Formula One 2008

[Alex Csank]

As suggested by David Teachey, here is the thread for the Formula One 2008 season.

[davidteachey]

Thanks Alex!

I hope you all had a great Christmas Day today. Peace,


David

[scorpion1]

Looks like another competitive year between mercedes and ferrari with bmw filling in most of the podiums. It should be interesting to see how kovi will compete with hamilton. If red bull can get the gearbox issues resolved, there should be a great battle with renault in the works. Bourdais and vettel should be interesting to watch. Should be the last year for rubens and coultard.
Hopefully as interesting on the track as last year. No more "spy" scandals please.

--Dave

[CarlosSpider]

Jerez. Test day. Alonso returns wiyh his first appearance in Renault. He is running wiyh tha car from the 2007 season (a car with a well know bad performances) with the 2008 electronic regulations, and without traction control.

Here is the result

Formula 1 : News Jerez - F1-Live.com

This season seems to be very open with Ferrari, McLaren and also Renault, Toro Rosso and waiting to see BMW and Honda.

[davidteachey]

It's already interesting to see the young nuts getting their first taste of cars without traction control! Even the esteemed Lew-ee beached it twice in wet-testing at Jerez. And who is sitting back, laughing? DC, of course! His attitude is "Been there, done that...my experience with non-aided cars will make me very competitive".....Only two more months to go, lads!!!

David

[GTA # 14]

Originally Posted by Alex Csank

As suggested by David Teachey, here is the thread for the Formula One 2008 season.

VIVA Ferrari !

[davidteachey]

Well that was better than words, Don! Thanks man,

David

[gtv27]

suffering F1 withdrawl symtoms...how long now?

[Alex Csank]

Originally Posted by gtv27

suffering F1 withdrawl symtoms...how long now?

From Wikipedia:

The 2008 Formula One season will be the 59th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It will begin on 16 March and end on 2 November after eighteen Grands Prix. It will be the first season under the new Concorde Agreement. As it stands, there are a total of seven teams signed up to compete in the championship through an agreement with Formula One Management, with the other four major manufacturers in the Grand Prix Manufacturers’ Association (GPMA) having signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix. All teams in both groups have spots on the 2008 grid. The season sees the banning of Traction Control after it was re-introduced in 2001. 2008 also introduces two new street circuits. The Valencia Street Circuit which will host the European GP and the Singapore Street Circuit which will host the new Singapore GP. The 2008 Singapore Grand Prix will also be the first Formula One night race.

So, the season begins on 16 March...which is in uhhhh 45 days, I think.

[Alex Csank]

Here's the schedule:

Round Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date Time Local GMT
1 ING Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne March 16 15:30 04:30
2 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur March 23 15:00 07:00
3 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Manama April 6 14:30 11:30
4 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona April 27 14:00 12:00
5 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul May 11 15:00 12:00
6 Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte-Carlo May 25 14:00 12:00
7 Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal June 8 13:00 17:00
8 Grand Prix de France French GP Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Magny Cours June 22 14:00 12:00
9 Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone July 6 13:00 12:00
10 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP Hockenheimring Hockenheim July 20 14:00 12:00
11 ING Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest August 3 14:00 12:00
12 Grand Prix of Europe Telefónica[61] European GP Valencia Street Circuit † Valencia August 24 14:00 12:00
13 ING Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa September 7 14:00 12:00
14 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza September 14 14:00 12:00
15 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Street Circuit † Singapore September 28 20:00[62] 12:00
16 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Fuji Speedway Oyama October 12 13:30 04:30
17 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai October 19 15:00 07:00
18 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo November 2 TBA

[Alfiat]

Thanks for the dates! I'll be in Holland during the SPA race in Belgium so.... why not check out the race? Anyone going to the Sportivo in Assen NL the week before?

[CarlosSpider]

Trere was in Januarytwo test in Spain (Jerez and Valencia). In Valencia there was 35.000people who paid the ticket to watch the new cars and the driver test.

[aldo]

Does anyone know what the future status of the Imola is? When might it return?

[davidteachey]

I haven't heard a thing about Imola, so I assume that Commander Eccelstone hasn't said anything recently. The feeling I get is not to expect it back anytime soon. Bummer.

David

[straight8/2]

My (obvious) prediction: kimi will f-l-y. He's never had a car designed specifically for him before. The montoya/kimi cars were particularly compromises. Michael always had a tailor made car at ferrari. The bridgestones also were Michael-spec. Those two guys drive differently. Understeer / oversteer etc. 2007 was basically getting into Michael's car, and kimi still won the championship. 2008 is the first "kimi-spec" ferrari. No need for rear view mirrors this year, which could shave another couple of tenths if they wanted to.