Constructors Championship 2001

DNQ · 11 Jan 2001, 22:08 (Ref:58073)

OK, there is a lot of talk about who will be the drivers champ in 2001. What about Constructors?

Here is my top 11:

1. Ferrari
=2. McLaren
=2. BAR (Don't Laugh!)
4. Williams
5. Jordan (Improved by Honda motor)
6. Benetton (Not very Reliable)
7. Sauber (Two great drivers)
8. Jaguar (Will have to be better this year)
=9. Arrows
=9. Prost
11. Minardi (I wish that weren't true

)

#1 Schumi Fan · 11 Jan 2001, 22:36 (Ref:58081)

Okay, here's my picks...

1:Ferrari(YEEEEEEAAAA)
2:McLaren(BOOOOOOO)
3:Williams
4:Jordan
5:Jaguar
6:BAR(Because of Panis)
7:Benetton
8:Sauber
9:Prost
10:Minardi
11:Arrows

I only feel good with my top 2, I am not sure about the rest!!

steve nielsen · 11 Jan 2001, 22:45 (Ref:58085)

a few changes:

1 Mclaren (Ron can't stand loosing)
2 Ferrari
3 Williams
4 BAR (Panis gives the team a boost)
5 Benetton (Renault engine not perfect yet)
6 Arrows (yes indeed, Jos and Pedro are gonna show what they can do with a reliable car)
7 Jordan (having trouble finding good replacements for the staf they lost, drivers start making mistakes, and driving eachother off track)
8 Jaguar (Car is stil designed by the same people that created last year's disaster, Eddy shows (again) that his driving skil is not as good as the Ferrari made it look)
9 Sauber (A Ferrari engine does'nt make a fast car, thay've had it for 4 years and have'nt improved yet, drivers lack experience)
10 Prost (like Sauber, but the Prost was even worse last year, Alesi is burned out, Mazzacane will have trouble keeping away from p22)
11 Minardi (who else, but they now have a chance to beat 1 Prost every race)

RussianFriend · 12 Jan 2001, 12:15 (Ref:58141)

1. Mclaren (Ron can't lose three years in row)
2. Ferrari
3. Williams (Thanks to Ralph and Montoya)
4. Benetton (I believe in Renault and JB)
5. BAR (Good engine, good drivers but weak management)
6. Jordan
7. Jaguar
8. Arrows
9. Sauber
10. Minardi
11. Prost

Airhead · 12 Jan 2001, 12:28 (Ref:58144)

1. McLaren
2. Ferarri
3. Williams
4. Jordan
5. Bar
6. Bennetton
7. Jaguar
8. Arrows
9. Prost (in memory of the master who owns the team)
10. Sauber
11. Minardi

RussianFriend · 12 Jan 2001, 12:37 (Ref:58146)

AMoffat,

I'm sorry for the stupid question but does Alan Prost realy own the team or does he only manage it?

steve nielsen · 12 Jan 2001, 12:56 (Ref:58150)

Alain owns a large part of the team, Pedro Diniz and his father bought a large part this year, an part is owned by a german company.

RussianFriend · 12 Jan 2001, 16:05 (Ref:58153)

Steve,

thank you, I thought Alain hadn't bought the team from Ligier, just was appointed as director by new team's owners. But is he had invested such an enoumous amount how is he going to return it???

Minardi fan · 12 Jan 2001, 17:43 (Ref:58162)

1. McLaren
2. Ferrari
3. Williams
4. Jordan
= BAR
6. Benetton
7. Sauber
8. Minardi
9. Arrows
10. Prost
11. Jaguar

R · 12 Jan 2001, 18:30 (Ref:58172)

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren
3. Williams
4. BAR
5. Benetton
6. Arrows
7. Sauber
8. Jordan
9. Jaguar
10. Prost
11. Minardi

Jeanburrasca81 · 12 Jan 2001, 22:14 (Ref:58221)

Interesting......Alesi is burned out...didn't notice that.
Well, after all the changes over the last months I'd say that Prost has a chance to get some points this year. Not with Gaston, but with Jean...lol. Anyway, Minardi and Prost should get some points in 2001, and I hope they'll take you all by surprise (Minardi fan apart...lol).

Ralf's Girl · 13 Jan 2001, 11:32 (Ref:58280)

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren
3. Williams
4. Jordan
5. Benetton
6. BAR
7. Arrows
8. Sauber
9. Jaguar
10. Prost
11. Minardi (

)

**Bononi** · 13 Jan 2001, 17:50 (Ref:58304)

1. McLaren
2. Ferrari
3. Williams
4. Jordan
5. Benetton
6. BAR
7. Jaguar
8. Arrows
9. Sauber
10. Prost
11. Minardi

LYM · 13 Jan 2001, 18:03 (Ref:58308)

My choice of top five:

1McLaren - Hakkinen's last year in the sport
2Ferrari - Love him or hate him, TGF is the factor
3Willams - Great chassis inherited from last year, new engines, and Ralf.
4BAR - Come on, Honda!
5Jaguar - I hope Eddie can prove it to everybody

EERO · 13 Jan 2001, 18:10 (Ref:58309)

