that would be great. I am a Mclaren fan (know some of the blokes who work for them cos I used to play squash for Woking and some were members at my club), but I just can't see it. Mclaren seem to be all at sea since Newey and the others went to Red Bull.
You think? But they were much stronger last year. They haven't had a single win this year and the only pole they got was cos they accidentally underfuelled Kimi.
Hah, you can bump this and say "I told you so!". That's funny
I'm a bit sceptic. It does look like he is cursed and that every car he drives just blows up and it did freak me out when I saw Schumi blowing up the Ferrari, not again?! But Sauber did it just fine on his first season, didn't it?
I hope it's Kimi and Kovalainen head to head next season fighting over the title, would be awsome. It's so crazy that from small country with population about 5 million like ours can have 2(and½) F1 drivers illepall
I've always found it quite strange how many good drivers come out of Finland as you say. I guess it's got to do with sort of conditions out there building up good driving ability and as Kimi said a lot of familys let kids drive there cars at a young age on private land
True, but it must be very difficult for a team to address problems with a design when the designer has left. The car seemed to have reasonable pace at the start of the season but the other teams appeared to move ahead more quickly than Mclaren.
Not sure I agree that Kimi has run well in recent races. Quali outside top 10 at Suzuka with Pedro down in 17th was it? Actually, I agree Kimi has run well. He's got the absolute max performance out of a poor car.
I think Kimi will win the title next year. Alonso will fight back occasionally but McLaren's reliability and speed issues keep him always one or two step behind the Ferrari. Massa has been improving all the time and I expect him to give decent opposition to Räikkönen on some races, but not always. He might surprizes us, though the chances are a bit low on that...
Drivers like Kubica and Rosberg can be anything between amazing and bad. I think Kubica will win at least one race on the next season, maybe Monaco or Hungaroring But the cars they are adriving won't let them on front row. I have no idea how Renault will perform with Fisico and Heikki. Renault has been strong on the first races, I don't expect any change o that.
(I just can't wait Alonso's comments about his team not helping him enough)
EDIT: and all the others are just bystanders
I think they are both good choises because (as far as I can tell) they both have similar driving style. The renaults in the last 2 season have been designed with Alonso's interests as primary goals, making the cars good for his driving style but bad for Fis'si. Now Renault can design their car with some grip on the front tyres too . Heikki has been proven fast but as a race driver I just don't know. A bit risky choise by Renault, but hard to tell yet..
A good mid-pack finisher with the Hondas and Toyotas. And it is kinda last chance for both drivers to show that they deserve any more chances on F1.
Not so sure about that. Webber's not been in the game even half as long as DC, so if it's anyone's last chance it's Coulthard's. In the late 90s he was Mika's wingman and McLaren ruled but, tbh, this was more down to superb machinery (and the lack of a competitive opponent) than elite skills. Since Mika's retirement from F1 DC's really just been making up the numbers and only occasionally fighting for points positions. Webber's still relatively new and still has a lot to prove to people - I think he would've gone a long way toward proving it this year had it not been for the criminally unreliable car he was driving (not to mention a few careless accidents which he unwittingly became involved in). Perhaps his time with RB will be a bridge for him, who knows? I'm not that excited about him racing a RB car, whatever engine's in it, but I do think it will at least be more reliable than his Williams (I don't think it could actually be much worse). He really shouldn't stay at RB for too long - if he performs well (and the car stays intact) he should use that as leverage to secure a spot in a better team. I wonder what he could do with a Renault, McLaren or Ferrari...
Whatever happens, can someone please remove James Allen from the commentary booth (forcibly if necessary)? I don't think I can take another one of his screaming orgasms when Jense wins his next race...
BTW, shouldn't this thread be in "General Racing"? It's hardly what you'd call "Off Topic"
He had a very impressive start to the season, and then kind of faded into the background a bit after a few races...
Haha, yeah. I don't remember the last time Barichello didn't have his annual speech on the subject. Every year, without fail while he was #2 next to Schumacher at Ferrari, he would say he's going to win next year. Lets see what he says this year!
I have bookmarked this so I can bump it next year if that isn't taken care of already! To be honest I'm not really sure how things are going to pan out next year. I should say something crazy like R Schumacher or Coulthard for champion then if that somehow happened, you guys will all think I'm all knowing and bow down to me. Haha.
Ferrari - Kimi and Phillipe
Renault - Giancarlo and Heikki
Mclaren - Fernando and Pedro or Lewis
Red Bull - Mark and David
Honda - Jenson and Rubens
Toyota - Ralf and Jarno
BMW - probably Nick and Robert
Spyker - looks like Christian and Tiago
Super Aguri - Tacu and maybe Anthony Davidson
STR - not sure
Nearly forgot Williams. he he - shows how awful they were this season.
I reckon Nico and maybe Gary Paffett. Can see him switching to Williams. Pretty sure he won't get a race drive with Macca
STR has confirmed that Speed and Luizzi will continue to throw them into the scenery in 07.
Everything is pretty much confirmed except McLaren second seat which I'll guarantee being Lewis, BMW which again I reckon will be Nick & Kubica. Spyker is still a bit open, most likely the driver with the most $sponsorship. Super Aguri will have Sato but not so sure about the second seat, Davidson has strong links with it.
I'm sure Kimi will be F1 world champion for 07 with Ferrari.
illepall
