Quote from lizardfolk :

Dont confuse Nakajima with Yamamoto

Hehe, exactly what I did. I need to stop posting when i'm tired

Quote from sam93 :

I have thought it through, I didn't do a google search because I was doing more important things, if it is in the paper, journalists a lot of the time can make up stories, why do you think celebs are always sueing the press for making stories up about them.

Ron Dennis isn't exactly Britney Spears, and The Telegraph isn't The Mirror. I suggest you go read the press release on McLaren's website before you make yourself look like an even bigger chump.

I think the scenery is more complicated than just technical development.

I have no doubts that both Ferrari and McLaren will be on top of their games when it comes to technical development for their cars, moratorium or not, ECU or not. The only manufacturer who will be able to approach their cars in terms of raw quality will be BMW with a very big "if" to Renault and RBR.

No. The real decider, I think, is the driver line-up.

At McLaren you've got Hamilton and Kovalainen - two very young blokes with tons of talents and a lot to prove, who will definitely be gunning for the title. They know they are in a top team with probably the top car. Team orders or not, Kovalainen will most likely do his best to threaten Hamilton. He has the skill. This puts pressure on Hamilton, which is likely to negatively influence his judgement at critical times during the season. Hamilton has already shown some recklessness and over-estimation of his own ability last year. I doubt these two drivers will be supporting each other very much.

Kimi and Massa, on the other hand, is a perfect 1-2 combination. Massa is very dominant when starting from pole, and Kimi can race under any conditions and get good results. Furthermore, his balanced and progressive driving style is probably going to suit the recent ban on electronic driving aids more than Hamilton's drifting style; at least in the early races of the season until everyone gets used to racing - and conserving their tyres - without TC. Massa knows his place in the team, and will support Kimi. If Massa isn't winning the race, he will be closely guarding Kimi's rear.

So there is a team with two drivers trying to clash with each other on the track at every opportunity, versus a team with two drivers with a clear hierarchy of leader and follower. I'd put money on the lead driver of the latter team.

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Kimi and Massa, on the other hand, is a perfect 1-2 combination. Massa is very dominant when starting from pole, and Kimi can race under any conditions and get good results. Furthermore, his balanced and progressive driving style is probably going to suit the recent ban on electronic driving aids more than Hamilton's drifting style; at least in the early races of the season until everyone gets used to racing - and conserving their tyres - without TC. Massa knows his place in the team, and will support Kimi. If Massa i

Hamilton's driving style has never been a problem throughout his driving career in classes that don't have TC, most notably GP2... just over a year ago. lol and even to an extreme he adapted pretty well to a front wheel drive suzuki for top gear

You could argue that Hamilton Sennaesque style of driving will mean he is more comfortable without TC. who knows only one way to find out

Quote from sam93 :

Well I think that is wrong, they have already payed loads of money and had their constructors points now this, I think the FIA should let them go, but just allow them to check the parts they use to ferrari's 3 system's so they know they are not using ferrari information. I think this will make the sport unfair and people will start lossing intrest in F1. Will mclaren have this penalty right through the whole season or just a couple of races. Mclaren may have made some of the parts of their car better to make up for the 3 system's what they aren't allowed to use, so you never know what is going to happen, that story is from the paper, when the season starts it may be revieled that it is all untrue, but who knows, we will just have to wait and see what happens.

McLaren are very lucky that they were treated so lightly. They and their drivers should have been banned form the rest of 2007 and also from 2008. They cheated, and then lied about cheating, and then lied about lying.

I think the title will come Between Massa and Kimi, but i think Massa will come out on top just...

BMW is going to be up there(probably renault too), we should know by Malaysia or Bahrain if there good enough for the title..