Author Topic: Official Racing Thread (Read 189678 times)

ferrar1 · « **Reply #360 on:** October 25, 2006, 06:17:07 AM »

^ Great, if the 2 brains leave Ferrari, i dont see how they can reclaim the title next year because new staff, new people takes time to settle. Cant wait for next season though! I'm hoping to make it for Australia, Malaysia GP next year

ps: i noticed that you reduced the size of your sig

JFC · « **Reply #361 on:** October 25, 2006, 06:38:56 AM »

Yeah, the big one looked way better, but the filesize was around double the maximum that's allowed for sigs.

ohbahsan · « **Reply #362 on:** October 30, 2006, 03:15:36 AM »

Looks like Shumacher got a new job already

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SomethingWild · « **Reply #363 on:** November 20, 2006, 09:57:16 AM »

I love racing. I watch WRC and the Dutch Rally Champion ship the most.

I do love FIA GT, BTCC, WTCC, Nascar and those Japanse Championship with the 350Z and the NSXs.. but since we don't have digital tv anymore I can't get the channel on which they're broadcasted..

F1 is boring, I boycot it

JFC · « **Reply #364 on:** November 25, 2006, 09:37:58 PM »

Now THIS is fuckin' awesome.

Alex Zanardi makes heroic return to F1
- By PAUL LOGOTHETIS, Associated Press Writer Thu Nov 23, 5:26 PM ET

VALENCIA, Spain - Alex Zanardi nestled himself into the car, fiddled with the buckles on his helmet until they were just right, then accelerated past a crowd of onlookers and onto the track.

I remember watching the accident where he ended up losing his legs and just gawking at the TV in disbelief. Now here he is, back in an F1 cockpit. MASSIVE props to him for not letting his condition get the better of him.

orion · « **Reply #365 on:** November 27, 2006, 02:47:43 AM »

Quote from: JFC;243513

Now THIS is fuckin' awesome.

Alex Zanardi makes heroic return to F1
- By PAUL LOGOTHETIS, Associated Press Writer Thu Nov 23, 5:26 PM ET

VALENCIA, Spain - Alex Zanardi nestled himself into the car, fiddled with the buckles on his helmet until they were just right, then accelerated past a crowd of onlookers and onto the track.

I remember watching the accident where he ended up losing his legs and just gawking at the TV in disbelief. Now here he is, back in an F1 cockpit. MASSIVE props to him for not letting his condition get the better of him.

yeah good on him to keep on going with what he enjoys most and not being scared away after his awful accident

amuse · « **Reply #366 on:** December 14, 2006, 09:59:21 AM »

The annual Race of Champions is this weekend
http://www.raceofchampions.com/

Most likely the overall winner is going to be a 3-way battle between Kovalainen, Kristensen, and Loeb..... again. Hopefully there'll be good racing this year

ctz · « **Reply #367 on:** December 19, 2006, 10:14:34 AM »

But swedish Ekstrom took the win this year.

At least Finland-- or Kovalainen won the Nations Cup

Can't wait to see him driving for real on the next f1 season.

ctz · « **Reply #368 on:** March 01, 2007, 05:55:41 AM »

Ok let's get this thread ready for

Formula 1 World Championship Season 2007!!!111

It's about two weeks until the new season starts in Melbourne, Australia! And what a season it'll be! Now when Schumacher is gone, the table is clear and the situation is more interesting than in years.... So who's your pick for champion? And a what about teams?

Some thoughts of mine:

Ferrari, Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa
Ferrari has been good at tests, especially in long runs. Massa has had always the better time in the end, but I'm sure Raikkonen will own him just like every other team he has had.

McLaren, Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton
The new McLaren has been fast, but according the comments of Alonso they still have some problems... Probably the team that'll be fighting over championship against Ferrari. I hope the best for rookie Hamilton!

Renault, Giancarlo Fisischella, Heikki Kovalainen
I have all my thumbs up for Kovalainen... If the new Renault is competitive, he might even get his first win this year. But with those drivers I doubt that they can take more than a couple of wins this season.

BMW Sauber,Robert Kubica, Nick Heidfeld
Kubica will so own Heidfeld this season! The car should be kinda good, they have beaten even Ferrari and McLaren in long run tests, and the wear for tires is minimum. However Kubica has stated that the car has still some reliability problems...

Honda, Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello
The new Honda is the coolest car on track this year (the pic above)! Finally something new... Button got his firts win last year I hope he'll get another one this year. Eventhough the car looks cool, it seems to have some serious problems since Honda has already had crisis meetings.

Toyota, Jenson Trulli, Ralf Schumacher
Well a team that I don't have much to say... I think Trulli and lesser Schumacher have already had their finest moments in F1 and probably this season makes no change to that. At least Toyota has shitload of money, but for some reason they couldn't have done much wit it.

Red Bull, David Coulthard, Mark Webber
A car design by Adrian Newey, an engine by Renault. It worked in the 90's, Why not in the late 2000's? We'll see.

