2008 RUNNERS AND RIDERS

With pre-season testing now in full swing and the weeks counting down until the Melbourne opener on March 16, we've put together an at-a-glance list of who will be driving where in 2008.


Ferrari
1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Felipe Massa
Luca Badoer (test driver)
Marc Gene (test driver)

BMW Sauber
3. Nick Heidfeld
4. Robert Kubica
Christian Klien (test driver)
Marko Asmer (test driver)

Renault
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Nelson Piquet Jr
Romain Grosjean (test driver)
Sakon Yamamoto (test driver)

Williams
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Kazuki Nakajima
Nico Hulkenberg (test driver)

Red Bull Racing
9. David Coulthard
10. Mark Webber
Sebastien Buemi (test driver)

Toyota
11. Jarno Trulli
12. Timo Glock
Kamui Kobayashi (test driver)

Scuderia Toro Rosso
14. Sebastien Bourdais
15. Sebastian Vettel

Honda Racing
16. Jenson Button
17. Rubens Barrichello
Alex Wurz (test driver)

Super Aguri
18. Takuma Sato
19. Anthony Davidson

Force India
20. Adrian Sutil
21. Giancarlo Fisichella
Vitantonio Liuzzi (test driver)

McLaren
22. Lewis Hamilton
23. Heikki Kovalainen
Pedro de la Rosa (test driver)
Gary Paffett (test driver)


2008 F1 CALENDAR



2008 Formula 1 World Championship calendar

Mar 16 - Melbourne, Australia
Mar 23 - Sepang, Malaysia
Apr 6 - Sakhir, Bahrain
Apr 27 - Barcelona, Spain
May 11 - Istanbul Park, Turkey
May 25 - Monte Carlo, Monaco
June 8 - Montreal, Canada
June 22 - Magny-Cours, France
July 6 - Silverstone, Great Britain
July 20 - Hockenheim, Germany
Aug 3 - Hungaroring, Hungary
Aug 24 - Valencia, Europe
Sep 7 - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
Sep 14 - Monza, Italy
Sep 28 - Singapore*
Oct 12 - Fuji, Japan
Oct 19 - Shanghai, China
Nov 2 - Interlagos, Brazil

* night race

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Originally posted by trancechaos 16. Jenson Button

GO TEAM JBUTTS!!!

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Kimi is going to ruin the field. Think 2002-2003 when Ferrari dominated. Ferrari are super strong during testing, the new car is designed for Kimi in mind, and well...Mclaren is going to have problems.

On lighter note:

Sep 28 - Singapore*


first night time city circuit street race sounds excited

Is there a reason that they do not stop in the States?

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Originally posted by sweds00 Is there a reason that they do not stop in the States?

1.Because of the whole Indy ordeal, the lack of popularity of F1 and the lack of a F1 facility in the US other than Indy.
2.Because the organizers and Berny Ecclestone could not come up with an agreement.

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Originally posted by linear_algebra 2.Because the organizers and Berny Ecclestone could not come up with an agreement.

AKA the US was not willing to put the up the money the Arabs and Asians were. Plus the drivers hated the circuit and so did most of the fans.

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Originally posted by sweds00 Is there a reason that they do not stop in the States?

Because American Hicks only like to watch Nascars go round and round in a Circle while drinking Budwiser and beating their wives.

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Originally posted by linear_algebra 1.Because of the whole Indy ordeal, the lack of popularity of F1 and the lack of a F1 facility in the US other than Indy. 2.Because the organizers and Berny Ecclestone could not come up with an agreement.

makes total sense.. i would love to goto quebec to see a race... wanna come linear_algebra??

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Originally posted by Djsketchbag Because American Hicks only like to watch Nascars go round and round in a Circle while drinking Budwiser and beating their wives.

Seriously though, Ferrari is going to be awesome this year. Kimi+Massa+Schumi? Common, how are you going to beat that?

Some interesting points leading up to the season:
- Ferrari thinks Renault is sandbagging.
- Sauber/BMW have gone too radical with their car and now are facing a lot of problems.
- The McLaren designed/built ECU has a crucial flaw, which allows you to use a launch control configuration! HUGE fuckin flaw!
- Super Aguri might not even race.
- McLaren will have some of the worst facilities this season due to their last place finish last year.
- Spain has two GPs this year because of Alanso's popularity. Also because of his popularity, the FIA have had to launch an anti-racism campaign.
- Ralph left F1 and nobody cared!

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Originally posted by linear_algebra Sep 28 - Singapore* first night time city circuit street race sounds excited

was thinking the same thing!