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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Well, maybe you already know this , but i have just read tha Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. were announced by Renault as their 2008 drivers, i bet this year will be much better for the team than 2007, i believe they will be more competitive than Fischichella and Kovalainen.

Only just seen that, not a surprise on either count. I wonder what will happen if Piquet starts beating Alonso?LOL They will be more competitive than Fisi, but I'm not sure about Kovy, he's a top line driver.
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Unfortunately another fatal accident today:
 
The blue car here:

A sickening site that video. Touring car racing is much need of safety drive in side on impacts, Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen was badly hurt in the DTM opener at Hockenheim this April (only just made it back to fitness in time for Le Mans) and a driver in Ausie V8 Supercars lost their life at Bathurst in the same way last year. Maybe something will finally be done and soon.

BTW, do you know if Rafael was related to the Sperafico twins, Ricardo and Rodruigo(sp?)?
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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Well, maybe you already know this , but i have just read tha Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr. were announced by Renault as their 2008 drivers, i bet this year will be much better for the team than 2007, i believe they will be more competitive than Fischichella and Kovalainen.


No, just heard it from you. Oh man, I hope that will be as great as it sounds!

And I didn't see it happening, but Fernando DID go back to Renault? LOL


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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by Atkingani Atkingani wrote:

Unfortunately another fatal accident today:
 
The blue car here:

A sickening site that video. Touring car racing is much need of safety drive in side on impacts, Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen was badly hurt in the DTM opener at Hockenheim this April (only just made it back to fitness in time for Le Mans) and a driver in Ausie V8 Supercars lost their life at Bathurst in the same way last year. Maybe something will finally be done and soon.

BTW, do you know if Rafael was related to the Sperafico twins, Ricardo and Rodruigo(sp?)?
 
Rafael was a cousin of the twins... in fact, the Sperafico family has more than 8 people in the motorsport business.
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I've got some good news to bring today, Kovaleinen has signed on with McLaren next to team up with Hamilton. Thats going to be quite a partnership I think, and should probably work due to the apparent lack of ego with either driver.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41448
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Schumacher vs. Johnson in the ROC. I laugh at this!
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Points: 13033 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 16 2007 at 18:14
Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

I've got some good news to bring today, Kovaleinen has signed on with McLaren next to team up with Hamilton. Thats going to be quite a partnership I think, and should probably work due to the apparent lack of ego with either driver.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41448
 
Wow, just yesterday read that De La Rosa would be the second McLaren driver, will he stay in the team anyway??
 
Kovalainen must demonstrate why he signed with McLaren, good news indeed, let`s see if his relationship with Lewis help the team for a title.
 
Do you know if Fisichella managed to stay in Force India??

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Sakon Yamamoto will win a race this yearStern%20Smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nah, I'm just yankin' yer chains! Like that'll ever happen. Please tell me he has no ride for next year?
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Originally posted by memowakeman memowakeman wrote:

Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

I've got some good news to bring today, Kovaleinen has signed on with McLaren next to team up with Hamilton. Thats going to be quite a partnership I think, and should probably work due to the apparent lack of ego with either driver.

http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41448
 
Wow, just yesterday read that De La Rosa would be the second McLaren driver, will he stay in the team anyway??
 
Kovalainen must demonstrate why he signed with McLaren, good news indeed, let`s see if his relationship with Lewis help the team for a title.
 
Do you know if Fisichella managed to stay in Force India??

De la Rosa will stay as third driver while Garry Paffet will stay as a test driver.

I dont think that Force India have made a decision on who will partner Sutil next year, but I think Fisi is still in the running. However, Ralf Schumacher is definitely out of F1 for next year, no one wants him.
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I was fortunate enough to be at the race of champions yesterday. Big%20smile

It was a great afternoon and evening's entertainment with a very touching tribute to Colin McRea which included his WRC Championship winning Subaru being given pride of place in the centre of the arena.

The cars were all entertaining but the best were easily the ROC buggies and the SolutionF silhouette racers.

The entertainment between races was a mix of good and bad (the cheerleaders). A real highlight was the display put on by the Red Bull and Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 cars driven by David Coulthard and Sebastian Vettel between their driving duties in the main event.

