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2007 Formula One Thread
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Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
Turbos! I want to see tiny, tiny engines producing 4-digit power numbers again. 😀
I like the idea of a no-holds-barred racing series that would truly showcase bleeding edge technology. The group B cars are so wild they capture our imagination decades after they stopped racing. But any hope of such a series would likely be sunk by some sort of safety or cost-control campaign.
iGav brought up a good point about relativity though - to a certain degree tech changes in F1 don't affect the racing so long as everyone is doing things the same way.
That sounds sort of familiar, though the Tyrrell's wheels weren't all the same size.
Counterfit
macrumors G3
Let's just bring back Can-Am, toss in a few McLarens in orange, and Porsches in Gulf and Sunoco colors and be done with it.
Okay, maybe a Chaparral or three.
Okay, maybe a Chaparral or three.
Wouldn't a 6 litre V12 be nearer 2000bhp if we take into account F1's current ability to be able to produce somewhere in the region of 325-340bhp per-litre? 😀
Heaven knows what they'd be though if they bolted a couple of turbos on there as well. 😀
bartelby
macrumors Core
I've often wondered what the absolute fastest time possible around somewhere like Suzuka (or Spa) would be with an unlimited type car compared with todays restricted F1 cars.
Active aerodynamics alone would contribute massively... super skinny on the straights and near vertical come the corners... 😀
bartelby
macrumors Core
Yeah, anyone brave enough would be able to do fastest laps too.
All they need to do is point the car in vaguely the right direction and keep their foot planted on the throttle!
drlunanerd
macrumors 68000
Slight edit:
Hamilton will bin it doing some ridiculous desperate move.
Alonso on the podium and win the championship.
A sad end to a weekend of British sport unfortunately beckons 🙁
bartelby
macrumors Core
drlunanerd
macrumors 68000
Thanks for that 😀
Thought he was out - last I saw he was coasting along apparently in trouble 😱
bartelby
macrumors Core
bartelby
macrumors Core
drlunanerd
macrumors 68000
Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
Look at the Iceman! 😱
Hamilton in seventh with a few laps to go, but he needs fifth to take the title...
Hamilton in seventh with a few laps to go, but he needs fifth to take the title...
Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
So, out of nowhere, Ferrari win yet another drivers/constructors championship...could things look any worse for McLaren? 😱
Credit to Kimi, he did what he had to do to win the title and deserves it.
Credit to Kimi, he did what he had to do to win the title and deserves it.
bartelby
macrumors Core
Maybe we'll see Kimi smile!!
Well, McLaren lost the championship for themselves in China.
scotthayes
macrumors 68000
Gutted...
And hope this doesn't sound like sour-grape, but Alonso should have been thrown out of the championship for using data from Ferrari and Ferrari should have lost the points from Melbourne for an illegal floor. Guess it helps when FIA stands for Ferrari's International Aid!!!
And hope this doesn't sound like sour-grape, but Alonso should have been thrown out of the championship for using data from Ferrari and Ferrari should have lost the points from Melbourne for an illegal floor. Guess it helps when FIA stands for Ferrari's International Aid!!!
vendettabass
macrumors 6502a
scotthayes
macrumors 68000
But on a positive note, we have seen a future World Champion who will challenge MS for just about every record in F1
Got to feel for Hamilton... he's been far and away the most consistent of the top 4 this season, and to be let down by McLaren 2 races on the trot. 😱 🙄 🙁
Still... Kimi wins 😀 and Fred didn't ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. 😀
And at least there's some justice in the fact that McHeater didn't win either of the Championships. 😀
Still... Kimi wins 😀 and Fred didn't ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. 😀
And at least there's some justice in the fact that McHeater didn't win either of the Championships. 😀
Lord Blackadder
macrumors P6
To be sure, the Constructors' Championship was decided off-track, which sucks.
Alonso made an ass of himself this year with his antics, and only has himself to blame. McLaren cheated and ultimately paid the price.
At least this race was on the level, and Kimi won it fair and square on the track. I don't really want to see another Ferrari dynasty, but you have to admit that the current McLaren cars are tainted goods...Ferrari have done their share of rule-bending but McLaren's transgressions were so massive the FIA had no choice but to act and it could very well have been much worse for them. As it stands they must all be sitting around wondering where it all went wrong in a season where they should have easily taken both titles.
Alonso to Renault next season, I can't imagine that Ron Dennis can stand the sight of him at this point.
Hamilton was probably the best driver over the course of the season...no title this time, but if he keeps driving like this he'll be a world champion sooner rather than later.
Alonso made an ass of himself this year with his antics, and only has himself to blame. McLaren cheated and ultimately paid the price.
At least this race was on the level, and Kimi won it fair and square on the track. I don't really want to see another Ferrari dynasty, but you have to admit that the current McLaren cars are tainted goods...Ferrari have done their share of rule-bending but McLaren's transgressions were so massive the FIA had no choice but to act and it could very well have been much worse for them. As it stands they must all be sitting around wondering where it all went wrong in a season where they should have easily taken both titles.
Alonso to Renault next season, I can't imagine that Ron Dennis can stand the sight of him at this point.
Hamilton was probably the best driver over the course of the season...no title this time, but if he keeps driving like this he'll be a world champion sooner rather than later.