Harakimi
15th Dec 2007, 11:36 PM
Scuderia Ferrari
Kimi Raikkonen: Would be 3 times champion without the unrealibility of McLaren. After getting known with the team, tyres and new car we occasionaly saw his kamikaze driving skills. Removing of TC will suit him well, 2nd title at 2008.
Felipe Massa: I think he is better than we know. Has improved a lot. Didn't do so much mistakes anymore and was very quick in qualifys. Will break up mentally if Kimi keeps beating him in races.
BMW Sauber F1
Nick Heidfeld: Quick Nick isn't among the fastest drivers but he is very consistent and has little experience of driving F1's without TC. Kubica will give him more pressure at 2008 but Heidfeld wins the battle between the teamies. BMW is going to be at the top of the podium.
Robert Kubica: Polish fighter. Keke Rosberg has been following Kubica for long time because his son Nico used to race in same series with Robert. And Keke thinks that Kubica is very skilled and offensive driver with fighting spirit. Nothing really to add with that. He has to step out tho, otherwise he won't get the 'category A' status
ING Renault F1
Fernando Alonso: Very skilled, very determined 2 times champion. He doesn't have to prove anything anymore. Renault flopped at 2007 and changed both drivers and Fernandos salary has been rumoured to be extravagant. Will bring something extra to the team but his self esteem must be low after one season at Mclaren.
Nelson Piquet Jr: Seems to be a quick-playboy-whiner like his father. He has the skills so he won't be an easy bite to Alonso, but I think that everyone knows who is the numero uno in the team. Rookie year and mega exceptations like Rosberg Jr. had 2 years ago. Fight inside the team will be won by Alonso, no doubt but Nelsinho might have a good future ahead of him.
AT&T Williams F1
Nico Rosberg: With all these rumours he would be wearing silver uniform but no. Huge step upwards at 2007 and beated teamie Wurz good. Has told in public that he would like to do "Schumachers" and bring up the team for championship fighting like Michale did in Ferrari. He is used to celebritity all his life so media pressure is not as hard as it's for most of the drivers. Will continue Improving.
Kazuki Nakajima: Watch out for this kamikaze. Driverdb told something that he was claimed to be hazardous driver in GP2. He sure drives with great risk and sent few Williams mechanics to hospital after bumping on em with F1 car but he will make japanese engine provider Toyota happy. Will be pure statistic in the championship.
Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard: Veteran Coulthard is good for PR, he is consistent but also slow. Old buddies David and Newey are building up a team again. Money is not a problem and we might see Red Bull closing on Williams. Maybe the last year for Scott.
Mark Webber: Didn't have the greatest season at 2007. He really needs to step up or his days as a respectful F1 driver are over. Nice personality but at the moment I categorise him into same box with Jarno Trulli.
Panasonic Toyota Racing
Jarno Trulli: I could bet 1 cent on that Jarno was shi**ing in his pants when the speculation of Kovalainen taking his seat begun. Jarno's reputation is going downwards and fast. Toyota has been a graveyard for many drivers career. Williams had Toyota engines and they were MUCHO faster, so money isn't everything. I wonder how long japanese Big Bosses are going to hit their heads again 2000yr. old bonsai-tree before they quit the sport...
Timo Glock: 2007 GP2 champion and that tells you something. 4 races with Jordan at 2004 ain't that great merit, can be considered as a rookie.
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Sebastian Vettel: Future champion if the stars are right. Some excellent performances at 2007, especially in the rain. Will give Bourdais a nice welcome and wins the fight inside the team.
Sebastien Bourdais: 4 time Champ Car CHAMP chimp...blah. Well Bourdais is the man. You don't get 4 consecutive titles with luck, right? Rookie in F1 at very late age but has long experience of driving without TC. Nice addition to the grid.
Honda Racing Team
Jenson Button: Jet-set-Jenson made an ultimatum against Honda that if they're not getting results at 2008, he is going to leave the team. Now after Ross Brawn was signed by the team, he's been shut up. Honda was a big flop of 2007. It's all because of that tree-hugger-livery on their car. Realistically I except Honda to bounce back, maybe P4-6 fights.
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens just doesn't have it anymore. I like Rubens but lets face it that his best years are gone. He has the knowledge but Jenson is not a rookie either. Definitely will race his last championship at 2008.
Force India
Adrian Sutil: Outpaced his teamies with Spyker at 2007. Rumoured to be very skilled and fast. 2006 japanese F3 champion but nothing more special. Time will tell.
Driver 2 (Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Roldan Rodriguez, Giancarlo Fisichella): Team would need a veteran like Fisichella who knows everything but second driver is not confirmed for this day.
Super Aguri F1
Options: Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson
Takuma is ok, Anthony is ok. Both are bit colourless drivers. "Taku" has flashed his demolition derby skills in the past tho, but the extistence of whole team is now under a doubt. 2008 will be the last year for team under the name of Super Aguri.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: Super rookie of 2007. Definitely a superstar of the future. Lets just hope that his head won't swoll too much...Undoubted Number One at McLaren, PR-Boss of the ceuntury. He showed some signs of getting into a press-release-robot and that's what I'd like not to see in the future, but I think I will. He is going to be in the title fight at 2008 if the car is any good after this years Spy Scandal.
Heikki Kovalainen: Superb move for Heikki. Will lose to Lewis at the beginning, but atleast at the end of the season we should see how he compares to Hamilton. ROC 2004 winner, GP2 runnerup, Beated Fisichella at Renault....McLaren should have an interesting pair. He has to be faster than Lewis in some races.
The thread is open.
