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Nicholas-c

Mar 3 2008, 03:56

New season starts 14th march 08... Who are you supporting?

Melbourne

Race Date: 16 Mar 2008
Number of Laps: 58
Circuit Length: 5.303 km
Race Distance: 307.574 km
Lap Record: 1:24.125 - M Schumacher (2004)

Timetable - GMT

Fri 14 March 2008
Friday Practice 1 : (Thu) 23:00 - (Fri) 00:30
Friday Practice 2 : 03:00 - 04:30
Sat 15 March 2008
Saturday Practice : 00:00 - 01:00
Qualifying : 03:00
Sun 16 March 2008
Race : 04:30

giga

Mar 3 2008, 04:15

pinned.

.mcman

Mar 3 2008, 06:54

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren FTW!!! Also I don't mind if BMW will win the constructors cup.

Look at F1.08...

Looks mean!

sundayx

Mar 3 2008, 06:57

My hopes is on Lewis and Mclaren. Second comes Kimi and Alonso. Something tells me, don't under estimate Force India.

.mcman

Mar 3 2008, 10:10

Oh btw, everyone who have a litlle free time please join the McLaren Grand Prix League. You have a budget of 75 millions to buy 9 drivers and 3 teams. Grand prize is a tour of McLaren Technology Center and a TAG Heuer Carrera watch!

Martyn

Mar 3 2008, 11:09

I fancy Ferrari this year, and Raikkonen is more consistent out of the two Ferrari drivers and he has the experience required to challenge/win the title.

CrashGordon

Mar 3 2008, 15:49

Kimi and Ferrari. This first race should be a good indication of what's to come.

sharpy2k4

Mar 3 2008, 16:53

i've just created a Neowin mini league too.

League name: Neowin
password: neowin

My teams Blaggerbility

.mcman

Mar 3 2008, 17:40

^I've joined.

mclarenBMW is my team.

Martyn

Mar 3 2008, 18:41

Sound, I've joined the league also.

tuckeratlarge

Mar 3 2008, 19:38

I'm one of the Tifosi so it's a bit obvious who I want to win

Crazysah

Mar 5 2008, 09:04

I support Force India because it has an Indian owner! Actually though I really support BMW Sauber... Brilliant team!

As for a individual well... Massa for the title this time!

I also signed up for the league. Team Name: SauberIndia

Crazysah

Fergie

Mar 5 2008, 19:39

I've joined the mini league.
Hope Hamilton does it this year. Also, anyone going to Silverstone? I am, Stowe is where I am sitting.

Mephistopheles

Mar 8 2008, 15:58

Guessing from the test results I think we will see the following pecking order within the teams (at the start of the season at least):

Ferrari
McLaren

BMW

Renault
Williams
Toyota
RedBull
Toro Rosso

Honda
Force India

Super Aguri

My pick for WDC? Räikkönen. He is fully integrated within the Ferrari team (unlike in the first half of the 2007 season when he was clearly struggling) and more consistent than Massa.

McLaren will be close to Ferrari, but not close enough.

b0m8er

Mar 8 2008, 16:01

Go team Ferrari!!!

Brodel

Mar 8 2008, 16:03

I think Räikkönen will win, but I'll be supporting Hamilton.

Lewism

Mar 8 2008, 16:06

I also joined -> LewismF1

CrashGordon

Mar 8 2008, 16:42

I'd love to see a 4-way fight between Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, and Renault.

Nicholas-c

Mar 10 2008, 01:04

Quote - (CrashGordon @ Mar 8 2008, 16:42)

I'd love to see a 4-way fight between Ferrari, McLaren, BMW, and Renault.

4-way =

2-way =

Cant wait for next week! booked it off work >.>

Rappy

Mar 10 2008, 01:14

Quote - (Nicholas-c @ Mar 10 2008, 01:04)

4-way =

2-way =

Cant wait for next week! booked it off work >.>

Specifically for the Grand Prix?

I would love to see Hamilton win it this year after coming close last year.

CrashGordon

Mar 10 2008, 01:16

Yeah, I can't wait either. I just hope that the drama happens on-track not in some court room.

Popcorned1

Mar 11 2008, 02:01

I'd love for Lewis to win this season but those Ferrari's are in the sweet spot right now.

CrashGordon

Mar 11 2008, 02:07

Quote - (Popcorned @ Mar 10 2008, 21:01)

I'd love for Lewis to win this season but those Ferrari's are in the sweet spot right now.

Well, with a reliable car and making fewer mistakes than the few he did make last season he's got a damn good chance of taking it.

.mcman

Mar 12 2008, 14:43

Some wednesday photos from Melbourne:

Preparations:

A beach race?

The new SL63 AMG safety car:

In my opinion Australian GP always has the hottest grid girls.

Fourjays

Mar 12 2008, 19:00

I'm supporting pretty much everybody but Alonso.

I want Lewis to win overall though.

Quote - (CrashGordon @ Mar 3 2008, 15:49)

This first race should be a good indication of what's to come.

Melbourne isn't a great example as it's a very unique track (look at 2007). I think after Bahrain we'll have a better idea as to who is where. The lack of driver aids will make it harder still to judge.

CrashGordon

Mar 12 2008, 20:58

Quote - (Fourjays @ Mar 12 2008, 15:00)

I'm supporting pretty much everybody but Alonso.

I want Lewis to win overall though.

I think Ferrari and McLaren are about equal. Last year tracks clearly suited one or the other team, but not both. Both teams think they've improved where they did poorly last year, so they should be equal now.

I think BMW have slipped into the midfield. Williams (and Red Bull slightly) have made good progress over the winter, while BMW have been struggling badly with stability.

Melbourne isn't a great example as it's a very unique track (look at 2007). I think after Bahrain we'll have a better idea as to who is where. The lack of driver aids will make it harder still to judge.

