Formula One 2009 season (F1 motor racing)

With the demise of the Honda team and rumours about Toyota threatening to pull out if there are no results this year, how likely is this? An all american F1 team! With no US and no Canadian Grand Prix, who would be interested?

Hmmm, that shall be interesting. Hopefully it'll drum up a bit more Stateside interest in the sport...gotta get them away from their abominations of motorsport that are NASCAR, Indy & CART.

What are your thoughts on the 2009 spec cars? Ugly as a sweaty old man's pimply bum I reckon.

Any big change in the rules like this can go one of two ways. Somebody gets it right and disappears off into the distance or we have a great season as people slowly get to grips with things and we have lots of different winners.

Last year was pretty well as good as it gets, outside of some shocking decisions from the powers that be. It will be a hard act to follow.

You're right, they are pig ugly, they look like a stress ball made into an F1 car.

A Virgin F1 team...nice


Branson keen on Honda - F1 boss

Tycoon Richard Branson would "love" to take over the Honda Formula One team, Bernie Ecclestone has said. Honda have confirmed Branson's Virgin Group is one of several potential buyers of their F1 outfit.

Well Branson's a highly successful nasty piece of work. He should fit right in.

Is he really? I remember watching a TV programme about him and the reporter had to admit at the end of the programme, that although he was hoping to show him to be an unpleasant git, he just wasn't, he was a genuinely nice guy who treated his employees well.

Why do you say that, just because he is sucessfull??

I've heard from others that have worked for him he's something of a tyrant.

Opinions do seem split though.

Yes. Jealousy does tend to cause you to form such opinions of those who are more successful than you could ever dream of

I'd be more excited by the start of the season if I knew I'd be watching the race on the box in the UK. In other words, RTL's F1 commentaries are such a load of crap that I wonder if watching the races is worth the pain.

That's an opinion I can go along with, and that's before you add in the lengthy adverts.
As you probably can't get the Beeb in Dresden, have you considered Premiere? The commentary's not too bad, and there's no adverts, plus on some races the in-car footage is stunning, although generally I used to stick with the main picture.

Well since the end of the Murray Walker era the UK commentary has improved a teeny weeny bit. But I still think watching the races with the TV muted is better than listening to a bunch of semi-informed motormouths. Even Brundle and Blundell can get quite nauseating when they get outside their realm of knowledge and start talking about other aspects of F1. Does anyone know if the F1 team has moved en masse from ITV to BBC?

On a separate note, I am surprised that we've had no witty comments about the fact that they'll finally be some virgins on the grid.

Edit: Just checked out the US F1 link. To be fronted by Peter Windsor. God help us when he gets interviewed. I had to ensure his commentary on Motors TV when I spent a year working in the US - that's what got me into commentaryless viewing in the first place.

Any word on if or when there will be a USGP? We are all pulling for a return to Long Beach!

here's a good video with the new changes for the 2009 season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTkVKPdyWs0