Only another week 'till the F1 2007 kicks off in Melbourne, and as every other sport's got his own topic here, I thought I'd give it a try
I am a bit curious how the F1 will be this year, now that Schumacher is out. I was not a fan of his and I got my fingers crosses for Kimi again, just like last year, but who knows what might happen this season as there has been dealt a new hand for a lot of drivers.
What do you guys think? Who has the best chances to be World Champion this year? The spanish Schumacher clone with the silver "arrow" or the Iceman with the car formerly known as the Red Goddess?
Yeah, old wanker gone, i am expecting lot of great races from new season, new faces, young faces, agressive faces, chances for more teams in game!
And i wish the best to Kimi as he deserves it, i also like Alonso, it is true that he is bit like young Schumi but i still hope he is better than the old looser. These two guys (Fernando, Kimi) could give us great season full or their rivalry. I believe it will not be again game only for few teams at the top.
But go Kimi go!
I think Kimi will win the title this year. Reasons:
1. According to tests, Ferrari is now the fastest car
2. They will get more speed during the year, like in 2006
3. Ferrari just can't be as unreliable as McLaren-Mercedes
4. There's no way Massa can challenge him
But what I wanna see most is Alonso taking walk when his Mercedes has exploded again.
I also wanna see how Renault's new Finn, Heikki Kovalainen drives. Since Fisichella is known to be "soft compound", there should be no problems for Heikki to beat him.
As Finland produces great drivers, and having seen how Heikki has beaten Schumacher in Paris in 2004, he really could be the next Rosberg or Häkkinen, but I am sure he needs some more time... You are right, Fisico should be no problem to beat , although chances are that he, now that he no longer has to be the man behind Alonso, could show if he has at least a little bit of ambition...
I wonder if one of the German drivers will be able to fight for the top three this year, as with Rosberg, Heidfeld and even Sutil we have some decent drivers... the only German that will for sure not see a single winner flag is Ralf Schumacher, he will do his best to blow up his engine in every race again
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If I'm correct, Williams got Toyota engines for this year so Rosberg could do couple podiums. Factory Toyota seems still slow, looks like unlimited money doesn't bring success for them...
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Yes, you are correct, Williams uses Toyota engines this year, after the intermediate season with Cosworth... will be fun to see Rosberg on Williams upstage the "mother" And even Wurz might be able to do a few podiums, so all in all this could be the first interesting season after a few years of boredom again
Looking good for Ferrari, Massa and Räikkönen were fastest in friday.
Australia free practise results: 1 F. Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 1:27.353 32
2 K. Räikkönen Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 1:27.750 33
3 L. Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:27.829 29
4 G. Fisichella ING Renault F1 Team 1:27.941 33
5 N. Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1 Team 1:27.970 27
6 A. Wurz AT&T Williams 1:27.981 31
7 F. Alonso Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 1:28.040 25
8 N. Rosberg AT&T Williams 1:28.055 29
9 R. Kubica BMW Sauber F1 Team 1:28.281 26
10 D. Coulthard Red Bull Racing 1:28.495 23
11 A. Davidson Super Aguri 1:28.727 28
12 J. Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:28.921 33
13 T. Sato Super Aguri 1:29.009 23
14 J. Button Honda F1 Racing 1:29.066 30
15 R. Barrichello Honda F1 Racing 1:29.542 12
16 R. Schumacher Panasonic Toyota Racing 1:29.574 26
17 M. Webber Red Bull Racing 1:29.801 11
18 H. Kovalainen ING Renault F1 Team 1:30.097 10
19 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:30.383 28
20 A. Sutil Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team 1:31.108 35
21 C. Albers Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team 1:31.175 32
22 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:31.693 16
And Kimi took the pole position. Too bad that Kovalainen didn't make it to last qualifying round. Alonso did give some last second thrills. Nice to see Button there too. Very interesting looking starting grid.
, although chances are that he, now that he no longer has to be the man behind Alonso, could show if he has at least a little bit of ambition...
