Formula 1 - 2010 Season

by **BobHelm** » January 16, 2010, 1:47 pm

If there is anybody out there still interested.

Big change for the year is no refueling. Will still have to be pit stops for tyre changes, but not for fuel. I guess from a safety aspect it makes sense & might cause some interesting finishes if the leader(s) are in a conserve fuel mode & chasers are not...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsp ... 461293.stm

by **fatbas***d** » January 17, 2010, 5:55 am

Despite the havoc caused by recent scandals and overdone commercialism by the avaricious dwarf, Bernie and his cohorts I still am a keen follower, so will be tuned in for the first race in March. There will be a lot of interest generated by Micheal's comeback, will the wily old kraut be able to keep up with the pack? will he be able to even drive without the support of his Zimmer frame?
Many questions need to be answered.

by **JimboPSM** » January 17, 2010, 10:08 am

I have to admit that I quite liked the “shortcut” idea from Ecclestone and would have like to have seen some informed constructive discussions on how it might work (reaction so far from drivers appears to be mainly negative).

One of the main complaints from spectators for many years has been the frequency that F1 has effectively been a high speed procession rather than a race.

One of the perennial problems is that on many racetracks a talented driver can almost always prevent overtaking even when the performance of his car is inferior or has degraded, an example of this was Senna & Mansell at Monaco in 1992.

While I certainly prefer racing overtaking manoeuvres, I don’t see that the concept of overtaking by using a shortcut (which would be equally available to all drivers) would be dramatically different to the concept of overtaking in the pits (which we have seen all too much of in recent years)

by **BobHelm** » January 17, 2010, 10:25 am

Agree Jimbo, it is the lack of the possibility of one driver passing another on the actual track that is killing it as a sport. See who is first into turn 1 & you have the winner, except for a bit of excitement around pit stop time or mechanical or driver failure. Compare this with MotoGP where every lap is a battle & the winner is often not known until coming out of the last bend & F1 have a lot of work on their hands.
Yes FB, they are lucky (very lucky) that Mr. S is returning.

by **SanukJoe** » January 17, 2010, 11:55 am

I'm a true follower of F1 too, I watch all the GP's no matter what time of the day (or night).

Does anyone have ALL the drivers yet?
As on the official website there are still 3 teams with only one driver...Any info?

Joe

by **stattointhailand** » January 18, 2010, 6:06 pm

As on the official website there are still 3 teams with only one driver...Any info?

probably still waiting to see who will pay the most to get the drive.

F1 MAY get a bit intresting again if they did away with ALL the restrictions, let the cars go as fast as they can make them go (thus meaning the driver has to judge what speed to enter a corner for himself), stick in a few extra concrete barriers for them to go round, and allow a lot more competitors per race (about 40 should be enough), thus meaning the spectators get to see someone at most times during the race, and not have to wait 5 or 10 secs with nobody in sight.

The way the sport is going at the moment, it will only be a few years more before they descide to award the result of a GP by having a time trial, as having two cars on the circuit at the same time will be deemed far too dangerous :evil:

by **matley7007** » January 19, 2010, 7:37 pm

What do the forum's user thinks about Michael Schumaker return? It should will be a world champions again?
What do you think about?

by **JimboPSM** » January 19, 2010, 8:23 pm

From BBC Sport: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 467514.stm

Sauber have signed McLaren reserve driver Pedro de la Rosa to complete their driver line-up for 2010.

by **fatbas***d** » January 19, 2010, 8:31 pm

matley7007 wrote:What do the forum's user thinks about Michael Schumaker return? It should will be a world champions again?
What do you think about?

Micheal is gifted driver, the best the world has seen, but no one beats the aging process, he's 41, is he going to out steer the young guys? don;t think so myself.

by **matley7007** » January 19, 2010, 9:46 pm

fatbas***d wrote:Micheal is gifted driver, the best the world has seen, but no one beats the aging process, he's 41, is he going to out steer the young guys? don;t think so myself.

I think the same i think also Mercedes has done a big bet with him!

by **Texpat** » January 19, 2010, 10:43 pm

Fighter pilots are pretty much washed up by mid 30s. I think the same skill needed by F-1 drivers degrade similarly.

by **SanukJoe** » January 20, 2010, 9:37 am

I agree, he WAS the best, he is too old now (for that job).

Joe

by **plien** » January 21, 2010, 9:53 am

I also agree... but
In history of sports, quite a few older athletes have made successful comebacks.
Rocky Balboa springs to mind :lol:

by **stattointhailand** » January 21, 2010, 12:01 pm

plien wrote:I also agree... but
In history of sports, quite a few older athletes have made successful comebacks.
Rocky Balboa springs to mind

Couldn't have been THAT successful ............. I've never heard of him !!

by **arjay** » April 19, 2010, 9:42 am

A British one-two in Chinese F1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsp ... 627907.stm

Jenson Button stormed to his second win of the season as he headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton to a McLaren one-two at the Chinese Grand Prix.

Rain played havoc in China as Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg held off Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to finish third with Renault's Robert Kubica in fifth.

Button's win means he leads the drivers' championship by 10 points.

Despite starting at the front of the grid, Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber finished sixth and eighth.

Kubica's team-mate Vitaly Petrov completed an impressive day for Renault when he overtook Webber late on to take seventh position and earn his first points in Formula 1.
Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg

Button had won the Australian Grand Prix after an early swap to slick tyres proved crucial and it was again superior strategic decisions by the 2009 world champion which led to him dominating for much of the race.

"It was a tricky race and we called it right. It's not just about being quick - it's about reading the conditions," said Button.

Meanwhile, Hamilton once again proved his class when climbing the field.

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