2005 Formula 1 season thread

[Alpine Autowerks]

or not

[/////AMG]

Fuck me!:banghead: :banghead: :cry: :cry:

What were the chances! they didn't even catch it on camera, well kinda. Somehting happened while/after/before overtaking.

Been a interesting race though.

[Alpine Autowerks]

just saw MS bitch slap takumo crasho on the highlights... perfect:thumbsup:

[habsfan]

i enjoyed that race for sure, rain, tire changes, PASSING! bad luck for mclaren and JPM again, but how about JV finishing 6th :D and wtf monteiro 8th. up until these last 2 or 3 races, i thought kimi had a legit chance of taking the championship, but it's starting to look pretty bleak for him.

[Alpine Autowerks]

Kimi is going to have to wait till next year...he may have the best package but Fernando is going to take it this year he has 25 pts in hand with 3 race to go

[rage2]

Too bad no replay of the accident. And yea, the MS bitchslap was awesome!

[habsfan]

ya its looking that way, but then again you never know what next year could bring. new engines, a couple extra new rules. we could be surpriseed next year, just like this year when renault came out and dominated for the first bit of the season, and ferrari did nothing.

[/////AMG]

Yea it's true Kimi probably doesn't have a chance now but you never know.
He almost lost it just after the start, was very wobbly at one point.
Can't blame MS for smacking him one, he was getting the fastest laps and catching up!!

Anyone know when A1 Grand Prix is starting? Saw adverts today but they just said "Coming Soon":thumbsdow

[iceburns288]

Makin this pic sure beat doin homework:D

[rage2]

hehe both Sato and Pizzonia got punished.

Sato - 10 place penalty for next start
Pizzonia - $8000usd fine (he may not run for Brazil).

[habsfan]

Originally posted by iceburns288
Makin this pic sure beat doin homework:D

nice :D

[Vagabond142]

What got me was why the HELL did people go to slicks when the track was obviously slippery as hell? :rolleyes: :dunno: Massa I can understand, because there was an obvious dry line out there, but I mean, with the slicks halfway through... wtf? :bullshit: :bullshit:

[/////AMG]

IS the next one this Sunday, please say it isn't

[rage2]

It's next sunday. Takes a while to get to brazil ;).

[habsfan]

Confirmed: Heidfeld signs a long term deal with the new BMW/Sauber merger team

Rumored: Jensen Button will stay at BAR Honda next year after a deal was reached with Williams that will pay Sir Frank's team $18 million in multi-year payments, paid for by Jensen. Also rumored is that Button will be signing a 5 year, $80 million deal with Honda. According to Autosport-Atlas, official confirmation could come as soon as Wednesday.

[/////AMG]

^^ Good news for him.

This Sunday should be good F1 and A1 :)

[redec]

heh....awesome race for mclaren, too bad for kimi tho :P

[iceburns288]

Congrats Alsonso:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[habsfan]

so it's finally official, 2005 champ is Fernando Alonso! awesome race for the mclarens, first 1-2 finish in some 5 years. i think itll just start to get interesting now...Alonso has clinched the title, so he no longer has to be conservative in the last 2 races. hopefully we will be able to see some good mclaren vs renault battles in the final 2 rounds.

[rage2]

Originally posted by habsfan
Alonso has clinched the title, so he no longer has to be conservative in the last 2 races. hopefully we will be able to see some good mclaren vs renault battles in the final 2 rounds.
Not gonna happen. Alonso sucks :thumbsdow

Yea I'm bitter!

[Vagabond142]

Alonso = t3h pwnz

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

ALONSO IS CHAMP!!! YEEEHAAAAAAA

[habsfan]

Originally posted by rage2

Not gonna happen. Alonso sucks :thumbsdow

Yea I'm bitter!

now now, take a deep breath :D

just remember, mclaren is leading the manufacturer championship race now, so there's still a reason for optimism for you rage ;)

[rage2]

Please... nobody will remember who won the manufacturers championship 5 years from now. They'll just remember alonso won in a renault and assume renault won even if mclaren does win it.

[boi-alien]

Originally posted by rage2

Not gonna happen. Alonso sucks :thumbsdow

Yea I'm bitter!
i agree alonso licks, so disappointing

[Alpine Autowerks]

i called Alonso to win this time last year with the pace he showed then. yea it was McClappers year to win ....IF the could finish...but they gave up too many races ... again


they did it before and gave MS another championship by doing too much on track development

[/////AMG]

Originally posted by rage2
Please... nobody will remember who won the manufacturers championship 5 years from now. They'll just remember alonso won in a renault and assume renault won even if mclaren does win it.

You can't argue with that! Sad, but true!

Bollocks to Alonso!

[jersturbo]

To johny-public that is going to be the case, true...but for the corporate side of Mclaren-MB, the constructors champ makes the big difference.
Though the drivers champ makes all the difference to the viewing public, the corporate world, specifically those involved with Mclaren-MB team sponsership, and thier manufacturing partnerships, the constructors champ means more...specifically $$.




nobody will remember who won the manufacturers championship 5 years from now. They'll just remember alonso won in a renault and assume renault won even if mclaren does win it.

[rage2]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=34164

Alonso's happy he beat Kimi. He only beat Kimi when his equipment failed him. Alonso claims he didn't have the best car. Well, it was his car's reliability and Mclaren's unreliability that got him the title.

Grrrrrrrrrrrr......

[Vagabond142]

Ah stop grousin, Rage :poosie:

Next year is now set up for a huge battle... Button/Barichello with Honda, MacBenz fronting JPM and Kimi, and Schumi's stated desire to be on the top again... and with the new V8's coming, as well as aerodynamic limitations and such... it's going to be one hell of a season.

I'm really looking forward to watching Barichello drive the shit out a BAR Honda :D :D

[habsfan]

^ make that a Honda, no BAR

Honda acquire BAR team

Honda have underlined their determination to win the Formula One World Championship by taking over the BAR team. Less than a year after purchasing a 45 percent share in the team, Honda has agreed to acquire founding owner British American Tobacco's 55 percent majority share. Honda will complete the purchase of the remaining shares by the end of 2005.

The acquisition was announced in a press conference held by Honda in Tokyo on Tuesday, ahead of their home grand prix at Suzuka this weekend. This race will also mark Honda's 100th grand prix with BAR.

source here (http://www.formula1.com/news/3673.html)

[Weapon_R]

So whose gonna win the Japanese GP?

[habsfan]

^mclaren, probably kimi i'd say. i would like to see one of the japanese manufacturers break through, but that aint likely to happen

[rage2]

Now that Kimi doesn't have a chance at the championship, I'm rooting for Montoya!

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by habsfan

Honda acquire BAR team

Honda have underlined their determination to....





...buy Takuma Crasho a drive at any price

[habsfan]

rain in qualifying for the Japanese GP really mixed things up. what do i mean? how about toyota and honda on the front row? kimi starting 20th(engine change) with alonso and montoyta down at the bottom too.

Japanese GP starting lineup, Suzuka:

1) Ralf Schumacher (BRA/Toyota/M), 1:46.106
2) Jenson Button (GB/BAR-Honda/M), 1:46.141
3) Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA/Renault/M), 1:46.276
4) Christian Klien (AUT/Red Bull-Cosworth/M), 1:46.464
5) Takuma Sato (JAP/BAR-Honda/M), 1:46.841
6) David Coulthard (SCO/Red Bull-Cosworth/M), 1:46.892
7) Mark Webber (AUS/Williams-BMW/M), 1:47.233
8) Jacques Villeneuve (CAN/Sauber-Petronas/M), 1:47.440
9) Rubens Barrichello (BRA/Ferrari/B), :48.248
10) Felipe Massa (BRA/Sauber-Petronas/M), 1:48.278
11) Narain Karthikeyan (IND/Jordan-Toyota/B), 1:48.718
12) Antonio Pizzonia (BRA/Williams-BMW/M), 1:48.898
13) Christijan Albers (HOL/Minardi-Cosworth/B), 1:50.843
14) Michael Schumacher (GER/Ferrari/B), 1:52.676
15) Dornbos (Minardi-Cosworth/B), 1:52.894
16) Fernando Alonso (SPA/Renault/M), 1:54.667
17) Kimi Raikkonen (FIN/McLaren-Mercedes/M), 2:02.309
18) Tiago Monteiro (POR/Jordan-Toyota/B), no time
19) Jarno Trulli (ITA/Toyota/M), no time
20) Juan Pablo Montoya (COL/McLaren-Mercedes/M), no time

