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Thatll be good getting Red Bull on some bridgestones cause their definetly a competitive team atm, the extra testing will bring back the tyre wars! Theres no war on at the moment with Michelin dominating it.
I heard about Sauber getting engines elsehwhere, you know who will supply them Jase?
Damn Rossi, that guys just a freak honestly, wonder what team he'll go for, or will go for him....
Yeh, Sauber will be supplied by BMW.
I heard that BMW has had enough of Williams and wants to supply teams with engines and since Toyota has been going so well they want a BMW team (rumor has it)
So Toyota, BMW & Honda will supply engines to who wants them.
Ferrari will supply an engine to who wants it and helps them with the Bridgestones.
Just five races into the season and already the Formula One rumour mill is well on its way to naming the grid for 2006.
Last week's decision to ban BAR for two races effectively settled the argument over where Jenson Button will drive next year.
The Englishman needs 70% of the world championship leader's points by the end of the Turkish Grand Prix on August 21 if BAR are to keep him.
But he will return to action for round seven at the Nurburgring without a single point to his name.
BAR are confident they have a car capable of challenging for victories but for their contract clause to kick in, they will need a miracle.
Assuming Button falls short of that target, a long-term contract with Williams kicks in for 2006 which would see the 25-year-old return to the team with which he started his Formula One career.
This is where facts end and rumours begin.
It is no secret BAR would have replaced Button with test driver Anthony Davidson had they lost their star driver last season to Williams.
They even blocked the up-and-coming Davidson from testing a Williams to ensure he is their property in the long term, a move which must make him favourite to step into Button's shoes next year.
A wildcard in all this is Indy Racing League star Dan Wheldon, a former karting rival of Davidson and Button and a favourite of engine supplier Honda.
Despite Wheldon's success in the United States, he is unlikely to be thrust straight into a race drive and considering his new-found fame in IRL, a test berth would seem a step down.
Button's expected arrival at Williams will mean the end for one of their current racers, and few would bet on Mark Webber being that man.
The Australian is revered at Williams, meaning late signing Nick Heidfeld is odds-on to make way, with Sauber a possible destination.
BMW announced last weekend they are almost certain to supply Sauber with engines in 2006 and their keenness to have a German driving their cars would make Heidfeld the ideal replacement for the under-performing Jacques Villeneuve.
The former world champion is struggling at Sauber and the prospects of him seeing out his two-year contract are bleak.
So too are those of David Coulthard, who despite a superb season so far for Red Bull looks set for an undeserved exit come the end of the season.
The Scotsman has been the surprise of the season in earning 10 points for Red Bull but the team's owner Dietrich Mateschitz has already indicated his preference for a Christian Klien-Vitantonio Liuzzi partnership in 2006.
That would put Italian star Liuzzi behind the wheel of a Ferrari-powered car next season, the last season Michael Schumacher is contracted to race.
Liuzzi in a Ferrari in 2007 becomes very plausible - but most paddock rumours are very plausible until they turn out not to be true.
This time last year both Mika Hakkinen and Villeneuve were said to be on the verge of signing for Williams, Giancarlo Fisichella was staying at Sauber and Formula One was preparing to race in Switzerland.
There are 10 months to go before the 2006 season start and 10 months is a long, long time in Formula One.
jesus nice write up there! So much info and rumours. Dont even know what to type about there was so much. Be interesting to see how it turns out towards the end of the seaon for BAR, Williams and Red Bull.
Dude, I just copied and paste from planetf1.com
Stuff writing all that up!
I don't know why Red Bull even hired David, I would of kept Klein and Luizzi as the drivers.
I think Davidson will prove how good he is and BMW will jump on him, he is better then Jenson and BMW will give Webber the big kick in the ass and have 2 Brittish drivers so Martin and James can talk about it all during the race saying how STELLA they are.
The biggest thing about next year, will be the new engines and chassis adjustments.
http://people.freenet.de/f1network/picture11.jpgAnyone remember this?
Yeh it will be a different one for sure with those V8's, interesting to see if it affects any of the teams or it stays relatively similar. YES i remember that pic! that was insane one of the worst looking ones Ive seen in my time
Can we get some description on the pic??
Geez from memory, Michael started back in the field around 13th I think, and had a real slow start.
The Prost I think it was, had a great start and had no where to go with the arrows and _______ on the other side.
He hit (Bernodi I believe) Michael and went straight in the air and hit or caused another accident with a Minardi I think it was.
Please correct me if anyone can remember it better.
sounds good to me, I wouldn't of been able to name names in that one
was that at Hockenheim?
Either there or at Hungaroring not sure which one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondavirgin