[Jeek]

Just over a month until the 1 official test and the current driver line up is as follows;



Red Bull - Renault

Vettel
Webber



Mclaren - Mercedes

Button
Hamilton



Ferrari - Ferrari

Alonso
Massa



Mercedes - Mercedes

Schumacher
Rosberg



Lotus - Renault

Raikkonen
Grosjean



Force India - Mercedes

Di Resta
Hulkenberg



Sauber - Ferrari

Kobayashi
Perez



Torro Rosso - Ferrari

Ricciardo
Vergne (R)



Williams - Renault

Maldonado
Senna



Caterham - Renault

Kovalainen
Petrov




HRT - Cosworth

De La Rosa
Karthikeyan - see how long this lasts




Marussia - Cosworth

Glock
Pic (R)

(R) - Rookie

This post has been edited by Jeek: 15 March 2012 - 07:23

[Stu]

Couple of the blogs have articles about who might be going where for next year. Noticed this on James Allen's:

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However Auto Motor und Sport in Germany is reporting that Sutil wants only a one year contract to keep his chances open of taking Felipe Massa’s seat at Ferrari in 2013.

Yeah, good luck with that

I'll set up Fantasy F1 nearer the time unless anyone else wants to have a go - anyone know the best free league to use?

[Mr. Brightside]

Sutil to Ferrari is one that I hadn't considered, I don't think it would be too bad a move for both parties. Sutil gets a move to a bigger team (which he deserves) and Ferrari get a good, solid number two driver who won't challenge Alonso but is still pretty quick.

Really hope Senna and Alguersuari make their way back into Formula 1, two drivers I like.

Another year of Vettel dominance please, if not a three-way shoot-out between McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull which Alonso ends up winning.

[Stu]

It would be an unbelievably good move for Sutil but there's no way it'll happen. Far better options on the market than him.

Williams are looking for a new title sponsor so their new driver will probably need to bring a fair chunk of cash with them. I got into F1 watching Mansell and Williams dominate the 1992 season and it's such a shame to see them in this mess

This post has been edited by Stu: 04 January 2012 - 13:43

[Mr. Brightside]

FIA have said you can't move back to the racing line after making your one move. Sounds like it could be more dangerous than people moving back over TBH.

[drs]

Croftys replacement on 5live is James Allen.

[drs]

Valencia have asked for their fee to be reduced - hopefully a sign that the end is nigh.

France will be back in 2013 and will alternate with Belgium

There will only be 5 European races a year by 2015.

[doulikefish]

drs, on 06 January 2012 - 15:06, said:

Valencia have asked for their fee to be reduced - hopefully a sign that the end is nigh.

France will be back in 2013 and will alternate with Belgium

There will only be 5 European races a year by 2015.

Le Castellet in france will be the track used,owned by a Mr B Ecclestone

[Jeek]

Paul Ricard isn't a bad track, it just looks a bit daft with all the green stripes everywhere

[CityDave]

Sebastien Buemi has been announced as Red Bull's reserve driver, having already being announced as Toro Rosso's reserve driver as well.

[drs]

Bit of a fuss in Brazil as @eikebatista, the CEO of Oil company OGX and a Bruno Senna sponsor, tweeted that he's driving for Williams..

[welshbairn]

Anyone know if the BBC will retain rights to broadcast live on the internet? Or what kind of coverage they'll have when Sky have the sole TV rights eg highlights, full replay etc. ? I suppose 5 Live will still be covering it on radio...

[CityDave]

Came across this site, it has links to the 4 most active Twitter users among F1 drivers My link

[CityDave]

For anyone missing F1. JustinTv F1 history
Looks like Bahrain 2005 on right now

[CityDave]

There's also this link which shows mostly racing from the USA for anyone interested in NASCAR or Indycar reruns My link

[IainMorton]

CityDave, on 06 January 2012 - 19:17, said:

For anyone missing F1. JustinTv F1 history
Looks like Bahrain 2005 on right now

Or alternatively, this LINK is excellent.

[CityDave]

IainMorton, on 06 January 2012 - 19:59, said:

Or alternatively, this LINK is excellent.

It is and hopefully the gaps in the collection will be filled.

I have my own collection dating back to 1986 on video tape, taped from the BBC and ITV live coverage and highlights right up to 4 years ago with only a few missing. Spend less time on F1 these days but back in the 80's and 90's I would tape the race while watching it then watch it again and maybe a couple more times before the next one, then at the end of season run through the whole lot back to back. All this despite the highlights being made available by Duke Marketing, but they didn't have Murray.

Anyone here who used to tape and collect the races?

[Mr. Brightside]

Belgium 1998. One of the best races ever.

[Jeek]

Mr. Brightside, on 06 January 2012 - 22:59, said:

Belgium 1998. One of the best races ever.

THAT crash, and then Murray's "OH GOD" when His germanness his DC, good times

Edited to add that crash

This post has been edited by Jeek: 07 January 2012 - 21:01

[CityDave]

New car launch dates :

Caterham - TBA January
McLaren - 2nd February
Ferrari - 3rd February
Red Bull - 5th February
Sauber - 6th February
Lotus Renault - 6th February


Force India - Targeting 7th February
Mercedes - By 21st February
Hispania Racing - TBA
Williams - TBA
Marussia - TBA

[Clyde 1877]

Ferrari should probably look at moving Felipe Massa on and bringing someone else in at No.2.

I would avoid Sutil,he is an okay driver but isn't quite Ferrari standard/stature of driver.

I like Nico Rosberg, he has always been a solid driver. For the future, Paul Di Resta looks real driver.

This season: World Champion- Sebastian Vettel
Constructors - Red Bull

The exact same as last season really.

[CityDave]

F1 team websites:


Caterham F1 (Site still under construction)

Ferrari F1

Force India F1

Hispania Racing

Lotus Renault GP

Marussia F1 Team

McLaren

Mercedes AMG

Red Bull Racing

Sauber F1 team

Scuderia Toro Rosso

Williams F1

This post has been edited by CityDave: 10 January 2012 - 13:13

[Lisandro]

Glad to see Raikkonen back in F1. Hopefully its a much more competitive year than last year. Vettel dominance was unbelievably boring.

This post has been edited by Lisandro: 10 January 2012 - 01:00

[Dindeleux]

I hope Force India continue to progress.

I honestly believe that Di Resta will be a world champion one day.

[discopants]

Circuit de Catalunya officials now reportedly considering their F1 future.