[redec]

kimi woulda been down there even w/o the engine change....sux that fisichella is so high up there

[/////AMG]

Jesus Christ, that’s an interesting line up. I'm so glad I'm not working this Sunday.

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by rage2
Now that Kimi doesn't have a chance at the championship, I'm rooting for Montoya! \\


why /

JPM first to crach
Kimi last to first

who can drive ?

[boi-alien]

wow, what a fantastic race... kimi's pass on giancarlo... that was awesome.

have to give props to schumi too, that was some nice defending on his part vs. alonso and kimi.

[Singel]

Race officials fucked Alonso over. Had that not happened, he would have been in front of Raikkonen, and I doubt Kimi would have gotten by him, or Alonso would have atleast held him up a long time:thumbsdow Still the best damn race I've ever seen, great drives all around. They should always invert starting orders:nut:

[Alpine Autowerks]

Absolutly fantastic race

[/////AMG]

WTF I think I missed the race! :cry: :cry:

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by Singel
Race officials fucked Alonso over. Had that not happened, he would have been in front of Raikkonen, and I doubt Kimi would have gotten by him, or Alonso would have atleast held him up a long time:thumbsdow Still the best damn race I've ever seen, great drives all around. They should always invert starting orders:nut:

how? did i miss something?:dunno:


Originally posted by Alpine Autowerks
Absolutly fantastic race

Agree 120%! simply amazing, with all the passing. From the pass Kimi made onFisichella, to schumi defening both kimi and alonso. Fantastic, im speachless!!!

also, the Speed people finally said something intelligent:

" the two passes alone is better than 200 passes in Nascar."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[habsfan]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren


how? did i miss something?:dunno:



when alonso cut the chicance he got past klien, but then let him back by, and slingshot past him again on the front straight. but then the fia contacted renault and said that fernando had to let klien back through, at this point he was past schumacher i think, but then had to go back behind klien 2 spots down. after that, the fia contacted renault again and basically said nevermind, its ok fernando can keep going, but it was too late.

my opinion, best pass of the race, Alonso sweeping past MS through 130R...holy fuck that was ballsy, 180mph corner, and alonso just stayed in it and commited to the corner, that was an awesome pass. what a great race!

[/////AMG]

^^ :werd: AMAZING RACE! Loved it all.
Too much going on at one time :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Good for for Kimi though from 17th to 1st. And perfect timing to go from 2nd to 1st!

Best race I've seen in a while. :drool:

[redec]

Originally posted by habsfan
...and said that fernando had to let klien back through, at this point he was past schumacher i think, but then had to go back behind klien 2 spots down.
he was still behind shuey, directly ahead of klien.....granted he was considerably ahead of klien, but it was still just 1 position.

Awesome race....kimi is amazing, JPM sux :P....he better not fuck up again next race.

[rage2 Pocket PC]

The alonso pass at 130R was overhyped. Schuey made a mistake by leaving the door open on the outside, Alonso was there so schumey has to either brake or die. Alonso just took the regular line. After the pass, schuey always commited on the outside line making it impossible for kimi to do anything.

Awesome race... damn villeneuve knocking out jpm.

