Formula 1 07

Nah, Kimi should do fine. Faster to type it.

The first and the last would be the Honda. My eyes hurt a lot just looking at it!

Too red? How else can you recognize Ferrari? They've been too red for too long.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 17 2007, 05:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nah, Kimi should do fine. Faster to type it.

The first and the last would be the Honda. My eyes hurt a lot just looking at it!

Too red? How else can you recognize Ferrari? They've been too red for too long.

Well you could do as the Finnish commentator does and use KIMI MATIAS RÄIKKÖNEN!

you have 2 out of 3 correct...i think maybe my eyes have just got used to a ferrari redless world during off season but it does seem "even redder" than normal.
The ugliest car on track is not honda

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pirkkalan GP @ Mar 17 2007, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well you could do as the Finnish commentator does and use KIMI MATIAS RÄIKKÖNEN!

you have 2 out of 3 correct...i think maybe my eyes have just got used to a ferrari redless world during off season but it does seem "even redder" than normal.
The ugliest car on track is not honda
Put it this way, Ferrari is the beauty and the Honda is the beast. (Although it's a rubbish care nowadays). Button better move next year or else his F1 hope is over.

The ferrari looks dull and boring. In the past they have at least had a quite a bit of white on it.

The Honda is a clever colour scheme but looks rubbish especially from the onboard cameras.

The McLaren looks quality though especially with Hamilton driving it!

Button actually did well to get through the first session by the sounds of it! But he will never win the title driving for Honda.

GO HAMILTON!!!

GO BARRICHELLO!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 17 2007, 04:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Nah, Kimi should do fine. Faster to type it.

The first and the last would be the Honda. My eyes hurt a lot just looking at it!

Too red? How else can you recognize Ferrari? They've been too red for too long.
I really don't like the way Honda looks, imo it's really UGLY!! Not that I even care about it that much. I'm kinda disappointed about the way they're performing. So far, it's just sad. I hope they will improve very soon!!!

I actually like it that Ferrari is so red. Like it better than last year's car, but...who cares really, I just hope they'll have a good car, that's all I care about.

About the race:
Dunno what to expect. Kimi mentioned he wasn't too happy with his car, eventhough he took pole. He said they had some work to do before the race. I hope it's nothing worrying. I also think he's on a lower fuel load than FA, so that could play in Fernando's advantage. Guess we'll find out tomorrow.

GO RAIKKONEN!!!!! GO HAMILTON!!!!!!!

Kimi said in the postqualy interview he was more confident for the race than for the qualy! despite Ferrari flying in quali!!!

He might have less fuel than Alonso but if the car is as fast as it's been so far (testing and FPs) it should be an easy win for him.

Anyway GOOOO ALONSOOO!!!!!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (teomolca @ Mar 17 2007, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'> Kimi said in the postqualy interview he was more confident for the race than for the qualy! despite Ferrari flying in quali!!!

He might have less fuel than Alonso but if the car is as fast as it's been so far (testing and FPs) it should be an easy win for him.

Anyway GOOOO ALONSOOO!!!!!!!
Bring on 2am GMT.
Anyway i'm off, gonna get some sleep before the race!

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Kimi won! Kimi won! Kimi won!

Good job to the McLaren team too, especially Hamilton. And great run from Massa too, finishing 6th.

And wow, a very different Fisi!

Anyway, what a great race!

Good race from Raikkonen, looks like we could be in for a year of Ferrari domination, the car just looks too strong. Hopefully McLaren will catch up and we won't end up with a boring season.

Massa did really well and I think he can give Raikkonen a run as the season goes on, however I cant blame him for being a little pissed off after working hard all winter on development, and someone waltzes in and takes your toys away come race day. This will be an interesting test of mental strength for Massa, will his confidence be dented?

Hamilton was definetely the man of the race though, to lap consistently on the same pace as Alonso was amazing. Kimi and Fernando will be looking in their mirrors for the yellow helmet in future.

