Formula 1 2007 : Crystal Ball Gazing
With just two weeks before the start of the 2007 F1 season I have decided to stick my neck out.Winter testig has made it rather obvious that Jenson Button will not be fighting for the drivers title and Toyota as always will be saying that this year they plan to consolidate their operations, next year they will be scoring points and the year next they plan to win races.
Based on the winter testing I make the following predictions :
Drivers Championship : Kimi Raikkonen
Massa may be consistantly outperforming Kimi when it comes to winter testing, but I believe when it comes to actual racing it is going to be an all together different story. Kimi has better race craft than Massa and would prevail during the races. Maybe Kimi was never interested in grabbing P1 during testing, choosing instead to understand the car and tyres better.
McLaren finally seem to got it right-they have the pace, the reliability and indeed the driver to do it for them. But at the moment it appears that Ferrari are ahead of them. Kimi would be looking to build an early lead on Alonso whilst they have this pace advantage because by mid season or maybe earlier McLaren would have closed the gap.
Constructors Championship : Ferrari
No doubt in my mind about this one. The constructors championships are often decided by the quality of the second driver and thats wher Ferrari are ahead of the competition. Lewis Hamilton and Heikki are rookies and are surely gonna make mistakes and cost their teams valuable points. Massa on the other hand has improved vastly over the course of 2006 and he would be scoring podiums consistantly. Ferrari have one hand on the constructors title.
Surprise of the Year : Kubica winning his first race. BMW have proved in testing that they have a real pacy car and if they are able to sort out their reliability issues, it wont be long before we wake up to the headline "Pole on pole".
Flavio Briatore maybe suggesting that Fernando's departure hasn't undermined the Renault's chances but they now left with a proven SLOW driver and an untested talent. I just hope that they don't fade in to oblivion as was the case following Schumacher's departure from Benetton.
Let's all wait and see how things span out, and, hope for a cracking season.
Comments, praises and rants are welcome.
Based on the winter testing I make the following predictions :
Drivers Championship : Kimi Raikkonen
Massa may be consistantly outperforming Kimi when it comes to winter testing, but I believe when it comes to actual racing it is going to be an all together different story. Kimi has better race craft than Massa and would prevail during the races. Maybe Kimi was never interested in grabbing P1 during testing, choosing instead to understand the car and tyres better.
McLaren finally seem to got it right-they have the pace, the reliability and indeed the driver to do it for them. But at the moment it appears that Ferrari are ahead of them. Kimi would be looking to build an early lead on Alonso whilst they have this pace advantage because by mid season or maybe earlier McLaren would have closed the gap.
Constructors Championship : Ferrari
No doubt in my mind about this one. The constructors championships are often decided by the quality of the second driver and thats wher Ferrari are ahead of the competition. Lewis Hamilton and Heikki are rookies and are surely gonna make mistakes and cost their teams valuable points. Massa on the other hand has improved vastly over the course of 2006 and he would be scoring podiums consistantly. Ferrari have one hand on the constructors title.
Surprise of the Year : Kubica winning his first race. BMW have proved in testing that they have a real pacy car and if they are able to sort out their reliability issues, it wont be long before we wake up to the headline "Pole on pole".
Flavio Briatore maybe suggesting that Fernando's departure hasn't undermined the Renault's chances but they now left with a proven SLOW driver and an untested talent. I just hope that they don't fade in to oblivion as was the case following Schumacher's departure from Benetton.
Let's all wait and see how things span out, and, hope for a cracking season.
Comments, praises and rants are welcome.
posted by Not an intellectual at 9:26 PM
1 Comments:
Hey, Alonso for the Drivers' again. The best finisher in the business.
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