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saj · Feb 28, 2002, 11:55 PM

My bet, as usual, Michael Schumacher,of course (in spite of the fact that they're gonna use 2001's car)......

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 12:38 AM

Damn! I missed it!

How can I miss the first race of the season!
(I'm so depressed)

G4ME · Mar 1, 2002, 12:41 AM

I love F1 racing.
Saddly all I can watch is the RedNeck sport of NASCAR.
I would love to view some hard core indy or rally races, so I can get into it enough so I can learn all of the drivers

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 12:49 AM

Originally posted by G4ME:
I love F1 racing.
Saddly all I can watch is the RedNeck sport of NASCAR.
I would love to view some hard core indy or rally races, so I can get into it enough so I can learn all of the drivers

Do you not get speedvision?

They usually broadcast the F-1 races late at night. (So you can tape them anyway).

Sword of Orion · Mar 1, 2002, 01:00 AM

I thought Speedvision carried the race AND practice live? Of course that means that most of the races are on at like 6:30 (CST) in the morning. Maybe that qualifies as the middle of the night? If memory serves, that means that the Australian GP will be on about midnight or so (CST) Saturday night, so don't forget!

Agasthya · Mar 1, 2002, 01:02 AM

JUAN PABLO MONTOYA!

GO JUAN GO!

Sword of Orion · Mar 1, 2002, 01:04 AM

Oops, forgot to guess the winner! Schuey all the way!

(Hakkinen is taking a sabbatical, right? So I guess the contest this year will be between the Schumachers (Michael and Ralf), Coulthard, and Montoya? Who's in the other seat at McLaren this year?)

Agasthya · Mar 1, 2002, 01:28 AM

Originally posted by Sword of Orion:
Oops, forgot to guess the winner! Schuey all the way!

(Hakkinen is taking a sabbatical, right? So I guess the contest this year will be between the Schumachers (Michael and Ralf), Coulthard, and Montoya? Who's in the other seat at McLaren this year?)

Kimi Raikkonen has the other McLaren drive.

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 01:50 AM

When is Mika Hakkinen returning? Next season?

saj · Mar 1, 2002, 01:52 AM

Originally posted by driven:
Damn! I missed it!

How can I miss the first race of the season!
(I'm so depressed)

Driven (is this based on the movie Driven?), do not despair.... you didn't miss the race... Qualifying is Sat. and race is on Sun. You will still be lucky if you happen to have the channel which telecasts....

Enjoy....

saj · Mar 1, 2002, 01:55 AM

Originally posted by Sword of Orion:
Oops, forgot to guess the winner! Schuey all the way!

(Hakkinen is taking a sabbatical, right? So I guess the contest this year will be between the Schumachers (Michael and Ralf), Coulthard, and Montoya? Who's in the other seat at McLaren this year?)

Other guy in McLaren is Kimi Raikkonen...... Finnish like Mika Hakkinen....

saj · Mar 1, 2002, 01:57 AM

Originally posted by driven:
When is Mika Hakkinen returning? Next season?

Though he's supposed to have taken a sabbatical.... most believe that he may not come back to racing in F1 again. That'll be a sad loss to F1. In spite of a big time fan of Schumy I always liked Mika for his great driving skills and his humility as a person.

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 02:02 AM

Originally posted by saj:


Driven (is this based on the movie Driven?), do not despair.... you didn't miss the race... Qualifying is Sat. and race is on Sun. You will still be lucky if you happen to have the channel which telecasts....

Enjoy....

Thank you! Now I can sleep in peace tonight. <GRIN>
(I've been having a bad day ... sorry)

I've actually been using driven as my screen name since about 8 or 9 months before the movie was announced. That said: I love the title for that film. <GRIN>

But yes ... I'm a HUGE racing fan. Pretty much anything with 4 wheels. F-1, NASCAR, CART, Sprint-Cars, LeMans, Touring Cars, etc.) For some reason IRL doesn't seem to impress me much though.

[ 03-01-2002: Message edited by: driven ]

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 02:05 AM

Originally posted by saj:


Though he's supposed to have taken a sabbatical.... most believe that he may not come back to racing in F1 again. That'll be a sad loss to F1. In spite of a big time fan of Schumy I always liked Mika for his great driving skills and his humility as a person.

That would be a shame. Did he give a reason for leaving?

I knew he was leaving and I know he said for family reasons ... but I wonder if that's it.

He certainly has the talent. With him out of the picture though I guess I'll have to focus my efforts on rooting for Montoya!

saj · Mar 1, 2002, 02:56 AM

Originally posted by driven:


That would be a shame. Did he give a reason for leaving?

I knew he was leaving and I know he said for family reasons ... but I wonder if that's it.

He certainly has the talent. With him out of the picture though I guess I'll have to focus my efforts on rooting for Montoya!

I guess its 'coz of his family reasons only.... He got a big distrought after the birth of his son... understandably so....

Hope he comes back.....

Montoya..... nah !!!!

driven · Mar 1, 2002, 09:25 AM

Originally posted by saj:


I guess its 'coz of his family reasons only.... He got a big distrought after the birth of his son... understandably so....

Hope he comes back.....

Montoya..... nah !!!!

Montoya shows promise. Once he realizes that it's not a 1000HP+ CART machine he'll do fine.

Who's your guy?

Face Ache · Mar 2, 2002, 01:30 AM

Ferrari. It's going to rain in Melbourne tomorrow, I'll bet.

Schumacher in last years car in the wet 4 sure!

Agasthya · Mar 2, 2002, 03:15 AM

Originally posted by Face Ache:
Ferrari. It's going to rain in Melbourne tomorrow, I'll bet.

Schumacher in last years car in the wet 4 sure!

I just read what happened to sato...poor guy, first ever F1 race and he has hyrdolyics failures in his first ever lap that matters and he can't qualify. I'm glad FIA gave him a spot in the the race tomorrow.

Montoya got screwed, Fisi held him up big time, he could've shaved like 6/10 of a second off his time. that would've been huge. Oh well, since its going to rain and Ferrari seems to be the only team that knows what its doing in the rain (mclaren used to, but they're running on michilens this year and that might take some getting used to...) i'm going to predict that rubens is leading the WHOLE race and on the final lap the ferrari management will ask him to pull aside and let michael win like before. so I'm calling a top three of

Michael Schumacher
Rubens Barrichello
David Coulthard

I wish montoya wins, but if it rains he doesn't stand a chance.

GO WILLIAMS!

saj · Mar 4, 2002, 04:05 AM

Originally posted by driven:


Montoya shows promise. Once he realizes that it's not a 1000HP+ CART machine he'll do fine.

Who's your guy?

Who do you think it is? Michael Schumacher, of course....

Anyway, now it has been proven right as well..... Though I must admit that Montoya also drove well to get 6 points. This guy is showing lot of promise.....