Well done to Kimi Raikkonen for such an easy but great win, there was no way he was going to slip up! Good race for Alonso to finish P2 behind Kimi after trailing his rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the majority of the race, Hamilton did indeed finish on the podium also!
Kimi Raikkonen drove so cooly and didn't look like making any mistakes at all, he's formed a great relationship with the Ferrari team and the car is working wonders for him.
Fernando Alonso had a pretty poor start, slipping down behind Hamilton who made his way through around the outside. Fair does to him though as he had to trail team-mate Lewis Hamilton for most of the race and beat him tactically in the end and picked up the 8 points.
Lewis Hamilton drove a blinding race, especially for his first F1 race! Hamilton actually led for 5 laps and was infront of Alonso for 2/3 of the race. He's obviously a huge talent and will most probably gain race wins and loads of podiums last year after this performance, 6 points for him finishing in P3!
Nick Heidfeld had a great, quiet race but still finished in P4 which is awesome for BMW! BMW is such a strong car now and it's just a shame that Robert Kubica couldn't finish the race also, would have been both cars in the top 8!
Felipe Massa drove brilliantly and used his tactics/pit stops wisely and finished in P6 just behind Fisichella which, starting from P22 on the grid is exceptional! Well done to him, he managed to give Ferrari a few extra points on top of Raikkonen's 10!
What's going on with the 'Earth Honda'? The Super Aguris seemed to be better cars (poor start from Davidson though!). Button finished P15...qualified P14, explains it all.

<u>My Personal Driver's Race Grades:</u>

1. Kimi Raikkonen = A
2. Fernando Alonso = A
3. Lewis Hamilton = A
4. Nick Heidfeld = A
5. Giancarlo Fisichella = B+
6. Felipe Massa = A
7. Nico Rosberg = B+
8. Ralf Schumacher = B
9. Jarno Truli = B
10. Heikki Kovalainen = B
11. Rubens Barrichello = B+
12. Takuma Sato = B+
13. Mark Webber = B-
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi = B
15. Jenson Button = C-
16. Anthony Davidson = B
17. Adrian Sutil = C

Ret. Alexander Wurz
Ret. David Coulthard
Ret. Robert Kubica
Ret. Scott Speed
Ret. Christijan Albers

<u>Team Grades:</u>

1. McLaren-Mercedes = A
2. Ferrari = A
3. BMW = A-
4. Renault = B-
5. Williams-Toyota = B
6. Toyota = B-
7. Honda = C-
8. Super Aguri-Honda = B
9. Red Bull-Renault = C-
10. STR-Ferrari = C
11. Spyker-Ferrari = C-

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Alex @ Mar 18 2007, 09:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Well done to Kimi Raikkonen for such an easy but great win, there was no way he was going to slip up! Good race for Alonso to finish P2 behind Kimi after trailing his rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the majority of the race, Hamilton did indeed finish on the podium also!
Kimi Raikkonen drove so cooly and didn't look like making any mistakes at all, he's formed a great relationship with the Ferrari team and the car is working wonders for him.
Fernando Alonso had a pretty poor start, slipping down behind Hamilton who made his way through around the outside. Fair does to him though as he had to trail team-mate Lewis Hamilton for most of the race and beat him tactically in the end and picked up the 8 points.
Lewis Hamilton drove a blinding race, especially for his first F1 race! Hamilton actually led for 5 laps and was infront of Alonso for 2/3 of the race. He's obviously a huge talent and will most probably gain race wins and loads of podiums last year after this performance, 6 points for him finishing in P3!
Nick Heidfeld had a great, quiet race but still finished in P4 which is awesome for BMW! BMW is such a strong car now and it's just a shame that Robert Kubica couldn't finish the race also, would have been both cars in the top 8!
Felipe Massa drove brilliantly and used his tactics/pit stops wisely and finished in P6 just behind Fisichella which, starting from P22 on the grid is exceptional! Well done to him, he managed to give Ferrari a few extra points on top of Raikkonen's 10!
What's going on with the 'Earth Honda'? The Super Aguris seemed to be better cars (poor start from Davidson though!). Button finished P15...qualified P14, explains it all.

