Comments on: F1 2009: the drivers

By: sen

sen — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:29:37 +0000

kimi all the best for 2009 season…
Would like to see a repeat of 2007 season

By: gideon

gideon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:31:23 +0000

button got decent car, I think he should prove his quality..

well, ruben will challenge him, like last year but now with better spec..

By: Antifia

Antifia — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:12:18 +0000

The way many analyse Raikkonen’s performance vis a vis Massa’s last year resembles a Texan long horn – a point here, a point there, and whole bull in between. What a nonsense to say that he was beaten because he was demotivated. When he is winning, his taciturn behaviour makes him the ice-man, when he is losing it becomes lack of motivation. I, for one, believe that the banning of traction control killed him and if it is true, it will continue to hamper his performance in 2009.

By: sumedh

sumedh — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:28:06 +0000

Massa should get the better of Raikkonen. I have never liked Kimi.

Alonso should beat Nelson Piquet every race. I won’t be surprised to see Alonso lap Piquet too in a few of the races.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:11:13 +0000

Especially since it hadn’t been so much as rumoured anywhere else up to that point, and still hasn’t to the best of my knowledge (apart from sites commenting on the grandprix.com rumour).

By: Will

Will — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:19:24 +0000

Interesting you say that about Jens and Rubens… Rubens is regarded as one of the smoothest drivers out there… hence his uber wet weather skills.. if the car rewards smooth driving then expect Rubens to destroy.

By: PJA

PJA — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:32:47 +0000

My predictions, in order of the difference between the two drivers.

Alonso to easily beat Piquet, probably the biggest difference in team mates on the 2009 grid.

Hamilton to beat Kovalainen.

Rosberg to beat Nakajima.

Bourdais to beat Buemi.

Vettel to be ahead of Webber.

Glock to have the edge over Trulli in races.

These ones I think could go either way.

Button will probably just edge Barrichello.

Sutil over Fisichella, even with Fisichella’s experience if Sutil doesn’t beat him I can’t see his F1 career lasting that much longer.

Raikkonen to beat Massa if he has got his motivation back, if not Massa to be the lead Ferrari driver.

For BMW if I had to pick a driver it would be Kubica, but if Heidfeld has fully solved his problems from last year I can easily see Heidfeld getting the better results, it depends on who the car suits more.

By: Sasquatsch

Sasquatsch — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:02:44 +0000

Some are easy to predict:

Hamilton beats Kovalainen
Alonso beats Piquet
Trulli beats Glock
Rosberg beats Nakajima

And others are more difficult:

Sebastien beats Sebastien (Don’t know which one though)
Vettel beats Webber
Raikkonen beats Massa
Kubica beats Heidfeld
Fisichella beats Sutil
Button beats Barrichello

By: Mark S

Mark S — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:20:02 +0000

I’m interested to see Raikkonen against Massa. Kimi can be very fast and should be able to beat Massa most of the time. However, Kimi rarely seems to be fully motivated and sometimes looks like he can’t be bothered.

I’m expecting Massa to come out fighting from the start of the season. Will Kimi come out fighting to keep his place in F1? I’m doubt it.

By: milos

milos — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:53:53 +0000

If Giancarlo Fisichella or Adrian Sutil don’t come up with the goods, might we see one of them moved aside for a Mercedes driver?

I am not sure where the information originated but not that long ago, few weeks at most, I believe there was a mention on one of the more reliable F1 sites (can’t recall which one) that Liuzzi has a race drive for 2010 with Force India guaranteed somehow in his contract. I remember being surprised by the very matter of fact way how that was mentioned …