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Post 14 Jan 2004, 00:49

I think it'll be an even tighter three way championship than last year. The new Mclaren and Williams look impressively bold. I wonder if Ferrari could catch up this time with another evolutionary car. They already being whipped to race the new car right from the first race.



In 2004 I'm expecting Jaguar and BAR to give the kind of suprise Renault brought last year. Jaguars were one of the quickest in friday qualies thanks to special aerodynamics. If they could bring that to races, then they should be great. BAR was up there in terms of acceleration and speed last year. If Honda could produce a more reliable engine, Jenson Button should be very good compared to last year. And Sauber! Sauber should be extremely competitive with "literally" everything from Ferrari; the chassis, engine, driver, I bet they'll even share Ferrari's tire test data from last year.



It is abit harsh I admit, but I dont expect Minardi nor Jordan to be any better than last year. They're more or less striving to stay in F1 rather than improve.



Renault and Toyota however remain as mysteries. The Renault having made some significant structural changes in the new car, I dont expect them to be as competitive this year as they were last year, but the advantages the slimmer rear might bring remains a big mistery. I think Toyoda would have enough experience now to bring some new technical innovations this season. It's about time they learn something after running a car simlar to the F2002 and even bring bits of modifications of their own by the end of last season. Now that they have Mike Gascoyne, things should boost up this year.







I used to subscribe F1 racing and F1 magazine, but I've grown sick and tired of their hypocritical assessments(or bullshit) of things they hardly know. When Gerhard Berger said Williams will never win a championship they seemed to agree with him only until Williams gave him a blow at Monaco with a win followed by more dominating races. Just after Hungary, they criticised Schumacher for losing his edge to Alonso and said his champioship hopes are over. In their January issue he's apparently the 'man of the year'. As with season predictions in F1 mags, I hope you dont take any of them seriously.

-Challenging is more exciting than defending-