[Wildcat!]

thats right, and they both clocked like 144 in the last lap
It happens, Lewis lost a race tis way earlier, it was that noght race tat Alonso won! He got lucky sort of,but he was 4th before te change of tires, so h obviously desrved it!

[pinkmichk]

do we reckon there will be a victory parade for lewis i mean there has been one for the rugby team the cricket and the olympic team
gordon brown was on the news praising lewis
i hope there is one in stevenage as its just down the road from me so easy to get to plus they adore him (gave him parking space in asda and named a road after him on a new estate )

[pinkmichk]

just heard who the proposed bbc team is its Jonathan Legard, Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard and possibly blundel not heard of legard or humphrey before

[BigSister]

Jake Humphery did some of the euro 2008 coverage this year he also did some of the olympics ill get you his wiki page in a min

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Humphrey

[pinkmichk]

cheers i know who he is now was just the name didnt ring a bell
i hope by going to bbc its not gonna be done from a london studio and them only go to uk race

[Spike]

No not Jake Humphery, it will be awful with him
I really want Gabby Logan presenting it

[pinkmichk]

gabby logan would be good

[BigSister]

ive never seen it on bbc only itv so its going to be quite strange

[Dan_]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
do we reckon there will be a victory parade for lewis i mean there has been one for the rugby team the cricket and the olympic team
gordon brown was on the news praising lewis
i hope there is one in stevenage as its just down the road from me so easy to get to plus they adore him (gave him parking space in asda and named a road after him on a new estate )

He came to the Waterstone's in the town centre for his book signing and all.I think the local council will probably arrange something.

[pinkmichk]

omg i missed that are you in stevenage then?

[BigSister]

yeah he is ^_^

[Dan_]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
omg i missed that are you in stevenage then?

Yep.I also missed it, cannot remember why lol.

[pinkmichk]

i dont even remember seeing owt in the comet

[Dan_]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
i dont even remember seeing owt in the comet

I know they had a video of the event up on their website, we don't always get the comet so I'm not sure if they put in there or not.

[pinkmichk]

bbc have confirmed the team

The BBC have confirmed that Jonathan Legard will be their lead commentator when the corporation commences coverage of F1 next season.


Legard, who until now has been a regular figure on BBC Radio Five Live's but more recently as a football correspondent, effectively takes the role James Allen held for ITV and will be joined in the commentary booth by the peerless Martin Brundle.


Despite his lack of gravitas prompting ridicule whenever he appeared as part of the BBC's coverage of this summer's European Championship football tournament, 30-year-old Jake Humphrey will anchor the coverage with both David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan employed as pundits.


Ted Kravitz will retain the pit-lane reporter role he performed for ITV.

found on planet F1

[James]

Honda pulling out of F1 - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7766092.stm

No drive for Button next year unless they find a buyer, which is unlikey.

[pinkmichk]

i read that earlier i also read something about i think its the concorde agreement where they have to run with 20 cars on the grid so would that mean other teams would have a 3rd car?

[Spike]

The BBC team is better than I expected but I don't like it especially with the involvement of Jake Humphrey

[pinkmichk]

no i dont like jake humphrey either
my friends partner works for honda so is a tad worried at the mo

[James]

This song back next year. Well the end of it anyway...

Youtube video

[Spike]

I don't like that song

Heres an interview with Bernie, about the possible scoring system for the future

Q: You have suggested gold medals should be introduced. How would that work?
Bernie Ecclestone: My idea is that instead of points we should award medals to the drivers finishing first to third in a race, gold for the winner, silver for the second placed driver and bronze for the driver who comes third.

Q: So how will the drivers’ championship be decided?
BE: The title will be awarded to the driver who wins the most gold medals in a season and if there were a tie, the number of silver medals won would be taken into account (and if still tied, it would be decided by bronze medals and so on).

Q: What is behind the idea?
BE: Well, quite simply, it will make Formula One a much more exciting spectacle because it will incentivise drivers to race to win. We should see much more overtaking, drivers will take more chances and they will race each other all the way to the chequered flag. At the moment, quite often we see drivers settling for second, third or fourth position, and the race can be dull in the final stint after the last round of pit stops. The drivers aren’t to blame, they’re racers, but the scoring system forces them to be too conservative. As things are, if they want to take the title, it is better to settle for a few, safe points rather than chase down the guy in front and risk going home with no points.

