Comments on: The teams: Toyota, Toro Rosso and Red Bull (F1 2008)

By: motion

motion — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:28:34 +0000

The Renault-Ferrari vs the Torro Rosso-RBR qualifying time gap in the second half of the season beg some questions.

Was the rear wing flex video on the Torro Rosso a photo shopped thing?

I believe Renault did start improving their engine set up starting from when they had their engine blow ups. Webber’s engine blow up was what … about 3-4 races later? That may have been when they got that evolution of engine maybe? But did they ever get the later Renault engine evolution that Alonso used to win races?

If Max wants to do something for the sport he can start by enforcing engine manufacturer & team transparency about what engine versions are supplied & run. The FIA should really deny engine manufacturer affiliated teams the ability to run new engine evolutions before they have also supplied exactly the same version to their customer teams.

By: Alex Cooper

Alex Cooper — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:06:38 +0000

Timo Glock, combined with the team’s improvement this year, justified Toyota’s decision to get rid of Ralf Schumacher. Looks like Ralf’s paycheck was better spent elsewhere.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:10:59 +0000

Pingguest – D’oh! Fixed…

By: Pingguest

Pingguest — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:37:49 +0000

Timo Glock improved throughout 2009 and ended the year strongly

2009? You can see in the future! How nice.

By: stevepCambsUK

stevepCambsUK — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:51:14 +0000

Vettel is definately a star of the future, tho how much he will shine next year remains to be seen. I Guess Torro Rosso will stick with a Ferrari engine, but it shouldnt of been down to engine power with the so called ‘development freeze’……. the drivers talent will be tested in 09 more than 08 with the kers ‘push and pass’ button and ‘better’ overtakin aerodynamics