After all the hype (which I mainly ignored), I was unfortunately right be thinking the no refueling thing would make for more boring races. I hope Iam proved wrong. Ferrari look great (which is not surprising after last season).

As for ole Schumy?



...Good to have him back, but I'd be amazed if he won (or even nearly won) this season.


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BlackAdder7 said:

Hey, I looked her up and she's indycar, not f1

Americans never took to the sport for whatever reason (maybe because they have indycar and nascar, which I don't think the rest of the world bar Japan cares about much?), though there was a f1 USA track that ran for a number of years (not anymore though).

US driver Montoya used to do f1 for a few years. Great driver and personality and it was ashame he left the sport.

thesexofit said:

um..yeah.

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF F-1

Ferraris, Red Bull, look good. Mercedes and Mclaren just behind at this point (though Hamilton will drag the car right up there). Sutil in the Force India will be the surprise package mixing it at the front.

Boring first race if it weren't for the interest in seeing where the cars were performance-wise out of the box.

They're proposing a mandatory 2 stops. Not sure that will change anything. All the drivers are saying it's impossible to stay close to overtake. I forsee a good few dull races and a rare few good ones.

Alonso or Vettel for the title. Ferrari to win constructors.

I'm going down the the start on 28th, just for the planes, hope an A380 might fly over last time it was a 747

ZombieKitten said:

Why doesn't Mark Webber ever shut up?

Fauxie said:

who?

ZombieKitten said:

Exactly!

Fauxie said:

do you mean this guy?

ZombieKitten said:

Yes. (took me a while to see him, so distracted was I).

Dayum.

Fauxie said:

he also looks distracted for some reason!

BlackAdder7 said:

ZombieKitten said:

Thats cool. My mate says a grand prix its even louder then everyone says it is LOL.

Fauxie said:

Yeah, I was and still am against the change in the refueling. F1 was far from perfect last season, but it will take a long while to adjust to these new rules. I just hope things change soon.

F1 drivers are pretty boring in interviews, but Vettel seems to have a sense of humour (well maybe?). Webber comes across as down to earth if arrogent. Lewis seems nice enough. Some like Raikkonen, who is no longer is in F1 of course, come across as so boring LOL. Pretty funny though. Kimi is a lucky bastard. Ferrari are paying him for not driving this year LOL. At least, thats what I heard. It was either him or Massa I think? Massa comes across as the nicest guy of the lot actually, not that it matters a damn.

I loved Kimi's interviews/press conferances.

thesexofit said:

I used to live next to the track and the loudest and most annoying thing is the media helicopters flying around and around and around all day long. We couldn't hear the commentary on the tv as we tried to watch the race!!

JoeTyler said:

He is the most "complete" driver of the lot at the moment. Vettel is the next in line, along with Hamilton.

I do think Alonso will be very hard to beat.

ZombieKitten said:

The irony Melbourne looks like a nice place to live, from what I've seen from those helicopter over the head shots

thesexofit said:

People always underestimate Massa. I think he's more than capable of winning the championship and has to be in that bracket of the quickest drivers. Still think for a given lap, all or nothing, Hamilton is just about the fastest driver, but it takes more than that to be the best and drivers like Alonso, Vettel and Massa are all good, well-rounded drivers (as, increasingly is Hamilton, who matured a lot last year). Rosberg's quick too, as is Kubica, who's showing his worth in the Renault compared to his teammate.

thesexofit said:

yup, very liveable

Fauxie said:

His injury last year, you couldn't make that stuff up Great to see him back thats for sure. Hamilton pushes so hard. I admire that alot. Even if he cocks up, you know he gave it 110% every lap, which is something that Kimi and a few other major drivers lacked abit. Jenson is gonna be beaten by his team mate this year I feel. Better team mate then Kovalainen though The gap between him and Hamilton was huge!

As for Massa, the way he lost the championship to Hamilton a few years ago was the stuff of dreams/nightmares. Good God, that sorta end to the championship will surely never happen again.

ZombieKitten said:

He doesn't know it yet but he's going to live longer.....

TD3 said:

he's prolong his life expectancy enormously if he also gave up dangerous motorsports!!!

ZombieKitten said:

Who's that girl?!

JoeTyler said:

They may be fake, but God damn