2006 F1 Season

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i agree with benm, webber is good, but he's not great. it takes him a while to get his brain into gear during a race, the opposite of trulli, who starts great, then fades. webber is also one of the worst starters on the grid. almost every race, he seems to loose a spot or 2 or more from the grid, then has to waste time trying to recover those positions. i thought he'd have it down pat by now. oh well......

well webber proved me wrong on sunday night! he started pretty well to make it up the inside of Rosberg, and was on-the-ball right from the start. thought he could've made a bit of a move on Alonso, but he did well none-the-less...... if he can do this on a regular basis, he should have a pretty good year.

[ctjet]

i think Williams is doing a good job punching above its wieght division but i dont think they'll threaten the front runners at all...

they'll be points stealers and qualifying nuisances. by that i mean they'll qualify well but just slow down the other cars untill they have to pit... kinda like toyota last year

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i agree. but it was a shame that webber's engine blew. with most of the really quick guys starting down the grid, who knows where he might've finished.....?

looks like it'll be renault as the front running team this year. i think ferrari is the only team with a chance to bridge the gap. they seem to have good car speed and usually improve their performances when they hit the european tracks. McLaren might, but montoya looks un-inspired this year and raikkonen needs to finish races.

i must say, i am a little disappointed with Barrichello. he just cant get his head around that honda. i was expecting a lot more from him.......

[gtr660hp]

Rubino lookin very ordinary in that Honda. Funny how he looked good in a Ferrari but not so good in the Honda. This car really set up for the smooth Mr Button. Like they say car racing is 80% the car and 20% the driver, and bike racing is 80% the rider and 20% the bike.

One other thing that fascinates me is how Toyota can blow $300 mill+ on a season and still be also rans!!!! At Malaysia they were no better than the Midlands in some practise sessions and not as quick as the BMW/Sauber team. What the......

Edited March 22, 2006 by overev1

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the commentators were saying how rubens had said he was good in the ferrari because of the Traction control. he'd just plant it and steer....if i owned the team and my driver said something like that, id fire him. he obviously isnt capable of driving the car himself, so what good is he

i doubt MS plants his foot and steers

[gtr660hp]

Yeah I heard thet to. Sounds like a comment made from an 8 year old kid when you go to a hire cart track-not from a F1 driver. Me thinks rubins might be lookin at a 1 year drive at Honda, then next year watchin from the bleachers

Edited March 22, 2006 by overev1

[Roy]

As for Toyota...big problem is they are paying one of their drivers too much, plus he perhaps has questionable pace and consistancy

The other prob ois they are seeming to struggle with tyres....also i question how good a development driver Zonta is????

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They switched rubber and struggled. I think Toyota may have to redesign their suspension to suit the new rubber. Mclaren had the same story a few years back when they switched from Bridgestone to Michelin.

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Ruben has proven he has the ability to drive. i reckon it has to be more than the TC issue thats giving him grief.....

i think toyota needed to dump trulli years ago. they shouldn't have even hired him. you cant teach an old dog new tricks. Ralf and Jarno are both in the twlight of their career's. they both have had their time. i think toyota should be looking for one new fresh face to mould into their own and another higher profile driver for next season. a driver line up like Raikkonen and Ryan Briscoe would be a sweet combination......

[gtr660hp]

Yeah I dunno if its just the Toyota drivers to blame (even though I dont think much of them). I think big rich Toyota just thought they could outspend everyone to death and win races. Well news flash to them. Brains + Dollars =wins. Also the politics and the European way of doing things might have been a culture shock.

Edited March 23, 2006 by overev1

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Ruben has proven he has the ability to drive. i reckon it has to be more than the TC issue thats giving him grief.....

i think toyota needed to dump trulli years ago. they shouldn't have even hired him. you cant teach an old dog new tricks. Ralf and Jarno are both in the twlight of their career's. they both have had their time. i think toyota should be looking for one new fresh face to mould into their own and another higher profile driver for next season. a driver line up like Raikkonen and Ryan Briscoe would be a sweet combination......

It is the TC which is giving him grief... he said he was so used to getting in a car (ferrari) and having it do what ever he wants it to to... give him a few races, he's good enough to do well in any of the top flyers, the days at Stewart he punched above his weight, it's was only because he lived in Schuey's shadow that he's been overlooked so much, trust me he'll do well - he just needs to be a little more aggressive.

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i think its both. Trulli has never been impressive and Ralf just seems to have lost interest the past few years. the car is obvisously behind and slow at best. everyone has dubbed toyota "the sleeping giant", cause of its huge budget. how much longer is it gonna sleep for???

[dezz]

its in a coma....lol

[ctjet]

The 2006 Melbourne Grand Prix is less than a week away people!!

I got my ticket and ill be there every damn day from open till close... What about the rest of you punks?? whos going to support and whos gonna sit at home and be gay?

[Paradizzle]

ill head in on saturday most likely, Sunday watch on TV.

[Paradizzle]

Mate is promoting for it, you may have seen him at various shopping centres around melbourne with f1 cars and some grid girls. Should have brought your tickets off him, if you buy a 4 days pass they upgarde you to grand stand ticket.

[ctjet]

nah nah screw that ill never sit in the stands with the rest of the rest of the so called formula 1 "fans"...

most of those people dont know shit about F1 and you'll always get stuck behind a jerk off with a huge ferrari flag and block your view, and i dont deal well with my anger

i love walking around to all the displays and sitting on the spectator hills. Changing where i sit is the most fun cause you can watch so much more, like the back straight then the last two turns etc etc

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nah nah screw that ill never sit in the stands with the rest of the rest of the so called formula 1 "fans"...

most of those people dont know shit about F1 and you'll always get stuck behind a jerk off with a huge ferrari flag and block your view, and i dont deal well with my anger

i love walking around to all the displays and sitting on the spectator hills. Changing where i sit is the most fun cause you can watch so much more, like the back straight then the last two turns etc etc

lol very true, its heaps better cruising around. But if your into being lazy then the stands are for you.

[ctjet]

wat i dont get is how you can just sit in the one spot for three fcukn days!! i know you can come and go as you please but wouldnt you feel obligated to stay put because you forked out $400 at least to sit there??

F1 is about the experiece and the atmosphere of the crowd, not fcukin sitting still in a shitty little plastic seat... if you gonna do that than just dont go

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unfortunately i wont be attending this year. damn shame too......

i think webber should be the goods this weekend, provided he get some reliabilty. im looking forward to the 1st corner prang which has become a bit of a tradition at albert park recently!!! HA!