Teamate Battles

[dark rider 13 0]

so with all the team driver desided just wondered hu thought hu would beat hu in terms of performaces, points and grid positions with the in team battles

[Shane2 0]

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Alonso > Hamilton

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

RS > Trulli

Raikkonen > Massa (but only just)

Kubica > Heidfeld

Webber > DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico > Kovalinen (again only by a narrow margin)

Wurz = Rosberg (don't think there will be much in that one)

Not gonna bet on midland till i know the second driver

[Sato 0]

Sato will crush Davidson, just like he did when they were teammates in F3.

[Player(1) 0]

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Alonso > Hamilton

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

Trulli > RS

Raikkonen > Massa (but only just)

Kubica > Heidfeld

Webber > DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico > Kovalinen (again only by a narrow margin)

Wurz = Rosberg (don't think there will be much in that one)

Not gonna bet on midland till i know the second driver

I'll settle for that with only a slight adjustment

[Quiet One 15]

I'll settle for that with only a slight adjustment

Agrees. And I also think Sato will get the upper hand on Davidson

[suomenpankki 0]

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Alonso > Hamilton

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

RS > Trulli

Raikkonen > Massa (but only just)

Kubica > Heidfeld

Webber > DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico > Kovalinen (again only by a narrow margin)

Wurz = Rosberg (don't think there will be much in that one)

Not gonna bet on midland till i know the second driver

even if i look thru my finn eyes i really really think kovalainen will beat Fisico bigtime!!

[JayStorm 0]

Fisichella will surely destroy him.

But yes, I too would generally go along with Shane's predictions.

[aussief1 4]

Alonso > Hamilton

Wurz > Rosberg

Button > Barrichello

Raikkonen > Massa

Kubica > Heidfeld

Webber > DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico > Kovalinen

Schumacher > Trulli

Liuzzi > Speed

Thats my predictions. Lets dig up this thread this time next year and see how right or wrong we are

[Sato 0]

Guess I'll put all my predictions then.

Alonso > Hamilton

That Finn Guy > Fisicrap

Button > Barrichello

Raikkonen > Massa

Webber > DC

Wurz > Rosberg

Sato >>> Davidson

Trulli > Schumacher

Liuzzi > Speed

[Machi 0]

Alonso > Hamilton

Fisichella > Kovalainen

Raikkonen > Massa

Button > Barrichello

Heidfeld > Kubica

Liuzzi ? Speed

Schumacher = Trulli

Webber = Coulthard

Wurz = Rosberg

Albers > Whoever will take that seat

Davidson > Sato

[Shane2 0]

I'll settle for that with only a slight adjustment

Trulli pulvarises him in quali, i agree, but in the race trulli drops off by quiet a large margin, as indicated by 2006 where he scored 5 points more than Jarno and 2005 where he scored 2 more. I feel personally that ralf is just better at sustaining the pace over a GP that jarno thats why i gave that prediction.

Sato will crush Davidson, just like he did when they were teammates in F3.

Maybe so, but i just don't get the impression Sato fits into F1. Davidson is a more measured, calmer, and less reckless driver and that is why i feel he will have the edge.

[aussief1 4]

Maybe so, but i just don't get the impression Sato fits into F1. Davidson is a more measured, calmer, and less reckless driver and that is why i feel he will have the edge.

Davidson will also have a distinct advantage in knowing the chassis inside out if SAF1 do run a Honda RA106 clone next year.

[Shane2 0]

Yeah i didnt think of that, good point.

[bathurst1000 0]

Here are my predictions

Raikkonen > Massa

Alonso > Hamilton

Webber > DC

Fisi > Klovalienen

Button > Barrichello

Kubica > Heidfield (kubica will put him to shame, perhaps heidfeld last season)

Trulli > RS

Rosberg > Wurz (close but not many points for williams)

Speed = Liuzi (dont really care)

Sato > Davidson (dont care)

Spyker dont care.....

and thats that

[Schumikonen 2]

Raikkonen > Massa

Hamilton > Alonso

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

RS> Trulli

Kubica > Heidfeld

Webber > DC

Davidson > Sato

Kovalinen > Fisico

Rosberg > Wurz

I have a great expectation on this three guys:

Hamilton

Davidson

Kovalinen

[Kati 0]

Alonso > Hamilton

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

Ralf > Trulli

Raikkonen > Massa

Kubica < Heidfeld

Webber = DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico = Kovalainen

Wurz = Rosberg

[dribbler 6]

Schumacher> Massa Doh!

DAMMIIIIIITTTTT!

[Shane2 0]

lol i don't get it

[dribbler 6]

lol i don't get it

Such is the power of dribbler comedy. You don't get it, but you still laugh.

