Jv Aims To Bounce Back

[ecapdeville 0]

...Renault have a good car, but it's not great.

[AutoRacer5 0]

The Sauber team is improving but they are still quite a bit behind the big teams in terms of track performance, resources and budget.  Further more, Sauber might be under pressure from Toyota next year.  JV did well at Brazil and this is a sure sign that he will be quick in 2005.

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Sauber will not be under pressure from Toyota next year. They were one point from being tied with Jaguar, and Sauber have about 2-3X the score of Toyota, I don't know i don't have the WCC standings in front of me, but Sauber have constantly gotten 1 or 2 cars in the points at each GP, Toyota are lucky to get one. And with their huge budget, Toyota haven't had great results. One may argue that it is all because of the Ferrari link, but Sauber are making great progress, the wind tunnel is evidence and their cars are one of the fastest in straight-line speed all year.

[KoolMonkey 0]

After seeing the news ariticles today about Renault and JV, I can only say I knew this was coming. Renault are equal IMHO to Williams in their treatment on their drivers. To say it was a mistake to hire JV, might be half true, but the biggest mistake is in them causing disent in their team and s##tting on Trulli. To even put JV's name and Renault losing out to BAR in the same sentence is insane. Renault lost to BAR long before JV even started testing with them.

Sauber is perfect for JV. No politics of Richards or the sneaky French.

[C.A.L. 0]

After seeing the news ariticles today about Renault and JV, I can only say I knew this was coming.  Renault are equal IMHO to Williams in their treatment on their drivers.  To say it was a mistake to hire JV, might be half true, but the biggest mistake is in them causing disent in their team and s##tting on Trulli.  To even put JV's name and Renault losing out to BAR in the same sentence is insane.  Renault lost to BAR long before JV even started testing with them.

Sauber is perfect for JV.  No politics of Richards or the sneaky French.

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Renault had a lot of time to decide whether or not to replace Trulli with their Test driver Before going to Villeneuve and THEY "Renault" did not ...thats their own 1st mistake.

Unless of course they know that Franck Montagy was not that fast or prepared to make any real difference.

Alonso never got anywhere close to getting above 4th in each of the last three races ,while BAR was scoring just as well no matter whom was in the second car for Renault. Villeneuve would of needed three podiums just to make up the 11 point difference when he got there, without expecting BAR to lose both cars per race.

Any mistake was made before the season even started ...now they need Villeneuve again for an escape clause , at least his car lasted in those three races ...so maybe something is getting better at Renault F1.

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One more thing, None of the bottom four teams (Toyota, Jaguar, Jordan and Minardi) scored a point after belgium. Sauber still scored more points.

[KoolMonkey 0]

Oh I hope that it turns out BAR have indeed sacked Richards. Would be some sweat irony after BAR's good season.

I was a huge fan of Renault this year. But now after seeing them diss JV and basically say it was his fault they came 3rd is utter nonsense. But what bothers me even more is all the F1 reporters spreading this rubbish. Everyone knows JV was in a difficult situation in a car he had never driven before. His performance in Brazil was top notch, with his times almost equal to Alonso. I hope he get's to test his heart out in the Sauber and with their all new wind tunnel car, kick some major manufacturers a## next year. 2005 is going to be quite a year for F1 with all the driver changes.

Oh and that news thing on Williams still considering Mika! OMG! Like sure. Williams don't have a clue what driver they want. They should take DC as it's only for 1 year anyway. Then Button will drive for them come 2006.

[kiko01 0]

Renault have been champion a lot of times, and when they make decisions they acomplished their goals. They came back to F1 in 2002, in 3 years they become 3rd team, how many years does BAR have in F1?, this year was their best one, but I

[ecapdeville 0]

Yep!!!!! Some of you seem to forget that Renault have changed their engine configuration this year, even this way they have finished third and at some point of this season they looked to be really strong. I don

[kiko01 0]

Thanks kiko 

Maybe if Briatore would "think" more with brains than with heart, Renault could be better next year.

Que bueno que escribes de nuevo kiko, saludos de mexico

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Hola Ecapdeville!!!! El trabajo no me ha dejado mucho tiempo este ultimo mes. El a

[nojvnof1 0]

Oh I hope that it turns out BAR have indeed sacked Richards.  Would be some sweat irony after BAR's good season. 

I was a huge fan of Renault this year.  But now after seeing them diss JV and basically say it was his fault they came 3rd is utter nonsense.  But what bothers me even more is all the F1 reporters spreading this rubbish.  Everyone knows JV was in a difficult situation in a car he had never driven before.  His performance in Brazil was top notch, with his times almost equal to Alonso.  I hope he get's to test his heart out in the Sauber and with their all new wind tunnel car, kick some major manufacturers a## next year.  2005 is going to be quite a year for F1 with all the driver changes.

Oh and that news thing on Williams still considering Mika!  OMG! Like sure.  Williams don't have a clue what driver they want.  They should take DC as it's only for 1 year anyway.  Then Button will drive for them come 2006.

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This whole Mika situation shows just how biased most F1 media is. When JV was touted as a possible comeback, everyone was saying he was too old and had been out of F1 for a year, hence past it. But Mika, who is older than JV and has been out of the sport 3 years is touted as a big chance and a saviour of F1. Im not anti Mika, but come on, play fair.

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I'd be a fan of Mika returning, would be good to hire the one man that Schumacher fears.

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