The Official 2007 F1 Series Thread.

[Hick]

3 stoppers at Magny-Cours are very fast. the pit lane is short as wellas the fact that mclaren/hamilton was much faster than either of those cars.

hell, schumi [the otherhamilton as a few of you seem so keen to point out] has won in france 8 times, once with a 4 stopper, a call schuie made himself after being held up in bad traffic.

[dinanm3atl]

I was a bit dissappointed in BMW... I would assume they could stay close enough that since Hamilton stopped 3 times and Kubica and Heidfeld only 2 they should have both passed. ATLEAST Kubica.....

[Jon325i]

So which of you utes caught todays' race? If you caught qualifying on Saturday there was a blurb about an explanation to Ferrari's lagging performance as of late. As the story goes, there was an accident during wind tunnel testing and said wind tunnel suffered some damage. How this came to be I am not exactly sure but in the game of F1 you never let your opponents know every trick up your sleave. Could be lip service for all I know.

The race itself was pretty good although not as exciting as Canada. Heidfeld did a good job of making Alonso work for a chance to pass....he clearly wasn't going to hand it to him on a silver platter. The runners up front pretty much had clear track so there wasn't much to get wowed about. Hamilton dropping from second to third was tossed about but the rookie still finished on the podium. One has to wonder if there will be a race this season where he doesn't get to taste the victory champaign....the boy is on a roll.

Next weekends' race at Silverstone marks the half-way point of the season. McLaren is clearly the powerhouse of consistancy this season - they've had very few gremlins to sort out. Ferrari looks to be coming back - lets see if they can pull a few upsets and send Ron Dennis home in PO'd. Although BMW is a way back in the points (drivers' and constructors), they are well ahead of last years' winner, Renault. Kudos to Kubica for finishing 4th today....his first race after his violent wreck in Canada.

Jon

[Hick]

It's a long season. All yopu have tyo do is go as far as last year between renault and mcclaren. I know the different tire manufactores made a difference but the lead swung back and forth several times. Thers's still 10 races to go.

Eh, renault vs mclaren? im pretty sure, no, positive you mean FERRARI and mclaren.

And dont give me this 'well ferrari has better cars' mumbo jumbo. the mclaren is a much stronger car right now, althought it is looking to be a bit closer. france did not prove much to recoupe from the few off races they have had earlier this season, ie 59 seconds from 1/2 to massa in 3rd at manaco.

[dinanm3atl]

i was a bit dissappointed that kubica could not stay close enough to hamilton that with Hamilton in a 3rd pit Kubica could not pass.. that was a bit weak I think

Overall though a good race. Glad to see Ferrari on top and BMW right behind them...

[killa325i]

Kimi not that great? i have to disagree with that.....granted he does need to pull his head out.

[Low Level E30]

Looks like Ferrari may be back after their recent loses.
Good job to Hamilton for taking third.
Nice 4/5 for BMW.

I'm not convinced. Kimi and Massa are not that great. Ferrari is an awesome factory team, but the drivers, IMO, are not as good as they could be. If Mercedes can avoid blowing up their motors like last season, Mercedes/Mclaren + Hamilton will be hard to beat. BMW has been promising this season, too.

[PiercedE30]

Looks like Ferrari may be back after their recent loses.
Good job to Hamilton for taking third.
Nice 4/5 for BMW.

[el_4ever]

It's a long season. All yopu have tyo do is go as far as last year between renault and mcclaren. I know the different tire manufactores made a difference but the lead swung back and forth several times. Thers's still 10 races to go.


also viva alonso, viva España but Hamilton is awfully quick

[el_4ever]

Schuie once is more like it. In 2005 the tire rules screwed Bridgestone cars, seen as a deliberate attempt by the FIA to slow down Ferrari [ie schumacher]

a win is a win

[Erick]

Can someone post the standings??? Thanks.\



Mariano

Hamilton
Alonso
Massa
Raikonnen

Fairly sure those are the top 4... not sure about Raikonnen in 4th, but yea..

[el_4ever]

Raikkonen.

Effortless speed with one of the most reliable cars on the grid.

yeah...he breaks everything he drives...last year wit mcclaren and this year with ferrari

[CleanAzzE30z]

Can someone post the standings??? Thanks.\



Mariano

[Jparkr]

BAH! more of Sebastian vettle! thats a rookie doing some good!

[vivalegreg]

Hamilton is making history every time he is in that race car. Such a young talent with much more to put into F1 he already is a legend in the making. Even if he were to not win the championship this year he will not be forgotton. Mclaren advantage or not, he knows how to win races. Mclaren gave both Alonso and Lewis the same pit strategies and Lewis came out on top. Hes been working for this since he was a little boy, telling Ron Dennis that he would win for him in his car one day and he made it happen, two times in a row. He has won my respect and continues to amaze me every race.

Team wise Mclaren deffinitely has the winning package this year. It took a lot of hard work to be back on top and they deserve it. Their success will push the other teams to get better and make them want to keep up with the Mclarens pace.

As far as Ferrari...I am disappointed by their drivers performance.

Bmw just needs to keep up their pace, they really have proven to be competitive.

pics coming theres soo many ahh