[Quiet One 15]

Alonso > Hamilton

Button > Barrichello

Liuzzi > Speed

Ralf > Trulli

Raikkonen > Massa

Kubica < Heidfeld

Webber = DC

Davidson > Sato

Fisico = Kovalainen

Wurz = Rosberg

Look who's back! Bem-vinda! Now those 3 lines I quoted in bold made me almost leave my gf for you. Too bad you compensated by putting Davison over Sato and Ralf over Trulli!

[Max Mosley 2]

Yes indeed Andres. It was a good post though, imho, overall.* Here are my thoughts on next season, from the F1 2007 thread, where you can also find Andres' excellent predictions in more detail.

McLaren: Alonso vs Hamilton

Alonso will easily beat Lewis, who I hope and think will show flashes of brilliance, gradually becoming more consistent towards the end of the season. I doubt there will be all that much intra-team tension, as they know they aren't really competing directly. Alonso's reputation is already assured and Lewis just has to get reasonably close to him by the end of the season. Clearly Lewis will have a lot more pressure than he's used to but I think he'll cope OK, through a combination of talent and understanding from the team.

Renault: Fisichella vs Kovalainen

Fisi is under great pressure. If he's beaten again he's finished. Fortunately for him I think he'll out-score Kovalainen, but whether it'll be enough to banish the doubts around him, I doubt, unfortunately for him.

Ferrari: Massa vs Raikkonen

Kimi should come out on top, but then he has to: they ain't paying $51mil/yr for a backup to Massa, of all the drivers. Not that Massa is not good. On the contrary he will be faster at times. Given that Ferrari may back a winner early in the season Kimi has to be faster right from the get go, which will be the challenge as Massa is already settled in the team. Expect a fierce battle at the start therefore, which may lead to bad feeling later, as Andres suggested.

Honda: Button vs Barrichello

Yeah I agree again. Jense will comfortably beat Rubens over the whole season, maybe not by the amazing margin of this year though. I doubt there will be unusual tension here. The big question mark for me here is how good will the car be? They had a very strong end of season and keep saying they're improving. I want to believe but you have to be somewhat skeptical. What Jenson will think if they don't improve will be interesting.

Red Bull: Coulthard vs Webber

Now this one's interesting. Mark will obviously out-qualify DC by some margin, but DC races well. I expect a small advantage to MW at the season's end. Both are very committed and fit drivers and they should drive the team forward a bit. I think they're both sensible grownups who should work OK together despite the similarity in performance that might cause problems for other driver pairings.

Williams: Rosberg vs Wurz

Hard to predict this one too. Both are smart and I don't expect fireworks particularly. Wurz must have technical advantage at this stage but Nico will be catching up as he's very intelligent. Both can be tough racers so there could be some good battles between them on track. I guess Wurz is the slight favourite but only just.

STR: Liuzzi (?) vs Speed (?)

A team relatively low on talent imho. Who really cares who is least mediocre?

Spyker: Albers vs (?)

Super Aguri: Sato vs Davidson

No doubt Sato will get preferential treatment next year too. I don't even rate Anthony that highly (he has a very poor race record) and with the better treatment, much greater race driver experience etc I suspect Sato may slightly out-perform him.

BMW: Nick Heidfeld vs Robert Kubica

Well Nick will out-score the Pole in his first full season. Robert looks a good prospect for the future though and could well make his mark in F1 by out-performing Nick on plenty of occasions. I fear Nick might be Kimi-ed again.

PS Therefore my bet for fireworks is BMW by a mile!

*For a girl, I mean.

[Max Mosley 2]

Ah, it seems I missed Toyota before! You can see how much I care about them. Well I'd go with Jarno, who is marginally the better when they're both on form, but really it will come down to whoever is the least inconsistent over the season.

[Shane2 0]

In the past 2 seasons, Ralf has finished ahead of Jarno in the WDC standings. Jarno pulverises him in quali, but i feel Ralf is a stronger racer.

[milaszewski 0]

I think one of the most interesting teammate fights will be between Kubica and Heidfeld. Especially by the fact that Heidfeld is quite angry that some people pay more attention to Robert than to him. And as we can see, some Heidfeld fans are angry about that too

And I am looking forward to see Alonso and Hamilton. BTW - Kubica and Hamilton were racing against in F3 Euro Series in the past. They were quite equal, but Hamilton has always been in a better team.

[Null 0]

Kubica and heidfeld will be very interesting next year, BMW sauber will be the most interesting team I think. I don't think Kubica will beat Heidfeld, since every time heidfeld has a challenge put in front of him, he more than lives up to it.

We'll see!