Here it is folks!!

Our first banter thread of 2010.

Let's use this thread to discuss, talk smack and banter about all of the pre-season shennanigans.

Here is how the 2010 lineup is shaping up.

2010 driver line-up:

Mercedes GP

Michael Schumacher
Nico Rosberg

Red Bull Racing

Sebastian Vettel
Mark Webber

McLaren-Mercedes

Jenson Button
Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari

Fernando Alonso
Felipe Massa

BMW Sauber

Pedro de la Rosa
Kamui Kobayashi

Williams-Cosworth

Rubens Barrichello
Nico Hulkenberg

Renault

Robert Kubica
TBA

Force India-Mercedes

Adrian Sutil
Tonio Liuzzi

Toro Rosso-Ferrari

Sebastien Buemi
Jamie Alguersuari

Lotus-Cosworth

Jarno Trulli
Heikki Kovalainen

Campos-Cosworth

Bruno Senna
TBA

Virgin-Cosworth

Timo Glock
Lucas di Grassi

US F1-Cosworth

TBA
TBA

Who looks strong (besides McLaren)?

 

^ Ferrari of course



Whats up with this stuf you were saying about USGPE waiting til the spanish GP to start? Thats just dissapointing...Spyker 2.0?

 

Ferrari and McLaren both have really strong teams this year. I'd almost say Ferrari might have a better chance than McLaren but it really comes down to who can recover faster after last year. Red Bull is actually going to be a serious force to be reckoned with this year. They've got their team dynamics all sorted and Webber really found his groove last year driving alongside Vettel. I'd actually like to see Red Bull sweep the series this year for the WCC.

I think Mercedes GP will be the team to watch, especially with Schumey teaming up with Brawn again. Rosberg is a great 2nd driver and I think he'll make a lot of progress this year and hopefully win a GP or two.

BMW Sauber might be another dark horse on the grid this year with Kobayashi, but I think their biggest hurdle will be how good the car is.

 

Shumie is going after both titles, that can't be a bad thing, right? MBF1 is the team to watch, and dare I say set the pace this year.

what I would really like to see is a fight for every position, a really close race for top 4-5, then the next 5, and so on, there are enough cars on the grid and more than enough talent and skill in the line up of drivers and engineers.

anyone flying over here for the first race?

 

I would first of all like to say Welcome Back Barrister. It's a pleasure to see you starting these threads again. I hope luck goes your way and we have you around full time from here on out.

With that said I still love LH and Mclaren but I think MercedesGP could be the team to beat. I am actually pretty excited to see Ferrari, MM, MGP, RedBull all be big names this year making everything even more competitive. Hopefully anyway. After last season I am skeptical though...

 

Gooo Red Bull!

 

With the strength of all these teams driver wise, i think this can be a wide open championship if all the cars are strong as well.

 

I agree that it'll be a great season if we actually get to see a lot of action this year! With fuel stops being banned this year (right?), we should see a lot more action out on the track.

I wanted to fly out for the first race but then I found myself employed which made getting the time off for the race a lot harder.

 

First i want to request that the thread title be changed to Bonita bringing Dana down...

second,

Ferrari Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Thank you

 

I'm not sure if I'm going to watch this year.... I've always liked schumi and always rooted for Ferrari. Now I just don't know how to chose so I think I'll just stop watching.