2008 F1 Season

[Roy]

The Williams looks ok. I dont really care. The look will grow on us, as long as it helps the racing. I do fear for those front wings though in a race start

[Marco-R34GTT]

+1 for Michelin to make a comeback!!!!

[ctjet]

that was half the problem

Bridgestone was making tyres purely for one team and going for wins and not concerning themselves with the spirit of competition

everybody else was stuck on Michelin comprimising compounds and setups. Then rules were changed and the reversed and yet again the sport looked rediculous with yet another rule change

[Marco-R34GTT]

Maybe it would be good if they had three fixed tyre suppliers, Goodyear, Bidgestone and Michelin. Make it so no one supplier can supply to over 40% of the grid, and like a constructors championship there could also be a suppliers championship...

Also, in terms of customer engines, wouldn't it be good if the FAI/FOM put out two or three tenders to companies, the likes of Cosworth and one or two other possible engine suppliers (Yamaha? Audi/VW/Lambo? and/or Peugeot?). Have them supply discount engines for say 7,000,000 quid a season, and have an engine suppliers championship as well.. These engines might only have to last 2 races before a change, or maybe the bottom 3 teams (non manufacturer backed) could be provided with 2 engine jokers... They must do something...

I can't see any reason why this would detract from the sport at all, I think diversity is a good thing. To which I say, Formula 1 risks becoming a white bread motorsport...

Edited November 18, 2008 by Marco-R34GTT

[sh@un]

customer engines across the board? *throws up*

[Marco-R34GTT]

Nononnono.. Dude... Please... I think you may have misunderstood me..

Ferrari will obviously still be powered by there own engines, likewise the Mac and Merc, BMW, Renault, Honda, Toyota ect ect... I'm thinking more for team the likes of Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Williams, Farce India (for 2009/2010, Prodrive maybe?), they could be provided from a selection of 2 or 3 different engine suppliers, tendered by the FIA of course, to supply engines (Yamaha/Audi/Porsche/VW/Lambo/Supertec/Cosworth/Peugeot) to ANY of these teams for say, 7m, 8m or even less (6m maybe??). In order to even up the field (only a little), the non works/manufacturer motors could be mandated to serve only 2 race meets as opposed to 3, or as I said before, maybe they can have 2 jokers instead of just 1.

So yeah, you could see William - Cosworth, Red Bull - Porsche, Toro Rosso - Lamborghini, Farce India - Yamaha.. ect ect...

As I said, bring on more tyre suppliers, and have alongside the WDC and WCC, there could also be a tyre suppliers championship/award and an engine supplier championship/award...

[Marco-R34GTT]

News flash:

1) Old points system... GONE! According to Bernie, the dreaming old senile douche-bag that Mr Ecclestone is...

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...118091013.shtml

2) Martin Brundle goin' to BBC to commentate F1.. We pray to God that James Allen or Louise Goodman don't follow suit!

BRING JONATHAN PALMER OUT OF RETIREMENT!!!!

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...118100654.shtml

Edited November 18, 2008 by Marco-R34GTT

[Beer Baron]

if james allen has a job in F1 next year i will punch clean through my TV set and half way through the brick wall behind it.

[Marco-R34GTT]

Ditto Dick...

[Marco-R34GTT]

Ditto Dick...

[Marco-R34GTT]

Looks like Christian Klien even agrees with us:

Test driver Christian Klien has issued a damning appraisal of the appearance of F1's cars of 2009.

Observers had already raised their eyebrows when Williams recently tested a car fitted with a rear wing that conformed to next year's radical aerodynamic rule changes.

The towering, skinny and basic look is back in action at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya this week, and BMW Sauber's interim offering is complete with a wide and flat 2009-style front wing.

"It's a sexy car isn't it?" BMW's Klien joked to reporters after driving the modified F1.08. "As it is at the moment it's the worst Formula One car I have ever seen. It doesn't seem like it fits, all the big wings and everything. But everyone will get used to it and it's not how it will look in March."

Complete with a KERS system and slick tyres, however, the car was more competitive than its aesthetics suggest, Klien said.

"It actually drives quite nice, the lap times are already quite good as you saw," he explained. "The high speed (sections) is a bit trickier but the slick tyres give a lot more grip at slower speeds."

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...118153017.shtml

Edited November 19, 2008 by Marco-R34GTT

[Roy]

Interesting that Pedro de la Rosa tested the Force India. McLaren head mechanic testing a Ferrari powered car for a team he doesnt drive for Nice one Ron

[Kel]

FROM SMH.COM.AU TODAY.....

Senna junior wants to follow his uncle

November 20, 2008 - 12:33PM

Bruno Senna, the nephew of former triple world champion Ayrton, hopes he's done enough to win a seat with Honda in 2009 after his first full day of Formula One testing.

Senna was eighth fastest at Barcelona, almost 2.5secs off the pace set by Red Bull's Sebastien Vettel, with fellow Honda driver Jenson Button fifth fastest.

"Whether what I did today is good enough is for the team to decide now and I respect that," said 25-year-old Senna, who is hoping to supplant Rubens Barrichello from the team next season.

"But for me personally, for my first time in a Formula One car, I have to be happy with what I achieved today.

"It's been a really good day and I'm very pleased. I've become a lot more comfortable and confident in the car and I think that showed in the lap time, both in the actual time and also the consistency.

"We found some good set-ups and we were able to make a lot of progress through the day.

"Driving a Formula One car is a very special feeling and it is very easy to know why it is the pinnacle of motorsport. It's very different to anything else you can drive and I just wanted to go faster and faster.

"Aside from the hard work and focus here this week I have really enjoyed myself. The Honda team are very professional and I am proud to have spent the time with them during this very special week for me."

Barrichello, who holds the record for most races (271), is understood to be under pressure to hold his place at Honda and is also facing competition from another fellow Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi.

Ayrton Senna, who was world champion in 1988, 1990 and 1992, was killed at Imola in 1994.

[ctjet]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uJYmf9mlzyI

in german, but still fun

the hoff makes a lol apperance to for some reason

[sh@un]

the BMW's like top-fuellers front on: tall, narrow rear wing and a front wing wider than the front track

the '06-'08 F1 cars will prolly be the last nicely-balanced looking cars

[borko08]

I want f1 to be the fastest that human engineering and technology can make it.

+1 isn't that the whole point of F1?

I agree that maybe the gap between the top teams and the middle teams should be a little bit closer, but if we wanted to see constant overtaking then we should all start watching NASCAR?

(lol i didn't just compare F1 to nascar lol...)

[ctjet]

the BMW's like top-fuellers front on: tall, narrow rear wing and a front wing wider than the front track

the '06-'08 F1 cars will prolly be the last nicely-balanced looking cars

not to be slightly biased, but personally, the MP4-20 was the nicest looking f1 car i've ever seen

it had such a beautiful nose, the first car to have horns on the airbox cover, the clean look of the zero keel front suspension, not a lot of aero trinkets, uncomplicated front and rear wings... and the last of the late great V10's in the back

Edited November 20, 2008 by ctjet

[Roy]

The early 90s was it for good looking F1 cars. The Footworks, Tyrells etc etc. Every car looked great between 90-92

But my fav...

[djr81]

The cars looked good when they had the correct amount of track width. When the grooved tyres came in & the trackwidth was reduced they just looked liked mutants.

Have a look at anything from about 1990.

[PRO_32]

1990 thats the year senna stole championship from prost yeah??