Despite Mr Schumacher's efforts Team Germany still won the nations cup thanks to Sebastian Vettel's  excellent driving and the main race of champions was even more entertaining with some real nail biters and an excellent final.
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Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

I was fortunate enough to be at the race of champions yesterday. Big%20smile

It was a great afternoon and evening's entertainment with a very touching tribute to Colin McRea which included his WRC Championship winning Subaru being given pride of place in the centre of the arena.

The cars were all entertaining but the best were easily the ROC buggies and the SolutionF silhouette racers.

The entertainment between races was a mix of good and bad (the cheerleaders). A real highlight was the display put on by the Red Bull and Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 cars driven by David Coulthard and Sebastian Vettel between their driving duties in the main event.

Despite Mr Schumacher's efforts Team Germany still won the nations cup thanks to Sebastian Vettel's  excellent driving and the main race of champions was even more entertaining with some real nail biters and an excellent final.

Does Schumacher drive those RoC cars the same way he drives taxis?LOL
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Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by N Ellingworth N Ellingworth wrote:

I was fortunate enough to be at the race of champions yesterday. Big%20smile

It was a great afternoon and evening's entertainment with a very touching tribute to Colin McRea which included his WRC Championship winning Subaru being given pride of place in the centre of the arena.

The cars were all entertaining but the best were easily the ROC buggies and the SolutionF silhouette racers.

The entertainment between races was a mix of good and bad (the cheerleaders). A real highlight was the display put on by the Red Bull and Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 cars driven by David Coulthard and Sebastian Vettel between their driving duties in the main event.

Despite Mr Schumacher's efforts Team Germany still won the nations cup thanks to Sebastian Vettel's  excellent driving and the main race of champions was even more entertaining with some real nail biters and an excellent final.

Does Schumacher drive those RoC cars the same way he drives taxis?LOL
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He may drive a taxi faster than a ROC
 
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Schumacher was untouchable in the ROC buggies but in the rest of the cars he was much easier opposition, as Kovalienen found out when he managed to overtake him following a stall from Schumacher. LOL
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Originally posted by Zappa88 Zappa88 wrote:

Sakon Yamamoto will win a race this yearStern%20Smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nah, I'm just yankin' yer chains! Like that'll ever happen. Please tell me he has no ride for next year?
 
LOL Well Takuma Sato did have a few surprises. MAYBE it's not out of the realm of possibility?
Wait, no it is.
 
I'm really pulling for Robet Kubica to win a race next year. Him and Heikki Kovalainen (sp???) Cry
 


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Originally posted by JJLehto JJLehto wrote:

Originally posted by Zappa88 Zappa88 wrote:

Sakon Yamamoto will win a race this yearStern%20Smile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nah, I'm just yankin' yer chains! Like that'll ever happen. Please tell me he has no ride for next year?
 
LOL Well Takuma Sato did have a few surprises. MAYBE it's not out of the realm of possibility?
Wait, no it is.
 
I'm really pulling for Robet Kubica to win a race next year. Him and Heikki Kovalainen (sp???) Cry
 

Sato is a very fast driver, and underated it seems, whereas Yamamoto is an OK driver but nowhere near good enough to make a career in F1.

And no, I dont think anyone wants him for next year.
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The first of the 2008 cars, the Ferrari F2008:




http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41549
I'd just like to point out this is the fourth car designed by Aldo Costa's team, not the second, he took over in 2005.
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It was the Ferrari yesturday and its the McLaren todayhttp://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41559




You know, I'm good at telling the difference between F1 cars year on year, but this looks near identical to the 22.
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Again McLaren have produced a stunning car, although it is very similar to last years probably because if it was a bit more radical in design Ferrari would probably raise hell. Speaking of Ferrari this year's car is very ugly IMO.
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The nose part on the Ferrari looks weird to me, but hey I wish I could drive a car like that. LOL
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We have our third car launche now, the Toyota TF108:





This looks, aerodynamically, a far more agressive car than last years and just by the look of it I've got a feeling that they will do much better with this car (as long as they havnt muked up the numbers as badly as Honda did last year), god knows they need to start doing something right.
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