1) McLaren-RD won't tolerate failure again
2) Ferrari-Close, but McLaren will be slightly better
3) BAR-With JV and Panis, 2 fast experienced drivers
= Williams-Montoya will take awhile to settle
5) Jordan-Honda's second team, defections will hurt
6) Benetton-Renault will be unreliable
7) Jaguar-improving
8) Sauber-status quo, good start, fortunes fade as season progresses
9) Prost-will improve
10)Minardi-status quo: promise with no funding
11)Arrows-curse of the AMT, will be fast but entirely let down by engine

hunttheshunt · 14 Jan 2001, 14:37 (Ref:58428)

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren
3. Williams
4. Benetton
5. BAR
6. Jordan
7. Jaguar
8. Sauber
9. Prost
10. Arrows
11. Minardi

ozywoodwards · 14 Jan 2001, 15:34 (Ref:58432)

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren
3. Williams (my tip for title challenge:JPM)
4. Jordan
5. BAR
6. Sauber (surprise of the year, based on the picture of their new car on this forum)
7. Jaguar
8. Benetton
9. Arrows
10. Prost
11. Minardi (if they even make it onto the starting grid)

Jay · 14 Jan 2001, 18:44 (Ref:58464)

For those who are interested, towards the end of the month, we are going to start a topic asking for people's top 6 for the driver's and constructors championship. We will then save it, and release it again at the end of the year. Right now the prize is bragging rights, but that may change.

You could give in your predictions the day I start the topic if you want, but you would probably be wise to wait until a few testing results are in. The topic will be closed before the cars leave the pits on Friday at Melbourne.

Gerard will be having a different competition where you give your predictions on a race by race basis, and points are awarded to each person based on the accuracy of your predictions. Most points at the end of the season wins. This should be even more fun.

Wrex · 15 Jan 2001, 01:59 (Ref:58542)

I wish it were different, but:

1. McLaren (RD & Merc will get serious)
2. Ferrari (TGF WDC, but RB seems to dislike the publicity of podiams

3. Willams (New tyres may steal the odd 10 pointer)
4. BAR (Great drivers & Honda bits)
5. Benetton (Just not up to Willams & BAR Speed but very good)
6. Jordan (Tough year with skeleton crew & Honda No. 2 Status)

Gets tough from here.....

7. Arrows (2 great drivers but worried about that engine)
8. Sauber (only because there are disasters for bottom 3)
9. Jaguar (Ron Dennis will steal a jaguar badge to put on TGF's ferrari to up the No. of DNF's to 10-15)
10. Prost in for tough year again)
11 Minardi (would love to see them up 2 or 3 spots but current engine,sponsor & driver deals dont inspire me)

Whatever happens, I hope we have close battles throughout.

Speed · 16 Jan 2001, 14:34 (Ref:58816)

I agree with ozywoodwards (about JPM)
Sorry about Ralf, cause he`ll be second on team !, trust me...

1. Ferrari
2. McLaren
3. Williams
4. BAR (lot of money on improvements)
5. Jordan
6. Sauber
7. Benetton (JB has to impress Williams for his utopic return on 2003 !!!)
8. Prost (This can be his last chance)
9. Jaguar
10. Arrows
11. Minardi

kuchi · 17 Jan 2001, 12:50 (Ref:59012)

Here goes my selection:

1.Mclaren
2.Ferrari
3.Williams
4.Bar
5.Bennetton
6.Jordan
7.Jaguar
8.Arrows
9.Sauber
10.Prost
=.Minardi(none of them will finish any race).

Murph · 17 Jan 2001, 16:54 (Ref:59028)

#1: McLaren
#2: Ferrari
#3: BAR.... #1 Honda team...'cuz it's "more stable" than what seems to be going on at Jordan recently..... 'sigh

#4: Williams
#5: Jordan... hope I'm wrong about this....
#6: Benetton
#7: Prost....case of "addition by subtraction" plus 2000 Marnello ponies matched to Ferrari's "buns of carbon fibre"

#8: Jaguar.... in the process of getting its act together but still a couple of years to go... don't worry Neil... we WILL see this happen in our lifetime... of course I'm planning on living another 40 years!

#9: Sauber
#10: Minardi... even with no engine will be faster then
#11: Arrows...with the re-badged Peugeot...see Prost

take care all

Murph

TRD · 17 Jan 2001, 19:10 (Ref:59049)

1 McLaren
2 Ferrari
3 BAR
4 Williams (I see RS and JPM taking each other out a few times)

5 Jordan
6 Benetton
7 Prost
8 Jaguar
9 Sauber (same engine as Prost but inexperienced drivers)
10 Arrows (maybe they can make a compatible chassis for the rebadged Pug)

11 ??Minardi??(I hope they make the grid)

Pretty safe choices, you'd think?

steve nielsen · 17 Jan 2001, 19:46 (Ref:59060)

why are there stil people who have doubts about the AMT engine??, it's not a rebadged Peugeot, AMT is doing a lot of development work:

testing day 1: 78 laps for Jos
testing day 2: 46 laps Hydraulic problems
testing day 3: 108 laps with the Arrows AMT

so that's 232 laps whitout one engine blowing up.

Renault seem to have more problems

Speed · 18 Jan 2001, 13:49 (Ref:59198)

Hey, hey, hey, TRD, I think JPM will be faster than RS, so I can`t see any problem for positions on the race !!!

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