Daimo B
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So, who¡¦s looking forward to it?
WSB ¡V 1st March ¡V Now has BMW, and Aprillia involved (so SEVEN manufactures, one of the mainstream events with by far the most manufactures involved?). Theres still KTM to come in in 2010 hopefully too. Anyone heard the new Aprilia V4 engine???? MotoGP engine notes (see youtube Aprillia V4). Going to be an awesome season, some British riders, who I expect to be top 10, but not championship contenders.
F1 ¡V Start of April ¡V Lots of new rules, new cars, slicks, less wings, but the kinetic energy has been dropped by most teams I think. BMW lapping well, will be very close this year I think. So be some good racing again, but with lots more overtaking. Its good as we won¡¦t need such ¡§F1 dedicated¡¨ tracks that allow the old type of cars to overtake. We¡¦re gonna be back to ¡§any circuit that¡¦s wide enough¡¨ can be used to overtake. Quite looking forward to it actually.
MotoGP ¡V End of March. Will be vastly over-shadowed by WSB this year I think, but with Stoner, Rossi, Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Dovi, and our own Toseland. Going to be a good season again. Testing again today, Stoners already put in a quicker lap than last years pole time  Im just gutted Julian and Toby are not commentating for Eurosport, and that means I¡¦ve got to watch it on Lame ¡§press red¡¨ BBC, I can¡¦t just leave the TV on all morning showing the 125s, 250s, and MotoGP¡¦s 
BTCC ¡V With the withdrawal of Seat, I can only feel BTCC is going to be hit by the credit crunch quite bad. Not expecting much, only ¡§Vauxhall¡¨ as a manufacture. God BTCC has lost its ways ƒ¼
German DTM ¡V As usual, expect close racing, lots of carbon winglets flying away, and lots of naught crashes
Aussie V8¡¦s¡K I¡¦ve not seen hardly anything on Motors TV, has Senatra wank got this too now as well? Made for good Sunday night viewing when nowt else was on.
WTCC ¡V Will be the same, dunno, just doesn¡¦t excite me. Just find it quite boring, too much about ¡§weight penalties for winning races¡¨ and such. Aye its to keep it closer, but then really, shouldn¡¦t it be about the best driver in the best car? Not slamming him with 100kg of extra weight just to ¡§slow them down¡¨. You didn¡¦t see M Schumacher have these penalties added just cos he won F1 all the bloody time
BSB ¡V British Superbike. Again, like BTCC, I think this will be hit. Ducati are already out, and most of the ¡§good¡¨ riders we¡¦ve got have already shot off to WSB. Good for young riders as some new guys will get a chance to get on better machines, but I can¡¦t help but feel there will be a lot of unknowns, and people will be more interested how our guys are doing in WSB (all progressed from BSB last year).
Anyone else looking forward to this years racing?
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richc
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Not really. Dont get excited over it anymore. Its all bollocks
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richc
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to be blunt! I dont know why, it just doesnt seem to be the same.
Id much prefer to watch a load of folk on a trackday than professional motorsport.
Saying that, i think im goin to the TT this year!
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Paul_J
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why are 'iV' everywhere in that? copy and paste job?
I agree, F1 should be fun.
Shame about BTCC, it's a bit like I watched WRC the other day and was shocked to only see 2 manufacturers 
Moto Gp ftw!
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Ojc
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Aprilia back in WSB is the only good thing.
Who is riding for them? Please don't say Biaggi.
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AndyKent
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Slightly, yes but only as I photograph for a small-time guy in the Fiesta Championship which goes all round the country.
F1 should be good, if only at the start to see how the changes affect racing.
I fear BTCC will be shocking - not many privateers will want to splash £100k+ per season to race to still only finish at the back of the grid.
DTM should be good though - not seen it live before, so promised myself I'll go to see at least one race this year 
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Looking forward to seeing how my brother does, he has got the budget sorted for British 250 and is now focusing on getting sorted for the European Championship. If it is the same as last year there was no competition in the British Isles so it will be good for him to see how he fairs in Europe.
I just hope Motorcycle racing keeps getting more and more exposure, about time it replaced dull as dish water F1 imo.
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tom_simes
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I believe that KERS could have a pretty big impact on F1 this year, with most teams claiming their system will be ready for the first race. I've been researching it all this week, and even though they think it will only actually reduce lap times by 0.1-0.3 seconds, it should vastly improve the chances of overtaking, with an extra 80 bhp available to the driver for a maximum time of 6.67 seconds.
BTCC should still be good - many privateer teams are still taking part, and even with Seat gone, there is still Mat Jackson in his privateer 320si that finished 2nd in the championship last year, RAC have signed contracts with their two drivers for this year, Arena motorsport are running a new Focus ST in the championship. All spells a very good and interesting year to me, but we'll see!
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Daimo B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Aprilia back in WSB is the only good thing.
Who is riding for them? Please don't say Biaggi.
BMW are in WSB too now, and KTM are planning with the RC8 in a season or twos time.
Aprillia is Biaggi and Shinya Nikano
Full listings.
http://www.worldsbk.com/pubb_EN/riders.php
Haga going to Ducati, Troy Corser to BMW, as is Xuas.
