F1 season 2006

[CrONoS]

Re: Re: Re: F1 season 2006

I bet with you: 30US$ that BMW-SAUBER will be on podium at least one time this season.

The cash will be paid via PayPal?

Do you agree?

Originally posted by Zoid

I´m willing to bet money on Sauber not being on the podium one single time this season. It ain´t gonna happen...


Perhaps I give Super Aguri too much credit?

[Japher]

VaaaaaaaaaRooooooooooooom!

[Zylka]

Re: Re: Re: Re: F1 season 2006

Originally posted by cronos_qc
I bet with you: 30US$ that BMW-SAUBER will be on podium at least one time this season.

The cash will be paid via PayPal?

Do you agree?

Good bet, Cronos

[Zoid]

Re: Re: Re: Re: F1 season 2006

Originally posted by cronos_qc
I bet with you: 30US$ that BMW-SAUBER will be on podium at least one time this season.

The cash will be paid via PayPal?

Do you agree?

Agreed!

This will be very exciting and possibly very humiliating...

[CrONoS]

!!!
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[Richelieu]

BAHRAIN GP GRID
Starting grid for Bahrain GP

1. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m31.431s
2. MASSA Ferrari 1m31.478s
3. BUTTON Honda 1m31.549s
4. ALONSO Renault 1m31.702s
5. MONTOYA McLaren 1m32.164s
6. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m32.579s
7. WEBBER Williams 1m33.006s
8. KLIEN Red Bull 1m33.112s
9. FISICHELLA Renault 1m33.496s
10. HEIDFELD BMW 1m33.926s
11. VILLENEUVE BMW 1m32.456s
12. ROSBERG Williams 1m32.620s
13. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m32.850s
14. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.066s
15. LIUZZI Toro Rosso 1m33.416s
16. SPEED Toro Rosso 1m34.606s
17. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m34.702s
18. ALBERS MF1 1m35.724s
19. MONTEIRO MF1 1m35.900s
20. SATO Super Aguri 1m37.411s
21. IDE Super Aguri 1m40.270s
22. RAIKKONEN McLaren no time

[Richelieu]

Look at that. Schumacher at the top and Raikonnen dropped to the bottom because of mechanical problems. Sounds familiar?

[CrONoS]

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[Zoid]

I just love this new qualification! And I expected Ferrari to be fast. But not this fast... Renault was a big disappointment OTOH I hope they´ll give it 110% tomorrow...

And Kimi?? What can you say? This is beyond bad luck, obviously he´s pushing the car beyond it´s limits. That´s not good driving, that´s just reckless and stupid. Kimi only has one speed it seems, and that´s full throttle. Which is all well and good if the stuff holds, but if it doesn´t...

The other teams placed rund about where I thought they would be. The Saubers were a bit faster than I expected and the Toro Rosso a bit slower with their V10 engine and all. But maybe they´re sandbagging it to avoid discussions of unfair advantage?

[polarnomad]

The Finn had not even completed a flying lap when a rear-wishbone snapped and broke the rear of his McLaren-Mercedes.

"Kimi's car suffered a rear suspension lower wishbone failure which was caused by a manufacturing fault, which, after many thousands of kilometres of testing, is difficult to come to terms with.”

When asked whether he was concerned about Raikkonen's suspension failure Montoya shrugged: "Your first thought is "oh my god" I'm driving the same car.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=35215

Not the engine this time, it seems...

EDIT: another pic:

[Richelieu]

Can't wait to see if Massa will be able to fight with Schumacher. With Michael's future undecided, the team may not be willing to be as biased towards him as they were when Barichello was there.

[Richelieu]

My predictions from the other thread.

OK. Predictions?

Drivers
1- Button - He will get a reliable car and his team will be behind him all the way.

2 - Alonso - Renault won't support him as much as they should because of his move next year. Otherwise, he'd be 1st.

3 - Schumacher. He won't have a particularly good year but the McLaren's will be so inconsistent - cars AND drivers - that 3rd place will be his for the taking.

Constructors

1 - Honda. It all rests on whether Button can be consistent AND good. We already know that Barichello can't.

2 - Renault. The car is that good. And the team will want the title. Fisichella will have to have a good year though. (Can't be worse than the last, anyway)

3 - Ferrari. Massa will surprise some people i think - Michael in particular - if the team helps him.

There.

[BlackCat]

It seems that this renegade thread is winning , so here is my predictions from the real thread :

Predictions ? Well my interest between seasons is a bit low - there may be room for a hair between that and total ignorance, but I doubt .

Well, some 2 cents :

Drivers :

1. Kimi - He must be very hungry and mercedes have had four months to stabilise the engine. There is no doubt that it was the best in 2005 but had the bad habit of exploding. If not, we might experience a Finn expressing feelings

2. Button - good driver, stable car though not the best.

3. Alonso - you are probably rigth, the team will make some "oups, sorry" to him - it's after all a french team.

Schumi is a joker. No doubt the man can drive and is still hungry, it all depends upon the car ferrari comes up with. He did after all make a decent result with that piece of crap he had in 2005.

Constructors:

1. Maclaren - that is if they stop blowing up the engines.

2. Honda - stable car stable, good drivers.

3. Ferrari - that is if Massa gets his act together.

This is totally without any warrant - I might change my mind after sunday

A couple of comments :

Either ferrari are driving on fumes or they have got a competitive engine - I hope the latter because it certainly will make things more interestingly.

Zoid : I think that some QA persons have learned some finnish words that they really didn't want to know existed - either some quality check fck'ed up or the engine is extremely powerful if Kimi is to blame for the crash.

[Zoid]

Originally posted by BlackCat

Zoid : I think that some QA persons have learned some finnish words that they really didn't want to know existed - either some quality check fck'ed up or the engine is extremely powerful if Kimi is to blame for the crash.

What puzzles me is that Montoya drives exactly the same car as Kimi and hasn´t had nearly as much "bad luck". And Montoya isn´t a particulary cautious driver...

[Kassiopeia]

Wow, I think we've had this season before. It's not like I would have watched the broadcasts anyway.