F1 Season 2007

I'm a big Ferrari fan and worshipped Michael Schumacher. I am, however, really looking forward to this new season. I can't wait to see how Kimi handles life at Ferrari and how Alonso gets on with Ron Dennis et al at McLaren. Mark Webber at Red Bull should also be interesting.

Are there any other F1 fans on tc?

 

mon the davie coulthard is he even still in it

 

I watched it for 2 or 3 years back when coulthard could win the odd race. Just think it is really boring to watch after the first lap.

 

Yeah, he's going into his third season with Red Bull.

 

Well that's certainly not true of every race. Yeah some races can be boring but there's always potential for exciting things to happen. The past 2 seasons have been very exciting and have produced some amazing races with fantastic overtaking!

 

I think DC will have a decent season - The Adrian Newey Red Bull will be the surprise of the season

 

I hope so. It was such a surprise when Newey moved to Red Bull, I bet they stopped development on the 06 Red Bull to concentrate on the 07 one so it should be great! Red Bull are such an exciting team, I'm just sorry they got rid of Klien - he was doing well for them.

I can't wait for the first race, I love staying up to watch it!!

 

Formula One is a gas..
It takes real guts to drive at such speeds, and on some of the most
difificult and dangerous courses of the world..
I love the Monte Carlo Grand Prix..Oh Boy !
Michael Schumacher for me is the King...

 

Schumi is the best

I love Monaco too, even though they can't overtake very much it always provides loads of entertainment when the rookies can't handle the narrow streets. My favourite circuit though is Spa, I'm so glad it's back in 07.

Best GP I've seen in a long, long time was the Japanese GP 2005 when Raikkonen came from the back to win and Alonso pulled off a stunningly brave pass on Michael at 130R. Amazing! Hope for more of the same starting in March

 

Put the kettle on.....can't wait for it too..
Still remember Schuie and Coulthard going at it hammer and tongs in
Monaco...
Once in front in those narrow street lanes, it's almost impossible to be overtaken..
Thrills and Spills..

 

Are you a Coulthard fan then? I couldn't stand him while he was at McLaren (I hate that team!) but now he's at RB he seems to have relaxed and is enjoying his role as the more experienced driver.

 

Read my lips...Schumacher is the King..LOL
I just love Formula One...

 

any schumi fan is good by me! Do you wish he'd stayed on for another season? I do, I think he'd win his 8th title and show Alonso who the real driver in F1 is

 

I reckon he is a multi millionaire...He has no more to prove to anyone..
Best to get out in one piece..oh ya

 

I'm a Kimi fan definetly... didnt like ferrari when schumi was there but gotta support them now.. fancy nico roseberg to do well this year theyve been making good noises about their new car

 

here is your next british world champion .i have watched his progress since

he was 10 on most kart tracks around britain.we never got to race him as he was always in another formula .here in scotland we have a few drivers close to competing with him.










Hamilton began karting in 1995 at the age of eight[3], and quickly began winning races and championships.
He progressed through the Cadet (1995-6), Junior Yamaha (1997), Junior Intercontinental A (1998-9), Intercontinental A (1999) and Formula A (2000) ranks in six seasons. Following his karting successes the British Racing Drivers’ Club made him a ‘Rising Star’ Member in 2000[3].

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Hamilton began his car racing career in the 2001 British Formula Renault Winter Series, finishing fifth overall[3]. This led to a full 2002 Formula Renault UK campaign with Manor Motorsport. Hamilton finished third overall with one win[3]. He remained with Manor for another year and won the championship convincingly with ten wins, beating Alex Lloyd with 419 points to 377[3]. But his debut appearance in British Formula Three was less successful – Hamilton crashed out of both races at the Brands Hatch season finale, being taken to hospital after the second[3].
Hamilton and Manor made their debut in the 2004 Formula Three Euroseries. They won just one race and Hamilton was fifth in the championship. He also won the Bahrain F3 Superprix, race one of the Macau F3 Grand Prix, and had his first test in a McLaren F1 car in December[3]. He defected to 2004 champions ASM for the following season and dominated the championship, winning 15 of the 20 rounds. He also won the Ultimate Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort [3].
After the season British magazine Autosport featured him in their “Top 50 Drivers of 2005” issue, ranking Hamilton 24th[3]. This success led him to join the ART Grand Prix in the 2006. Like ASM in F3, ART were reigning champions having taken the 2005 GP2 crown with Nico Rosberg [3].
Despite stiff opposition from more experienced rivals who had raced in GP2 in 2005, such as team mate Alexandre Prémat and Nelson Angelo Piquet, Hamilton won the GP2 championship at his first attempt[3]. Among his notable performances were a dominant win in the fifth round at the Nurburgring, which he won in spite of a penalty for speeding in the pits. Although all drivers in GP2 have access to the same machinery, Hamilton proved capable of regularly lapping over a second per lap faster than his rivals[3].
At his home race at Silverstone, supporting the British Grand Prix, he impressed again by overtaking two rivals at Becketts, a series of high-speed (up to 150 mph in a GP2 car) bends where overtaking is rare. He demonstrated his overtaking prowess again at the race in Istanbul, although he failed to win on that occasion. He became GP2 champion in unusual circumstances. Giorgio Pantano won the penultimate race at Monza, and set the fastest lap on the final lap, initially taking this bonus point from Hamilton. However, it transpired that he had set this under a yellow flag, indicating to the officials that he had not slowed enough to avoid potential danger, leading to him losing the fastest lap, which instead gave Hamilton the single point he needed to clinch the title.[3]

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As early as 1994 Hamilton had introduced himself to McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, at that Year's Autosport Awards[3], asking if he could drive for the team in the future.
In 1998 he was signed to the McLaren Driver Development Support programme. The contract included a future option on an F1 seat making Hamilton, 13 at the time, the youngest driver ever to have an F1 contract[3].
His 2006 GP2 championship coincided with a vacancy at McLaren following the departure of Juan Pablo Montoya to NASCAR and Kimi Räikkönen to Ferrari [3].
After a long period of speculation of whether he, Pedro de la Rosa, Gary Paffett, or even Mika Häkkinen would drive for McLaren alongside World Champion Fernando Alonso for the 2007 Formula One season, Hamilton was confirmed as the team's second driver[4]. He was told of McLaren’s decision on September 30th, but the news was not made public until November 24th, for fear that it would be overshadowed by Michael Schumacher’s retirement announcement[3].
Hamilton will be the first driver with prominent African or Caribbean ancestry to compete in Formula One,[5] 20 years after * T. Ribbs became the first black person to test a Formula One car[6].

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There is a question over Schumacher's true greatest because he had a far superior car to everyone else for a long period of his career and any time he had a challenge he resorted to unsporting conduct e.g. Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve.

Aryton Senna and Alain Prost were truely great drivers

 

Is David Coulthard still in it?

 

Yea, Red Bull Racing

 

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any one know when the new season starts??
who is favorite?