Derec

What do you guys think?

Will Ferrari dominate the whole season?

I surely hope they won't and that McLaren and/or Williams will be able to pull even as far as car performance/reliability goes.

How will the rules changes for this year affect the championship.

UMoC

azidhak

I vote for Michael Schumacher. That lucky B*st*rd is going to win again.
Haakon

Friar Bellows

I voted Michael Schumacher. The new rules will cause a few minor problems for him, but he should win quite easily. One thing I don't like is the points system. The difference between 1st and 2nd is too small. Less incentive for the 2nd placed guy to go all-for-broke and win the race.

Jimmy Higgins

Schumacher is so great, he can win driving a Ferrari. I remember Jean Alesi leading every race in that car and it would always blow up on him. Schumacher is as good as Senna, that of course, being as good as it gets. I remember Schumacher in his first race. I don't think his car started. It was a real disappointment. I think he got over it.

Cutter

I voted MS. I would've voted for Kimi but he drives for McLaren and I f****** hate McLaren.

Scribleriad

As long as his car stays in one piece for the rest of the season, Michael Schumacher will win it, easily. He was a second ahead in qualifying with the OLD car...

Qualifying was boring though. Same thing over and over again.

And is it just me, or does Kimi's interviews bring anyone else to the point of hysterical laughter?

Derec

That is possible. I certainly hope you are wrong though.

We will see.

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One thing I don't like is the points system. The difference between 1st and 2nd is too small.

100% ACK. It decreases the value of an actual Grand Prix victory.

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Less incentive for the 2nd placed guy to go all-for-broke and win the race.

Yes, also it dramatically decreased the punishment for Montoya's spin.

One thing I like about the new point system is that is gives points to first eight instead of first six. That will make racing more interesting for mid-field teams. Reliability - a problem with F1 for quite a while - will also benefit from this change I think.

UMoC

Cutter

The new points system is a bugger, I'll admit. It's also been adopted by the WRC. The system has clearly been devised by the FIA to try and break Ferrari and Peugeot's strangleholds on their respective series.

Derec

Ferrari's have been the superior cars for a few years now, even Jeff Gordon could win in one of those.
Now if he had won the Championship in a 1996 Ferrari I'd be impressed.

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I remember Jean Alesi leading every race in that car and it would always blow up on him.

Mid-90s Ferraris should have been driven the FIAT make and not Ferrari, they were so bad. You know: Fix It Again Tony.
Remember the dismal 1996 season?

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Schumacher is as good as Senna, that of course, being as good as it gets.

And saying this, of course, is blasphemy.

Senna always had competitive teammates. Who does Schumi have? Eddie Irvine and Rubens Barrichello for crying out load. And even they had to slow down if they were ahaed of MS.

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I remember Schumacher in his first race. I don't think his car started. It was a real disappointment. I think he got over it.

His first race ever? In a Jordan? I am afraid I don't remember that one.

And why is that?

UMoC

Cutter

You know, I've hated McLaren for so long I've forgotten. It stretches back to at least the late '80's or early '90's.

Probably has something to do with me being a tifosi and McLaren's domination of the series back then.