Formula One 2005 season

[Cotterik]

So, the 2005 seasons looks to be a great one, and everybody seems to be approaching it with great anticipation. We have good reason to! Button joined the driver merry-go-round! Line-up for next year:

Williams have a completely new driver line up with Button and Webber,

Mclaren have a new 1st driver, Juan Pablo Montoya,

Renault have a new driver to partner Alonso; Giancarlo Fischicella,

BAR have their driver line up broken, so it looks as if either test driver Anthony Davidson or maybe Mika Hakkinen will replace Button.

Toyota have Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli for next year,

Jaguar have Klien for next year, and possibly Coulthard to replace Webber,

Sauber no longer have fischicella,and peter sauber is in no rush to find a replacement, expect a young driver to replace him, as Sauber is known to recruit new blood into F1 (eg Kimi Raikkonen)

Jordan look set to keep Heidfeld and Giorgio Pantano,

Minardi may choose to keep Zsolt Baumgartner and Gianmaria Bruni, or any other drivers we havent heard of

Oh...how could I forget! Ferrari are the boring ones... Schumacher and Barrichello as usual!

So, to celebrate Buttons move to Williams and in preperation for next season, ive made a few changes to Buttons helmet and got him an early seat in the FW26

[r1ckst4]

nice work there!

i think sauber petronas is stupid to keep recruiting new drivers... how the hell can they win the championship?!

[capone]

The main thing F1 fans are hoping for is competition. E.g. Who can get close enough to Ferrari to beat them. With driver switches happening and Ferrari not changing could mean the same Ferrari dominance. Why ? Well all the new drivers will have to become familiar with the new team, engineers and especially the car they will be driving. Lets hope they can compete.Also, not sure about the car spec changes. Could a team make a poor decision and suffer. E.g Ferrari could make a wrong decision and all of the sudden they are not the front runners anymore. This is what happened to Williams a few sessons ago. Lets hope we have 3-4 teams fighting for the title next year.

[Cotterik]

nice work there!

i think sauber petronas is stupid to keep recruiting new drivers... how the hell can they win the championship?!

Well i dont think the world championship is what Sauber aim for
Their aim is to finish ahead of Toyota and Jaguar, and make it to 6th place. They know themselves that they cant and wont challenge for the championship because their car is not capable. After all, they had Kimi Raikkonen but that still didnt make them a winning team. The only teams that challenge for the championship are Ferrari, Williams, Mclaren, Renault and BAR.

So its up to the less well-equipped teams to bring in young talent to the sport, so that we dont end up with old drivers in all the teams! Because once one retires, you need to replace him with new talent, and thats up to teams like Sauber.

[Matra et Alpine]

nice work there!

i think sauber petronas is stupid to keep recruiting new drivers... how the hell can they win the championship?!

They can't, but at least this way they get to stay in the game.

Without cheap or funded drivers Sauber couldn't afford to run the cars !!

So it's a simple choice each year .. do we want to race ? How much money do we have for the car ? What does that leave for the driver ? Who can we get for that amount

[Coventrysucks]

nice work there!

i think sauber petronas is stupid to keep recruiting new drivers... how the hell can they win the championship?!

You think that if they will win with Fisichella and Massa?

Quite frankly, if the FIA's new cost cutting measures don't cut costs that much, I wouldn't expect to see Sauber, Jordan or Minardi lasting much longer.

There will be some mild interest in the form of Montoya and Raikkonen going head to head.
I've never rated Montoya that highly, he seems to chuck the car about and hope for the best.
I wouldn't say he is the better of Raikkonen, who is always willing to put up a fight and (shock! horror!) attempt overtaking moves.
(Montoya sometimes attempts overtaking, but that usually involves him hitting the car he is trying to pass)

Apart from that :Yawn: What else is on?
If the new regulations make much of a difference, i.e. make it exciting, I might tune in, if not I'm sure I can find something more entertaining to do.

[biggysmalls]

CuTTerik said :

BAR have their driver line up broken, so it looks as if either test driver Anthony Davidson or maybe Mika Hakkinen will replace Button.

Do you really think Hakkinen could come back after several years out of competition? (well probably he kept some links with races)
In my opinion i'm not sure he's able to keep an high level for F1.

[Cotterik]

Do you really think Hakkinen could come back after several years out of competition? (well probably he kept some links with races)
In my opinion i'm not sure he's able to keep an high level for F1.

Its not me who thinks that, its the press.Reportedly he is fighting fit and more than capable of getting back into an f1 car and performing, whether he will be able to fight for the championship again is another question, but i would like to see him back in the sport. This information is taken from itv-f1.com:

Mika Hakkinen could fill Jenson Button’s shoes at BAR, according to reports.

Hakkinen told Finland’s national broadcaster YLE that he was in talks about returning to the sport he last graced in 2001.

He said: "There is no smoke without fire.

"At this moment I do not want to comment more on the issue, especially as discussions around the BAR team are so hot.”

The Hakkinen-BAR link surfaced even before last night’s bombshell that Jenson Button would be leaving the Honda-powered team.

A BAR spokesman told Reuters that team boss David Richards was likely to meet Hakkinen socially at this weekend’s Finnish Rally.

Hakkinen had previously been linked with a move to Williams.

[Coventrysucks]

Do you really think Hakkinen could come back after several years out of competition? (well probably he kept some links with races)
In my opinion i'm not sure he's able to keep an high level for F1.

Hakkinen has only been out for 2 1/2 years.
I don't know how well he'll perform, but you can't dismiss him without some sort of evidence.

[Homem de Gelo]

Hehe, nice 'chops'.

[biggysmalls]

Come on big boys you can't imagine how hard it is to keep the level of the best even for the actual pilots...
And even if his left ain't so far, the F1 has changed since he's gone, the cars behaviours have changed, the performances have changed.
Moreover, Have i to remind you his level while he was racing with McLaren compared to Schumi 3 years ago???? : 5th at the championship with 37 points... Schumi? : 1st with 123 points...
(i could accept you respond McLaren ain't so fine for 3 years...)

[Ferrari Tifosi]

Moreover, Have i to remind you his level while he was racing with McLaren compared to Schumi 3 years ago???? : 5th at the championship with 37 points... Schumi? : 1st with 123 points...
(i could accept you respond McLaren ain't so fine for 3 years...)

One year where he was off, big deal, it happens to every driver.

Anyways hopefully next year will be more exciting and it should. I would love to see a return from Haikkonen, he was a great driver imo. Montoya and Raikkonen with McLaren should put up a good fight to Ferrari for the WCC, if McLaren puts out a good car.

I just hope it's more competitive next, that's all.

[Vaigra]

i dont think Montoya will be Mclaren's 1st driver next season, RD should let JPM and KR race like Trulli and Alonso do atm, and then chose a 1st driver after that depending on their performances

[NAZCA C2]

Kimi is my favorite for winning the championship next year.

[Matra et Alpine]

Season dates announced.

19 race - wow, Schumi on for breaking an unreachable record then

Silverstone has a deal for 5 years ( but JYS and BRDA have to deliver ! )

The full 2005 calendar is as follows:
March 06, Australia
March 20, Malaysia
April 03, Bahrain
April 24, San Marino
May 08, Spain
May 22, Monaco
May 29, Europe
June 12, Canada
June 19, USA
July 03, France
July 10, Britain
July 24, Germany
July 31, Hungary
August 21, Turkey
September 04, Italy
September 11, Belgium
September 25, Brazil
October 09, Japan
October 16, China