The Official 2008 F1 Series Thread

[TDE30]

I think he's going to get Bourdais' seat. The Frenchman's transition from multi-title CHAMP Car winner to F1 has not gone over well.

Jon

If Bourdais is going to be out and Vettel will likely go elsewhere, I wonder who will be Saro's teammate.

[Jon325i]

If Bourdais is going to be out and Vettel will likely go elsewhere, I wonder who will be Saro's teammate.

Burno Senna is a very likely candidate. He's been kicking some tail in GP2 this year. Aryton Senna and Gerhard Berger (honcho at Scuderia Toro Rosso) were competitors and friends in F1 back in the late 80s & early 90s and Gerhard still maintains close ties to the Senna family to this day.

Jon

[E30Kaiser]

Seb Buemi is also testing alongside Sato, both are being considered, so if both seats open up both may just get the nod.

[sennafan]

Sato has the money, Senna has the name. It would be nice if SeaBass lands back in Indy car.

[Hick]

De Grassi has a good chance of ending up in F1.

[Dave]

Kyle Busch, along side Glock baby!!!!!!

[Charlie]

Kyle Busch, along side Glock baby!!!!!!

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised. I really want to see how Busch handles the test. He's got tons of talent, and is a relative Veteren despite being what, 22-23? You'll remember NASCAR changed the rules for the Busch & Truck series to a minimum age of 18 after he showed up at 16 and ran real well in a few truck races, and he's been ridiculously strong since then. He's apparently very good at giving feedback on the cars, which is something Toyota needs desperately, and it's not like they can do much worse than they are currently.

-Charlie

[Dave]

Dude has been tearing it up on the road courses. And BTW, a few weeks ago, he attended a BMW Foundation Street Survival School and it was the first time he had ever been on a skidpad!

He has some serious instinctive ability behind a wheel.

[TDE30]

What I'd give to see some goofy looking ex-stock car racer do a backflip off of a Formula One car.

He may be alright with weaving a car the size of Massachusetts around an oval track, but I have doubts that he'll shine anywhere else.

[Hick]

I dunno. Valentino Rossi did pretty well when he tested with Ferrari. I think he got to within a second of Schumi at Monza or something.

this would be pretty sweet in F1.. maybe on the nose of the car

[E30Kaiser]

He would definetly add some uh, personality to the sport. What with Viva la Figa on his leathers and all. It would make the sport more colorful.

[sennafan]

I dunno. Valentino Rossi did pretty well when he tested with Ferrari. I think he got to within a second of Schumi at Monza or something.

this would be pretty sweet in F1.. maybe on the nose of the car

Keep him on a bike. He makes MOTO GP worth watching. Moto GP is some of the best racing anywhere. Only problem, the American former champ that got no press here is getting screwed at Honda I wanted Scott Speed to make it in F1 so bad. Gram Rahal is young, but it will be a looooong time before another indycar driver gets another shot.

[z31maniac]

Wrong, MotoGP used to be some of the best racing. I can't even bring myself to watch it anymore.

WSBK is now where you will see a train of 4-9 bikes battling it out elbow to elbow.

[Hick]

MotoGP is great to watch the second and thrird place riders struggle back and cut into the leaders times until hes right ontop of him. MotoGP FTW [125's are awesome too!]

[TDE30]

http://jalopnik.com/5045531/takuma-satos-super-aguri-f1-car-sells-for-150000

Ouch, talk about a blow to the ego. Especially when you consider that Schumi's ex-F2002 fetched well over $1M.