Author Topic: Official Racing Thread (Read 181362 times)

JFC · « **Reply #160 on:** January 09, 2006, 07:54:37 PM »

Quote from: daigong

Whoa! Paul Tracy to NASCAR!

It's only gonna be part-time, he's still gonna be primarily in Champ Car, I hear.

TheQuickening · « **Reply #161 on:** January 10, 2006, 05:00:23 PM »

Quote from: JFC

Quote from: daigong
Whoa! Paul Tracy to NASCAR!
It's only gonna be part-time, he's still gonna be primarily in Champ Car, I hear.

Yeah, they're going to schedule his NASCAR races for times when he's not racing for Champ Car. He's not even gonna be racing against the big boys like Tony Stewart or Dale Junior, he's going to be racing in the "Busch Series", which is sorta like a "junior league", I think.

JFC · « **Reply #162 on:** January 14, 2006, 04:25:27 AM »

Whoa, Michael Schumacher may retire partway through the upcoming race season if Ferrari isn't competetive.

ARTICLE LINK

ctz · « **Reply #163 on:** January 14, 2006, 06:24:29 PM »

I understood correctly, he won't retire during the season in any case, he'll just decide if he's continuing his career in 2007.

daigong · « **Reply #164 on:** February 19, 2006, 08:26:58 PM »

Daytona 500 is today!

Who's your picks?

ctz · « **Reply #165 on:** February 19, 2006, 09:10:25 PM »

JJ Yeley!

JFC · « **Reply #166 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:38:41 PM »

It's NASCAR. Don't really care if you can't turn/steer to the right.

daigong · « **Reply #167 on:** February 20, 2006, 01:30:16 AM »

^ all the hicks dig it!!

Jimmie Johnson finally does it!

flare · « **Reply #168 on:** February 22, 2006, 02:38:49 PM »

Watch f1 when i get the chance. A fan of Honda^^ and now there are 2 honda team

TheQuickening · « **Reply #169 on:** February 23, 2006, 02:31:31 AM »

Whoa, hey flare!!!

Glad to see another F1 fan here!!! Hopefully now when the new season starts (and as it progresses) we'll get more commentary on the races/racers.

Oh, and Paul Tracey had his first race in the NASCAR Busch series last weekend. He was actually doing quite well (top 15-ish I think), until he hit the wall a couple of times. He finished somewhere around 24th. Not bad for a debut.

ctz · « **Reply #170 on:** February 23, 2006, 10:10:06 AM »

I'm waiting new F1 season already. Last week Mercedes' racing director (or whatever his title is) Norbert Haug said that McLaren's new V8 engine's development is awfully late and they're currently at the level where they should have been in December. According to Haug, Mercedes' new engine has also less power than other teams'.

This is interesting, because they have driven quite good in tests.

Super Aguri also announced their drivers for 2006: Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide. Nice to see more japanese in the series.

Mr.T · « **Reply #171 on:** February 24, 2006, 12:25:01 AM »

WOOHOOO!!!! SOOO nice to see that there are racing fans here!!!

Except loving H!P I'm a huge motorsport fan (and Ferrari, Schumi-fan)!! And yes, it's very nice to see more japaense in F1. It's the first time there is a completely japanese team in F1 with a japanese driver line-up and a japanese engine (Honda).

ctz · « **Reply #172 on:** February 25, 2006, 08:36:37 AM »

They're changing the track profile in Imola. The chicane before pit lane, Variante Bassa, will be straightened up.

Imo it's just a good thing. They overdid the building of "safety chicanes" after Senna's and Ratzenberger's deaths in 1994.

Mr.T · « **Reply #173 on:** February 25, 2006, 10:11:39 PM »

Quote from: ctz

They're changing the track profile in Imola. The chicane before pit lane, Variante Bassa, will be straightened up.

Imo it's just a good thing. They overdid the building of "safety chicanes" after Senna's and Ratzenberger's deaths in 1994.

I totally agree with you, Imola is just one the most boring tracks in F1 and this change will hopefully create a better overtake chance in the end of that stretch

amuse · « **Reply #174 on:** March 01, 2006, 04:41:51 AM »

new Super Aguri pictures in the middle: http://www.f1total.com/bilder/cat.php?c=06sil3

Start of 2006 season is soon...

ctz · « **Reply #175 on:** March 01, 2006, 07:58:36 AM »

Weird to see snow on F1 cars

amuse · « **Reply #176 on:** March 02, 2006, 08:30:52 AM »

Weird to see Takuma Sato in a F1 car

JFC · « **Reply #177 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:29:54 PM »

Quote from: amuse

Weird to see Takuma Sato in a F1 car

You are kidding, right?

If not, where have you been? Living under a rock? Sato has been in F1 for at least the past 5 racing seasons, driving either competitively or as a test driver. He's driven competively for Jordan (2002) and most recently (2004-2005) for BAR Honda. Beginning this season he'll be driving for the Super Aguri team.

amuse · « **Reply #178 on:** March 02, 2006, 06:55:07 PM »

It's a joke. It's because of his driving style and the mistakes he makes on the race track (in a race, not testing), which forced Honda to drop him after 2005. :|

JFC · « **Reply #179 on:** March 02, 2006, 07:06:44 PM »

Oh, a joke. Ok *whew*

Yeah, Sato can be really aggressive, to the point where he can get reckless and make stupid mistakes. With the right car, if he can learn to calm himself down and "race smarter" he can definitely be a force to be reckoned with.