who will be the next F1 champ?
962980
Let's wait until the new cars are launched and the drivers put some test mileage on them.\nWe have absolutely no idea who will have a really good car and who will have an uncompetitive and unreliable one. McLaren had a decent year in 2005, but who would have guessed the team would go without a win in 2006.\nTires/tyres may be the great equalizer in 2007; with a single tire/tyre supplier, look for harder compounds than we saw this year, then look for a car that best uses its tires/tyres.
213633
I reckon Fernando Alonso will. good team, good car, good driver.
375713
I did. Schumi will do it and he will most likely be the F1 champ this year.
417618
It could be again a close call between schumi and alonso
611846
Personally, I would love to see him in F1, but in reality, he won't be happy unless he was racing in top team. \n\nWith no F1 experience, I can't see it happening. If he stays on a bike, then there's definitely a lot more Championships for him to win. But in F1, he would probably have to wait until his second season before having any chance of winning a race, let alone the Championship.\n\nThis is just my opinion, based on the interviews I've read and TV coverage I've watched.
649555
Well Montoya is sure to move from McLaren, but is not clear weather Raikkonen has sign a contract with Ferrari but they say Raikkonen contract with Mclaren will come to an end in 2007.
290653
After watching Kimi Raikkonen coming from the back of the grid at the Bahrain Grand Prix, I believe the McLaren-Mercedes team have to be at least co-favourites with Renault. However, I'll give McLaren the nod to capture the 2006 constructors' title.
639479
well,if schumi won the nurburgring race,the championship will get on fire.But in my opinion,Schumi is so far of winnig this year coz alonso and kimi are the most dominant and i think that they will proove in the next races and specially kimi and the mclaren
32605
i beilive he is one of the candidates. there are other good drivers, but y think he will become the champion
604281
Legends are born not made and Schumi is one of them. Champs like Alonso win it once and then are remembered as history. Legends keep on winning. So it has to be just one scenario, Schumi all the way.
605101
Yes he can, but I feel Alonso will win again. I wish F1A would go back to the one engine per race rule and stop making teams use the same engine for more than one race. Schumacher is the best. \n I never understood why Renault got out of Formula 1 in the 1990's. They were on top with Schumacher as the champ for Williams.
914054
Floyd Landis(innocent until proven guilty) will still be a contender depending on what team will be willing to sign him.  The strongest team will be Disco if everyone makes it through the season.  There are a lot of races between now and July.  And the recent signing of Basso sets them up to return to the podium in the top spot for GC.  Valverde is strong but I don't believe strong enough to beat out Basso.  His day will come.  Some dark horses are still Cadel Evans from down under and Alexandre Vinokourov who won La Vuelta.  I believe Ulle's time has passed.  And le TdF is not set up for his strengths this year.  I was really excited last year to see if Basso could pull a double.  But I am just hoping to see the top contenders get to race w/o all the speculation that surrounded last year's event.
25774
Michael Schumacher of course
676153
As of now the numbers indicate Alonso. But the last 2 races have changed the trend a bit in favor of Michael. However, if Michael wins all the time, and Alonso arrives second behind him all the time, it will take a VERY long time for Michael to pass him in the championship standings. Both cars seem now very reliable and fairly equal, so between tire choices and reliability, the fist team that screws up gives an edge to the other one. Alonso comes from a winning championship. He is young, aggressive, a good driver, and arrogant. Michael has unmatched experience, he is fast, tricky, and smarter. Now, if they had the same car, it would be a nice comparison!!! At the end, I think Michael can pull it off because his team is superior, and it would be nice to have him win an unheard of 8th title, and then retire in grand style. And yes, leave room to Kimi, who is unquestionably the fastest driver in the pack.
1055322
He's got a long face because he lost the title last year... if you are talking about his mood now. And he also has a long face now because Alonso's run of victories and podiums makes Michael feel that the 8th title is slipping -again- through his fingers like a piece of iron scrubbed with a ton of grease. Probably it's because the Ferraris, models F2000 to F2004, were brilliant pieces of technology; F2005 was a failure that sent the Scuderia to the middle of the scores, and the 248 F1, the Ferrari used this year, is a fenomenal piece of technology but there is another car on the track this year that is a more fenomenal piece of technology, without the hiccups recorede by other teams... I'm talking, of course, about the Renault R26 and the man behind the wheel of the car with number 1 on the nose.
649752
Michael Schumacher. Kimi is also good but like you said he has a car that just wouldnt co-operate with him. Anyway Michael is the best. I hope Alonso makes some stupid mistake and crashes out of the race.
1070475
Do you mean the driver line up for next year, or how the championship will finish for this year?\nOkay, driver line up\nIt all depends on if Michael retires, and I don't think he will. I also don't think he'll drive alongside Kimi\n\nFerrari\nMichael Schumacher & Massa\nHonda\nJensen Button & Reubens\nRenault\nFisichella and Raikkonen\nMcLaren\nAlonso and JPM\nSauber\nHeidfeld and Villeneuve\n\nAlthough, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Kimi stayed at McLaren and JPM joined Toyota or so. Reason being Toyota are under pressure to win and both their drivers are crap.