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Originally Posted by mikeyt
I'm not a die hard F1 fan but i follow enough of it to understand what is going on. IMHO.....Ferrari will again win the manufacturers championship, Raikkonen is as good as there is out there. McLaren might be close if they come up with a fast car for Hamilton. If Alonso can live up to his boasts, Renault might make things interesting too but...i think Alonso is going to have his hands full with his own team-mate (Nelson Piquet Jr) who is a very quick driver. And i hear Toyota has to get faster this year or their program will go bye-bye. I think what is a more interesting match up though is with the #2 drivers (Massa, Piquet, Kovalainen, Vettel, Kubica and even Nakajima with Toyota). A couple of them could upset their #1's.
As for the tracks, I've seen Spa in Belgium and it was awesome. I know the F1 boys dont drive it anymore but i've driven on part of the Nurburgring in Germany and it was scary. Singapore promises to be a great venue and Monza is always a classic.
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I think it will be very close this year and i honestly feel it is completely up for grabs by BMW, Mclaren, Ferrari, and maybe even Toyota. Renault's car is a disaster this year and Alonso feels it's going to be a challange just to get into Q3, let alone finish 1st. This was confirmed with his quali performance last night. It is early in the season so who knows. He did say they are looking toward 2009 at this point.
Hamilton will definetely be very fast. It will be interesting to see how the young duo of Hamilton and Kovalinen do. Very young drivers and it sounded like last year Alonso was responsible for the majority of setting up the two cars that made them both quick.
I'm excited to see what piquet will do. He didn't do so well in quali, but he has plenty of time to become a star. I was surprised by the performance of Vettel and Torro Rosso, as well as the Red Bull. It's a shame that Webber went off and couldn't finish. That guy has bad luck every year at his home race. Kubica was brilliant as well, which is why i think BMW has a really good shot this year.
Mikey, i'm very jelous you went to Spa! Eau Rouge is an absolute brilliant combination. I saw it for the first time last year on TV when F1 returned after many years of it not being on the calender and was absolutely amazed. That uphill launch into the left-right-left and blind summit is brilliant! I'm also jelous you drove at the Nurbergring Nordschleife. That's awesome! It would be awesome to have F1 go back, but i can see why they don't.
As you can see, i'm a HUGE F1 fan and i hope for the return of Michael Schumacher! Whether you like him or not, he's arguably the greatest driver in F1 history. If you analyze his driving style and how it all comes naturally to him, its absolutely amazing. The guy is an absolute machine.