Kimi Raikkonen: Would be 3 times champion without the unrealibility of McLaren. After getting known with the team, tyres and new car we occasionaly saw his kamikaze driving skills. Removing of TC will suit him well, 2nd title at 2008.
Felipe Massa: I think he is better than we know. Has improved a lot. Didn't do so much mistakes anymore and was very quick in qualifys. Will break up mentally if Kimi keeps beating him in races.
BMW Sauber F1
Nick Heidfeld: Quick Nick isn't among the fastest drivers but he is very consistent and has little experience of driving F1's without TC. Kubica will give him more pressure at 2008 but Heidfeld wins the battle between the teamies. BMW is going to be at the top of the podium.
Robert Kubica: Polish fighter. Keke Rosberg has been following Kubica for long time because his son Nico used to race in same series with Robert. And Keke thinks that Kubica is very skilled and offensive driver with fighting spirit. Nothing really to add with that. He has to step out tho, otherwise he won't get the 'category A' status
ING Renault F1
Fernando Alonso: Very skilled, very determined 2 times champion. He doesn't have to prove anything anymore. Renault flopped at 2007 and changed both drivers and Fernandos salary has been rumoured to be extravagant. Will bring something extra to the team but his self esteem must be low after one season at Mclaren.
Nelson Piquet Jr: Seems to be a quick-playboy-whiner like his father. He has the skills so he won't be an easy bite to Alonso, but I think that everyone knows who is the numero uno in the team. Rookie year and mega exceptations like Rosberg Jr. had 2 years ago. Fight inside the team will be won by Alonso, no doubt but Nelsinho might have a good future ahead of him.
AT&T Williams F1
Nico Rosberg: With all these rumours he would be wearing silver uniform but no. Huge step upwards at 2007 and beated teamie Wurz good. Has told in public that he would like to do "Schumachers" and bring up the team for championship fighting like Michale did in Ferrari. He is used to celebritity all his life so media pressure is not as hard as it's for most of the drivers. Will continue Improving.
Kazuki Nakajima: Watch out for this kamikaze. Driverdb told something that he was claimed to be hazardous driver in GP2. He sure drives with great risk and sent few Williams mechanics to hospital after bumping on em with F1 car but he will make japanese engine provider Toyota happy. Will be pure statistic in the championship.
Red Bull Racing
David Coulthard: Veteran Coulthard is good for PR, he is consistent but also slow. Old buddies David and Newey are building up a team again. Money is not a problem and we might see Red Bull closing on Williams. Maybe the last year for Scott.
Mark Webber: Didn't have the greatest season at 2007. He really needs to step up or his days as a respectful F1 driver are over. Nice personality but at the moment I categorise him into same box with Jarno Trulli.
Panasonic Toyota Racing
Jarno Trulli: I could bet 1 cent on that Jarno was shi**ing in his pants when the speculation of Kovalainen taking his seat begun. Jarno's reputation is going downwards and fast. Toyota has been a graveyard for many drivers career. Williams had Toyota engines and they were MUCHO faster, so money isn't everything. I wonder how long japanese Big Bosses are going to hit their heads again 2000yr. old bonsai-tree before they quit the sport...
Timo Glock: 2007 GP2 champion and that tells you something. 4 races with Jordan at 2004 ain't that great merit, can be considered as a rookie.
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Sebastian Vettel: Future champion if the stars are right. Some excellent performances at 2007, especially in the rain. Will give Bourdais a nice welcome and wins the fight inside the team.
Sebastien Bourdais: 4 time Champ Car CHAMP chimp...blah. Well Bourdais is the man. You don't get 4 consecutive titles with luck, right? Rookie in F1 at very late age but has long experience of driving without TC. Nice addition to the grid.
Honda Racing Team
Jenson Button: Jet-set-Jenson made an ultimatum against Honda that if they're not getting results at 2008, he is going to leave the team. Now after Ross Brawn was signed by the team, he's been shut up. Honda was a big flop of 2007. It's all because of that tree-hugger-livery on their car. Realistically I except Honda to bounce back, maybe P4-6 fights.
Rubens Barrichello: Rubens just doesn't have it anymore. I like Rubens but lets face it that his best years are gone. He has the knowledge but Jenson is not a rookie either. Definitely will race his last championship at 2008.
Force India
Adrian Sutil: Outpaced his teamies with Spyker at 2007. Rumoured to be very skilled and fast. 2006 japanese F3 champion but nothing more special. Time will tell.
Driver 2 (Christian Klien, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Roldan Rodriguez, Giancarlo Fisichella): Team would need a veteran like Fisichella who knows everything but second driver is not confirmed for this day.
Super Aguri F1
Options: Takuma Sato, Anthony Davidson
Takuma is ok, Anthony is ok. Both are bit colourless drivers. "Taku" has flashed his demolition derby skills in the past tho, but the extistence of whole team is now under a doubt. 2008 will be the last year for team under the name of Super Aguri.
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton: Super rookie of 2007. Definitely a superstar of the future. Lets just hope that his head won't swoll too much...Undoubted Number One at McLaren, PR-Boss of the ceuntury. He showed some signs of getting into a press-release-robot and that's what I'd like not to see in the future, but I think I will. He is going to be in the title fight at 2008 if the car is any good after this years Spy Scandal.
Heikki Kovalainen: Superb move for Heikki. Will lose to Lewis at the beginning, but atleast at the end of the season we should see how he compares to Hamilton. ROC 2004 winner, GP2 runnerup, Beated Fisichella at Renault....McLaren should have an interesting pair. He has to be faster than Lewis in some races.
The thread is open.