.

Personally I'm a die-hard Ferrari fan and think that Massa will win the championship this year with Raikkonen a close second, but then again you never know...

Does anyone think Alonso has a chance? Personally I feel that his two championships were more out of luck, and car, than skill.

Anyways just thought I'd put it out there.

There must be others here who also like car racing, and in my opinion it doesn't get any better than F1.
(I could never get into that Nascar oval thing although Montoya is enjoying it)

Ivan

Ferrari has been killing in testing so far, and they did well in the second half of last season. I think they (unfortunately) will dominate this year. I believe Raikonen will win the championship.

I think Alonso is better than you give him credit for though. I think he's probably the best driver out there right now. I just think McLaren won't be competitive.

I agree Alonso is an excellent driver.

Having said that I think Raikkonen and McLaren lost the 2005 season due to their lack of reliability, and last year luck was on Renaults side and not Ferrari's.

We'll see who the next best driver is, you might be right about Alonso, but now that Schumi is gone I feel that Massa may take over.

You forgot to add the option 'who cares'

Originally Posted by Bruno

You forgot to add the option 'who cares'

But it would be unfair to the other options and end up the overwhelming winner

smartasses...

So, after Melbourne, the constructors standings are:

1 McLaren-Mercedes..........14
2 Ferrari...........................13
3 BMW..............................5
4 Renault...........................4
5 Williams-Toyota................2
6 Toyota............................1
7 Honda.............................0
7 Super Aguri-Honda.............0
7 Red Bull-Renault................0
7 STR-Ferrari......................0
7 Spyker-Ferrari..................0

and it looks like Kuala-Lampur on April 8th.

Question: How do they transport the vehicles between continents? Fly them ( which would be horrendously expensive, it seems) or ship them on boats, (which seems like it woud be really slow, and these guys seem like they're...well, in a real hurry)?.....just curious.

-whatever

-Lou

They fly them Lou, and that just adds to the overall expense of a typical F1 year.

John

The amount of money put into the sport is a little ridiculous, I believe Toyota already sunk in over several billion dollars in their team since they joined in 2001.

But hey over 105 thousand were there on Sunday alone.

The whole sport is BIG $$$$ and people are watching.



As an aside: Honda's Earth Car... A little ironic??



Ivan

In addition to attendance and tv rights, there's huge advertising cash and constructor prestige on the line. The Italian government is subsidising Ferrari just to promote their auto-industry. I wouldn't be surprised if the Koreans got in on it.