2007 F1 Season

[tacker]

You could alright to BB if you bring several grillion dollars in to the team coffers.

And i reckon his left front wheel man has a total different view on it as well :-)

[djr81]

Not that his old man ever drove for Williams (may explain why Honda snatched their motors) but here is hoping he is just as entertaining. Albeit not so much in a "stuffing it into the wall at heroic velocities" kind of way. We have Force India for that.

[gtr660hp]

Perhaps, but it doesn't justify things like renegging on agreements to not run cigarette sponsorship.

F1 has always been about money & ego. Although to be fair for some teams it is just about ego. In fact I would go as far as saying just about all forms of motorsport are about money & ego. I mean lets face it how many sponsors don't like seeing their company name on the car - you can't tell me that the overwhelming majority of deals (that is number, not dollar value) really represent good value for money? For that matter if you look at the top drivers & even team managers/engineers over the years a shortage of self belief & indeed ego is not usually a problem for any of them. It is more so a prerequisite to get to where their going.

If you have some amusing tales about DJR I would be interested to hear of them, maybe a PM?

Finally we agree cool

Id like to PM some stories but I dont want it coming back on the ex DJR guys we have working for us

On Topic how much has Nakajima brought to Williams to get that gig

[gtr660hp]

I reckon nakajima could do alright. from the little I've seen he looked like he could be quite handy after some decent seat time.

I hope so...I have always a soft spot for Frank and the gang...id like Williams to be up there next year...maybe some serious aero re-working would be in order, the cars really struggled on the aero sensitive tracks

[ctjet]

Roseberg to stay at williams next year with Nakajima

Heikki looking good for the No.2 spot at Mclaren

Edited November 8, 2007 by ctjet

[ctjet]

'McLaren offices raided in latest spy scandal twist'

McLaren's Woking headquarters were reportedly raided earlier this week apparently searching for new evidence of 'cheating' with their 2008 car.

... you have GOT to be joking me

Edited November 8, 2007 by ctjet

[tacker]

Renault have been pinged as well for having Mclaren info

[Marco-R34GTT]

You mean Renault was in posession of Ferrari information which they took from Mclaren..

[djr81]

The FIA has summoned representatives of the Renault F1 team to answer charges of possessing confidential McLaren information, as a new spying scandal threatened to engulf the sport on Thursday.

"Representatives of the Renault F1 Team have been requested to appear before a hearing of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Monaco on Thursday, December 6, 2007," read an FIA statement.

"The team representatives have been called to answer a charge that between September 2006 and October 2007, in breach of Article 151c of the International Sporting Code, the Renault F1 Team had unauthorised possession of documents and confidential information belonging to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes," the statement continued.

"Including, but not limited to the layout and critical dimensions of the McLaren F1 car, together with details of the McLaren fuelling system, gear assembly, oil cooling system, hydraulic control system and a novel suspension component used by the 2006 and 2007 McLaren F1 cars."

[Beer Baron]

mmm novelty suspension. that's my favourite kind.

[djr81]

Well I am off down the TAB to invest $100 in Spyker winning the 2007 constructors championship.

[ctjet]

I tell you what, it was that damn Fernando Alonso's fault... this saga is follwing him around like a bad smell

If they sting Renault with a 100 million buck tab, that will be the end of them

Edited November 9, 2007 by ctjet

[gtr660hp]

Well I am off down the TAB to invest $100 in Spyker winning the 2007 constructors championship.

ha ha Ill chuck 100 on to

This is getting past ridiculous now...........If Renault go and cop 100mill then they will be goneski

[djr81]

The interesting bit is that the FIA appear to have something more substantive than vague generalisations this time.

Anyone care to raise the bar on 100 million?

[gtr660hp]

Yes emerging evidence would suggest Renault are in deeeeeeeeeep shite and high ups in the team may have been involved .....compared to the disgruntled employee thing of Mclaren this one looks really bad.

[gtr660hp]

Dec 6th in Monte Carlo is D day....id say they are screwed

[ctjet]

hmmm... ill take 'teams that are fkd' for 150 million thanks alex

[gtr660hp]

Dec 6th in Monte Carlo is D day....id say they are screwed...it appears info may have been passed via discs

[gtr660hp]

Dec 6th in Monte Carlo is D day....id say they are screwed...it appears info may have been passed via discs

[gtr660hp]

Dec 6th in Monte Carlo is D day....id say they are screwed...it appears info may have been passed via discs