lmao maz :)

You just made my day too, Alfy! Thanks!

Looks like Kobayashi will be driving! And I find that great news!

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10912162...r-2010--report

Extremely great news! He'll add a whole lot of spice to the soup.

Paul.

Now let's get Sato a seat!

I'm heavily disappointed with Lotus' driver choices. Trulli and Kovalainen are as dull as Toyota's car lineup.

http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/80599

The poster is especially amusing...

Umm were to begin. Guess I should start by asking you, who gave you privilege to post articles about any F1 news. From my understanding, me and aln are the only one's atm who have special privilege to post.

So i am going to ask you very nicely and tell me who gave you the right to do so? their are special guidelines that you must follow, to order to post in the best thread in the world. This isnt like the other threads that you find on this site, where a random joe can just post what ever.

So in the future, you will either A. have to call me , B. Email me, or C. pm me. reason why is, i like to controll what is being posted. IF anything negative you find against the MEssiah, i would like to be the first one to know.

My reason behind that is, hamilton fans here are very sensitive ppl. I should know, i am one of those sensitive hamilton fans.

Like last season when hamilton wasnt doing well, hmm let me rephrase that, WHEN HAMILTON CAR WAS NOT DOING WELL (Because the messiah never makes mistakes, and if ppl think that, they are very i dont know, DELUSIONAL) every day i would cry my self to sleep, it got so bad that i broke with my GF , which is also my cat. But that story is for antoher day.

But if you find anything negative agains ferrari, you dont need my persmission.

Alfy, who gave you permission? :rollingla

oh please dont mind aln. he is very modest, he just doenst want to hurt your feelings.

come to think of it, i felt really bad lion. so i am going out of the limb here, and share with you a pic that i taken at brazil. this pic was taken after he defeated massa (cough cough polo) for the championship. he invited me to his atfter party. also dont ask me who those 3 other ppl are, because i dont know.


https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...1&d=1261002390

umm you must didnt read the memo . for starters, that whole video was photoshopped. no way that the messiah gravel pitted his car. i think he would know where the pit stop is, and sure isnt in the sand. so please stop posting vids that are completely photoshopped by ferrari fans.

^^ umm yah, i think you have a good future with us here.

Thanks for the humor in between the news stories. You guys are awesome.

Paul.

np maz, anythign to make ppl laugh :ylsuper:

Lovely christmascard from Bernie this year! (As always)

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10912202...christmas-card

Report: Formula One heading to Rome
Sunday 20th December 2009

Bernie Ecclestone has agreed a deal which would see Formula One come to the streets of Rome, according to course planner Maurizio Flammini.

A Rome grand prix, raced through the streets of the Italian capital much like that of Monaco, has been in planning for over a year and a half.

And Flammini, the creator of the idea, has revealed they have now been given the green light by the Formula One supremo.

"The agreement with Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone to give life to the Rome Grand Prix has already been done and signed," he told Sky Italia.

"The appropriate course still has to be defined."

Italy already has a grand prix on the world championship circuit, in Monza.

There were fears when plans for a Rome grand prix were first mooted that it would replace the historic track which has been a more or less permanent fixture in the Formula One calendar since 1922.

However, the mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno, insists it will serve as a second Italian grand prix.

"We think the Rome Grand Prix would be very important and we are in favour of it," he said. "And it's not true that it is an alternative to Monza.

"Monza is a grand prix on the circuit, and the grand prix of Rome is integrative to that of Monza, it's not a replacement.

"We have calculated that there will be an income of one billion euros a year with this grand prix and Rome needs to renew its tourist appeal.

"Not only the past, archaeology and monuments, but also the future, something which is aimed at families and youngsters."

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...+International

They said 2012 or at the end of the 2011 season...
We will also need an under-pass on the cristoforo colombo... that's gonna suck traffic wise.
Who cares though!
I want to meet at least you al, alfy and paul :)

Roma, here I come :wiggle:.

Unfortunately it seems like I can never get away from this company to which I'm tied :(

Paul.

What began as a wild rumour has slowly edged towards near-fact: Michael Schumacher is returning to the formula one grid.

