cars look uglier now

1/13/2009 11:05:13 AM

yay another gay thread that only 4 people will post in

1/13/2009 11:12:53 AM

the new championship points system is gay as fuck too. f1 is fucking gay

1/13/2009 11:27:14 AM

^^gtfo

1/13/2009 5:52:33 PM

^^ what new points system? the medal system bernie wants is not in place.

1/13/2009 6:53:02 PM

but they are on slicks again!

1/13/2009 7:33:36 PM

...barcodes...?

1/13/2009 8:23:23 PM

the new system is laid out, so who ever has the most wins buy the end of the year, wins the championship.

1/13/2009 8:40:19 PM

you can buy wins now? who knew?!?

1/13/2009 8:41:43 PM

lol oops. but yes only on sat morings on speed

1/13/2009 10:49:00 PM

^^^ Yeah, that's pretty gay. Something similar will probably be implemented in MotoGP pretty soon as well

[Edited on January 13, 2009 at 10:53 PM. Reason : ]

1/13/2009 10:53:47 PM

retarded

racing should be about consistency throughout the season

1/13/2009 11:08:32 PM

YOU know i would show up here


controlling cost by chaning rules is not the answer...too late now.


more pissed about them not being in n america anymore than anything

F1 is no longer my favorite racing

in order:

ALMS
Indycar
GrandAM
F1
DTM
everything else
NASCAR

I guess I will never see f1 in person ever again anyway, will go to plenty of indycar and grandam races soon though.

bernie needs to go

1/14/2009 8:01:39 AM

You guys know that I am a resident in F1 topic!

I thought it would be a while till 2009 season when 2008 season ended in Brazil, but damn it's almost here!

I am not a fan of F60 either.
short ugly rear wing..
strange front wing...
long nose...

But I still can't wait for 2009 season... and wanna see how drivers will drive with slick tyers.

1/14/2009 10:08:09 AM

lol at you guys bitching about the way the car looks.

cause its all about style in F1

1/14/2009 10:15:25 AM

1/14/2009 11:28:24 AM

we will get used to how they look in a few races

really want to see how it compares to say 2004 when they were the fastest

1/14/2009 4:50:41 PM

the way its going now we will be lucky to even have nascar next year. with 3 races not sponsored this coming 09 season. who knows how bad it will be on 2010

1/14/2009 5:09:33 PM

Toyota TF109!

1/15/2009 10:56:27 AM

McLaren MP4-24

1/16/2009 8:21:30 AM

best looking so far

1/17/2009 7:25:59 AM

Renault R29





Um...the coloring is not nice..(even driver's uniform color...)

1/19/2009 10:29:37 AM

Williams FW31

1/19/2009 10:34:29 AM

The square looking front of the Renault makes it look like one of those old F1 cars from long time ago

1/21/2009 10:56:32 AM

are you goin to post info or just pictures?

1/21/2009 7:53:29 PM

what info do you want?

1/21/2009 8:13:42 PM

1/21/2009 9:03:47 PM

track scheduals, driver info, new changes, ext,

you see 2 or 3 cars and paint jobs you get the picture,

1/22/2009 2:14:34 PM

Fine.

Round Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date
1 ING Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne, Victoria 29 March
2 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur 5 April
3 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai 19 April
4 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Manama 26 April
5 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona 10 May
6 Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo 24 May
7 ING Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul 7 June
8 Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 21 June
9 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP* Nürburgring Nürburg 12 July
10 ING Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest 26 July
11 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe European GP Valencia Street Circuit Valencia 23 August
12 ING Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa 30 August
13 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza 13 September
14 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix† Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore 27 September
15 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit Suzuka 4 October
16 Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo 18 October
17 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina Circuit‡ Abu Dhabi 1 November

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes - Lewis Hamilton & Heikki Kovalainen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro - Kimi Räikkönen & Felipe Massa
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Nick Heidfeld & Robert Kubica
ING Renault F1 Team - Fernando Alonso & Nelson Piquet Jr.
Panasonic Toyota Racing - Jarno Truli & Timo Glock
Scuderia Toro Rosso - Sébastien Buemi & Sébastien Bourdais
Red Bull Racing - Mark Webber & Sebastian Vettel
AT&T Williams - Nico Rosberg & Kazuki Nakajima
Honda Racing F1 Team - TBD
Force India F1 Team - Adrian Sutil & Giancarlo Fisichella

Just read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Formula_One_season for all of the details on rules changes.

