2008 Season

Nickv Wrote:
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> I can't wait to see clouds of smoke at the start
> again :D

It's not gonna happen. There isn't smoke when they're warming the tyres up going to the grid, so it's not about to happen at the start itself either.

Great, I didn't think of that. I was looking forward to the smoke at the start, aswell... do you think that there's no smoke anymore due to the different compounds they use?

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2007 02:25PM by flat tyre.

Nah, else it would have happened during the tyre war too. It's probably some very smart electronics on the diff or something.

I think that will be some smoke with the slicks tyres, you don´t?

EDIT: only in the starts where the start from 0 km/h





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/2007 05:47PM by Frantic.

Frantic Wrote:
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> I think that will be some smoke with the slicks
> tyres, you don´t?

Probably some like you get in super-slow-mo replays, but you'll struggle to see it normally I think.

I hope I'm proved wrong though!

Frantic Wrote:
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> EDIT: only in the starts where the start from 0
> km/h

As opposed to the rolling starts we never have in f1?

(And before some smartarse points out races started behind the safety car in Brazil 03 and Fuji 07, I know)

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SexySam182 Wrote:
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> Frantic Wrote:
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> > EDIT: only in the starts where the start from 0
> > km/h
>
> As opposed to the rolling starts we never have in
> f1?
>
> (And before some smartarse points out races
> started behind the safety car in Brazil 03 and
> Fuji 07, I know)

I think he was referring to my mention of the dummy starts they do on the warm-up lap.

Yes I was :p

I just saw a video of a warmup lap on Sports Personality 2007. And guess what I saw - a lot of smoke coming out of the Toyota's rear tyres!!! =D

Maybe we will see some smokey starts. It might only be two or three cars, but that's how it used to be anyway.

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Line-up updated, Alonso and Piquet jr. were confirmed yesterday to Renault

flat tyre Wrote:
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> I just saw a video of a warmup lap on Sports
> Personality 2007. And guess what I saw - a lot of
> smoke coming out of the Toyota's rear tyres!!! =D
>
> Maybe we will see some smokey starts. It might
> only be two or three cars, but that's how it used
> to be anyway.

Toyota of Trulli always had smokey starts, he has had it so many times this year

Albers has a confirmed Audi DTM drive. He will not be in F1 in 2008.

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Vijay Mallya, owner of Spyker, now Force India, confirmed Sutil for the 1st car, and they will confirm the 2nd car´s driver before end of 2007.

Yep, Force India's line up will become apparent before christmas according to Vijay. Also Williams have signed Nico Hulkenberg as their test driver to replace Nakajima .

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Ok, so im going to edit the list on the 1st page to add the test drivers to each equipe

Heikki Kovalainen has been annunced as the McLaren 2nd driver

finally the season is coming together... great for Heikki!