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The Official 2008 Formula 1 Thread!
It's January, so silly season '08 has officially begun!
So on with the news and rumors!
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News!
The drivers and numbers have been announced by the FIA. Only one seat remains! Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 1. Kimi Raikkonen 2. Felipe Massa BMW Sauber F1 Team: 3. Nick Heidfeld 4. Robert Kubica ING Renault F1 Team: 5. Fernando Alonso 6. Nelson Piquet Jr AT&T Williams: 7. Nico Rosberg 8. Kazuki Nakajima Red Bull Racing: 9. David Coulthard 10. Mark Webber Panasonic Toyota Racing 11. Jarno Trulli 12. Timo Glock Scuderia Toro Rosso: 14. Sebastien Bourdais 15. Sebastian Vettel Honda Racing F1 Team: 16. Jenson Button 17. Rubens Barrichello Super Aguri F1 Team: 18. Takuma Sato 19. Anthony Davidson Force India Formula One Team: 20. Adrian Sutil 21. Giancarlo Fisichella Vodafone McLaren Mercedes: 22. Lewis Hamilton 23. Heikki Kovalainen
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2008-01-08, 11:33 AM | #3 |
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The McLaren MP4-23
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2008-01-08, 11:34 AM | #4 |
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The Ferrari F2008
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2008-01-08, 11:35 AM | #5 |
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So far, nothing looks drastically different from last years.
At least to my eyes.
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2008-01-08, 11:53 AM | #6 |
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I dont see much difference either most of it is internal, the aero packages on the ferrari will be completely different come Melbourne
although I hear the ferrari car is shorter then last years model, and those side bolsters around the drivers head are taller now
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2008-01-08, 03:34 PM | #8 |
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Good catch. I didn't look closely enough
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2008-01-08, 06:40 PM | #9 |
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Kimi TOTALLY looks ready... to fall asleep.
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What do you mean? That's his excited face.
That's also his sleepy face, his annoyed face, his o face and his sad face.
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2008-01-08, 06:43 PM | #11 |
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EXACTLY!!!
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Man, it is really weird to see the McLaren with such a high Number!
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2008-01-09, 10:27 AM | #15 |
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That's gotta just be the camera angle.
...then again, F1 teams will run a ton of negative camber just to keep the tires hot. I guess they stick better using 80% of the tire at high temp, than using 100% of the tire at a low temp. Massive toe out would certainly help keep the tires warm too.
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And Massa looks like Kimi farted something rank.
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And the Ferarri's rockin' NUMBER 1!
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Rumor has it that Fisichella bought... er... got the last seat left for 08 at Force India.
Official announcement due tomorrow. http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/...ed-fisichella/
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Poor Fisi... I like that guy, it sucks to see him in what will likely be a perpetual back-marker car.
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In other '08 news... has anyone heard if Honda is going to have a real sponsor next season, or are we going to have to watch their slow, ugly cars again this year?
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well I think the "earth" car paint scheme is gone but I havent heard anything about a major sponsor
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What driver will the banning of traction control help/hinder the most?
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Fisichella, Sutil at Force India. Luizzi will be their test driver.
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/...il-and-liuzzi/
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The Toyota TF108 has been unveiled.
Haven't found any high-res photos yet. But it looks like they are debuting with the McLaren style front wing.
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