I think we are all forgetting about BMW. They had a fantastic 2007 year. They had no termoil, ran excellently (except for that one Kubica crash), and were one of the few teams that had the 2008 driver line up chosen before the final race at brazil. I personally like the BMW team better than others because they stay to the true purpose of the race, racing! They keep away from stupid press troubles and rediculous troubles (unlike mclaren... HOW THE HELL CAN YOU LOOSE THE CONSTRUCTORS CUP LIKE THAT!!!).

GO BMW!! GO HEIDFELD!! GO KUBICA!!

 

^^
I do have to say, Kubica gets my vote for gnarliest crash of last year. I nearly wet myself when he hit the wall. And then to come back in a few weeks was pretty impressive!

 

+1 on bourdais

i wonder how he will do in F1. he is great in the IRL but the level of competition is much greater in F1. it will be interesting

 

Well, when you look at the difference between the first and last place, it is usually just a couple seconda max. The qualifing times are so ridiculously high that most people are split by just a few tenths of a second. Is bourdais that good?

 

I don't know... but he must have shown them something to have gotten a full ride after only three tests.

 

Bourdais will have a helluva time against Vettel.

Please don't try to say "he's had a young teammate and he's kicked his *** before."

Rahal can't even wipe Vettel's feet in terms of pace. Watch Shanghai again if you don't know what I mean

 

This season should be very interesting in general. Everyone is switching teams, and young rookie F1 drivers are attempting to pull Luis Hamiltons (When your rookie Formula 1 year consists of a podium in the drivers championship)!

 

Christmas Bump...

 

You mean Champ Car.

Alex Zanardi and Cristiano da Matta both went from CART to F1 (although Zanardi was in F1 before CART) and put up pretty forgettable seasons.

 

anyone planning on attending any races? i am hoping to make it to the catalunya race (barcelona).

 

I would, but im broke!

 

They also had pretty forgettable cars

 

I just picked up a copy of F1 Racing Magazine. Im reading through it, and ill post some summaries of some articles at the bottom of the first post. The magazine includes articles on night racing, best driver 2007, best car 2007, best overtake 2007, best start 2007, and best boffin 2007. They also do a poll on whether you like Hamilton or Raikkonen more.

 

BMW to leapfrog McLaren this year and become the #2 team, behind Kimi in the Ferrari.

 

Im hoping for that too!

 

I love formula one! I've been a Kimi fan for the longest time and I'm glad to finally see him claim the Driver's title, especially the way that he had to come from behind to win it.

 

Everyone loves the iceman. Personaly, I would like to see Hamilton first, Kimi second, BMW, then everyone else, then Alonso... I respect Alonso's driving ability, I just don't think he is humble enough with it.

 

Let's root for the guy in the gorilla suit to win it twice!

 

+1

 

Is he humble at all?