So the 2006 F1 Championship starts March 12th in Bahrain.  Any thoughts on the season ahead? Any surprises in terms of who's driving for who?\n\nAlonso shocked me with his move, especially after such a great season last year. As for Barrichello, I can't believe he finally had the guts to up and leave Ferrari.
119855
Your right but all this is going to make for great season! I can't wait for the races to begin! Go Ferrari!!!
163992
I did. Schumi will do it and he will most likely be the F1 champ this year.
560150
McLaren's lack of reliability is not only due to the drivers, but also because of some design faults. Just look at what happened in Monaco. There was a heat shield made of carbon that malfunctioned and caught fire probably because it was too close to the engine. It affected the wiring of the car and that was it. And I believe that Kimi only has chances to shine if he joins Ferrari or Renault.
222676
Yes, starting tomorrow at the Monaco GP. Michael Schumacher is now where he belongs, at the back of the grid, although I would prefer to see him somewhere in the middle where he could be rear-ended, perhaps going through Ste. Devote on the opening lap. Poetic justice would be to see him make that qualifying `mistake' again at La Rascasse on the first lap; I wonder if he would again stall the engine!
513761
It was inevitable that Lewis Hamilton would get the second seat at McLaren. Who are any of us to second guess Ron Dennis?\nActually Ron made the decision when he summoned  his protégé to his house for a meeting on September 23, but decided to save the announcement until now, the eve of the first post-season test. By the way, Jenson Button will miss that test session because of rib injuries suffered in a karting accident.\nHamilton has been under Ron's wing for several years and to make a comparison with Michael Andretti and his short-lived Formula One career is just plain silly and without merit, and Andretti isn't the last rookie to race for McLaren; Jan Magnussen started eight and finished 10th at the October 22, Pacific Grand Prix, at Aida, Japan., in his F1 debut. \nHad Lewis Hamilton been available to just about any other F1 team, he would have been signed long ago.\nWell done Ron; a good move on your part and there is absolutely no chance that Hamilton will be relegated to test driver status during the season; you can bet the farm on that one.\nFor `tony h', Indycar (CART at the time) wasn't all ovals in 1993, when Michael Andretti attempted his F1 career; 10 of the 16 races were on road or street courses, including Mid Ohio, Cleveland, Portland, Detroit, Elkhart Lake, Long Beach, Toronto, Vancouver ...
487815
This is the first intelligent question about Jimmie Johnson that I've seen in a long time.This one makes good sense.\n Once again as a Busch driver I liked him but when he came to Cup he became a clone of his cars co-owner,thus Wonderboy and company.\n I sure would like to see him and Gordon befall to problems.For the cheaters at the first of the year should not be the victors at the end.
452056
i agree with you and papabil. he has gotten better as the year has gone on. in his first full year with tony jr. as his crew chief(from 2000-2004 tony sr. was crew chief and tony jr. car chief), they started out so-so but they have gotten stronger and stronger all year long. they have run well enough during the chase to win the title, but they just haven't gotten the finishes. they led for a while at kansas, talladega, and atlanta, and have been strong at every chase track. i think next year is going to be juniors year. i think they're going to come out of the gate strong and not look back. that budwieser team is really starting to gel.
266295
Yes the first part (barichello) moving was quite wrong but coming to second qn will schumi overshadow Masso, defenitely NO... Bcoz schumi is a real team-man and greating sporting personality and he has always shown great enthusiasm and courage if his teammate won. please remember that when barrichello came second allowing schumi to win he asked barri to step into first posistion podium and that is why he is one of the greatest sporting heroes. Not only that please remember the 2 races earlier when alonso challenged schumi during the prize ceremony he asked the crowd to applaud alonso also for the great fight he put... He is a great hero and massa is fortunate to have schumi as a team mate and idol with him
572940
I believe that both Williams pilots have huge amounts of talent, but the car is hammering their chances. I could say that Webber and Rosberg are the most unlucky drivers this season, robbed of points in a number of races by technical problems (in Monaco, Mark was forced to retire when the exhaust blew up. He was in 3rd at the time.)\nProbably the best team in which a pilot can find his feet and go up to great results is Renault, with the car's reliability.
123378
I was really pulling for this team when Jerry was driving.\n\nI thought they showed a lot of competitivness but just couldn't get all the wins they were deserving of.  But they do know how to be quick.\n\nI think Vickers is still showing signs of improvement.  He seems to be able to keep his emotions in check and has driven the car awesome at times.\n\nI think if Vickers continues to learn at the tracks he's lacking speed, and ties that in with being a bit more aggresive ( racing aggresion, not emotional)  at the tracks that he has had success, he will climb up the standings.
620837
alonso will win this year. the question though, is what will happen next year. and if kimi does go over to renault, and micheal does not retire, well, that'll be something to watch
351182
It would appear his options were fairly limited; it was either a job as a test driver in Formula One or toiling in the Champ Car series (with Red Bull sponsorship). I think he made the right choice and yes, he deserves another chance as a full-time driver in F1; perhaps he'll get it in 2008..
321373
Agreed, it was the right thing to do, though it must have been a shame for Alonso not to be able to spray the champagne for his first Monaco win. Saying that, he's bound to win there again, so he'll have his chance.\nThe podium was still entertaining though, DC had a Superman cape!\nAlas, I don't know Fernando's email address. But why don't you try his official site, there's probably some way of contacting him through that.
279771
I definitely think that Marco will have many opportunities to win the Indy 500 as well as other races.\n\nThis year's race was the best race I've seen in a long time.  2nd closest finish in Indy500 history and I was there...sitting in turn 4!   I am so glad that Hornish won the race.  He has had such bad luck and timing at Indy...it's about time!!!
496067
Well Rossi didn't do very good this year, he wasn't as constant and ended up losing the championship, so they (Yamaha Team) and Vale will have to work harder during this winter, if everything goes well for them, he can easily become the new champ again, no doubt in my mind, Vale is a living legend already, Capirossi and his Desmosedici did pretty good, lets see what the Ducati Team has to offer on the 800cc, as a matter of fact Ducati was the first 800cc prototype to be ready for 2007, but don't think Capirex can win a championship over The Doctor, Pedrosa is still adjusting to Moto GP, he has guts, but IMHO lacks a bit of professionalism courtesy of Alberto Puig, Dani should enjoy racing a bit more, he had a lot of pressure this year as a rookie and HRC Honda is the toughest team to work with, but Dani's advantage is his height and weight, Hayden could struggle on the 800cc..Melandri has advantages his height, weight if he keeps it down, he has courage, experience, learned a lot from Vale, he's a great pilot and when his bike is working 100%  he usually does great..so he also stands a chance..lets wait and see the come back of The Doctor..despite all it has been an interesting season, next year will be something totally different...GO 46\nCheers
608467
Yeah, he can win this year (for the 7th or 8th time in a row in the  500cc and then MotoGP class), but this year the competition is fierce and is determined to get him. Even though three of his contenders are now in hospital(three Italians), another one(an American-Nicky Hayden) is all over the others with an advantage of 29 points on 3rd placed Valentino and 20 points on 2nd place. 2006 will be a tough nut to crack for Rossi, but he is capable of that and I think that he will move on to Formula 1 in 2 or 3 years' time.
100241
I didn't know that F1 was not famouse in the states. that's too bad.\nand saying that " F1 cars all look alike. There's no personality to the F1 cars. You can't really tell the difference between on car to the next." (Sonny_Crockett) is totally stupid!\nThere is no Georgian racer in F1 (i mean, "European" Georgia, where i'm from) but F1 is extremely famouse here.