Thread: Who will finish the season in front of his team mate?

OK, so when comparing team mates, who do you think is better than his partner?

The ones in RED are those which I think will be better off than their team mate at the end of the season

McLaren Mercedes
Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton

Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen

Ferrari
Felipe Massa Kimi Raikkonen

Honda
Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello

BMW
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica

Toyota
Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli

Red Bull Renault
David Coulthard Mark Webber

Williams Toyota
Nico Rosberg Alex Wurz

STR Ferrari
Still to announce thier drivers

Spyker Ferrari
Christijan Albers Adrian Sutil

Super Aguri Honda
Takuma Sato Anthony Davidson

and u???

McLaren Mercedes
Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton

Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella Heikki Kovalainen

Ferrari
Felipe Massa Kimi Raikkonen

Honda
Jenson Button Rubens Barrichello

BMW
Nick Heidfeld Robert Kubica

Toyota
Ralf Schumacher Jarno Trulli

Red Bull Renault
David Coulthard Mark Webber

Williams Toyota
Nico Rosberg Alex Wurz

STR Ferrari
Still to announce thier drivers

Spyker Ferrari
Christijan Albers Adrian Sutil

Super Aguri Honda
Takuma Sato Anthony Davidson

McLaren~Alonso
Renault~Fisichella
Ferrari~Kimi
Honda~Button
BMW~Kubica
Toyota~Ralf
Redbull Renault~Webber
Williams~Rosberg

The rest~Who cares

Originally Posted by Radar

BMW~Kubica


The rest~Who cares

lol do u think Kubica can beat heidfeild?? lol who cares

Originally Posted by konami

lol do u think Kubica can beat heidfeild?? lol who cares

I actually see Kubica beating Heidfeld. If anything, Heidfeld has more to prove than Kubica

McLaren~Alonso
Renault~Kovalainen
Ferrari~Raikkonen
Honda~Button
BMW~Kubica
Toyota~Ralf
Red Bull~Webber
Williams~Rosberg
Spyker~Albers
Super Aguri~Davidson

I actually see Kovalainen beating Fisichella in 2007. It's not going to be easy, but since he has a lot of experience with the car it's quite possible

I've gone for Kubica over Hiedfield because he is an up and coming driver who is hungry for success. Heidfield seems happy enough to just be part of the F1 races.

I was a bit harsh on the minor teams and I will select drivers for them at a later date as I don't know much about some of them.

It's good to see people having different opinions on these forums.

I was thinking yesturday that Kimi is a quick driver, but he doesn't seem very focused on F1. His party antics have made headline news and unlike all the other drivers, he did not watch Michael Schumacher's presentation with Pele at Interlagos.

Now this could be because he was fed up at McLaren, with all their faliures, so maybe moving to Ferrari will make him focus more, what do you think?

Originally Posted by konami

lol do u think Kubica can beat heidfeild?? lol who cares

Yes, why not. Robert has been great in the races he took part in. If it wasn't for disqualification, he could have earned 2 points on his debut race. He has shown us that he is also great in wet conditions.

He is a future champion for sure

I sure hope Kovalainen can beat all the other youngsters. Hamilton is just so hyped at the moment that Im not sure what he can really do. Rosberg was hyped as well and he disappointed me (except 1st race).

If the BMW is better than last year, maybe Kubia will beat heidfeild but i don't think. If he beats Heidfeld consistantly, Vettel may replace Heidfeld in 2008.

But taking into account the cars, Kovalainen is favorite. The McLaren will do fine, but it will not be championship material (certainly in the hands of Hamilton). Renault showed, and proved that they can win both constructor & driver championship. Now they have to prove they can do it without Alonso. He knows the car, the team and Renault know how to build a fast & reliable car.

Ok.. so this is how I see it:

McLaren: Alonso.

Yes, I don't like him and I will be dancing all night long if Hamilton beats him, but let's be honest here... Hamilton is a rookie and if we look at what has happened in the last few years (let's say... 10? 15?) with the "graduates" from GP2 (or F2 or F3000 or whatever the name at the time was) they all have failed to set the world on fire. An easy one for Fernando, I think... I expect him to have, by the end of the season, 3X more points than Hamilton.

Ferrari: Kimi.

In my opinion, the fastest out there, and probably the only guy that was a real match for Schumacher. Massa is in Ferrari probably because 1) noone available wanted the second Ferrari seat when Michael was still around and 2) his manager is Todt's son.

Honda: Button.

In my opinion, Button is not great... he even finished a lap behind Barrichello in Monaco; but Rubens is just not strong enough to deal with adversity. In 2006, when Rubens was starting to have the things going his way, when he was starting to have the upper hand on Button, Jenson got the victory and that was all for the Brazilian. If Button has a good race or two in the early-season, Barrichello will be done.

BMW: Heidfeld.

Kubica is great, and I really admire the guy. But let's face it: he is a Rookie. Yes, he has 5-6 races under his belt; and that's it... Of those race, the only one on which he didn't made any mistake (going off-track, a strange spin here or there) was at Monza, and he finished in the podium, in part due to Massa's aggresive style, in part because Alonso's engine said bye... Besides, he is already looking for excuses (I will have to change my driving style, those tyres are hard, etc, etc)

Renault: Kovalainen

Ok, this one is easy, and not because I think that Heikki is any good or something like that. Briatore is the manager of both Renault and Kovalainen, and is the one that has been announcing for the last few months that if Alonso was the "Anti-Schumacher" (funny how he was "anti-schumacher" but he only beat Michael when he had the tyres that gave him 6 seconds per lap, or when he had the illegal mass damper fitted in the front nose, or when Michael's engine said "boom"...) then Heikki would be the "Anti-Alonso". Renault is saying that "With Fisichella it will be hard" and "Kovalainen is great"... wondering who will get the #1-untouchable seat that is traditional on the teams that have the flamboyant italian as team manager...


And for the rest... oh well, I am not very excited about who is going to finish 11, but for the record:

Toyota: Ralf
Spyker: Albers
Red Bull: Coulthard
Toro Rosso: No clue
Super Aguri: Sato
Williams: Rosberg