The Official 2007 F1 Series Thread.

[Hick]

Boo, looks like the nonfactory drive only cars didnt work.

[Jon325i]

Check out this link - it details some of the possible driver changes in the coming months....its an insightful read.

http://www.itv-f1.com/Feature.aspx?Type=General&PO_ID=41230

Right now it looks like Alonso's best hopes are either Renault or Red Bull Racing. However, since Ron doesn't want Fred driving for factory team, it appears most likely that he will go to RBR. If he does, who will his teammate be? Couthard or Webber? DC is 36 or 37 now so retirement seems almost eminent - on the other hand, Webber's manager is good 'ol Flavio so maybe he'll put him in a Renault next year. Really hard to tell at this point.....too many variables at the moment.

Jon

[Hick]

Ron Dennis apparently made it a point that Alonso, in breaking contract with Mclaren, will not be allow to race for a factory team. IE, NOT ferrari, not renault, bmw, toyota, or honda but Alonso in a Spiker.

Personally, id like to see a double world champion in a known bad car, should be cool!

[Jon325i]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41226

I read about that over at SpeedTV.com. Does this really surprise anyone? Given the season 'Fred' had with Stepneygate, pitlanegate, and whatever-else-gate, I am not even slightly surprised to see him go. Between the FIA fine and all the negative press circulating around the McLaren squad, I'm sure Ron couldn't wait to wash his hands of Alonso and move on. What I am surprised by is that he let him go sooner than expected. I figured Ron would keep Alonso contractually bound to his team until the last conceivable minute (a la Juan Pablo Montoya) - while other drivers swapped around to different teams - thus leaving Alonso to be relegated to a mid-field or back marker team. I guess Ron just couldn't stand having Fred around any longer so he cut him.

The good thing about this happening is that several other driver changes were hinging on what Alonso was going to do. Now that we know he's officially on the 'available' list, the post-season musical chairs between the drivers can commence. This should be good.

Jon

[Hick]

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41226

[vivalegreg]

word, its Hamiltons first season and hes pretty damn young. you have to admit he does have talent, and with time and more practice...he can only get better if he is willing to put forth the required effort.

[10/10ths]

srsly. what an ijit. The whole effing community has been on his balls since the start of the season. Me? I think he's uppity.
Peter Windsor from Speed can't even talk to him on the grid like everyone else. "Lots of concentration to be done" Bet you didn't concentrate on getting second in the championship, huh?

lol, I agree about his un-attainability before races...gotta concentrate. Of course, Kimi is the same way, he rarely talks with anyone on the grid before a race.

I'm still on the fence about Hamilton, he is pretty good and I think in the future he will win championships. He reminds me of Michael Schumacher in alot of ways. Mostly with the attitude he has about his own driving, and he also respects the other drivers which is rare in F1.

Still, I'm a Kimi fan so last sunday was a very special day for me.

This has been in my living room since the start of the year and it's not coming down anytime soon!

[ldsbeaker]

srsly. what an ijit. The whole effing community has been on his balls since the start of the season. Me? I think he's uppity.
Peter Windsor from Speed can't even talk to him on the grid like everyone else. "Lots of concentration to be done" Bet you didn't concentrate on getting second in the championship, huh?

[papajetta]

thats why a rookie will never win a F1 championship,.. what a choke!

[vivalegreg]

lolol nice sig

and joe...i had a few glasses of wine that day...excuse my improper gammer ha

i love f1

[Jon325i]

Although it has nothing to do with the debate at hand, I thought I'd bring my sig to your attention. Nice cap to the season

Jon

[Jean]

I am so glad Kimi won it! I can't f-ing believe he still did by 1 point!

Awesome :p

[dinanm3atl]

No i am not aggravated :)

[Hick]

I dont know if youre getting aggrivated with me, but if you are take a step back and cool off.

Im a Ferrari fan through and through and could not be more thrilled that Kimi won the championship. Alonso is an asshole and deserves to be outed by Mclaren, i still think he will, and Hamilton is not the next Schuie, winning the title would only fuel the fire of comments such as that.

Part of that post is to say that Mclaren seems to have a case. I was mistaken and the fuel tested in the rig with 2 and 4 degrees C under the required temp. That is illegal, they have grounds to argue and quite frankly have nothing to lose. It may take weeks but it is doubtful that the FIA will side with Mclaren after all the issues they have had this year.

The other part is to illustrate just how disenchanted Alonso is with his hopes to stick around at Mclaren.

[dinanm3atl]

I am sorry but it is OVER...

There is already precedent. This happened before and they did nothing. They can't now do something. It was 97 degrees outside and 150 on the track. Where did they take the temp from... I bet it was 10 degrees cooler in the shade...

"Ambient Temp" is too loose and can't get anyone caught in it... You could go to any race in the sun and stand in the direct sunlight on the asphalt and then DQ everyone in the race who stores their gas in the shade because they are more than 10 degrees under...

MAYBE if they found coolers or dry ice around the fuel storage but it was simply a mishap, accident and McLaren should seriously just STFU and get over that they got busted cheating and their super rookie just waited till the last 2 races to show he was a rookie.