Formula 1 2007

[WheldenL]

What do you guys think of Spyker's new car? It think that it will be the same as last year.....pour Spyker

[Enrico]

With F1 now being dominated by manufacturers, Spyker needs at the very least moral support from Ferrari.Spyker is not a works race-car company and there is precious little breathing space left for the small outfits. 2006 has been dramatic for team Williams and especially its lack of reliability with hydraulics/gearbox failing and RBR did have a Ferrari engine but it seems it is damn hard to fit a works engine and making it work. They need all the help they can get from Ferrari and hopefully for them Ferrari will assist them just like they have done with Sauber so Spyker can focus on making the car go faster and not have to spent precious time making the gearbox work. I presume they dont have the infrastucture nor a big budget but lets hope they will not be trapped in a vicious cycle which eventually will consume them, with not enough money, poor cars and pay drivers, and failed organisational gambles. It seems MG is realistic and wants to manage the team like one of the best organised teams of the past Team Tyrrell.

[Sprintn]

I like the color! I've been hoping that Mclaren would go back towards their roots and launch a primarily Orange car.

[WheldenL]

The orange would be cool but....i like the crome and red to much.....i don't like Alonso's new helmet....i liked his old one that had the Spainish colors in it.....now it looks like Kimi's helmet....

[Sprintn]

Yeah... it kind of bugs me when drivers change their helmets to match their team colours. Helmets and the chosen color have always been a sort of drivers signiture or identity... telling us a bit about themselves and, possibly, where they are from. I think it is even more important now to leave your helmet alone in what has become a very commercial and corporate sport.

[deltahf_2]

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Originally Posted by Enrico I presume they dont have the infrastucture nor a big budget but lets hope they will not be trapped in a vicious cycle which eventually will consume them, with not enough money, poor cars and pay drivers, and failed organisational gambles. It seems MG is realistic and wants to manage the team like one of the best organised teams of the past Team Tyrrell.

[Enrico]

The F1 Arrows A4 is what I call a proper good looking F1 car in very handsome white/orange livery and the orange TWR Arrows A21 is also one of my favs.

[WheldenL]

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2007/...er_is_fastest/

here is an article on how Massa thinks that BMW has the best pace right now....even though McLaren and Ferrari are toping the time sheets....

[BigFoot]

Thanks WheldenL, interesting read

[Birol]

BMW will be for the statistics,
but it think it will be neither Raikkönnen nor Alonso,
Massa will make again the surprises.

Alonso could but is in the wrong team,
Raikkönnen not so much interested in winning anymore,
Renault has possibly the best car but not the right driver and
Massa could have the best car and more than that is the most keen on winning.

[WheldenL]

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Originally Posted by Birol BMW will be for the statistics, but it think it will be neither Raikkönnen nor Alonso, Massa will make again the surprises. Alonso could but is in the wrong team, Raikkönnen not so much interested in winning anymore, Renault has possibly the best car but not the right driver and Massa could have the best car and more than that is the most keen on winning.

[deltahf_2]

Different series, same Montoya.

"By then, he seemed resigned to running in the back, and his trademark indifferent shoulder shrug almost could be heard over the radio"

Finished unofficially 19th at Daytona. Somehow, I don't think Schumacher or Senna were ever "resigned to running in the back." His attitude is why he was never an F1 champion, even though he was blessed with extraordinary talent.

[papajam]

Have to disagree, Matt. JPMs car was suffering from severe understeer that could not be successfully dialed out during the race. Plain and simple, he didn't have the car to run up front. If you were Montoya in this situation, what would your attitude be?

[modena782002]

Also, it appeared that Montoya didn't have many drafting partners, although it was hard to tell with the cameras only on the front runners. Towards the end of the race, the car seemed more competitive.

[deltahf_2]

Yes, his handling was off, but why give up? Contrast Montoya's attitude (yesterday and with McLaren the last few seasons) with Schumacher arguably throwing away the championship last season by trying to keep De La Rosa and then Heidfeld behind him in Hungary with no tires. After the race Brawn and Todt said that they simply could not turn Michael's competitiveness off, that he always was trying to win. Michael admitted later it was a mistake but also said it was contrary to his nature to let a car past or back off (shamefully demonstrated at times). Consider also Schumacher's historic drive at Brazil last year when clearly the championship was lost and his career was over. That was why he was an F1 champion, and Montoya never was.

As to my attitude, I have never had the money to run a competitive top 5 car, and probably don't have the talent in any event, but I've always enjoyed racing and have enjoyed my jousts for anything from 12th to 20th, giving whatever little I had. Even when I lost 20 minutes on the first stage of a rally and was destined to finish last no matter what I did, I still won a stage later in the event. Maybe it just irks me that a guy with Montoya's talent, who authored some of the more memorable F1 passes, mails it in week after week and "cruises" (or worse, knocks his team mate out) if he isn't on the pole or in the top 3. Simply unprofessional, IMHO, which is why I believe McLaren took him out of the car last season.