The Official F1 2009 Thread

[Hick]

Alright fellas. The new cars are coming out. Some look bad, some look not so bad.

Teams and drivers

McLaren Mercedes
1 Lewis Hamilton (GB)
2 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)

Ferrari
3 Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)
4 Felipe Massa (BR)

BMW Sauber
5 Robert Kubica (PL)
6 Nick Heidfeld (D)

Renault
7 Fernando Alonso (E)
8 Nelson Piquet (BR)

Toyota
9 Jarno Trulli (I)
10 Timo Glock (D)

STR Ferrari
11 Sebastien Buemi (CH)
12 TBA

Red Bull Renault
14 Mark Webber (AUS)
15 Sebastian Vettel (D)

Williams Toyota
16 Nico Rosberg (D)
17 Kazuki Nakajima (J)

Honda *
18 TBA
19 TBA

Force India Mercedes
20 Adrian Sutil (D)
21 Giancarlo Fisichella (I)

* The Honda Motor Company announced their withdrawal from Formula One on December 5th, 2008. The Honda Racing team has not withdrawn its entry from the 2009 Formula One World Championship. The FIA understands the team is now for sale.

New Ferrari

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/1/8824.html

[z31maniac]

First!

Should be an interesting season to say the least.

[Alecs MacDonald]

What's the story on STR Ferrari's second driver? No more Seabass?

[YAN-3]

i like it! cant wait to see the others, hoping for some new paint jobs

[Hick]

^ Im curious about the curved front wing element. I wonder how Ferrari got past the rule...

[BeirBrennerE30]

the new cars look terrible.... but Ill still watch.

Here is a hint for the FIA. If you want to reduce the costs stop changing the rules everyyear

[Jon325i]

^ Im curious about the curved front wing element. I wonder how Ferrari got past the rule...

FIA = Ferrari International Assistance

[Hick]

FIA = Ferrari International Assistance

Not this again, STFU.

[YAN-3]

FIA = Ferrari International Assistance

haha cleaver! it does seem like the FIA is always out to help Ferrari (or so it seemed in 08)

[E30Kaiser]

I still hope Takuma gets the other seat at Toro Rosso. I started to like Sebastien Bourdais when he was the underdog at the end of the year, but to complain that the reason you aren't doing as good as your team mate is because you like understeer and the car oversteers too much is a bit of a cop out. My boy Vettel is who I am really going to be cheering for, but he isn't really that much of an underdog anymore so I would much rather have Takuma Sato in the other Toro Rosso seat than Bourdais. And I don't like the French that much.

[TDE30]

Eh, looking forward to another year. Hopefully Bernie and Max don't clusterfuck the entire season with ridiculous budget caps/restrictions. I'm hoping for a stronger, more focused BMW-Sauber. I'd love to see them second (or first if things really work out) of the Manufacturer's standings.

Hooray for no more DC.

[Ray Smoodiver]

I'm hoping for more FIA porn.

[z31maniac]

the new cars look terrible.... but Ill still watch.

Here is a hint for the FIA. If you want to reduce the costs stop changing the rules everyyear

I don't know, they look like proper racing cars again now that there is slick tires on them again.

But I agree with the 2nd part of your statement.

[Hick]

I still hope Takuma gets the other seat at Toro Rosso. I started to like Sebastien Bourdais when he was the underdog at the end of the year, but to complain that the reason you aren't doing as good as your team mate is because you like understeer and the car oversteers too much is a bit of a cop out. My boy Vettel is who I am really going to be cheering for, but he isn't really that much of an underdog anymore so I would much rather have Takuma Sato in the other Toro Rosso seat than Bourdais. And I don't like the French that much.

That and Sato had a personality. Seabass is BORING!!

[TDE30]

I have to agree with both of you, Sebastien Bourdais never really struck me as a great driver/team player. His first year wasn't that bad, but I don't see him advancing much in 2009.

http://www.planetf1.com/gallery/0,18973,3524_4783000_0,00.html

^ Full gallery of the new Ferrari F60, not sure why they dropped the typical F1200X naming, but the car looks pretty nice with all of the FIA aero regulations.