The hardening speculation has been all but confirmed by Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, with whom the 40-year-old German won five of his seven world championships until 2006.

The Italian told international reporters at a Christmas dinner on Friday that, during a conversation with Ferrari adviser Schumacher earlier this week, "he told me there is a very strong possibility" he will race a Mercedes next year.

Montezemolo joked that, after Schumacher renewed his consultancy contract for three additional years at Monza in mid September, the German set to be Nico Rosberg's 2010 teammate is the Ferrari legend's "twin".

"There's another one who looks like him, 40, 41 years old, German, same name and decided to do a new career," he said.

Montezemolo confirms that some of Ferrari's passionate Tifosi will not appreciate the news that Schumacher will be wearing silver in 2010.

"They think Michael is a traitor. But I will explain to them it is not Michael but another one. The real Michael is still with Ferrari."

Schumacher's return is set to be announced either shortly after Christmas, or at the beginning of January.
http://www.worldcarfans.com/10912192...rcedes-in-2010

While I've been all over the US, I've never really left the US before except the British Virgin Islands & Canada (does Canada really count? :)) and I no longer have my traveling companion anymore. So, I don't think this will happen for me. I have never seen a GP live. I've had opportunities to be at USGP during the 80's & 90's when I was a turn marshall (corner worker here in the US). But, it was so much easier to just watch it on TV.

Ecclestone expects two new teams to fold
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=354037:F1

USF1, Campos, say they will race in 2010
http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=354064:F1

Michael Schumacher signs up for F1 return with Mercedes

Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to race for Mercedes next year, BBC Sport understands.

The German, who will be 41 on 3 January, has signed a contract and the deal will be announced imminently.

Schumacher will partner compatriot Nico Rosberg in the team that won the drivers' and constructors' titles in 2009 in its former guise as Brawn.

His spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said she could not make any comment.

The German newspaper Bild is reporting that Schumacher signed a one-year deal and it is likely he will have the option to continue beyond 2010 if his returns goes well.

Schumacher will reportedly earn £6.2m after signing up to reunite with Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn, who masterminded all seven of his titles, the first two with Benetton in 1994-5 and the subsequent five with Ferrari from 2000-4.

Mercedes are known to want German rising star Sebastian Vettel in the long term, but the 22-year-old is contracted to Red Bull until the end of 2012.

Schumacher was forced to call off a planned temporary comeback as a stand-in for injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa last season because of a neck injury sustained in a motorcycle accident last February.

But Schumacher is known to have had medical checks recently and it must be assumed he has been given the all clear as he would not want to face the same embarrassment again.

He signed a revised contract as a consultant for Ferrari, but he told Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo that he was "very close" to concluding a deal to race for Mercedes.

Ferrari have had to release him from his contract to enable him to race for Mercedes.

His comeback is the most high profile in F1 since Austrian Niki Lauda came out of a two-year retirement for the 1982 season to race for McLaren.

Lauda, who was 33 at the time, went on to win a third world title in 1984.

Juan Manuel Fangio is Formula 1's oldest world champion, the Argentine won a fifth world championship at the age of 46 before retiring.

Schumacher has been training hard in preparation for a return and, assuming his neck is fully healed, is not expected to have any problems with fitness.

His former team-mate Eddie Irvine told the BBC last week that he expected Schumacher would win races, even though he would not be as powerful a force as before.

"The speed will be there, though he won't be as fast as he was seven years ago," Irvine said.

"He's not at the peak of his game, but he's still good enough to win races as he has such an immense talent. It's still four wheels, a steering wheel and an engine and there's never been anyone better than Michael."

Irvine said he thought Schumacher would be at a disadvantage in wheel-to-wheel racing compared to the younger generation of drivers such as 2008 world champion Lewis Hamilton.

"Lewis isn't going to back off, but Michael will have to because he'll be 41," Irvine said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/moto...ne/8427552.stm

Damn this is good news! The next season will be so exciting!

I am so looking forward to seeing the racing next year with a lot of cars on the grid.

All of this drama makes this F1 championship like the big brother of racing...

Now alfy must photoChop something because the real Holy Messiah is back! I think that hamilton will be faster though, age is age.