Paul, yeah, copy n paste from an email I wrote it in first
DTM - Go see it at Brands. Good close racing, plus its closer than Germany
Re KERs, I thought only Ferrari had got it sorted, but even they were still having trouble? Although I rad that a few weeks back so probably out of date. Its not to improve lap times, its just another way of creating overtaking chances. We'll see overtakes on much shorter straights as they can tuck up behined the car in front on the corner, then use the power on teh way out. Unlike before where you'd loose all pace behined a car on the bends due to downforce, and byt the time you got on a straight and into 7th, your already back on the brakes. Only a couple of tracks have straights long enough. A whole new world of "custom F1" tracks was starting to be built, which were great for F1, but no good for anything else as they are just too big and fast.
[Edited on 06-02-2009 by VXR]
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Paul_J
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I think they're canning the 'push to pass' shit, as it mainly used batteries like you'd get in laptops, which when crashed would burst into flames immediately.
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Paul_J
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thing that annoyed me with BSB and WSB last year was finding when and where it was on...
I'd always miss it, or suddenly notice it on at 2am.
At least Moto GP was always shown normalish time on bbc 2.
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Daimo B
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BBC 2 sucked ass for coverage, plus Burnett and Parish can't commentate for toffee. Eurosport was far better, but just had cr4ppy breaks.
WSB is on more than MotoGP, and you also get 2 races, plus the SS600. It was covered all the time on Motors TV, hardly ever by BBC.
Cheers BBC, good to see my moneys going on great programs such as eastenders, and lame arsed programs.
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mwg
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Looking forward to the F1. Thats the only motorsport I follow
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Ojc
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BIAGGI FFS APRILIA HE WAS GOOD FOR ONE SEASON IN 250s SINCE THEN HE HAS GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE.
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jr
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WSB should be epic
BSB should be amazing
MotoGp - As long as rossi does it dont care
cars - errrr 
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
BBC 2 sucked ass for coverage, plus Burnett and Parish can't commentate for toffee. Eurosport was far better, but just had cr4ppy breaks.
WSB is on more than MotoGP, and you also get 2 races, plus the SS600. It was covered all the time on Motors TV, hardly ever by BBC.
Cheers BBC, good to see my moneys going on great programs such as eastenders, and lame arsed programs.
I don't have sky 
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Daimo B
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JR - How comes you think BSB is going to be great this year?
Paul, stop being a pikey and get it.
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09 should be good! have my tickets for ALMS at Silverstone, MOTO GP at Donny, Berg Cup in Homberg, and i think im going to one WTCC race.
should be a good year, even F1 should be interesting
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Their definitely not canning KERS Paul - I've got news reports here for a report I'm currently writing.
Renault are fairly confident that their KERS will be ready for Australia, the opening Grand Prix, while Red Bull have confirmed they are using Renault's technology in their own cars, to save them from doing the development themselves.
Ferrari are also very confident, Raikonnen likes the system a lot and overall believes it will be good for the team and the sport in general.
However, nothing seems to have been stated by the other teams (such as Force India etc) about their systems.
I'm not sure about Mclaren - don't have any info on them!
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jr
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Originally posted by VXR
JR - How comes you think BSB is going to be great this year?
Paul, stop being a pikey and get it.
Chris walker, relentless suzuki, Glen Richards
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Rob_Lee
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F1... Cant bloody wait to be honest.
Im hoping it is gonna be as exciting as they say it will!
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John
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Originally posted by Paul_J
I think they're canning the 'push to pass' shit, as it mainly used batteries like you'd get in laptops, which when crashed would burst into flames immediately.
Seems to be a mechanical system.
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K17STY
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F1 should be good this year. Although whats the chat about Ferrari and McLaren getting chummy. Hmmmm
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by tom_simes
Their definitely not canning KERS Paul - I've got news reports here for a report I'm currently writing.
Renault are fairly confident that their KERS will be ready for Australia, the opening Grand Prix, while Red Bull have confirmed they are using Renault's technology in their own cars, to save them from doing the development themselves.
Ferrari are also very confident, Raikonnen likes the system a lot and overall believes it will be good for the team and the sport in general.
However, nothing seems to have been stated by the other teams (such as Force India etc) about their systems.
I'm not sure about Mclaren - don't have any info on them!
Latest reports suggest that BMW are not going to have KERS running by Melbourne and Toyota's Pascal Vasselon has said that he thinks only a very few will run KERS due to the huge disadvantages - higher centre of gravity, extra weight (most units are 30KGs+), shagged weight distribution, extra rear tyre wear, potentially decreasing fuel tank sizes to fit the unit......i think it'll be mid-season, mostly likely longer, before we see majority of the teams using the system.
Plus if some teams are running a perfect system (Ferrari etc) and others not, it's a little bit of a disadvantage, which seems to be going against the grain of what the FIA wants - ie: teams to be more equal and driving skill to be the winning factor rather than technology.
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Daimo B
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Good reads, good info
JR, 2 people and 1 team doesn't make a great season. Walker got his ass handed to him in WSB. I've never reall thought he was great tbh.
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