But this is Formula One, the pinnacle of world motorsport, and only the best driver should win the title. Being a Formula One world champion is not about being a consistent and reliable runner-up. It’s about racing hard, taking chances and not settling for second best. Last year, Hamilton was leading the drivers’ championship before he had even secured his maiden win. Likewise, after Canada this year, Kubica led the drivers’ championship on points even though Hamilton, Massa and Raikkonen had all won more races. Lewis and Robert are both extremely talented, but I don’t think the system should produce that kind of result. It shouldn’t be possible for someone to be crowned world champion without winning a single race, but that really could happen unless we change the scoring system.

Q: Are you suggesting that the constructors’ championship be decided in the same way?
BE: No, I think we should keep that as it is, awarding points for places 1 to 8 as we do now. For the teams, constructor points are purely a financial matter as they determine a team’s share of the annual prize fund. Fighting for a point or two really matters to the teams further down the grid and I don’t see any reason to change that. Back in 2003, we extended the points system down to eighth place which was great for the teams, especially the smaller ones, but it aggravated the problem with the drivers scoring system because by increasing the number of points for coming second from 6 to 8, we made the step from first to second place too shallow. That year, Michael (Schumacher) won the title from Kimi (Raikkonen) by only two points but Michael had won six races whereas Kimi had won just one race. Kimi is a great driver and a natural racer but I don’t think it would have been right had he won the title in that situation, however it nearly happened.

I don't like the idea, I think the points work well now and there is no need to change it

[pinkmichk]

bernie talks out of his backside (he is the one who said there was no racism towards hamilton in spain ) its a silly idea

[James]

Yeah it sounds a pretty daft idea. The powers that be have said they aren't going to change it without consulting the public on what they think.

[pinkmichk]

david richards working on a possible rescue plan for honda

Prodrive boss David Richards has revealed that he is working on a potential rescue deal for the Honda F1 team. Speculation has been rife that Richards may be one of the frontrunners for the F1 team since Honda put it up for sale, as he had hoped to enter F1 with his own team until the customer car row broke out and scuppered his plans.

Richards has flown to the Middle East to hold talks with interested backers for the Honda team.

"There are a group of people in the Middle East who want to support an F1 entry for me and have been very specific about it for a year now," Richards told the Mail on Sunday newspaper. "But we have to agree when the time is right."

"When you sit down in the cold light of day and realise the liability you would be taking on, and the huge restructuring of staff and resources that will be needed, investors will have to think long and hard before taking a punt," Richards added. "You will have to bridge a big gap in finance, probably for three years, before balancing the accounts."

Richards' interest in F1 is thought to have been revived after Subaru announced it would pull out of the World Rally Championship, affecting the team that his Prodrive company ran for the manufacturer.

source - http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/...onda-interest/

[pinkmichk]

just seen this on the above link for me just confirms what i knew that ferrari have extra help etc maybe there should be a review over this doesnt seem exactly fair (espically when you add the F.I.A blantant red car love)

As Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has said he wants to see a greater transparency from Ecclestone about the revenues in Formula 1 Bernie Ecclestone now hits back at the Italian by revealing Ferrari's special deal with Formula 1 where the Scuderia is receiving millions of dollars extra

An angry Ecclestone has told The Times that the Ferrari president should be the last person to be complaining about how much revenue the teams receive. "The only thing he has not mentioned is the extra money Ferrari get above all the other teams and all the extra things Ferrari have had for years - the 'general help' they are considered to have had in Formula One," Ecclestone told The Times.

"Ferrari get so much more money than everyone else," Ecclestone said. "They know exactly what they get, they are not that stupid, although they are not that bright, either. They get about $80 million (about £54 million) more. When they win the constructors' championship, which they did this year, they got $80 million more than if McLaren had won it."

Ecclestone reveals that the reason for paying Ferrari the extra $80 million goes back to 2003 when F1 teams tried to form a breakaway championship. Ecclestone explained: "They were the only team that broke ranks with the other manufacturers - why did they break ranks? That's where the $80 million comes in. We 'bought' Ferrari. We 'bought' Ferrari's loyalty. Our deal with Ferrari was that we 'bought' them so they would not go to the others."