<u>My Personal Driver's Race Grades:</u>

1. Kimi Raikkonen = A
2. Fernando Alonso = A
3. Lewis Hamilton = A
4. Nick Heidfeld = A
5. Giancarlo Fisichella = B+
6. Felipe Massa = A
7. Nico Rosberg = B+
8. Ralf Schumacher = B
9. Jarno Truli = B
10. Heikki Kovalainen = B
11. Rubens Barrichello = B+
12. Takuma Sato = B+
13. Mark Webber = B-
14. Vitantonio Liuzzi = B
15. Jenson Button = C-
16. Anthony Davidson = B
17. Adrian Sutil = C

Ret. Alexander Wurz
Ret. David Coulthard
Ret. Robert Kubica
Ret. Scott Speed
Ret. Christijan Albers

<u>Team Grades:</u>

1. McLaren-Mercedes = A
2. Ferrari = A
3. BMW = A-
4. Renault = B-
5. Williams-Toyota = B
6. Toyota = B-
7. Honda = C-
8. Super Aguri-Honda = B
9. Red Bull-Renault = C-
10. STR-Ferrari = C
11. Spyker-Ferrari = C-

Why does Alonso only get A what more could he have done, within 10 seconds of Kimi in a ferrari.

Hamilton drove brilliantly.

Massa came 6th but i think Michael or Kimi would have got a podium out of the best car on the grid despite starting at the back.

Honda were shocking and i have to say i think Barrichello did well to even come 11th!

Disappointing for Davidson after such a good weekend to be almost last on the first lap.

Hamilton was the nuts, but the highlight for me was when Coulthard left some rubber on Wurz's bonnet and helmet..

Massa is driving the best car he should be getting points from last - his performance wasn't that good.

Best drive was Hamilton easily!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Valentino Is God @ Mar 18 2007, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Massa is driving the best car he should be getting points from last - his performance wasn't that good.

Best drive was Hamilton easily!
I agree, Lewis Hamilton was indeed the man of the race!!!!
I really really like the guy. He's not only good, but he seems to be a really nice guy as well. I like him a lot!! I think he did a great job today. He made a good start and was in front of FA 2/3 of the race. Of course Alonso did a good job as well, he finished in 2nd place, and that was the highest possible for him today.

Kimi did a good job as well I'm sooooooo happy he finally won a race again. I was waiting for it since Japan 2005. He finally did it!! Obviously he had a great car to accomplish it. Nice to see him take pole, win the race, and set the fastest lap. What more can you do????

Massa drove a good race imo, but to be honest I already expected him to finish in 5th or 6th position. Cause it was already obvious that Ferrari would be the team to beat. At the end of the race I thought he would finish in front of Fisi, but that didn't happen. Btw, Fisi did a good job today!!

Honda's performance was just sad, especially Button drove a poor race. I really hope they will improve soon, cause this is just sad!!!

Can't wait for Malaysia!!!!!

It was allmost perfect!!!! Allmost because Hamilton eneded in third, not secont, but I understand that team can't allow rookie to beat two times champion.

It's been long time since Kimi's last win, I allmost forget how good the feeling is!!! Jean Todt had such a satisfied face

Hamilton

Massa did good!

What was Coultard thinking?!?!?!?!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (memento @ Mar 18 2007, 05:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>What was Coultard thinking?!?!?!?!
"Eject button time!"

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Alex @ Mar 18 2007, 05:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>"Eject button time!"

Stumbled upon this pic. What a cutie, haha

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070315/483/mel13703150545

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (somedamnwriter @ Mar 19 2007, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Stumbled upon this pic. What a cutie, haha

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/070315/483/mel13703150545
Looks a bit funny. Never knew he liked popsicles, always figured he was more into vodka
I like Kimi, but I like popsicles more!!

Im beginning to think that Button is overated and will never win the WDC despite talking a good talk.

R Schumacher is a has been and so is Fisicella.