You're a Bunch of Factors

Anyone else here follow the greatest sport in the world?

It's going to be one of the best seasons ever, and it all starts in Bahrain (damn boring track unfortunately) this weekend. For those of you not up to date with the off-season changes, here are the cliff notes.

- BMW, Toyota and Renault leave the sport (BMW salvaged by Peter Sauber, former owner. Renault there in name only, 25% owner now)

- New teams Lotus, Virgin & Hispania Racing join the grid (4th team USF1 fails to make the grid. Not looking positive during first practice. Lotus and Virgin 5 seconds off the pace, Hispania 11 seconds away)

- Mercedes buys out championship team Brawn GP, first Mercedes team in F1 since 1955, and brings out of retirement maybe the greatest driver ever, MICHAEL F***ING SCHUMACHER, on a 3 year deal.

- World Champ Jenson Button joins Lewis Hamilton at McLaren. First double World Champ pairing since Senna/Prost days.

- Double world champ Fernando Alonso joins Felipe Massa at Ferrari. Raikkonen leaves and joins WRC full time.

- Webber still at Red Bull with Vettel, possibly strongest team in pre-season testing.

- 8 possible world champs this season (Webber, Vettel, Button, Hamilton, Schumacher, Rosberg, Alonso, Massa)

-Nephew of Ayrton Senna, Bruno Senna, joins grid with Hispania.

I've been a Schumacher fan boy since 1991. I was 6 years old, a supporter of Benetton at the time, and I still remember watching his first race. He joined Benetton very next round, and when he moved to Ferrari I followed. I am now Ferrari through and through, with a massive soft spot for Webber.

It will be tough to watch him drive for Mercedes, but I think I would prefer him to win than a Ferrari, those 2 just don't do it for me.

Qualifying live 9:30pm tonight on OneHD.

So very pumped.

Man, I don't get Car racing.... Once you have watched the first lap.. haven't you seen it all?

That being said...

Caleb, your write was so good... I almost want to watch it now... and even more so, run down to my local, regurgitate most of what you just wrote and act like I have been a fan for years! Nice one!

michael schumacher is a DISGRACE, how could you like a dirty cheat that NEVER raced in the right spirit.

im not doubting he was a great driver

Go Caleb nice summation.
I too have been a longtime F1 fan being in attendance ,sittting at the first corner at the first ever GP in Adelaide and attending 11/12 of the Adelaie GPs
Alain Prosit a favourite driver.Today give Alfroso a good car and he's hard to beat Webber is a whuss.

Used to be a huge F1 fan, have fallen out of a bit lately.

Don't like all the dirty tactics.

Origami wrote:Alfroso

Caleb Rybalka wrote:Anyone else here follow the greatest sport in the world?
Apart from Poker you mean?

I've been a Schumacher fan boy since 1991. I was 6 years old, a supporter of Benetton at the time, and I still remember watching his first race. He joined Benetton very next round, and when he moved to Ferrari I followed. I am now Ferrari through and through, with a massive soft spot for Webber.

It will be tough to watch him drive for Mercedes, but I think I would prefer him to win than a Ferrari, those 2 just don't do it for me.

+1 to this, but I do like Massa, yeah benny the cunt Schumacher made a few dirty moves (so have others?)... But was also often quite a gentleman off the track, so... Did have a tad of an ego though, but I suppose that comes with the territory? And Damn 6 in '91 Caleb! Didnt realize you quite that young (actually, reading that just made me feel OLD lol) But I was a Senna (RIP) fan until that unfortunate race, moved over to Schumacher then...

Qualifying live 9:30pm tonight on OneHD.

So very pumped.
+1 AGain

BTW, you said you were going to tone down your hair 3 weeks ago, BigBird???

@Origami: don't agree at all re Webber.. I think he about the unluckiest driver in the last 5 yrs of F1... Still got the goods, even think he might crack a WC soon...

@Scott: you missed

Origami wrote:Alain Prosit

AJG wrote:Still got the goods, even think he might crack a WC soon.

he won't have a shot, not because he dosn't have the skills, but because vettel will be the main driver (even more so than last year)

very true, but hopefully if he produces the goods that may reverse? seemed last year they went with whoever was ahead in the points at the time...

AJG wrote:very true, but hopefully if he produces the goods that may reverse? seemed last year they went with whoever was ahead in the points at the time...

yeah, but i have a feeling that it might have even hurt red bull in general