Formula 1

[Eddie the Seagull]

Formula 1 starts on Sunday - what do you reckon?

 

[Shizuoka Dolphin]

I like NIGEL Mansell. Nice 'tache.

I blow hot and cold with F1. I like it one week, then I can't be arsed.

 

[magoo]

It's shit now there are never any big smashes.

 

[Woodchip]

I like it, all the time Schumacher is doing badly, or theres lots of crashes.

 

[Edward Scissorhands]

It's brilliant.

And good to see 11 teams back on the grid - should provide some more competition throughout the field.

 

[A Melbourne Albion Supporter]

I like NIGEL Mansell. Nice 'tache.

I blow hot and cold with F1. I like it one week, then I can't be arsed.

I 100% agree over the last few years i have found myself tuning in less and less

 

[Icy Gull]

Four new teams this year as well

Midland - used to be Jordan
BMW -Sauber -
Scuderia Toro Rosso - Used to be Minardi
Super Aguri - New Japanese team

Jenson Button to continue to underachieve no doubt. Didn't realise he has a 100GP behind him and no wins

Looking forward to it

 

[JJ McClure]

Should be a good season. Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Honda should all be competetive. Expect the super Aguri cars will act as mobile shicanes.

 

[magoo]

Four new teams this year as well

Midland - used to be Jordan
BMW -Sauber -
Scuderia Toro Rosso - Used to be Minardi
Super Aguri - New Japanese team

Jenson Button to continue to underachieve no doubt. Didn't realise he has a 100GP behind him and no wins

Looking forward to it

so there is actually 1 new team not 4. The rest are just renamed.

 

[Icy Gull]

so there is actually 1 new team not 4. The rest are just renamed.

Different owners, engines and designers and sponsors make it more like new teams than renamed ones to me.

 

[B.M.F]

Should be a good season. Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Honda should all be competetive. Expect the super Aguri cars will act as mobile shicanes.

Agree with that and testing seems to go along with this theory as well. I also believe that Williams have got a good package this season. If they have made a good car then they will be right up there as they have Coswort engines who have made their mark producing excellent V8 engines for years. They also have bridgestone tyres which i believe are better than the Michelin. The car itself will show whether Sam Michael is as good as has been made out and whether it is time to replace Patrick Head.

Can't wait until Saturday

 

[JJ McClure]

There does seem to be the indication that Williams could suprise a few people and start getting results again. Will need for Webber to cool down a bit though and act as a team leader to young Rosberg.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Formula 1 WAS awesome. I travelled up a few times to Silverstone and paid my 100 odd quid to stand in mud all day back in the day (and I'm not talking that long ago).

But the thing with f1 was, it wasn't just about the sport. There was always a certain soap-opera aspect about it, all the independent teams scraping deals to stay alive, the characters involved (Stewart, Jordan etc). I was a massive Jordan fan, and there was something to enjoy even in the later years when the cars were little more than backmarkers.

There was also a more logical approach, at stages it led to domination by one team, but the rules meant you could predict a race much easier, and teams were way better than others. And thats the way sport works. We didn't change the rules of football when Man United were winning everything. Even I don't understand the way the new rules work.

Now its largely just over-funded teams used by companies as nothing more than advertising. F1 sucks.

 

[bailey]

Should be a good season. Renault, McLaren, Ferrari and Honda should all be competetive. Expect the super Aguri cars will act as mobile shicanes.

Apparently they've only completed 600km of testing. Slowest car on the track, bound to break down, so who do you put behind the wheel? Takuma Sato - how many people is he going to take out this year?

 

[moggy]

what a load of bollx

vroom, vroom, vroom!

i had more excitement the last time i had piles

 

[bailey]

There was always a certain soap-opera aspect about it

The plot might have changed slightly but Bernie's soap opera is very much alive and well.

F1's definitely getting interesting again. Last season was good, this season looks really good with 4/5 contendors, and then the budget capping that Mosley has got planned will swing the balance back away from the manufacturers.

IMO Button will win races (plural) this season. F1's always been about Driver+Team&Car, one cannot succeed without the other. This time, for the first time he's got a package with which he can win.

 

[Trigger]

Might be in a minority but i much prefer this new A1.

 

[B.M.F]

what a load of bollx

vroom, vroom, vroom!

i had more excitement the last time i had piles

maybe so but your son will make you watch it when i tell him it is on

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Is there going to any more passing this year?

While the results might be interesting the actual races normally come down who gets to the 1st corner in the lead and that only changes if they mess up a pitstop.

 

[zefarelly]

theres umpteen better race series, but F1 is still good, hopefully getting better again as well.


'our Nige' is racing in the Thoroughbred Grand Prix series this season, thats good.

http://www.tgpf1.com/