I was just talking about the performance of the cars right at the start of the season, but you're right Melbourne is not the best track to judge how things will be. Plus the lack of traction control should make for a exciting season, it'll really separate the men from the boys so to speak.

Crazysah

Mar 13 2008, 08:39

I am supporting BMW Sauber fully this season and Nick Heiffeld and Robert Kaubica!

I also love the Melbourne circuit but I heard that Ecclestone does not like it because the timings in Australia make it very bad for European viewers and he said only a night race will do but the Melbourne organizers don't want it.

sundayx

Mar 13 2008, 08:57

Quote - (.mcman @ Mar 12 2008, 10:43)

Some wednesday photos from Melbourne:

I'd love to be there

.mcman

Mar 13 2008, 09:11

^Yea, I'd love to be there too... At least you have Canadian GP you can go to.

CrashGordon

Mar 13 2008, 22:54

I was just reading this over at News on F1
I think they should get rid of that Andy Warhol lookalike, first the US GP now the AUS GP.

Quote -

Mar.9 (GMM) Australia's new prime minister has personally told Bernie Ecclestone that the country will not be funding a night F1 race.

"I've spoken to Kevin Rudd and he's told me it would cost too much to re-stage the race, so I guess that's it. We won't be going to Australia for too much longer," the F1 chief executive is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.

Ecclestone, 77, had already been told by the Melbourne race's promoters, the AGPC and the Victorian state government, that they will not be ceding to his pressure to floodlight the Albert Park circuit at their own expense.

"The only way the race could stay in Melbourne, or anywhere else in Australia, is if it is staged during the night so that the public in Europe can watch it," Ecclestone says.

He says staging the race at night will mean that F1's key audience - television viewers in Europe - no longer need to be up in the dead of the night to watch the first grand prix of the season.

"At the moment, it is ridiculous that people are asked not to sleep in order to see it live. That can't carry on. The alternative is to pull the race completely from Australia," Bernie added.

macel

Mar 14 2008, 03:57

Surprisingly many technical problems in the 1st practice. Busted engines for Red Bull and BMW and gearbox failures for both Williams cars.

Based on the first results, it's yet another 2-way season..

CrashGordon

Mar 14 2008, 04:40

Way to go Webber!

.mcman

Mar 14 2008, 05:14

Oh wow, 2nd and 5th places for Red Bull. Not bad. But what's up with BMW. I really hope they will be way faster tomorrow.

CrashGordon

Mar 14 2008, 05:20

Red Bull could be the sleeper this season, but it's still too early to tell. We'll see what everybody does in Quali.

Fourjays

Mar 14 2008, 09:26

Ferrari's and McLaren's times don't surprise me at all.

I knew BMW were going to be slower this season, but I didn't think it would be as much as the two practices suggest. It appears RBR have made a good leap forward, although lack of aids may help DC and MW (during the winter it was reported that Webber kept drifting through one turn

Elite_graphix

Mar 14 2008, 11:06

cant wait for quaifying- its gonna be intersting. shame i'll have to record it and watch it during lunch break at work on sat...

mikemyres

Mar 14 2008, 11:20

Ferrari all the way for me.

Hamilton is a good driver and he knows it, which is why I hate him, and I love in England! so I should like him but I just can't

Kimi gets my vote, he's an outstanding driver better than Hamilton, With Hamilton being mentioned all the time, no one really noticed how easily Kimi was getting closer to winning.

Fergie

Mar 14 2008, 17:12

http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=41939
ITV to stream all sessions apart from FP3 (Sat Practice) to anyone in the UK.

Fergie

Mar 15 2008, 01:09

Sorry for double post, Practice Results.

Friday Practice 1

Friday Practice 2

Saturday Practice

CrashGordon

Mar 15 2008, 01:09

Saturday Practice Results:

macel

Mar 15 2008, 01:14

I liked how all the top drivers went off track at least once.. not quite so easy without traction control as the interviews would let us believe.

Nicholas-c

Mar 15 2008, 04:15

Interesting qualifying....

Sad news for Kimi Räikkönen but... go mclaren!

Saturday Qualifying Results

A VERY interesting result...

Shibby

Mar 15 2008, 04:16

That was a pretty good day. BMW were fantastic and a shame Kubica didn't get pole. Strange Ferrari had an off day, perhaps they can claw something back tomorrow. Honda were a surprise as well. The Red Bulls look abit with webber having problems. Vettel as well did a good one as well!

Oi Nic-C. Should have been in the IRC room as well! You know we always talk about F1 when it's on

.mcman

Mar 15 2008, 04:24

What a great start! Pretty much perfect if you don't count Heidfeld's low 5th place.

Toyota surprised as well. I didn't expect such a strong performance from them...

CrashGordon

Mar 15 2008, 04:41

Wow, what a slide by Kubica, fantastic recovery to take second on the grid. How many of the front runners on a light fuel load? Prediction: first stop around lap 10.

Shame for Webber, looked like the right rear break let go.

As for Ferrari, we'll hope for better results in the race.

wrack

Mar 15 2008, 05:02

Go McLaren go...

Got me a grand stand ticket for Sunday, can't wait for tomorrow

Fourjays

Mar 15 2008, 15:09

Was more mixed up than I thought it would be. Lot's of mistakes. Lewis and Kimi looked the most in control to me though.

Hope it continues like this as it will make the championship very interesting.

digitalsoft

Mar 15 2008, 15:12

What an awesome qualify! cant wait for tomorrows race!, the new cars are so great, and finally get to see some true skill with the new ECU setups.

Crazysah

Mar 15 2008, 17:14

Go Kubica! I love BMW Sauber!

Menge

Mar 15 2008, 17:22

i SO wanna see the race tonight (night here in Brazil)

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