[redec]

Originally posted by rage2 Pocket PC
Awesome race... damn villeneuve knocking out jpm.

hahah...all villeneuve's fault eh? :P

[iceburns288]

:confused:

[/////AMG]

I'm pissed at Sato, he doesn't know how to drive, how many times did he screw up?

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by /////AMG
I'm pissed at Sato, he doesn't know how to drive, how many times did he screw up?

too many

i was shitting myself watching kimi passed him during the final turn:eek:

[Alpine Autowerks]

Originally posted by rage2 Pocket PC
Awesome race... damn villeneuve knocking out jpm.


????????? sure JV plowed wide due full fuel onboard but JPM was already overcooking that curve too. JV get a 25 sec penalty for that .. guess the squeaky greaseball gets JV bumped from a non points position to a lower non points position in a race that is over ...that will teach him

thats the third race in a row that JPM can't get past a slower car without taking himself out ... wow what skill

[iceburns288]

http://www.sniffpetrol.com/latenews0510_01.jpg

[Alpine Autowerks]

ha ha .....perfect

[habsfan]

last race of the season tonight/early tomorrow :(. starts at 2am in my time zone, ill be watchin live. hope to see a good race to finish of a fairly exciting season

[Alpine Autowerks]

good ole TSN comes through again ... 2 skinny faggots in a ring instead of the pre-race show.

one is even wearing a skirt

[rage2]

SpeedTV is not blacked out. Missing a lot of action already... Albers ran into Schuey on the way to the grid. Both cars destroyed.

[Alpine Autowerks]

the schmaker chop is usualy found in the last race of the year

[rage2]

Montoya's shitty luck continues... Running over a broken drain cover?

hehe poor schuey, spins out by himself behind the safety car.

[habsfan]

ya i wasnt too pleased to tune into tsn to see no name boxing instead of the pre-race. not a bad race, i missed a big chunk from around 20 laps left until 4 laps left...i fell asleep. :zzz: one thing i want to add, BAR should have put davidson in the car for the last race, not crasho. he didnt deserve the chance to race this weekend in my opinion.

[/////AMG]

Alright race, good entertainment.

McLaren always hae next year.

[l8braker]

^ Werd, alright race.

I was impressed with the track and the facility around it! World class.

[cloud7]

ya TSN sucked big time... missed the pre-race and the start of the race and didn't show the post-race interviews... boy did they ever fcuk (sp.) up! Good that I have Speed Channel. I think TSN will be getting a lot of viewer complaints when its all said and done...

I thought the race was quite boring... not much rhythm at all. :zzz:

The safety car sure screwed a lot of drivers...

Next year will be as interesting as this year with the intro of the V8 engines in F1.

[Alpine Autowerks]

It was like I wrote the script for that

1 Alonso takes the lead from his pole & holds off Kimi
2 MS crashes.....TWICE
3 JPM runs into innocent manhole cover. " Owww. you broke my f%$ing car"
4 Ok Karthikeyan took Crasho's turn at crash and burn



but wow what a boring race



TSN should get dumped by Shaw Cable

[iceburns288]

The FIA is proposing split rear wings! It looks funky, but it's supposed to reduce dirty air by a lot and make the racing that much better. Sounds good to me.:thumbsup:

http://images.f1racing.net/large/53363.jpg
http://images.f1racing.net/large/53365.jpg
http://images.f1racing.net/large/53364.jpg

EDIT oops:http://www.f1racing.net/en/news.php?newsID=101950

[habsfan]

i was just about to post this, you beat me to it lol

here's some more info from f1.com

http://www.formula1.com/news/3764.html

[habsfan]

The 2006 calendar has been released in full
Bahrain 12 March
Malaysia 19 March
Australia 2 April
San Marino 23 April
Europe 7 May
Spain 14 May
Monaco 28 May
Great Britain 11 June
Canada 25 June
United States 2 July
France 16 July
Germany 30 July
Hungary 6 August
Turkey 27 August
Italy 10 September
Belgium 17 September
Japan 1 October
China 8 October
Brazil* 22 October

*Subject to contract approval

details on the changes http://www.formula1.com/news/3771.html

[habsfan]

Knockout qualifying for 2006


Plus tyre changes to return during the race

An exciting new qualifying format will be used to determine the starting grid at Grands Prix next season. The ‘knockout’ system - the preferred choice in a poll of over 150,000 formula1.com users earlier this year - will replace the existing single-lap format.

