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Let us begin to talk about the 2002 season.

The person I think will win is Michael Schumacher. He is fantastic and in an own class for the moment. But also the Ferrari are very good at the moment, that´s one important thing for ´´Schumi``.
Today he made a spectacular crash att the training track in Barcelona. But he he came out from it uninjured, he had luck this time. But his car was totally destroyed.
He also won last years F1 season so he starts with the number one.

The person I think will end up second is David Coulthard. His my personal favourite. I hope he will win but I tip on second because it´s very hard to beat ´´Schumi``at the moment. Coulthard are a very good driver but last year his car don´t was in the class as for example the BMW or Ferrari. Mercedes was not so good last year, many problems with the technical stuff, especially with that new ´´startatomatic``. But Coulthard was very good, he drived fast when the car not stopped at the start. I remember two times when he had pole position something was wrong with the startatomatic and he had to start as last man. But in the end last year he was second and I tip on the same place this year. But I can hope that he will give Schumacher a match. And hopefully Coulthard will win! And hopefully the new Mclaren Mercedes will be better with technical stuff, and also faster.

The person I think will end up third is Ralf Schumacher. The ´´little`` Schumacher have been better and better for every year. And right now the BMW are very good, last year it was the best car after the Ferrari. But now I heard that Ralf bought a luxury yacht for about 30 million €.

Then I think the fight of the fourth and fifth place will be between Montoya and Barrichello.



Hope to see some nice Formula 1 this year.

And I want to hear your opinions.(don´t forget you can also post news, rumors etc about F1 )

Prost is bankruptcy so we probably won´t see Frenzen this season. This hurts me a bit because Frenzen are a great drive. And don´t forget that he was second one season when he drived for Williams. (was it 96 or 97?)

Well the season 2002 will be started on March but few teams had already prepared well in any conditions. Ferrari must be always giving favourite will be the champions either driver's or constructors title. Most people stated Schumi can keep the titles this year if all components (including competitive car, management, pitcrew, supporters) behind him.

I heard Schumi is 'only' paying for attention to BMW's duo, his brother, Ralf and JPM this season. He surely had a principal reason why Schumi stated it to both of them. I was just wondering DC wasn't be worried by him while McLaren are ready for the season.

Schumi is going to be fav...I believe..and I wish he can make it the 5th driver's title...Ralf and JPM can be haunted on the track while Schumi is underestimating on them...DC...as my viewing last season...he's inconsistency....yet the sooner the later we can see which team is going to be consistency with their competitive cars, can affect directly the driver who's gonna be the best.

Hmm what can I say??

Forza FERRARI!!!!

Taken from my source in F1, www.formel1.at: the 2002 edition of McLaren, the MP 4-17:

And a second one:

That car looks fast.

Villeneuve threatens to terminate his BAR-contract

BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve, blatantly unsettled at his team BAR after the poor performances in the last years and the resignation of Teamdirector and his personal manager Craig Pollock is said to have angrily quit the team´s test drive session in Barcelona and even threatened to finish his F1 career in case the car doesn´t get hugely improved.

German HH Frentzen is said to have good chances to succeed Villeneuve in case he´d really step back.

(Source: RTL Videotext)

File under rumour of the week... or?

The Jordans:

Fisichella........

And Sato.......

This year Räikkönen drive Mclaren........

And the Renaults: Jenson Button..........

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I like Trulli best.............If ferrari were to get rid of Barichello, i would love to see Trulli-Schumacher partnership !

Originally posted by Sheva Milan fan

Then I think the fight of the fourth and fifth place will be between Montoya and Barrichello.

Montoya? 4th or 5th place?! No way!

J.P Montoya has a great chance of winning the driver's title this season. In the latter half of last year, he blew away Ralf, and will do so this year too. He has an immense amount of skill. Michael Schumacher is of course going to be the favourite, but it will be no stroll in the park like it was this year. DC will be a threat as usual too.

What I find almost as interesting is the battle for the middle places, teams like Jaguar, BAR, Jordan, etc. If the R3 can live up to it's high expectations, don't be surprised seeing Jaguar as the "best of the rest" team.

Seeing how Raikkonnen performs in the McLaren and how Toyota fare in their first season will be interesting too.

2002 will be a much better season than 2001.

Ralf was on 3rd place last year and Motoya on 5th or 6th. I dont´say Montoya are bad, actually his one of the greatest drivers. But I think he take to much risks, he drives for all or nothing, that is his weak point. I think that point will be better and better for every year he drives F1. But laet´s see, maybe he have already learned to not take TO MUCH risks. I like his stile, it´s nice to see a driver that drives the car on an absolut maximum level.

But of course Coulthard are my favourite.

Hope he will beat Schumacher.

Arrows: We're still talking to Frentzen (updated) 01 Feb 2002


Arrows denied to formula1.com today (Friday) that there is any rift between them and Heinz-Harald Frentzen. This follows reports in the Dutch press that the German's management had suspended all talks with the Leafield-based team.
According to the report, the German had broken off negotiations because Arrows were demanding that he provide some form of "pay off" for Jos Verstappen, who had been confirmed for the race seat in June last year.

An Arrows spokesperson dismissed the report as "pure speculation" and confirmed that "Tom (Walkinshaw) is still in talks with Verstappen and Frentzen."

This was backed up by Frentzen's manager, Monte Field, who stated that he was still speaking to Arrows about the possibility of his client racing for them in 2002, although he was unable to say if the talks were moving closer to completion.


He also denied another claim made by the Dutch report - that Frentzen would drive for no salary should he join Arrows.

The indecision surrounding Arrows' second driver has been raging for many months, and has heightened since the Leafield-based team announced that Enrique Bernoldi would be retained for 2002, leaving only one seat available.

Although Arrows initially denied that Frentzen would replace Verstappen, they have recently admitted that this is a possibility.


Following the demise of Prost Grand Prix on Monday, this wrangle has taken on an added dimension as whoever should lose out will be left without a formula1 race drive in 2002.

An Arrows spokesperson was unable to shed any light on when the negotiations may reach a conclusion.



Source: www.formula1.com