F1 - 2004 grid so far

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most ppl dont

 

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news...
Pantano completes 2004 race line-up for Jordan Read More Here

 

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Finally...First Verstappen couldnt agree a deal, then Pantano came in, then it looked like Pantano's deal had problems and Verstappen would be coming back in...Thankfully its now all over and we can look forward to Melbourne...

 

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Still 2 teams havent Launched their cars. McLaren and Minardi. Some say that the new McLaren has huge problems and that McLaren are already making a new car
The only thing I know is that they were not as fast as the other top teams durring testing and that they had problems with the Mercedes Engine

 

[rpvankasteren]

From F1Racing.net

'The McLaren car that races in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix this season will not be a MP4-19, according to the Mercedes-powered team's principal.

Ron Dennis said his team, some-time during 2004, is planning to introduce a B-version of the silver racer currently clocking up pre-season test miles.

McLaren has devised four such significant development steps this season. Dennis told Autosport: 'The 19B will be significantly different from the car we have in the first grand prix. We have got a very ambitious program.''

There: the source is Ron Dennis.

 

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Sounds like another mp4/18...

 

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Very hard to say...as McLaren could be holding back

 

[Spurs4Life]

When is the F1 season going to begin?. I can't wait to see how much the McLaren and Williams have caught up to the Ferrari.

 

[rpvankasteren]

5th, 6th, and 7th of March in Melbourne.

 

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The race is 6am in the mornin here (i fink)

 

[rpvankasteren]

3 am GMT, that would be 5 am in Greece, Alex

You'd almost missed the first hour of the race

 

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damn

Therz No way I'll miss a F1 race
Havent missed a single race the last 4-5 years

 

[rpvankasteren]

I've missed one, coz I was in a plane at the time

I had it taped and watched it 11 months later though.

 

[Spurs4Life]

The best race ive ever seen in my life...i think it was in 1999,it was the Belgium GP, the start of the race had a mad pile up,the race was delayed by 1 hour, Schumacher was leading half the race went to overlap Coulthard and smashed into the back of him!. He stormed down the pit lane ready to fight Coulthard,of course that smash into the back of the McLaren cost Schumacher the world title. Still the most exciting race ive ever seen.

 

[rpvankasteren]

Omg: Kimi is talking too much:
F1Racing.Net

Iceman predicts zero points in Australia

It's 'unlikely' that a McLaren will reach the end of the Melbourne GP. That is the new forecast of doom from the Mercedes-powered team's biggest championship-hope Kimi Raikkonen ahead of next month's 2004 season-opener.

Last week, the 24-year-old Finn was praying for more horsepower. Now he's telling La Gazzetta Dello Sport that McLaren's all-new and visually-radical MP4-19 is also sputtering-along in the pre-season reliability stakes. 'I don't have big expectations [for Australia],' he said. 'If the car gets to the finish I think a good result is there but at the moment it seems unlikely.'

Raikkonen, however, at least showed a new turn of pace during last week's winter test at Valencia (Spain) when he smashed the new BMW-Williams' track record.

But Kimi's also keen to play down that rapid achievement. 'We don't know what our speed is like when you put all the top teams together,' he said. 'One day we're faster, the next the Williams is much faster.'

Raikkonen said his new F1 racer has 'various' technical problems.

He is either really pissed with the car, or is fishing for a new employer...

 

[hunttherock]

Originally posted by rpvankasteren

Never let these official statements fool you.

official statements should not fool you?? WHY?? After all they are official

Anyway Raikkonen is proving to be a bit empty in the head, what's he trying to do I certainly don't understand

Also I heard something abt Ralf not being happy with Williams, what's that abt?

 

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Ralf's problem?

He thinks he is better than he actually is...he is already getting $12million and wants an increase still...I think FW has never paid any driver more than $10million before...

Altho I understand FW stance with giving drivers the chance to fight for championships instead of paying them big money, i dont get how he can do that with his engineering staff...

Letting Geoff Wilis leave for BAR was absolute madman stuff...

 

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Maybe.. Kimi will have to deal with his problematic McLaren in the first race. Maybe McLaner will be like last yearz Williams. Full of problems in the first half and after that....

 

[rpvankasteren]

Maybe they will be like McLaren can be from time to time: hopeless. They just seem to lack a certain amount of professionalism. Very awkward for a team with their history.

It happens to other teams as well, but McLaren seem to just have to feck up something every year, give or take a few.

 

[IceBlu]

Kimi could be at Ferrari in 2006.

A Raikonnen - Alonso partnership at Ferrari would be Perfect !