ADR3NLYN_EK

aahhhhhhhhhhhh :cry:

Toyota are all set to announce that they will be running on Bridgestone rubber in 2006, despite comments earlier in the season from Chassis Technical Director Mike Gascoyne that his preference is to stay with Michelin tyres.

Toyota spent 2001 testing hard before joining the Formula One circus in 2002. The first three seasons would yield little in terms of results, but this year the team has hit its stride with the Mike Gascoyne TF105 chassis and the driving talents of Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. The team may not have won a race yet, but has secured four podium positions so far this year and sits a firm fourth in the constructors’ championship.

Speaking today to Belgian Television, John Howett, President of Toyota Motorsport, confirmed that the German-based team would move to Bridgestone tyres in 2006.

imported_SaYjAiBaO

toyota will fall behind tomorrow. their race pace sucks. kind of like the opposite of mclaren before where their qualifying speed sucked while their race pace was strong. toyota will make a big mistake by switching to BS next year. i don't think they will do that well at all. they're always the first to test and develop for next year. they're good in the first few races until everybody catches up. how do you think they're going to dominate the sport though. they will probably produce a good car but they don't have the drivers to take their car to the front and stay there. button is inconsistent, and sato is wild. trulli's qualifying speed is real good but again, he falls behind during the race, and ralf just plain sucks. he's like a watered down michael.

imported_Italia311

Nice Race today!

Nice Finish for J.V! Load of Fuel and no downforce! Pulls out a 6th place.

Sato is a f-u-cking g00f and should never drive in f1 again.

Congrats Kimi.

ADR3NLYN_EK

Yup...like i said in my first post Sato is too wreckless and a danger to everyone on the track. Did you see when Michael slapped Sato on the head haha that was the funniest id slap him too! Schumi would have done good because Ferrari is always good in the wet. Another strong showing from Toyota...both cars could have finished in the top 5 if it wasnt for some bad descisions regarding tires. They had the pace! Trulli was pulling away from Alonso at the beggining but too many pit stops ruined his race...and Ralf was the fastest man on the track for a good portion of the race (only person lapping in the 1 minute 56's)...he cought Montoya and could have passed him for the lead...and then bad tire making decisions runied his race as well (still finished 7th). As much as i was pissed off at Sato i was WAYYY more pissed at Pizzonia i friggin snapped when he took out Montoya...Mclaren has had some bad luck this year and Alonso is gonna win the title on pure luck (although Mclaren will take the constructors championship).

Oh and a good result for JV

imported_SaYjAiBaO

pizzonia was stupid, i have no idea what he was trying to prove. he was on slicks and he should've known better. same with sato, i honestly wanted to see schumacher on the podium because i think it couldve been a strong possibility. nice job by kimi for looking after his tires in the opening stages and then showed his true pace when it really mattered. this year was another good race at spa.

imported_Italia311

Toyota had a great race...ralf was owning. Right when he changed his tired on that exact lap he goes flying off the track. ****ty deal.

imported_SaYjAiBaO

he thought he was his brother for a moment i guess.

imported_Italia311

lol.

After the schumacher and sato accident...they said they were going to investigate it...and the announcers were like "maybe cause schumacher hit sato in the head" I didnt follow up on that...anyone know anything about this?

bdotdan

the ferraris looked good, they made the correct choice on car set-ups, plus bridgestone inters are better than the michelins.

as for toyota switching to bridgestones, not like they have much of a choice. michelin is trying to offload a couple of teams for next season.

and how is alonso winning by pure luck? he has 6 wins just like Kimi, BUT only 1 dnf in montreal. McLaren sacrificed reliabilty for top speed, which isn't smart since you can't win a race if you don't finish it.

anyways JV had a good race, im also proud of Tiago Monteiro of Jordan on an 8th place finish. porkchop representin!!!!!

imported_SaYjAiBaO

so every car that's fast sacrifices reliability for top speed? how the hell did ferrari dominate for 4 years and breaking all sorts of records? mercedes just doesn't build very reliable engines for mclaren. mercedes has always been the weak link in mclaren with their reliability.

ADR3NLYN_EK

Ok i take nothing away from Alonso for winning those 6 races BUT he will still win the title on luck...Raikkonen was leading 3 different races and and failed to finish because of mechanical problems...then he was on pole 3 times but had to change engines, therefore receiving a 10 spot grid penalty...and lets not forget when he crashed out of the european grand prix on the last lap while leading because his suspension collapsed due to a flat spot on the tire (stupid tire rules) basically HANDING alonso the victory...then montoya was 2nd place 2 or 3 times with alonso in 3rd and montoya gets run in to by monteiro and and then pizzonia now...handing alonso 2nd place...and valuable points...

I just love watching Kimi drive from the onboard camera...there is a noticable difference in his driving style...so smooth makes it look easy...

DumbasSi

I used to be into F1 about 10 years ago. Nigel Mansell was my favourite driver. It doesn't seem very competative these days so I don't watch it as much. Ferrari and other big teams have such awesome cars that other small teams have virtually no chance.

I feel that alot of the results of the races are based on the car and not the driver. Ferrari will still win most of the time even without Schumacher and Villeneuve (an awesome driver in Indy) will continue to lose if he stays with the ****ty teams. If they switched teams, Villeneuve would own F1.

ADR3NLYN_EK

Actually this year it has been very competative, mclaren, renault, ferrari, toyota, williams and bar have all been doing good end fighting each other, making for some very exciting races...

BMW bought out Sauber so if Villeneuve stays with the team in the long run he will have an opportunity to win again!

imported_SaYjAiBaO

i beg to differ, look at RB's performance compared to MS. MS was waaayyy quicker in the wet and dry in the same machine. it does have to do a lot with driver skill believe it or not. just look at raikkonen vs montoya and every other team. the better driver will yield better results. montoya has finally woken up but look at him in the first half of the season, he wasn't doing all that well at all.

imported_gatherer

I stopped watching or caring after the USGP stupidity

imported_SaYjAiBaO

usgp was stupid, i don't understand why the FIA didn't let michelin to ship in barcelona spec tires which could have survived the g load on the high banking corner. instead, this stupid action killed F1 in the united states. ferrari just said no because they knew they couldn't win this season and decided to jump on it. it would've been such a great race if all cars had raced. ferrari were scared because even with barcelona spec tires, they're still much better than their ****ty BS (bull****) tires .

imported_Italia311

Let the united states have nascar...

ADR3NLYN_EK

anyways americans always say how nascar is the pinnacle of motor racing and takes the same skill/level as F1 hahahaha

imported_SaYjAiBaO

it has more competition but in terms of technology wise, F1 is faarrrr superior. those nascar drivers are a bunch of goofs always horsing around. imo i can't stand watching oval racing. as much as i like to see a lot of overtaking, on an oval track it just plain sucks. i prefer to see 2 cars going at 150mph+ and 1 out braking the other to like 40mph to pass the other.

bdotdan

no constructors championship for mclaren
go Renault!!!!!!!!!!!