2007 F1 Season

[ctjet]

[benm]

Hrmm 43gb of 2006 iTV qualify/race vids..... should I archive to dvd or del *.*

Edited February 23, 2007 by benm

[m3gtr]

lol are we ever going to hear the end of that???????

my mates over in bahrain with the test team, waiting to hear how the new mclarens are going over there

sorry.....

couldnt help myself..

i gather you were a person who viewed the pics but didnt leave a message..?

[ctjet]

Alonso among world sport's highest earners

Fernando Alonso has in 2007 become the third highest earner in the world of sport, according to reports.

The daily sports newspaper El Mundo Deportivo said the 25-year-old tripled his pay packet by switching from Renault to McLaren Mercedes, and attracted an additional $13m in private sponsorship after winning a successive drivers' championship last season.

Alonso will earn at least (US) $43 million this year, the newspaper said, which ranks him behind sport's top active earners Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, golfers who respectively make $90m and $47m every year. El Mundo Deportivo claims that Alonso made less than $10 million at Renault in 2006.

Meanwhile, the defending champion has baulked at claims that his pace convinced Michael Schumacher to quit F1. Schumacher admitted several times in recent years that he would hang up his helmet when a clearly faster and younger rival comes along. Alonso won the championships in 2005 and 2006.

The Spaniard told Focus in an interview: "Michael stopped because different things motivate him now - such as his family. Anyway, he probably had already decided to retire before the start of the (2006) season."

[djr81]

Has anyone seen the new Honda livery.

They are kidding, aren't they?

[dezz]

pics.

[ctjet]

is it real?

the one i saw is a joke or something... it has to be

[ctjet]

its a joke yeah?

[djr81]

Maybe they are having a competition with Renault to see who can take the piss by the greatest amount & yet still be believed?

[dezz]

May god have mercy on us all

[ctjet]

the engine cover looks fake so im inclined to think that someone may be pulling a fast one

.... BUT... tis the year of ugly paintwork

[djr81]

Well I want an ounce of whatever it is they are smoking.

[dezz]

ferrari looks hot

anyone got bigger pics?

[dezz]

Looks even better at testing in bahrain

[m3gtr]

its the real livery i can confirm. The team is adopting a "green" stance in response to global warming, although how you can link green to F1 remains a mystery to me considering theyve covered 50 thousand odd miles in testing....

i really like the livery. talk about a fresh change in the paddock. that car will stand out like the proverbial come raceday and earn the team some big publicity.

This all explains why the car has been running in testing with the interim black livery. It turns out they were in discussions with the former manager for the spicegirls ( God help us ) over the proposed plan to increase consumer awareness of F1 for the younger generation.

at the very least it will proved something to talk about leading up to melbournes opener in mid march..

[m3gtr]

heres a link on the website opening on the 27th of feb..

http://www.myearthdream.com

and here are some pics of the car at launch..

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_gal...?fes_gal_id=698

[dezz]

It will have to have more sponsors on it than that though? its got nothing but the earth painted on it....

[m3gtr]

It will have to have more sponsors on it than that though? its got nothing but the earth painted on it....

The team is going to invite everyone and anyone to have a microscopic rendition of their name printed onto the car if they so wish. the sponsors names will not be present on the car but will be featured on the website i listed.

you can count on the fact that at best this deal will have a 1 or 2 race limit from which time Honda will have chosen a more traditional livery.

they definitely wont be going the whole season looking like that.

just think back to the monaco GP when Red Bull decked the team out in Star Wars livery complete with C3PO and Chewbacca.

that was only a one race deal. dont be surprised when the same thing happens with the honda team.

[ctjet]

Honda F1 Launch

They're acctually doing this... its almost as bad as BMW's vertical wings in France back in 06

This is embarrassing. How that relates to 22 cars screaming around a race track ill never know

[ctjet]

btw, theres only...

... to go until F1 hits Albert Park, and they are no where near ready. Half the fencing is missing and no corporate stands are up

What the hell are they doing there