Following approval from the FIA World Motor Sport Council on the Wednesday, the one-hour qualifying session on Saturdays will now be split into three distinct parts, each with multiple drivers on track simultaneously, and each with the drivers running as many laps as they want:

Part one: All 20 cars may run laps at any time during the first 15 minutes of the hour. At the end of the first 15 minutes, the five slowest cars drop out and fill the final five grid places.

Part two: After a five-minute break, the times will be reset and the 15 remaining cars then will then run in a second 15-minute session - again they may complete as many laps as they want at any time during that period. At the end of the 15 minutes, the five slowest cars drop out and fill places 11 to 15 on the grid.

Part three: After another five-minute break, the times are reset and the final 20-minute session will feature a dramatic shootout between the remaining 10 cars to decide pole position and the starting order for the top 10 grid places. Again, these cars may run as many laps as they wish.

As an added twist, an element of suspense and pit strategy remains entwined in the new format. In the first two 15-minute sessions, cars may run any fuel load and drivers knocked out after those sessions may refuel ahead of the race.

However, the top-ten drivers must begin the final 20-minute session with the fuel load on which they plan to start the race. They will be weighed before they leave the pits, and whatever fuel they use in the 20 minutes may be replaced at the end of the session.

In other changes approved by the Council for 2006, the rule limiting a driver to a single set of tyres for qualifying and the race will be dropped. Tyre changes will be allowed during the race, though drivers will be limited to seven sets of dry-weather tyres during the weekend. Tyres used in qualifying and the race must be of the same specification.

The Council also approved a package of measures for the 2008 season. These include the introduction of the FIA's Centreline Downwash Generating wing, larger wheels with slick tyres and a single tyre supplier. The package will be brought forward to 2007 if an 80 percent majority of the Formula One Technical Working Group agree to do so before the end of December 2005.

borrowed from http://www.formula1.com/news/3770.html

[redec]

heh...sweet....that should be interesting....

[rage2]

Originally posted by habsfan
However, the top-ten drivers must begin the final 20-minute session with the fuel load on which they plan to start the race. They will be weighed before they leave the pits, and whatever fuel they use in the 20 minutes may be replaced at the end of the session.
Still not a fan of this part. Qualifying should be based on the absolute maximum peformance of car and driver. It should be done with minimal fuel loads so we can see what these machines are capable of (like in the old days).

[/////AMG]

I'm liking most of the rule changes. But I hate the look of the split rear wings, looks too god damn ugly for F1.

[Boostn]

Originally posted by rage2

Still not a fan of this part. Qualifying should be based on the absolute maximum peformance of car and driver. It should be done with minimal fuel loads so we can see what these machines are capable of (like in the old days).

Yeah bring back the one hour 12 lap free for all qualifying, it hasn't been the same since they started the single lap crap. Apparently tire changes will return in 2006 which is good but get rid of those damned grooved tires, I'd like to see a return to real racing slicks. Hopefully they'll retain tire competition as well, I don't like the sounds of this single manufacturer control tire.

[redec]

Originally posted by rage2

Still not a fan of this part. Qualifying should be based on the absolute maximum peformance of car and driver. It should be done with minimal fuel loads so we can see what these machines are capable of (like in the old days).
yeah...makes for a more interesting qualifying, but it doesn't make for a very exciting race....the cars basically start in the finishing order, relative pit strategies determine the outcome of the race moreso than the driving



Originally posted by /////AMG
I'm liking most of the rule changes. But I hate the look of the split rear wings, looks too god damn ugly for F1.
yeah...they look kinda ghey, but I can get used to it if it allows for a bunch more side-by-side racing

[Team_Mclaren]

I like the new Qualifying format, makes the race far more interesting. Different fueling strategies play a huge factor during the race.

