The Offical F1 Thread #2

[Jam]

No, I don't think the race (the FIA's camera's) is filmed in HD so its upto Bernie & Co. to get it not the BBC.

Force India's 2010 car was launched today;

[CJW93]

I hate their livery so much

[Jordy]

What's his brother Ralphy up to these days? Bring him back too!

He's in DTM atm, not doing very well at it either. Mercedes gave him one of their best cars while far better drivers end up in older cars as a result.

As for High Definition it's still not being done, I suspect it's too expensive although I think Formula 1 would be the ultimate sport in HD, it'd be far more noticeable than the likes of Football and Rugby in HD. The best way to watch it is at home with laptop(s) so you can get the live leaderboard and live lap time graphs (Formula1.com).

US F1 and the new Spanish team will just flop, neither of them are taking it seriously or investing much at all. They still haven't sorted their drivers. I wonder if US F1 will even get off the ground tbh.

I can see Lotus definitely being up there, it seems to be going very well for them and Virgin shall do okay I expect although I'm still a bit unsure about them.

[CJW93]

I want Campos to suvive just so Senna can make his debut. First image of Lotus F1 taken today at Silverstone

[Black_Apalachi]

Is Virgin just what Braun was or a completely new team?

[CJW93]

virgin took over Mannor Gp( new entrant) and Merecedes took over most of Brawn and renamed the team Mercedes Gp

[Jam]

virgin took over Mannor Gp( new entrant) and Merecedes took over most of Brawn and renamed the team Mercedes Gp

I'm not sure, I think it still is Manor's, Virgin only own 20% of it but were allowed to rename/brand the team.

And that Lotus looks very nice, proberly the best livery.

Campos and USF1 are destined to fail so hopefully Stefan GP will be allowed to race instead.

EDIT: Or not...

FIA president Jean Todt has confirmed that teams may sit out three races in 2010 without penalty.

Bernie Ecclestone recently said that teams could skip opening races if necessary – mainly in reference to USF1 and Campos who are both struggling to be ready in time for the start of the F1 2010 season.

[StefanWolves]

Stefan GP?

[Jam]

Yeah some Serbian team, they got rejected from the new team slots but continued to make a car (which they have) and they've already shipped their stuff to Bahrain hoping one of the other teams wouldn't make it.

[CJW93]

Stefan Gp have bascially bought the Toyota F1 team