Ross Brawn Q&A about the new Brawn GP team : http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/3/8991.html Nice to have another team. Or at least one that did not fold. The more, the merrier. The RGB challenger harbours the Mercedes engine and I don't know if it's the reason why their sidepods are so similar to the Mac Laren's ones.
that would be my guess.... with all these teams using very competitive engines(assuming they get as good a Merc as McLaren) we might see some very interesting races.
It would be nice to have everyone running a tight knit pack but I unfortunately don't see it. Force India and Toro Rosso look to be bringing up the rear. Hope I'm wrong. If McLaren is truely running slow then Ferrari might take the title and run with it. Let's hope for F1 that both Kimi and Massa duel it out so others can catch up.
Yet the BrawnGp entry is proving very somewhat fast and the McLaren isn't? Same powerhouse right? mmmmmm.......
*pukes* OMFG ! What have they done !!! http://www.crash.net/Formula+One/News/144145/1/most_wins_to_decide_2009_f1_world_championship.html
I don't. This could essentially the end the season very, very early. I don't mind change. But I think this change is wrong.
I certainly would have preferred a point scoring system that gives more incentive to the winner. But consistency is the base and the true meaning of any championship. Why not something like this : 1st : 20 pts 2nd : 14 3rd : 10 4th : 7 5th : 6 6th : 5 7th : 4 8th : 3 9th : 2 10th : 1 And maybe one point for pole and another one for fastest lap of the race. They just had to ask me !
imho, the driver with the most wins should be the champ but the points system should reflect that. they could also not allow any points and just count wins. and then determine the rest of the standings by average race finish. and so sorry Nanbawan, but i hate your points system.
Yeah, I don't get why they even bother to keep the points system... I guess it's mostly in order to keep a convenient method by which to split up the money... Otherwise, I think it should simply be about the number of victories, next tiebraker would be second places, then third places and so on.
So you guys are cool with the season effectively being over 3/4's of the way through? Because that's a real possibility if one of the teams goes on a tear early on. I liked how last season ended (no, not because Hamilton won). It came down to the final race because of the points system.
I'm all for drama, but not for its own sake. F1 should be a sport ahead of being a soap opera. In football, it also happens often that a champion is crowned several weeks before the end of a season. It's not as thrilling as a last second title, but if that's the way it goes down, then I'm still fine with it.
You still have slots for the CL and relegation battles going on to hold your attention. This isn't comparable. Not in the least.
i like the drama too but that rarely happens anyway. i'd of left it alone for this season and let the new cars decide what happens next season.
Not a good idea at all. This is probably the worse move by the FIA since moving the point system from 10-7-5-3-2-1. The whole point was to make the racing tighter. So they get that with Alonso, Kimi, Massa and Hamilton have crazy seasons that came down to the last race with the 10-8-6 system. Okay, here's the issue. Kimi goes out wins a race by maxing out the engine. then blows the engine the next race. Kimi gets a new engine wins a race then blows the same engine the following race. etc...etc... Yes he only has so many engines but lets say he wins 5 races and according to the point system finishes 4th. So that warrants him the championship over the 3 guys that finish ahead of him? FIA is really messing everything up.
If a guy gets 8 wins and 84 points, he can be champion whereas the one who had 7 wins and 100 points won't...That's f*ckin rubbish for me ! The second one was clearly the better driver, also considering that you can get an easy or lucky win, or even a controversial one in the process. Ans BTW, except in cup ties phases, almost all championships in any sports are decided by points ; the medal ranking in the Olympics is not even a proper championship, it's just an indication since the delegations aren't the same for all the competitors. Many people say this rule was implemented because Massa lost the championship while having the most wins last year but even Ferrari are against this rule. The reality is that the FIA just decided to slap the FOTA (teams) in the face and stamp its authority on the sport. BTW, the rule also means that whoever reaches 9 wins this season is champion. OK, if it's competitive, it won't be easy yet I'd like it to happen at the 11th race and see the face of the officials then. We can also expect plenty of dirty tactics and like I mentioned earlier, stewards controversial decisions can kill the championship ! They made errors in the past but at least, the scoring system helped evening things... There must be a lot of petitions going around... We shall see, but they clearly stated it so late that it's done and dusted for this very season.
Any perdictions on who will challenge for the 'Champion of Wins' I think it will be between Ferrari and Hamilton (Heikki just plain sucks hence why I say Hamilton) I'm hoping for Alonso or a BMW driver to challenge but that might be too far fetched with 'Race winner' takes all.
Likely to be scrapped... http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5077852,00.html Hopefully, there will be negotiations and something better for next year. *** Concerning the championship, Alonso and Renault seem quite confident despite acknowledging that others are better prepared for the start of the season (BMW notably). The car suits Fernando and is apparently reliable. We already know that he doesn't need to be the absolute quickest on one lap to win races... Ferrari, Brawn and BMW are the favourites for Melbourne though.
I want Alonso to have a helluva year. He was coming on like gangbusters at the end of the season last year, but now they've switched to completely new chassis. I'm hoping he can get a hot start.
I thought this was funny. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VnQP51hCq0"]YouTube - Damon Hill makes journalist sick on test drive[/ame]