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"The 2007 Formula 1 season"

I want somewhere to stick my thoughts on the Formula 1 season as it progresses so I'm going to do that here. Feel free to join me if you want.

So a jealous Villeneuve has criticised Lewis Hamilton for being overly aggresive...

Well, I think there's a track at the Disney resort in Florida which has been used for IRL, so I wouldn't be overly surprised. Be good to see a return to Paul Ricard, but of course that's now used strictly for testing. Damn.

And I was right, nothing happened. A predictable result and none of the other teams seemed particularly bothered which showed to me that they did nothing wrong.

The French Grand Prix is officially moving after 2007. They are looking into new venues. Ecclestone likes the idea of them thundering through Paris but seems like Disneyland is the current favourite.

I very much doubt anything will happen. The McLarens were way ahead of Massa's Ferrari so even if they imposed time penalties, they'll still be ahead. There might be a fine imposed but I reckon nothing will happen. McLaren have always been 'race until after the last pit stop'.

I was pretty confused by the Honda strategy, but it was good to see them at least performing relatively well, and there's more to come as well; maybe, like last year, Button will only end up with some better results towards the season's end!

Ron Dennis is seemingly in troulbe with the FIA; I can see how his tactics can be seen as team orders, but to be perfectly honest it's a strategy and policy that they've had for years. Still, I wonder what will happen.

No surprise to see the McLarens take the top 2 positions but I think Ferrari will be slightly worried in how big the advantage was. Still, Monaco tends to be a bit of an anomaly.

The Honda strategy was puzzling to say the least. If they had done the one stop strategy that the fuel they started with suggested, they would have been in the points.

Raikkonen did fairly well but things never really worked out well, getting stuck behind Button at the start and then Heidfeld coming out the pits in front of him.

The next 2 races have been bogey tracks for Alonso and could be key to the Championship.

Raikkonen has it all to do now. It is quite bizarre to see a driver clip the apex barrier of a corner and not the exit.

There was an inevitability that someone was going to lose out because of traffic. Coulthard looks like he's going to get a hefty penalty for blocking Kovalainen by starting 16th.

I don't think there is a lot of difference between Alonso and Hamilton. It'll depend on who has the most fuel as usually the advantage lies on the car going in the pits 2nd, if they can stay close.

Still an 80% chance of light rain tomorrow so strategy could be crucial as teams won't want to make a pit stop solely for tyres.

Alonso with the early upper hand in Thursday practise. 40% chance of rain Saturday and 80% chance of light rain on Sunday could cause big problems.

Hi Shadow, it's been a while. How's things?

Biggie Little Jr. wrote:
> Shame the forums aren't as active as they used to be. I used to
> love the SR F1 championship.

Yes, me too