Your odds on 2008

[P_O_L]

Your super-human was groomed for 9 years but couldnt even make his own set-ups. When he did give a shot at making his own, he ended up more than half a minute behind double world champion teammate Alonso.

Makes you wonder what exactly he was groomed for...snipes at his teammate in the media?

[Belatti]

Oh please STOP!
This is like the egg and the chicken: who was first?
- the chicken because if not who did put the egg?
- and from what did the chicken was born, then?
- from an egg...
- and who did put the egg?
and so on and so on

So please mature. Look: if Lewis never wins a WC he will be an average driver, if he wins just one, he will be good and if he wins 3 or 4 he will be a monster of F1, till that happens, just shut up!

If not, I will take control of The Forum and send you bees through the wires that will came out from the USB port and will stung all your face!

[checkered]

?!

[jaho101]

Your super-human was groomed for 9 years but couldnt even make his own set-ups. When he did give a shot at making his own, he ended up more than half a minute behind double world champion teammate Alonso.

Makes you wonder what exactly he was groomed for...snipes at his teammate in the media?

I don't get why some people are so angry about praising Hamilton, he was amazingly consistent in his rookie season and did a great job. Alonso had more reputation, but he certainly didn't fall behind and did a great job too. I think both deserve praise, just look outside of the context of the drama.

[Belatti]

chachachachannnnn!!!
*people checking his own odds*
Who will be closer?

[Giblet]

Jeez POL relax a bit.

You can say what you want about Hammie, but McLaren is on pole, so he has proven he can develop a car as well.

Yes he has test drivers behind him developing as well, but so does every other number one driver.

Hammie was fastest, and also from what I saw, the smoothest driver out there. He was barely on the curbs, and sort of made it loo easy.

I'm nt a big Hammie fan, but I can appreciate good driving without being a fanboy.

You don't have to love a talented driver to enjoy their driving, just like you don't need to love a beautiful woman to enjoy her charms.

[Ted68]

Call me crazy, but heres how I think it will shake out.

1. Ferrari----No explaination needed here.
2. Renault---FA and team will jump right back to Championship form.
3. BMW------They may say the car is not right, but by race day it will be.
4. McLaren--A $100,000,000.00 hole in the budget is hard to hide, especially under a microscope.
5. Williams--Should have an excellent year.
6. Honda----Ross Brawn's impact is already visible, look at the red paint on the nose and airbox.
7. Red Bull--Enigmatic.
8. Toyota---Should sell the team and back Sir Frank Williams, they'll be winning for half the money.
9. STR-------Better drivers than equipment, should see some break-out drives foiled by broken-down cars.
10. SA-------Tora!Tora!Tora!RIP! They'll die fighting, and honorably, as Sato always does.
11. FI--------Let's start a pool; How long 'til this one folds (From Jordan to Midland to Spyker to Force India in how many years?)

Well, I got a couple right. With that much attrition, not much can be concluded. Who was good and who just survived.

1. Ferrari--Great drive by Kimi, but all 6 engines out? Lets hope its just bad luck
2. Renault--Outstanding drive by FA in a car that looks to need alot of help.
3. BMW------I got that one right.
4. McLaren--Could not have been better.
5. Williams-My favorite team, hope it continues.
6. Honda----Rubens was doing great, seems to be a much better car, needs more red.
7. Red Bull-What is DC's problem in Australia, last year he almost decapitated Wurz by not giving up the corner he should have, and this year the same thing and then he threatens the other guy, terrible. Webber was fast with his usual luck. Sad, sad, sad...
8. Toyota---Looked good, may win the intra-Japan battle from Honda. If McLaren walks it, this may be the battle to watch. Then again, maybe they just had a godd weekend.
9. STR------So how long before both Vettel and Bourdais are signed by better teams? Too bad Vettel went out so early. And Bordais must have felt a bit of validation after being snubbed by F1 for so long. Too bad the equipment let them down.
10. SA-----Sato made the RA107 look better than JB or RB did last year, same end result though.
11. FI-----Hmmm...

[Belatti]

My list is:
1.Ferrari
2.McLaren
3.Renault
4.BMW
5.Williams
6.Honda
7.RBR
8.Toyota
9.STR
10.Force India
11.Super Aguri

1- Switch 1 & 2
2- BMW, Williams and Renault
3- Honda, Toyota, RBR, STR

So, basically I only guessed 10 and 11

[Roland Ehnström]

My expectations, and how it turned out:

1 - Räikkönen - got no time in Q2
2 - Hamilton - right up there as I expected
3 - Massa - a little slower than expected (fuel strategy?)
4 - Kovalainen - pretty much as I expected
5 - Alonso - slower than I expected
6 - Kubica - faster than I expected (fuel strategy?)
7 - Rosberg - as expected
8 - Heidfeld - as expected
9 - Piquet - way slower than I expected
10 - Nakajima - was a little slower than I expected, but not much
11 - Vettel - pretty much got this one spot on
12 - Trulli - faster than I expected
13 - Webber - no time in Q2
14 - Glock - a little faster than I expected
15 - Coulthard - faster than I expected
16 - Bourdais - pretty much as expected
17 - Button - faster than I expected
18 - Fisichella - as expected
19 - Sutil - as expected
20 - Barrichello - much faster than I expected
21 - Sato - as expected
22 - Davidson - as expected

So for me, the biggest disappointments compared to my expectations were the Renaults, especially Piquet. The biggest positive surprises were Barrichello, Button, Trulli, Glock, Kubica and Coulthard.