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14 Mar 2003, 22:34 (Ref:536473) | #1 | ||
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The Years First "Silly Season" Thread!
ok, with one race out of the way, the season ahead is blindingly obvious and we all know who's going to be going where and as "silly season" seems to get earlier each year i thought now would be a good time to start a thread about it ... ok, no one knows whats going to happen, but it will be fun to guess, here's my predictions for F1 seats in 2004...
Ferrari.....M.Schumacher R.Barrichello Williams....J.P.Montoya A.Pizzonia McLaren.....K.Raikkonen G.Fisichella Sauber......Heinz Harold Frentzen R.Schumacher Renault.....J.Trulli F.Alonso Jordan......N.Heidfeld R.Firmin Jaguar......M.Webber D.Coulthard BAR.........J.Button T.Sato Toyota......O.Panis A.Davidson Minardi.....anyones guess!! |
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2004?
Uhm... Ferrari.....M.Schumacher R.Barrichello Williams....J.Villeneuve J.P.Montoya McLaren.....K.Raikkonen G.Fisichella Sauber......Heinz-Harald Frentzen J.Wilson Renault.....J.Trulli F.Alonso Jordan......N.Heidfeld T.Sato Jaguar......M.Webber D.Coulthard BAR.........J.Button A.Davidson Toyota......O.Panis R.Schumacher Minardi.....J.Verstappen & some guy (probably a Russian) Last edited by ASCII Man; 14 Mar 2003 at 22:44. |
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Ferrari.....M.Schumacher, R.Barrichello
Williams....J.P.Montoya, ? McLaren.....K.Raikkonen, D.Coulthard Sauber......Heinz-Harald Frentzen, N. Heidfeld Renault.....J.Trulli, F.Alonso Jordan......? ,? Jaguar......M.Webber J. Verstappen BAR.........J.Button T. Sato Toyota......O.Panis R.Schumacher No Minardi in 2004! |
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I know for a nearly fact that Villenueve won't be doing F1 next year.
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What does that 'SS' stand for anyway?
Schutzstaffel? Serious Sam? Soggy Socket? Just wondering... |
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Errr.... Soggy Socket? :confused:
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Yeah, soggy socket....
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Everyone in the paddocks know that JV is a prima donna and a **** poor team player. Who would want him?
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SS, you can't come on here, race official or not, and say something like that without telling us. Pleeeeeaaaaaasssseeee tell us
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I've reached that same conclusion, but without any actually evidence. Consider, though, BAR's got Bunsen, Davidson and Sato not demanding Jacques' salary, Craig Pollack has a new CART team with a _miserable_ excuse for a driver in Patrick LeMarie... Just makes sense.
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Ferrari.....M.Schumacher, R.Barrichello
Williams....J.P.Montoya,Webber McLaren.....K.Raikkonen, D.Coulthard Sauber......Heinz-Harald Frentzen, N. Heidfeld Renault.....J.Trulli, F.Alonso Jordan......R.Schumacher/Firman Jaguar...... J. Verstappen/Wurz BAR.........J.Button T. Sato Toyota......O.Panis/da Matta Minardi......Villeneuve/Yoong Red Bull/Eagle..Herta/Vasser Ganassi Toyota..Dixon/Scheckter Penske Mercedes..DeFerran/Castroneves Rahal Lola.......Brack/Papis Players Reynard..Tracy/Franchitti Carlin Dallara....van der Merwe/Green Team Toyota(Nippon)..Kogure/Hattori Team British Ford....Kerr/Courtney Coloni Ferrari.......Baumgartner/Sperfico Draco F1...........Farfus/S.Hedfeild You guys forgot all the new teams that will come to F1 next season |
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Armco, you have got to be the biggest optimist I've ever seen on thse boards!
Well 2nd biggest, after those guys that think Jacques will have a seat next year. |
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Armco, you forgot Phoenix!
I like Mr. V's list, but I think Panis may retire after this season, and put Heidfeld there in his place. |
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15 Mar 2003, 05:37 (Ref:536657) | #16 | ||
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I think Da Mattta will still be at Toyota too, he has a two year contract and I'd be surprised to see him mess up again like he did in Australia.
As for Villeneuve, I think he'll either be with BAR, one of the top teams, racing in Cart, or retired. I'll guess the later. |
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Do we think Schuey will throw the toys out of the pram if he doesnt win this season and retire??
Minardi will still be around in 2004, might be called Volkswager or something.... Jacques might get a drive there you reckon? From the penthouse with Williams, to the semi-detached federation style at BAR, to the outhouse at Minardi, all in the space of 8 years... WOOHOO!!! |
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Ferrari - Same
Williams - JPM and ?. Ralf gone McLaren - Kimi and DC Renault - Same Sauber - Same Jordan - Fisi and Wilson. Firman gone BAR - Button and ?. JV retires Toyota - Same Jaguar - Same, unless Pizzonia fails to score, then he's gone Minardi - Jos and ? |
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The Pessimists line up for 2004: Ferrari.....M.Schumacher/F.Massa Williams....J.P.Montoya/Webber McLaren.....Verstappen/Yoong Sauber......Unable to pay for Ferrai engines,Withdrawn. Renault.....French sharemarket collapsed,team insolvent Jordan......Withdrew,financial,pending sale to RedBull Jaguar......Withdrawn,Ford pulled plug on F1 programme BAR.........Team fell apart,legal action pending Toyota......Went to IRL,disillusioned with F1 Minardi.....Went broke mid 2003 |
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Let's not forget F1 Racing mag's speculation that BMW will jump ship to B.A.R. and Honda will re-unite with Williams...
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Bad news for BMW, great news for Honda
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Great news for BAR, bad news for Williams
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We should have an official prediction competition on this
Ferrari: Michael and Rubens Williams: Montoya and Fisichella McLaren: Raikkonen and DC Renault: Alonso and Heidfeld Sauber: Frentzen and Ralf Toyota: Panis and Da Matta (I think he'll do well, but he'll have to) BAR: Button and Sato (JV to CART) Jaguar: Webber and Wilson Jordan: Trulli and Pizzonia Minardi: have cash, will drive (slowly) |
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