F1 2006 season

Originally Posted by BigFoot

My money is on Liuzzi.

Ok he may not be technically a rookie but he'll have a full time drive this year and I am pretty sure he'll whip Speed. Hopefully this year Minardi/Toro Rosso won't be as bad as in the last couple of years.

Nico Rosberg in the interim Williams V8 set the fastest laptime of the day ahead of Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button. He clocked 1:18.321 in last day of testing in Jerez. Not bad at all for a rookie

And finally, Villeneuve looking good in the all new BMW Sauber clocking 1:17.230 at Catalunya Barcelona one second faster then the all new McLaren driven by Pedro De La Rosa which(surprise, surprise) developed an "oil pressure" problem on only lap 19.

Ok, OK. As much as I love Ferrari, I had to laugh when Luca di Montezemolo claimed that Ferrari are a private team & not Manufacturer backed by Fiat He claims that Fiat do not give Ferrari F1 a penny

More here http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/25012006/...rari-fiat.html

Also worth a look is the vote on who will be the next world champion!

http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/f1/poll/index.html

Out of 56000 votes, 52%, me included, feel the old man in the red car will do it

Cheers,

Reality is that FIAT is pretty cash strapped, so I wouldn't be so sure they subsidise Ferrari a great deal. They'll soon be out of the company once the IPO takes place.

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Reality is that FIAT is pretty cash strapped, so I wouldn't be so sure they subsidise Ferrari a great deal. They'll soon be out of the company once the IPO takes place.

I agree with you 100%. I don’t think FIAT has the legs to burn money on F1.

Jenson Button has already started making threats and induces paranoia by saying that he would “pull no punches” to teammate Barrichello. Jens…mate, just drive the bloody car

http://planetf1.com/news/story_21943.shtml

And now things are getting very interesting in Barcelona day 4 of testing.

Felipe Massa Ferrari V8 B 1:15.970 73
Rubens Barrichello Honda V8* M 1:16.361 66
Giancarlo Fisichella Renault V8* M 1:16.365 68
Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber V8* M 1:16.549 89
Jenson Button Honda V8* M 1:16.739 81
Fernando Alonso Renault V8* M 1:16.754 109
David Coulthard Red Bull Racing V8* M 1:16.885 43
Michael Schumacher Ferrari V8* B 1:16.907 78
Jarno Trulli Toyota V8* M 1:17.506 85
Ralf Schumacher Toyota V8* M 1:17.422 71
Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso V10 M 1:17.590 93
Kimi Raikkonen McLaren V8* M 1:17.741 65
Robert Kubica BMW Sauber V8 M 1:17.992 93
Pedro de la Rosa McLaren V10 M 1:18.258 47

* Denotes F1 car running in 2006 Specifications

Originally Posted by BigFoot

What is it with bikers and F1 cars these days?

because he doesnt cut it in the sport where the rider/driver makes the difference

Funilly enough the company I work for builds some of the electronics for the MF1 team. A little tip.......dont put your money on the Toyota powered MidlandF1 team to do great this year

Two funny things happened during testing in Valencia: Valentino Rossi spun on his installation lap OK it was wet and you have got to give him credit for trying to mix it up with the rest of the boys..... and the McLaren driven by Kimi stopped on the track but the funny thing about that is the team saying it was a planned stop as they were conducting fuel system checks. They just will NOT admit an engine failure/malfunction etc. HAHAA Planned stop my a**

The Renault boys are back with a vengeance. They are dominating the crap out of everyone and getting faster in Valencia. Even Heikki Kovalainen is right on the pace. Not only that but they are the most reliable thing on the track - Alonso and Kovalainen completed 144 and 163 laps respectively. Full respect to the champions they are blowing McLaren and Ferrari and co, out of the water.

Any opinions, on the new silver (mirror finish) livery of the new Mclaren? I like it, looks very cool

Looks very good!

I can't wait for the season to begin it's always the highlight on a sunday evening to sit down and watch the GP's. I also can't wait for it to begin because I am off to the Italian Gp in September which should be good fun.

It does look like the new season will be a cracker of a one with new drivers and teams still sore after there poor performances they will have something to prove this year I think.

Originally Posted by Damien_C

I can't wait for the season to begin it's always the highlight on a sunday evening to sit down and watch the GP's. I also can't wait for it to begin because I am off to the Italian Gp in September which should be good fun.

It does look like the new season will be a cracker of a one with new drivers and teams still sore after there poor performances they will have something to prove this year I think.

I feel exactly the same. I've got this feeling that it will be a great season (well for us fans). Lets wait and see if Max tries to ruin everything again

I know, it hopefully will be good. What I can't understand is that Max was a race driver himself and yet he wants to ruin the spot by clouding everythign in safety for gods sake the guys go there to race at 200+ mph they know what they are getting into.

I can't wait 'till this season kicks off. I'm planning my tattoo upgrade for Easter. A tri colour number 1 above my Ferrari shield and golden stars either side of the number 1. The question is how many shall I go for? 7 or 8?? Hopefully by easter I'll have a bit of an idea

PS. Being a Welshman, I got the three feathers / dragon on my right arm last year in anticipation of Wales winning the six nations

Good job I didn't do that this year

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Damien_C

I can't wait for the season to begin it's always the highlight on a sunday evening to sit down and watch the GP's. I also can't wait for it to begin because I am off to the Italian Gp in September which should be good fun.

It does look like the new season will be a cracker of a one with new drivers and teams still sore after there poor performances they will have something to prove this year I think.

Italian GP in September = Sea of Red