Formula1 & Misc Motorsport?
 

Hi every1

i wounder if there are any motorsport fans out here @ TFP?

me? yes i'm a very big fan of F1, i have seen every race since 1998 (on tv ofcourse ;) ) and i have Ferrari as my favorite team, i have always loved those red magical ferrari's so i have had a pleasent last 4-5years ;)

and i'm also a fan of Cart and IRL where my personal favorite is K Bräck

MotoGP one must love those powerslides of V Rossi and N Hayden who is my favorites

and i also enjoy a little Nascar on the side there my favorite are Currently #24 Jeff Gordon, and before it was the magical #43 with Richard Petty behind the wheel

and ofcourse a little WRC Rallying and there is my favorite Petter "Mr Hollywood" Solhberg and Subaru team

and then alsmost every motorsport that is out there :)


so what du you like then?

man if you are from sweden i would of figured you like kimi rakkonen. isn't he from sweden?

but i love to watch f1. my favorite driver is juan pablo montoya. i also enjoy cart but not as much as f1. all the others are inferior.

Kimi is from Finland, and I had the pleasure of meeting him at the last Montreal Grand Prix. Imagine walking down St. Catherines Street with a bunch of buddies when suddenly a woman announces that Kimi will be signing autographs at this location in about 30 mins. Ya, we all decided we'd stick around.

I've been to the Montreal GP twice now, once as a guest of HSBC Jaguar and once just as a fan in the grand stands. I gotta tell ya, there's nothing like seeing and hearing those cars at full throttle down the main straight. I've got a ton of pictures, if you'd like to see a few let me know and I'll find somewhere to host them.

If you ever get a chance to see an F1 race, take it. Trust me!

Oh ya, I'm a Williams and McLaren fan. Favourite drivers would have to be Kimi and Jacques. I truly hope Jacque's days aren't over as I think in a proper car he'd be right up at the front with the best of them.


SLM3

Alright, I'm in on this one. Big F1 and ChampCar fan. CART is no longer, actually will cease operation on Feb. 12. Being purchased by Gerry Forsythe, Kevin Kalkhoven and Paul Gentilozzi, they have formed Open Wheel Racing Series, Inc. That will be the new sanctioning body. Also includes Formula Atlantics and TransAm. OWRS is trying to bring it back from the dead. Have also brought in MotorRock which will include amongst other things concerts at the tracks in conjuction with the races. This could be potentially big. I hope it works. I love road racing.

First F1 race I went to was the Long Beach Grand Prix in 1977, won by Mario Andretti (I'm an old fart). Have been to every USGP in Indy. Will be there this June. Can't wait.

Will attend as many Champ Car races as I can. Probably Road America and Milwaukee. Maybe Cleveland and for sure will attend the rumored Las Vegas race, supposedly to be held in Nov. And if the rumors are true there will be an U2 concert along with this race. That's almost too good to be true.

You can join in racing discussions at www.offcamber.net www.crapwagon.com and www.7thgear.com However all three are decidedly anti-IRL. As am I.

nice to se that there are F1 fans here :)

but if i should get you a tip on a future driver that will go far is Björn Wirdheim :)

maybe he will be in ChampCar or third driver for Jaguar F1 this year

on his first test in a ChampCar he beat the trackrecord at Arizona Motorsport Park in a Patrick Racing car, and he was scheduled to test with PK Racing but a Jaguar test came inbetween so i may be rescheduled

Love F-1 Villenuve is my favorite, FIA Rally comes a close second on the favorite racing league, Colin McRae is my fav. in rally.

Schumacher is my favorite right now, once he retires Raikkonen will my favorite. Rally is fun to watch, my personal favorite is short oval track stuff. I got to watch Kurt Busch and Kevin Harvick several years before they made it big.

nice to see a Schumacher fan here :) i did wounder if i was alone but it turned out ok :)

The SCCA is my number 1 but I watch a bunch of others:

GNCC (grand national cross country) ATV/motorcycle racing

WRC

World Challege/Grand Am racing

I love the WRC, such insane speeds over gravel and snow
It boggles the mind sometimes, especially when they show the interior of the cars as theyre running thru the course. The velocity they move around the gravel and snow and tarmac in unbelieveable

I sometimes enjoy F1 (last year was awesome til they changed the tire rule toward the end) - but hate Ferrari/MS. I pull for Honda/JB (I wasn't sad to see JV depart - I didn't think he'd shown much esp. as compared to his teammates), but realistically for winning, I go for JPM and DC for overall class.

Don't like F1. During the last couple of years somehow it went to the wrong direction...

I like the World Rally Championship. Big fan of the Peugeot team. Let's see how the new 307 WRC will succeed...

I wish I lived in Europe almost solely for the ability to see so many more F1, WRC, and Moto GP. Gah, i just love the stuff. NASCAR to me seems so inferior to the skill, talent, and overall teamwork needed in the other events.

Here's to dreaming of more events like these in the US.

been an F1 fan since I was a little tyke. That and WRC are the only motorsports I bother watching, frankly. Nascar is pretty pathetic.

F1: Mclaren. Lifelong fan. When they hooked up with Mercedes, I initially had my doubts, but I think its a magical partnership. And I'm licking my chops for next season when Montoya joins the team...

changed the rule???? :confused: all FIA did was to change when they will meassure the tyre because of michelins tire was to be ilegal

F1 front tyre has an limit that it should NOT be wider than 280mm at all time. michelins did get wider 280+mm when they were used and acording to the rule that cant be right or? so what FIA had to do was to start cheking the tyrewidth after the qual/race to ensure the tyre is max 280mm


or is it fair to win the WDC/WCC on ilegal tyres?


and do you really hate Ferrari/Schumacher? and why hate a person you never had meet, (at least i think so)

and isnt HATE a strong word, but maybe you just have to much anger in you that u release on Ferrari/Schumacher , i feel sorry for you :(

Been watching F1 since '86. Been to Detroit GP 2x, Montreal GP 2x. In '92, when Mansell tried to pass Senna at the first corner chicane leading onto the start/finish line, they touched, Mansell spun and was out. After the race I found a huge piece of broken front-end diffuser from Mansell's car, with a Labatts logo on it. No, I didn't go look for Mansell to sign it, he probably would have smacked me with it. :D

http://www.ff1.it/ff1/sezioni/f1/mon...randi/1992.jpg

Something funny I remember at that Montreal race was at the start when the cars were sitting on the grid with the flag-girls next to the cars, a young MS drives slowly up through the middle of the grid, revving his Benetton engine LOUD the whole way up (he was somewhere at the front of the grid of course), visibly scaring the shit out of every sign-girl and other people standing around the cars.

Huge ALMS fan. (American LeMans Series). Been going to the 12 Hours of Sebring with a group of guys since 1976. (Yeah, I know that is before most of you were born!).

Tremendous history. This year is the 52nd Annual. Winners list is a who's who of racing. Peter Revson, AJ Foyt, Sterling Moss, Mario Andretti, Dan Gurney, Juan Fangio.

They race these kind of cars as well as factory Porsches, Ferrari's, Corvettes, Audi's, Saleen Mustangs, Vipers and prototypes

http://www.sebringraceway.com/graphics/gallery/0043.jpg

It's four full days or racing and debauchery.