for this first race ; jenson button
2nd ; michael schumacher
3th ; kimi raikkonen
( i have to vote him in , as i own his very limited sig. series )

I'm going for:

1. Button
2. Alonso
3. Barrichello

Oops , forgot about the world champion.....ah well

schumacher shud win

I'll see what the first Race brings, then make a call!
New Cars
New Engines
New Rules
New Drivers

A whole new ball game!

true, but you can always do a guessing

Yeah i have to agree with Mike....Would have to see how the 1st race goes before making a call...

but heart wise i would go For Shumi....been a Ferrari supporter for some time already....and hopefully Kimi would be way way more lucky this year....

he Should have been World champ years ago..maybe even multiple world Champ has he have some luck on the race track...

last free practise session ; jenson rules !!

1 J. Button Honda 1:31.857 16
2 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.868 8
3 F. Alonso Renault 1:31.975 11
4 G. Fisichella Renault 1:32.050 12
5 F. Massa Ferrari 1:32.826 6
6 J. Villeneuve BMW 1:32.913 14
7 J. Trulli Toyota 1:33.038 16
8 K. Räikkönen McLaren 1:33.262 12
9 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:33.523 14
10 M. Webber Williams 1:33.876 11
11 C. Klien Red Bull 1:33.944 14
12 R. Barrichello Honda 1:34.009 15
13 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:34.094 11
14 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:34.142 16
15 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:34.406 11
16 N. Rosberg Williams 1:34.434 11
17 C. Albers Midland F1 1:34.541 14
18 T. Monteiro Midland F1 1:35.026 14
19 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.351 13
20 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:35.532 13
21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:36.994 15
22 Y. Ide Super Aguri 1:41.889 10

But Honda seems to be doing pretty well in Fri's prac 2....SO there may b a huge surprise to the general public...few more hrs to sat ptrac and qualifying....:)

not so much for the teams and drivers i guess as several top drivers like ALonso, Shumi and Kimi has voiced concerns about Honda's threats....as least from what i have read....

Now Button would be the ideal man to lead the charge of the Honda engine after the late Senna....could not see others doing the smae things....call me bias...but i dislike Alonso and montoya and hoping for kimi to go Ferrari...that only leaves Button being the other top driver available....that said..,,,my ultimate dream team would be to see both button and kimi driving for Ferrari after shumi retires...and hopefully soon to freshen things up....

A Button derived/designed Honda soon?? ala Senna??

maybe not.....they are in the different stages of their career if you were to compare now....popularity also differs by some margin....

My votes, based on hopes and fear:

Alonso
Räikkönen
Coulthard

Being a fan of Coulthard, I hope he'll get some more luck this year. Schumacher should be driven off the track like he's done twice with Hill / Villeneuve. Albers should learn to work in stead of talk and Doornbos will get a seat before midseason.

*keeping fingers crossed*

I miss the Good ole days of the Mid 90's when the racing was fun.
Ever since they brought in the Grooved tyres F1 has gone down hill.
I'm still a big fan of Villenuve so hopefully he can get back to some of his former glory.

Here's some of my F1 Collection

WOW ! really cool !

and YES ! robert doornbos ( red bull ) with a pair of oildrum !

qualifying results ;

1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 1:31.431
2 F. Massa Ferrari 1:31.478
3 J. Button Honda 1:31.549
4 F. Alonso Renault 1:31.702
5 JP. Montoya McLaren 1:32.164
6 R. Barrichello Honda 1:32.579
7 M. Webber Williams 1:33.006
8 C. Klien Red Bull 1:33.112
9 G. Fisichella Renault 1:33.496
10 N. Heidfeld BMW 1:33.926
11 J. Villeneuve BMW 1:32.456
12 N. Rosberg Williams 1:32.620
13 D. Coulthard Red Bull 1:32.850
14 J. Trulli Toyota 1:33.066
15 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:33.416
16 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:34.606
17 R. Schumacher Toyota 1:34.702
18 C. Albers Midland F1 1:35.724
19 T. Monteiro Midland F1 1:35.900
20 Y. Ide Super Aguri 1:37.411
21 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:38.868
22 K. Räikkönen McLaren geen tijd

I think nobody shall win, because is it sport?

Tom , what do you mean ? are you against F1 ?

If you don't have anything constructive to say Tom, then don't say anything.

I am suspecting a light Fuel load for the Ferraris!!
Considering the pole timing that shumi achieved was not faster than the times Alonso set in the 2nd session of qualifying....

But fingers crossed that this is not a fluke and shumi and ferrari will go on to win....

And did i say more luck for the super unlucky Kimi...yet another failure of the car....rear suspension i think this time was....this guy should have been multiple world chapm by now with a little more luck and not driving from the last row ever so often becos of the unreliability of the Mclaren!!

I miss the Good ole days of the Mid 90's when the racing was fun.

I miss the days when sex was safe and autoracing dangerous, in stead of the other way around as it is today.

Yeah i miss the good old days of F1 too!!
there was so much overtaking then....and teams dont just win becos of good race strategy!!

they win becos of a superior pakcage in car, driver and strategy!! and this would change from team to teams over the races...which definitely makes it more exciting....

For the pass couple of years it became so boring that i dozed off for a couple of races while watching, it had never happen in the past...(being in Australia/Singapore, most races are usually shown in the wee hours of the night...or close to that)

Now i would say more importance are placed on the car then the driver...correct me if i m wrong....

Qually was great today, but they need to sort that third session out. How about just submitting to the FIA how much fuel they want to use for the start of the race before qualifying and then doing the third session on low fuel like the other two?

It'd cut the crap of that 10 minute procession of burning off fuel. Otherwise I thought it was great and exciting, we need better graphics from FOM though.

Button to win tommorrow!

Sorry but I have no interests for F1, don't know what is interesting in a race, 70 rounds with a top speed of 300km/h


SORRY THAT I REPLY!!!!

Well, no need to reply to this thread then.

Be nice Tim. Nothing wrong with giving an opinion.

Sorry Edwin, I will take a leaf out of your book of good forum practice from now on.