Williams, Nico Rosberg, Alex Wurz
I was sad to see one of the best teams to fall that down last season. Williams got Toyota engines for their gearbox, I guess it's better than the Cosworth one last season. Rosberg's second season in F1, I hope he has gor rid of his kamikaze style.

Spyker, Adrian Sutil, Christian Albers
I worry about this team, because their orange car will probably look like a Ferrari, giving me a shock when I see these crashing to walls or having their engines in flames

Toro Rosso, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Scott Speed
I hope the best for Berger....

Super Aguri, Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson
The most Japanese team in F1. They even have a wacky name

So what do you think!?

ferrar1 · « **Reply #369 on:** March 01, 2007, 06:15:55 AM »

Honda actually has the best drivers pairing of this season if they are willing co-operate IMO. They have Button who can push and Barrichello who can preserve the car well.

So i'm going to have them finish in the top 3 this yr. Joining them would probable be Ferrari (look at my sig, what do you expect

) and Renault.

McLaren has been producing fast but inconsistent cars the past few years. I wouldn't expect them to do any better this year, but that's only because i've not been following them.

ggliff · « **Reply #370 on:** March 16, 2007, 06:16:02 PM »

bump
1st race this weekend, really looking forward to it. No Shu (YES!), lots of driver movements, and a new talent in Lewis Hamilton. He looks like he could really go far, been watching him in the lower formulas over the years and he sure can race.

Ferraris fastest in Fri practice, but Lewis third. Gonna have to sit up all night for both quali and the race, be a wreck at work come Monday

ctz · « **Reply #371 on:** March 17, 2007, 10:58:50 AM »

Interesting qualification...

Raikkonen took the pole easily when Massa broke his gearbox. Nice drive for Hamilton, McLaren can't be bad if a rookie gets it to the second row...

However, The best thing was that Super Aguri owned Honda and the others... Amazing performance from the team...

It'll be a nice race tomorrow when there's Massa and Kovalainen and other good cars who are gonna race for the top positions. Too bad I'm gonna miss it because I have to go to Tokyo

ggliff · « **Reply #372 on:** March 17, 2007, 02:13:32 PM »

^ have to agree about Super Aguri, great quali, beating the Honda works team. Also great from Hamilton, I think he has more fuel than Heidfeld so should be good in the race. Kimi is going to be hard to beat though, pity we did not see him in a shoot out with Massa, should be good to see Massa working his way through the field.

sid_coz · « **Reply #373 on:** March 17, 2007, 03:07:23 PM »

Am a Ferrari fan and was happy to see Kimi on top. Its a little sad for Massa but i guess with a single pit stop strategy (which he should be on!) he should be able to challegene a podium finish. Dont have much hopes with Alonso (he is overrated in any case) ...... plus with Mclarens with a history of technical glitches i guess we can be rest assured he aint the champ going to be!!!
But i really cant wait for tomorrow and the season fever to hit full face! Its going to be fun and a lot more unpredicitable ...... now that the King has gone!!!!!!!!!!!!

sid_coz · « **Reply #374 on:** March 17, 2007, 03:29:32 PM »

Oh yes, Amazing performance by the Super Aguris...... no body would have predicted such a good result..... that too beating their engine suppliers (Honda) at that.
Beamers (BMW) shall be another team to watch out for....they are getting better with time! Like i said.... cant wait for tomorrow!!1

ggliff · « **Reply #375 on:** March 18, 2007, 02:38:19 PM »

Well, good race, not the most exciting ever though. Ferraris, especially Kimi are quick, but so are the McLaren's. Great great drive from Lewis, leading in his first GP and finishing 3rd. A real star here.

ferrar1 · « **Reply #376 on:** March 18, 2007, 03:10:48 PM »

Great drive by Kimi, cool as ever to lead from start to finish. I must say the car looks good, no under or over steering problem. Of course this being the 1st race of the season only.

Mclaren cars look solid as well, and i believe they unearthed a gem in Hamilton. Some people around commented it's because of the reliable car that made him 3rd, but i say it takes alot of skill and concentration to just end a race. He made a superb start to round all the cars from the outside when everybody was clamouring to take the inside of the turn. Good thinking.

I also like how renault are coping without Alonso. Renault as always looks good for their handling but i'm not sure if they have enough speed in their cars.

I was not pleased by Coulthard's challenge on the rookie though. I thought he pushed his luck too far.

ggliff · « **Reply #377 on:** March 18, 2007, 05:06:35 PM »

^ yes, cool kimi, and great start from Hamilton. Not sure I agree about Fisi in the Renault. Put Alonso in there and I think they might have been challenging towards the front more, like last year.

I do not like Coulthard, and the move was very dangerous, a foot the other way and it wood have taken his head off. At least he put his hand up and admitted his mistake.

JFC · « **Reply #378 on:** March 18, 2007, 08:02:35 PM »

Dammit, I slept through the race.

Hope they have a replay sometime later today.

ggliff · « **Reply #379 on:** March 18, 2007, 08:41:24 PM »

^ ha ha, me too. Tried to stay up for a second night and fell asleep on the sofa, good job I had the recorder running so I could watch it in the morning