Formula 1: Granddaddy Prix

[kickeye]

that blows. was looking forward to him being on the track in an F1 car again. wonder whos gonna fill the seat now?

luca badoer.

definitely blows.

[semaj]

button signs with mclaren and raikkonen not racing next year

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5702375,00.html

[jaac]

Button's fucked, although if he stayed at Brawn he would've been blow away by Rosberg, though not as bad as Hamilton will. Atleast he has the "new team, settling in" period now.

If Kimi signs for Brawn it'd be so sick.

[semaj]

yeah, there are some articles saying that kimi has already signed with merc / brawn.

really hoping its true.

[polishmike]

this new mercedes brawn team will be insane. mercedes coming back and dominating right after bmw left would be a huge statement.

[jaac]

Yeh, it will be interesting to see how their car is. Aparently they started work on it in july or something, after Jenson won his 6 races, then they just did one further update. I have doubts as to whether they can compete with Mclaren and Ferrari but it will be really interesting to see how their driver's go aswell, i think they will end up with Heidfeld or perhaps Kubica. Aparently Renault are waiting to see how Toyota's pullout is handled by FOTA before they make any moves. I hope Kubica just bides his time until Massa gets flogged enough times to leave Ferrari.

If Kimi leaves he wont get back in for 2011, the only team that would be able to offer him anything is Red Bull who will probably not be fighting for victories next year let alone in two years.

So much potential next year.

[hiki]

mercedes will be awesome. never understood in the first place why they stayed with mclaren that long. I mean McL is a major screw up in F1. after all these year they still haven't figured how to do properly timed strategic pit stops. every damn newcomer teams does better than them. and just think of all that useless spygate crap. (almost) every other team spies around, yet only McL is too dumb to cover their asses and again mercedes also suffered. and don't even get me started on those stupid war between dennis and mosley. 75% of the penalties, McL/Merc received were only due to these two fucktards not being able to sort things out, personal issues affecting the whole team and deciding WCS is a very bad thing and dennis should have learned this lesson a long time ago.

But I guess Brawn isn't as good as they seem to be. They only got that advantage from using that rule loophole, that Brawn created himself as it seems. So it isn't much of an advantage as in having highly skilled or creative engineers rather than just clever tacticts that only worked for one season. Or half a season to be precise. That's also the reason why other teams closed the gap to Brawn after they found out what to change on their cars and Brawn could not keep up the huge advance they had (which Ferrari or McL would have been able to if they were in Brawn's position).

So I hope Mercedes are doing great next season, but I fear they won't have an easy time.

I'm really looking forward to see how Mercedes does. To see the totally overrated Button fail hard against Hamilton. And probably seeing Kimi racing for Mercedes and being his old self again finally, but the news says he didn't get a contract with Mercedes :/

Given that the cars are competetive, the fighting between Alonso, Massa, Hamilton, Vettel, Button and hopefully Räikkönen is gonna be sooo epic! Too bad Schumi isn't around anymore, would love to see how and if he can stand up to those guys.

[semaj]

idk if this is true, but another post on planet f1 said that schumi has been talking to merc.

i think they are going for an all german line up.

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5706009,00.html

[jaac]

Haha, Schumi has a contract as a "liason" or what ever with Ferrari, i seriously doubt he would come back in anything except a prancing horse.

I don't see Kimi signing with Mercedes, he costs to much and he has been so up and down it's not a safe bet, plus i do like Heidfeld and i think he deserves a little time in the spotlight of a good team.

If the Ferrari is good next year Alonso will win the `ship by like 20 points, he's gotta be so hungry for it after that awful year with Mclaren then two shit years with Renault. I think Massa will get destroyed by his team mate, same for Button.

And Mark Webber needs to get another win in F1(0).

[semaj]

he's backkkkkkk

Schumacher to race for Mercedes in 2010

cannot wait for next season!

[semaj]

mercedes revealed their new livery lastnight

hurry up 2010 season!

[redX]

finally a proper Silberpfeil again, but Schumi at Merc is still really weird

[polishmike]

it's just an old car with new livery. i'm really interested in the new car. fully expecting a winner but you never know...

[semaj]

yeah, I think they reveal the new car tonight?

not really sure.

also, schumi might be sticking with his bright red helmet

not a big alonso fan, but his surprisingly goes well with the ferrari red

[Magsåvningsreserven]

new mclaren MP4-25 is gorgeous

and classic button's back:

[semaj]

new mclaren MP4-25 is gorgeous

:eek: O M G :eek:

mclaren always builds the most beautiful cars, and their livery!

i've always liked their livery, its perfect

and

heres another shot of the sharkfin

the new ferrari on the other hand, just looks like a newer redbull RB5 :confused:

anyways, next on the calender (31st)

Sauber and Renault

can't wait to see their cars

[semaj]

some photos from testing

[back211]

Putting it out there, The driver from Top Gear "The Stig" is Michael Schumacher

[jaac]

^how original

I think the renault and merc look the best, kubica's helmet goes awesome with the renault.

Aparently Rosberg was complaining that he couldn't see properly over the nose of the merc. They can't raise the seat or it'l interfere with airflow into the intake.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

fuck the mclaren looks awesome I like Mercedes' paintjob, matt-metallic kinda thing going on..

[redX]

i really like the distinctly different nosejobs on all those cars ^^

thinner front tyres are reminding me of F1 during the turbo era

[jaac]

damn.

[Magsåvningsreserven]

damn, looks nice

can't wait to see lotus' car though

[semaj]

i like it!

and the ferrari has been the quickest so far in testing, both alonso and massa

not sure how much fuel they've been putting in tho.

[semaj]

the new lotus looks awesome!

more in here: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/02/12/lotus-t127-launched-in-london-pictures/lotus_t127-1/

[tsxser]

I looovve that British Racing Green on the Lotus cars. But Im lookiong forward to seeing Kobiyashi shine..

[Mr Waffles]

damn, that lotus looks awesome. getting excited.

[redX]

awesome, that car will surely be a looker with those yellow rims on the track

[semaj]

its almost here guys!

1st practice in a couple of days!

so excited

[redX]

i'm sure the first race is gonna be spectacular!