Equivelant Trade

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

today feature drivers and teams.

Mclaren:
Drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton will be trying to retain his own title this season, with Kovalainen trying to support him but if he can get the title, he will give it a try to claim it from his own teammate of course. however, both McLaren team boss Matthew Whitmarsh and Hamilton has already claimed that the car this season is not as fast enough as last season. further tests are needed to see them to move into the starting pack. so may not guarantee them to win Australian GP this sunday.

Ferrari:
Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa

this one u all sure noe and as always every season, they produce good test results each time. this time round, both drivers are equally happy with the seetings in the car and we could see them making a good start this season. however, reliability issue remains a problem.

BMW:
Drivers: Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld

this team is a black horse last season, but this season they r tipped as hot favourates also. both drivers have equal strength but Kubica just doing much better than Heidfeld last season. quite an interesting team.

Renault:
Drivers: Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet Jr

ok, 2-time world champion still in Renault and he makes a great say in last season by winning S'pore and Japanese GP. so this season Renault r making a strong push as well. as for Nelsp Piquet Jr, well, he will state his claim that he can race equally well as his teammate since he is the son of the great Nelson Piquet. expect this team to challenge the three teams above.

Toyota:
Drivers: Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock

last season performed drastically poor at the start but Glock give some fac back for this team in behind races. questions will be raised of this team cannot perform this season as their tests results have been positively good. One of the three teams that do apply the KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System).

Red Bull:
Drivers: Mark webber and Sebastian Vettel

quite a change team as David Coulthard retires last season. in comes Vettel from his sister team Toro Rosso, wehre he makes history for them by winning the maiden GP in Italian GP. a lot of pedigree is put onto this guy, but so too as webber. let see what can be expected from this new pairing team.

Toro Rosso:
Drivers: Sebastian Bourdais and Sebastian Buemi

not brothers if u see they r same name. Buemi is a newcomer replacing Vettel of course. last season of course they won the Italian GP surprisingly but apart from that, nth much is expected from other races. as for this season, well, shall nt put much expectations also although their engine is provided from Ferrari.

Williams:
Drivers: Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima

Another team that does not use KERS. and from last season, their e results is far from challengers. and this season test results also does not look promising. unless is street ciruit like S'pore or Monaco GP, does not see much also.

Force India:
Drivers: Giancarlo Fisichella and Adrian Sutil

2nd year into this coming F1 season and will be looking to find its first ever point after recording no points last season. if i presume, they will be at the start nt performing but when it comes to GP that r held in Europe, we might see them getting points. so is quite an unpredictable team.

Brawn GP:
Drivers: Jenson Button and Rubens Barichello

u would have not heard of this team. not even its team name. but formerly known as Honda, after it decided to back out after its financial crisis. Team principal, Ross Brawn managed to buyout the whole team and takeover it. and to be honest, this team is urprisingly quick. within one week after they announced they will be in F1, their test results is wonderful, topping timesheet for few times. also the last team nt using KERS. so this one can really be the dark horse and might get into podium positions if they continue their good workbut a difficult season.

tomorrow will be my last preview. the rules for this season.

10:28 PM