Wow it feels good to be posting about F1 again, My last post in this category was a long time back. So what is all this preview about… well this season I plan to cover most of the fantastic F1 season… Will give my predictions before every race… I even plan to create a blog with Anant and Musavir about F1 which is just going to be fun :)
Back to F1 now… Here are some of the major dev before the season started:
1) Alonso signs up with Mc Laren for 2007
2) Brand new Qualification system
3) New Tyre rules
4) New teams
5) And just 18 tracks (last year had 19)
Winter Testing
Renault, Mc Laren, Honda and Ferrari were the pick of the teams during testing… They were so dominant that it seems that the first 8 spots on the grid are going to be well taken. Among the 4, Renault and Honda were the most impactful… Kimi in a recent interview said:
“I don’t think we are exactly where we want to be but we are in a much better position than we were a month ago, I think we have been quick sometimes, but Renault and Honda might be quicker than us. It really depends if we get everything sorted out, in which case we might be able to fight for wins. But we will just do the best that we can and see where we end up.”
The Ferrari camp is also not promising victory initially but they have looked impressive at times… In form of times Kimi has been the fastest but winter testing is not about speed its about reliability (as Renault proved last year) and getting ur tyres right(If ur a Ferrari fan u will know :P ). Bahrain will be the spot to watch out for coz it will finally bring all the pre season dance to the end and get down to serious racing…
Predictions
This is very premature but I will still like to make a few…
Drivers World Championship:
My money is on Alonso… ya im his fan and thats what i want but considering all the pre season action and the quality of a driver he is plus “defending is what he is great at” and he is defending the world chamionship this time.
The probability for the Driver championship (first person higly probable last person least)
Fernando Alonso
Micheal Schumacher
Kimi Raikonnen / Jenson Button
Its not that I hate Kimi but its just that he aint prepared to be a world champ yet… he will definately one day become one. In ability he is probably superior to Alonso most of the times but with all round performance(attack, defence and stalemate) Alonso is far better and thats what made MSc a multiple world champ.
Constructosr World Championship:
Mc Laren is my pick and i hope im wrong coz I love Renault and want them to successfully defend it. Honda is the proverbial Dark Horse… This season is the most open season in recent memory so I wont be betting much on which team wins…
Wow it feels good to be posting about F1 again, My last post in this category was a long time back. So what is all this preview about… well this season I plan to cover most of the fantastic F1 season… Will give my predictions before every race… I even plan to create a blog with Anant and Musavir about F1 which is just going to be fun :)
Back to F1 now… Here are some of the major dev before the season started:
1) Alonso signs up with Mc Laren for 2007
2) Brand new Qualification system
3) New Tyre rules
4) New teams
5) And just 18 tracks (last year had 19)
Winter Testing
Renault, Mc Laren, Honda and Ferrari were the pick of the teams during testing… They were so dominant that it seems that the first 8 spots on the grid are going to be well taken. Among the 4, Renault and Honda were the most impactful… Kimi in a recent interview said:
“I don’t think we are exactly where we want to be but we are in a much better position than we were a month ago, I think we have been quick sometimes, but Renault and Honda might be quicker than us. It really depends if we get everything sorted out, in which case we might be able to fight for wins. But we will just do the best that we can and see where we end up.”
The Ferrari camp is also not promising victory initially but they have looked impressive at times… In form of times Kimi has been the fastest but winter testing is not about speed its about reliability (as Renault proved last year) and getting ur tyres right(If ur a Ferrari fan u will know :P ). Bahrain will be the spot to watch out for coz it will finally bring all the pre season dance to the end and get down to serious racing…
Predictions
This is very premature but I will still like to make a few…
Drivers World Championship:
My money is on Alonso… ya im his fan and thats what i want but considering all the pre season action and the quality of a driver he is plus “defending is what he is great at” and he is defending the world chamionship this time.
The probability for the Constructor championship
Mc Laren
Renault/ Ferrari
Honda
Red Bull
Feel free to drop by ur picks for the two championships in the comments