1/22/2009 9:03:54 PM

dont get mad or anything, its just like making other threads about a certain subject.
for example.
C6 ZO6:
yes it has pictures, but it also has videos, facts, specs,
or if you have a problem with your car the title isnt
problem:
car no start.

no one liners.
ya know

[Edited on January 22, 2009 at 9:33 PM. Reason : dont be hatin]

1/22/2009 9:31:57 PM

You guys would love this news!

Quote :

"A new Formula One team is under wraps in America and set to be launched officially later this month, it is reported on Wednesday. The team, whose logo can be previewed at 'usf1.com', is fronted by F1 stalwart and broadcaster Peter Windsor, and American Ken Anderson, of IndyCar and NASCAR fame but also former Ligier Technical Director. Briton Windsor, 56, has worked for Williams and Ferrari, but is best known today as a television pundit and writer. The German website motorsport-total.com claims USF1 intends to make its Grand Prix debut in 2010, and already has the blessing of F1 Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone. The team will have the slogan 'Made In America' and be headquartered in the heart of NASCAR-country in Charlotte, North Carolina. Reportedly, an agreement to use the new Windshear wind tunnel in North Carolina is already in place, while USF1 intends to be a showcase for American technology and US-born drivers. "

If they join 2010 season, it would be more likely to get USGP back!


Where in NC is the Windshear wind tunnel at? Are they gonna hire people for the team??

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 3:02 AM. Reason : :*]

2/5/2009 3:00:27 AM

hey bo what da hell downforce mahn?

well the mobil 1 bridgestone cosworth ran a good race today but man Hamilton is just too good, I mean he put 3 laps on us.

2/5/2009 6:41:41 AM

Quote :

"Dang I need to transfer to the university of Charlotte now!"

2/5/2009 10:12:32 AM

hell yea...i know where i'm gonna be looking for work when I graduate

2/5/2009 10:45:51 AM

It seems that USF1 will be headquartered in Concord if they really launch F1 team.

Sebastien Bourdais will drive for Toro Rosso in 2009, too.
Poor Takuma.....
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090206091328.shtml

2/6/2009 1:53:51 PM

3 Sebastiens

damn need to name my kid Sebastien if he to race in F1

2/6/2009 7:13:51 PM

http://www.thatsracin.com/other_series/story/22232.html

Quote :

"DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Formal announcement of a two-car American Formula One team to be based in the Charlotte area is planned for later this month, one of the two principals in that team confirmed to the Observer and ThatsRacin.com on Sunday. Ken Anderson said in a telephone interview that "95 percent of what you might have seen" about those plans in publications and on web sites covering the world's most popular form of motorsports is true. "We are looking at a couple of buildings in Charlotte, including one in the University area," Anderson said. He also said the team is close to signing one driver for the team that would debut in F1 in 2010. Anderson is a design engineer with a long history of involvement in racing. He was a technical director for a Formula One team in the late 1980s before moving back to the United States and serving a technical director of IndyCar teams for Chip Ganassi Racing and A.J. Foyt Racing. Anderson designed the G-Force car used in the Indy Racing League in 1996 and the next-generation IRL chassis in 2002. He was later technical director of Haas CNC Racing in NASCAR competition. His partner in the effort is Peter Windsor, a former team manager for the Williams F1 operation who also worked for the Ferrari team and who has recently worked as a pit reporter for Speed's F1 broadcasts in America. Anderson said the team would use American drivers. "Not many people here know ... but there are talented Americans in Europe doing very well right now" in F1 developmental series, Anderson said. He also said he hoped the new team would become the "conduit" for future Americans to develop into top-tier international competition. Anderson said an American team in Formula One makes sense. "All of the teams' sponsors want a presence here and American companies are going global," he said. "Formula One is the biggest television show in the world, bar none." Anderson said it would be cost-effective to run an F1 team in the United States since, in his words, "90 percent of the technology that exists in F1 comes from the U.S. anyway." He said carbon-fiber chassis, braking systems, computer parts and software and many other elements used in F1 competition are made in the U.S. or by companies that are based here. One asset at Charlotte-area based F1 team might use is Windshear Inc.'s wind tunnel that opened last year in Concord. The rolling-road tunnel, capable of testing cars at up to 180 mph, is the first of its kind in North America. Max Mosley, the controversial president of the FIA, spoke with reporters in London about a new U.S.-based team last week. "They are serious people, but I think they'll be the same as everybody else and they need the costs to come down if they want to be competitive," the head of the motortsports governing body told a small group of reporters. The FIA and F1 teams have agreed to a wide range of regulation and budget changes for 2009, including longer-lasting engines, a ban on in-season testing and the biggest aerodynamic modifications in two decades. Mosley said an independent team would need at least $64 million (50 million euro) to start, although the FIA is pushing the teams to lower that figure by 2010 amid the global economic downturn. Honda, with a reported budget of about $290 million, pulled out of F1 in December. Super Aguri exited last April. The ban on in-season testing would be a major boost to a North American entry because it would slash travel costs. The Canadian Grand Prix was dropped from F1's 2009 calendar for the first time since 1987 because Montreal organizers had not paid their debts to F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone for the last three years, according to Ecclestone. Mosley believes that a U.S.-based team could lead to F1 returning to North America after the United States GP was dropped from the calendar after 2007. "From a sporting point of view, we should definitely have something in North America," Mosley said. "From a commercial point of view, I'm not really competent to say." The Charlotte-based effort has a web site, USF1.com, but so far it consists only of a logo and a contact link."

I'd love to get a Finance or PR/Marketing job for the team!

2/9/2009 12:40:08 AM

http://i.gizmodo.com/5151641/formula-1-cars-getting-electric-hyperspeed-jumps
cool vid

2/12/2009 12:23:40 PM

^^damn I'd apply for a job to sweep the damn floors!

Is anyone planning on having any F1 viewing parties this year? Me and john kruk have vowed to watch as many games as possible together this season.

2/20/2009 10:51:18 AM

Quote :

"Is anyone planning on having any F1 viewing parties this year? Me and john kruk have vowed to watch as many games as possible together this season."

I'm ready for the big football race! Whats that called? The world series?

2/20/2009 11:24:25 AM

very nice/interesting vid, Ragged

2/20/2009 2:50:20 PM

Quote :

"Is anyone planning on having any F1 viewing parties this year? Me and john kruk have vowed to watch as many gamesraces as possible together this season."

I'd love to if I were in the US...

2/21/2009 9:20:20 AM

games, races, whatever!

2/23/2009 11:31:21 AM

games, races, whatever!

2/23/2009 11:31:21 AM

14 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix† Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore 27 September
ill watch that one

2/23/2009 12:29:09 PM

1 week till 2009 season!
1 week till Australian GP!

3/20/2009 3:00:32 AM

yay!!!

cant wait...really need to find nice place to watch the race though

3/20/2009 3:35:26 PM

the rules still fucking suck,

3/21/2009 6:24:43 PM

Quote :

"the rules still fucking suck,"

Yea and the new most wins points system. That is fucked up, the most consistent driver should win the Drivers Championship .

[Edited on March 21, 2009 at 6:42 PM. Reason : :]

3/21/2009 6:42:24 PM

on an unrelated note, i was watching the LMP thing on speed about the new acura, and i thought it was pretty cool

3/21/2009 11:17:44 PM