2006????????

Ok 2006 season is on and alonso again has a good start. NO PROBLEMS schumi is not far behind. P2 in first race is not bad considering last years performance but we have to admit one thing that ferrari have done most of thier testing here in Bahrain so they had a slight edge over other teams. This Sat Malasyain GP will give us some idea how fast really ferrari is.

Before my predictions for this season lets look at some of the rules that have been changed for 2006
1.Tyre rule:- Tyre changes per race have been brought back to 7 tyres per race from 1 tyre per race.
2.Engine:- To reduce the power and price this year all the teams have to race with a V8
(or restricted power V10's) engine instead of V10's that they were allowed last year.
3. Qualifying:-For 2006 the single-lap system used in recent years is replaced be a new three-part, knockout format, with multiple cars on track throughout the qualifying hour, which is split into two 15-minute sessions and a final 20-minute session, with five-minute breaks in between.

Now comes the real part WHO WILL WIN?????
Lets analyse top teams one by one:-
1. Ferrari:- Ferrari have a decent line up with schumi and massa. Frankly speaking I don't think Fellipe Massa is worth that ferrari place but time will tell. Schumi is in full force this time he wants to win this title at any cost this year and end his carrer with a high. Ferreri as we all know is not just a sidy team they will fight back and hit those renaults and mclarens hard. If massa sticks to his job of supporting ferrari I feel ferrari have a good chance of winning the title. I feel in 2-3 races it will be clear that which car has the pace and then its upto team mgmt and reliability of the car to win.
2. Renault:- With Alonso and fichicella renault have an excellent driver line up best according to me. Believe me if Fichecella clicks all the top teams will have a hard time. No one has any doubts that the car is execllent provided by Mr Bavettori.
3. Mclaren:- McLaren looked a bit low this year but in baharain they proved that they were also among the top teams. Raikkonen came 3 from last imagine if he would have qualified 3 then?? According to me Mclarens have the most reliable and best paced car in F1 today.Only if they tell Montoya to shut up and drive I feel Mclaren have a good chance too.
4.Honda:- Ok so we have jenson Button (who has never won any race) and Rubins Barrichello(who can never win any race on his won) with an excellent Honda Car. If Honda had got the right driver combinations they would have rocked, anyways thier package is good and you never know.

Finally if you ask me who will put my money on then it will be obviosly be FERRARI. Micheal is desparate this time to win and if I know his Killer instinct he will hit the nail hard and will make his team work so hard to win this year. Ferrari have a decent car and a gr8 driver with killer instincts so GO SCHUMI GO

G (schufanatic)