Formula 1 2006 Season thread

[Rasputin]

Renault confirms Kovalainen for 2007
Wednesday, 06, September, 2006, 12:56

Heikki Kovalainen will partner Giancarlo Fisichella in Renault?s race team in 2007, the Anglo-French squad confirmed on Wednesday morning.

/jarmo

YAY!  Heikki has a ride now!       two finns to root for!   



wow.. judging by the reaction i guess im the only one here whos not really a Schumacher fan...
yeah he's been racing for ever since i got into F1 but he's been racin fer a long time..  gotta end sometime 

[slashisvr]

Im glad for the new renauly driver (i cant remeber how to spell it yet nevermind say it) lol, but i do think we will have a ferarri dominance year next year, i think renault are fading this year, next year they will have no alonso to push the team and have a young driver who has no F1 racing experience, and fisi is a great driver, but he isnt a leader like alonso/schumacher.

massa has done a great job and has learned alot from schumacher this year, plus ferarri have personal to push the team still, remeber 1996 when schumacher went to ferarri benetton slipped down, i predict that will happen next year.

i think it will take at least a year maybe two for the mclarens to return to championship form, they have personel also, but they havent won a race yet, and alonso will have to do a hell alot of work to get that car into winning race form never mind championship.

im thinking we have a ferarri champion for the next two years,

2006.M.Schumacher
2007.K.Raikkonen

 

[Ignatius]

i think it will take at least a year maybe two for the mclarens to return to championship form, they have personel also, but they havent won a race yet, and alonso will have to do a hell alot of work to get that car into winning race form never mind championship.

Thanx for your predictions Nostradamus...we will sure stay tuned?

[slashisvr]

i think it will take at least a year maybe two for the mclarens to return to championship form, they have personel also, but they havent won a race yet, and alonso will have to do a hell alot of work to get that car into winning race form never mind championship.

Thanx for your predictions Nostradamus...we will sure stay tuned?

  just my educated guess

[Ignatius]

Bumped...

Where are the M. Shumacher fans now?

I don't think Alonso's gonna have an easy race in two weeks. As a matter fact, it could be hell for him. Everybody, even Alonso's team mate, wants schumi to win this championship, so I wonder if anything out-of-the-ordinary will happen in Brazil.

In any given race, Alonso would have no problem finishing in the top 8, now in this race, I'm not too sure. Will Massa come too close to Alonso, so close to take him out of the race? anyone? How about good 'old Ralf Schumacher? Do you think he loves his older bro enough to give him a hand?

Qualifiying could be interesting. I would qualify with a very small fuel load to get the pole so I get out of the possible "incidents" right from the start.

Any thoughts?

[jarmo]

I'm a Kimi fan.


Bring on 2007!?



I don't think anything will stop Alonso.

Renault will play it safe with that car so I don't expect him to be at the top of the grid when the race starts.

Ferrari has to try to be as fast as possible. Who knows if their engine will make it....



/jarmo

[slash666]

Schumacher has ruined his last race, that tyre was pretty bad.

lots of changes happening next season:
Alonso to McLaren
Kimi to Ferrari
No Michelin
No Cosworth
No Cigarrette sponsers
No Jenson Button win 

[T_Roxie]

Schumi drove brilliantly, he just got all the bad luck he hadn't had for the previous 16 years.

[Slashead]

Lewis Hamilton will Fernando Alonso's team-mate in McLaren.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6182878.stm

[T_Roxie]

Lewis Hamilton will Fernando Alonso's team-mate in McLaren.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6182878.stm

Looking forward to his debut, i will be supporting him!

[Layne Staley's Sunglasses]

How come there will be no more tobacco sponors?  Last I looked, most of the teams are sponsored by tobacco companies....

[mikesc]

How come there will be no more tobacco sponors?? Last I looked, most of the teams are sponsored by tobacco companies....

The deadline for implementing the anti-tobacco-ad bill by the European government is December 31, 2006 I think. Until then all member states must have forbidden tobacco-ads -> no tobacco sponsors anymore, because most races are in Europe.