Formula 1

[Johan!]

So, the final weekend of the season starts. Who's gonna win the maiden Abu Dhabi grand prix?

I would put my money on Sebastian Vettel or Lewis Hamilton, though obviously I hope Kimi can win his final race for Ferrari to prove them wrong. I guess Ferrari will know they made a mistake when Raikkonen grabs the title for McLaren next year, while Alonso and Massa fight and argue within the team.

[jplpool]

Next season promises to be fantastic 4 world champs will be racing (Hamilton,Alonso,Raikkonen & Button) That will be the first time it's happened since the 80's (Prost, Senna, Mansell & Piquet) 

And that's not all look at the quality of guys like Massa, Webber & Vettell too 

[Johan!]

In 1999 the Australian grand prix season-opener had also four world champions on the grid:

Michael Schumacher (1994-1995)
Damon Hill (1996)
Jacques Villeneuve (1997)
Mika Hakkinen (1998)

and only in 1993 the list you mentioned (Mansell only took the crown in 1992):

Alain Prost
Ayrton Senna
Nelson Piquet
Nigel Mansell

[jplpool]

Bum info from the T.V at last race then

[Johan!]

BBC? Did DC or Eddie Jordan say this? Or Martin Brundle? I mostly watch the BBC after the race is finished (I love the Dutch commentary guy, but the rest of the program sucks).

[gunner22]

Senna will be there next year.

[jplpool]

Is Bruno confirmed yet? 

[gunner22]

Yeah.

[Johan!]

His team is gonna be shit though, so I hope he doesn't kills of his career in a shit car.


Jeej, my predictions of Vettel and Hamilton were pretty accurate. 

[rds.06]

His team is gonna be shit though, so I hope he doesn't kills of his career in a shit car.


Jeej, my predictions of Vettel and Hamilton were pretty accurate. 

Except the Hamilton part  .

Cant wait for next season

[Johan!]

I predicted Vettel and Hamilton to fight for the victory, which happened. Lewis' retirement does not change that.

[rds.06]

I predicted Vettel and Hamilton to fight for the victory, which happened. Lewis' retirement does not change that.

Hamilton retired on lap 20 of a 55 lap race. He was involved for just over a third of the race, so he didnt get to fight for victory because he didnt get to finish.

[rds.06]

Rubens Barrichello has also agreed to join Williams for next season. It is rumoured that Nico Rosberg will replace him, in a swap.

I think Rubens comments about Brawn at the start of the season might have come back to bite him on the ass. Im a Rosberg fan, interesting to see how he does against Button next season. Brawn also use Mercedes engines and then own a large share in Brawn. This is rumoured to being Rosberg's next step on his way to a Mclaren drive in the futher.

Now Rosberg is set to join Brawn it would appear that Kimi is Mclarens only real option apart from Heiki staying. If Heiki does leave he may go back to Renault but a lot will depend on Toyota staying in F1. Trulli & Glock have both been allowed to look go drives else where so Glock must be on the radar for that Renault seat. 

[Johan!]

With Rubens to Williams and Rosberg likely to Brawn, Kimi's return to McLaren is imminent. McLaren will NOT keep Heikki. He hasn't done to well in 2 years McLaren. Especially last season Heikki had to win a race in that car. Maybe he can return to Renault or go to a new team. Toyota will stay in F1. Why else were they talking to Kimi? John Howett said recently that Kamui Kobayashi will likely get a seat at Toyota. That's cool! That guy was racing like hell in his first 2 races and was the only one he stepped in a car during the season and was actually fast.

[rds.06]

With Rubens to Williams and Rosberg likely to Brawn, Kimi's return to McLaren is imminent. McLaren will NOT keep Heikki. He hasn't done to well in 2 years McLaren. Especially last season Heikki had to win a race in that car. Maybe he can return to Renault or go to a new team. Toyota will stay in F1. Why else were they talking to Kimi? John Howett said recently that Kamui Kobayashi will likely get a seat at Toyota. That's cool! That guy was racing like hell in his first 2 races and was the only one he stepped in a car during the season and was actually fast.

Well Toyota are meeting this week to discuss there budget for 2010 so I dont understand why they even spoke to Kimi when they didnt know how much money they had to spend, it might have been more PR then anything else.