[/////AMG]

Originally posted by redec

yeah...they look kinda ghey, but I can get used to it if it allows for a bunch more side-by-side racing

:werd: I really can't complain especially if it envolves more over taking. :thumbsup:

[iceburns288]

Pit wall celebrations banned?!? What next?

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=26391

:thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

EDIT and someone chopped the split wing, looks interesting...

http://maniakou.s7.xrea.com/cgi-bin/upload/img/img20051025231522.jpg

[Ripper]

11th team announced today.

Clicky... (http://www.formula1.com/news/3785.html)

[habsfan]

nice, the long rumored aguri suzuki honda team made official. but i guess that means we'll likely see more of crasho in 06, provided the team can have cars ready on time

[habsfan]

BMW to retain Sauber name

BMW Sauber F1 is to be the official title of BMW’s new works team for 2006. Following the German car maker’s purchase of Sauber, announced earlier this year, the new name has been now been registered with the FIA for next season.

http://www.formula1.com/news/3808.html

[Alpine Autowerks]

JV gets the boot


http://motoring.iafrica.com/formulaone/534844.htm


15 mil not to race ... guess that tells what F1 thinks of his skills now


http://www.wheels24.co.za/Wheels24/NewsPics/0,,1369-1375_1826569,00.html


he may not have hit the rail at Monaco but he did take out his teamate

[habsfan]

^i've read similar articles for about 2 weeks now, but nothing official has really been announced yet. just alot of "magazine" or "newspaper" releases...so he may not be doomed just yet, but it looks more and more likely every day

[Dave P]

boooo JV for life haha.

[130R]

by the way, i don't know if you guys have been keeping track but adrian newey (mclaren's lead technical director) is now with the redbull racing squad, which is such an unexpected move, what are your thoughts on this?

newey is responsible for the cars which won hakkinen's 98/99 championships as well as the fab william's chassis of the mid-90s. (JV won in 97 with his car)

[rage2]

It wasn't really unexpected. There were rumors mid season about him moving when he extended his contract for 6 months in the summer. He's been talking about quitting the sport or moving elsewhere since 2004.

[Alpine Autowerks]

i'd rather have newy than MS on my team

[130R]

i thought it was unexpected in that he joined red bull racing of all teams, i woudl have thought he might just leave the sport or join another high profile team perhaps going to the new BMW squad or what not. it seems like an odd thing to do to go to red bull, but it'll be interesting to see how it all turns out since they have a customer supply of ferrari engines now as well.

as for JV, i think his time has come for him to move on. i mean i love this guy and i'm a huge fan of his but man....2005 was not exactly the season i expected him to have, he got taken to school by a younger, less experienced team mate, who hasn't even won a gp yet or come close to. BMW paying him $15m to bug off is a pretty harsh slap in the face to him though. if i were him i'd just bow out instead making a fool out of myself for another season and losing even more respect.

nick heidfeld is a much better driver than felipe massa is too....

i think JV has enough talent to have large success elsewhere, he should try his hand at WRC or go back to indycars....NASCAR maybe? that would be interesting. i think he should do a le mans run before he's too old as well.

[cloud7]

as for JV, i think his time has come for him to move on. i mean i love this guy and i'm a huge fan of his but man....2005 was not exactly the season i expected him to have, he got taken to school by a younger, less experienced team mate, who hasn't even won a gp yet or come close to.

At the start of the season, JV was slow because he wasn't alllowed to setup his car the way he likes...later on in the year, JV matched FM's speed and was even faster towards the end of the year because the team gave him more freedom on the setups.

It is very misleading just looking at qualifying performance because JV likes to qualify with a lot of fuel whereas FM almost always run light... it is very rare to see them pit a lap apart.

I am one of those people who believes JV will be driving for BMW Sauber next year.... up until the news about the new team name a few days ago, there has been absolutely no official announcement on the team name, technical director, team manager (still don't), car livery (still don't), etc.... so you see, there really isn't much confirmed news about the BMW Sauber team as of yet.... but the media tends to focus on JV because they have nothing better to write in the off season.

[habsfan]

BMW: No Decision on Villeneuve Yet

Even though Formula 1’s winter testing sessions start in less than two weeks’ time, BMW insists it has yet to decide on the future of 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve with the team.

BMW motorsport director Mario Theissen affirmed to autosport.com that the team remains undecided on the Canadian, who signed a two-year contract - expiring bt the end of 2006 - with the Sauber team, prior to the takeover by the German manufacturer.

story here (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/20840/)

[habsfan]

Toyota reveal the TF106
http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/89201_tf6.jpg
http://www.speedtv.com/_assets/library/img/large/89206_tf6.jpg
Toyota became the first team to unveil its 2006 Formula 1 challenger when it announced that its new TF106 is ready to begin a four-day testing session at the Barcelona circuit in Spain, kicking off tomorrow (Tuesday).

Since its F1 debut in 2000, the team has adopted a policy of early introductions followed by massive post-launch development.

click (http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/20938/) for story.

[cloud7]

Finally! Villeneuve confirmed at BMW Sauber! In my mind there was never a doubt who would be in the race seat, but this news certainly quieted all the doubters.

http://bmw-motorsport.com/ms/en/news/current/2005_12/2005_12_01.html?lity=tnews_rechts_allg_ms

[habsfan]

yea, finally some confirmation

f1.com link

http://www.formula1.com/news/3846.html

JV F1 CHAMP 2006!!!


:D

[habsfan]

FIA Rejects Aguri Suzuki Entry in Formula 1

IndyCar team owner Aguri Suzuki has failed in his last minute attempt to gain an entry for next year’s World Championship, and thus his team does not figure on the definitive list issued by the FIA in Paris this afternoon. The news leaves Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson with no chance of securing race drives for 2006.

http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/21005/

[Dave P]

JV is back for 2006 woop woop.

He has to stop trading teams. Now i need another pit shirt.

haha

Never mind, pit shirts are pimp.

[Team_Mclaren]

Got to love how corky this piece of shit is (Sebastien Bourdais). Man fuck him

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/index.html?http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/051201224904.shtml

[habsfan]

i've always hated bourdais. he's the kind of pompous prick that i would laugh at in the event of a career ending injury

[Team_Mclaren]

man i love you sign, really wish team aarows would come back:D

[habsfan]

i maintain to this day, orange and black belongs on an F1 car :D

[redline]

Originally posted by habsfan
i maintain to this day, orange and black belongs on an F1 car :D

my friend is a huge arrows fan, and has a real pit suit, wing end plates, a wing cover and a lot of other real arrows car bits.

[cloud7]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
Got to love how corky this piece of shit is (Sebastien Bourdais). Man fuck him

http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/index.html?http://f1.racing-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/051201224904.shtml

I can't stand that guy... he is not in F1 yet (maybe never will) and he is already making enemies there... lol....

He is quick in Champ Car (he has the best car in the past 2 seasons), but he also crashes into people a lot in the past. F1 is not a series that you can push your way through the field, especially in an inferior car. I personally don't think he would be an instant successful in F1 even if he makes it.

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by cloud7


I can't stand that guy... he is not in F1 yet (maybe never will) and he is already making enemies there... lol....

He is quick in Champ Car (he has the best car in the past 2 seasons), but he also crashes into people a lot in the past. F1 is not a series that you can push your way through the field, especially in an inferior car. I personally don't think he would be an instant successful in F1 even if he makes it.

and the thing is he thinks his in the same league as All the top drivers in mclaren and ferrari. As a "NEW" team, BMW can benfit much more from JV's experience than some chump rockie like him.