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Thanks to *MH* for the banner.

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] Welcome to The Formula One Thread

On this thread we discuss the wonderful sport of F1. We post up to date news and the general info about the sport. We also talk about the drivers and the teams and what we like or dislike about them.

Our previous threads are:
Formula One is GO GO GO
Formula One #2 - To Finish First, First You Must Finish
Formula One #3 - Can Anyone Truely beat Michael Schumacher?
Formula One #4 - The Iceman Cometh
Formula One #5 - IF is F1 backwards
Formula One #6 – This Season Will Ferrari still be the team to beat?
Formula One #7 - Now it's unpredictable!
Formula One #8: It's no longer the Ferrari show!
Formula One #9 The f2003 GA... as sexy as an F1 car's gonna be
Formula One #10 ~ Kimi a world champion in the making
Formula One #11 ~ With every race Alonso's star is getting brighter
Formula One #12 ~ Watch Out When Juan is About!
Formula One #13 ~ We are Running Out of Races and the Championship is wide open!
Formula One #14 ~ It's Ferrari vs Everyone Else in the Tyre War of 2003
Formula One #15 ~ It Ain't Over Until It's Over
Formula One #16 - Michael still thinks that JV is a threat
Formula One #17 - Bring on more seasons like the one we've just had

Thanx to *MH* for the thread title

2003 Driver line up

1st row jacques villenueve, jenson button, giancarlo fisichella, ralph firman, jarno trulli, fernando alonso
2nd row: ralf schumacher, juan pablo montoya, nick heidfeld, heinz-harald frentzen, david coulthard, kimi räikkönen, christiano da matta, olivier panis
3rd row: mark webber, antonio pizzonia, michael schumacher, rubens barrichello, jos verstappen, justin wilson

thanx to L i N d $ @ y for posting the photo

Moments for Hitzi
there is fuel in this car. amazing how i can tell just by looking at it [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]
yes David, that's the gravel trap

The Calendar for the season.

09/03/2003 AUSTRALIA - MELBOURNE
23/03/2003 MALAYSIA - SEPANG
06/04/2003 BRAZIL - INTERLAGOS
20/04/2003 SAN MARINO - IMOLA
04/05/2003 SPAIN - BARCELONA
18/05/2003 AUSTRIA - A1-RING
01/06/2003 MONACO - MONACO
15/06/2003 CANADA - MONTREAL
29/06/2003 EUROPE - NURBURGRING
06/07/2003 FRANCE - MAGNY-COURS
20/07/2003 GREAT BRITAIN - SILVERSTONE
03/08/2003 GERMANY - HOCKENHEIM
24/08/2003 HUNGARY - HUNGARORING
14/09/2003 ITALY - MONZA
28/09/2003 U.S.A - INDIANAPOLIS
12/10/2003 JAPAN - SUZUKA

Standings after Japan:
Drivers Standings
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 93
2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 91
3 J.P. Montoya Williams 82
4 R. Barrichello Ferrari 65
5 R. Schumacher Williams 58
6 F. Alonso Renault 55
7 D. Coulthard McLaren 51
8 J. Trulli Renault 33
9 M. Webber Jaguar 17
= J. Button BAR 17
11 H. Frentzen Sauber 13
12 G. Fisichella Jordan 12
13 C. da Matta Toyota 10
14 N. Heidfeld Sauber 6
= J. Villeneuve BAR 6
= O. Panis Toyota 6
17 M. Gené Williams 4
18 T. Sato BAR 3
19 R. Firman Jordan 1
= J. Wilson Jaguar 1
-- A. Pizzonia Jaguar 0
-- Z. Baumgartner Jordan 0
-- N. Kiesa Minardi 0
-- J. Verstappen Minardi 0


Constructors Standings
Pos. Team Points
1 Ferrari 158
2 Williams 144
3 McLaren 142
4 Renault 88
5 BAR 26
6 Sauber 19
7 Jaguar 18
8 Toyota 16
9 Jordan 13
-- Minardi 0




2003 Grand Prix Winners
Australia: David Coulthard (Scot) - McLaren
Malaysia: Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) - McLaren
Brazil: Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) - Jordan
San Marino: Michael Schumacher (Ger) – Ferrari
Spain: Michael Schumacher (Ger) – Ferrari
Austria: Michael Schumacher (Ger) - Ferrari
Monaco: Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) - Williams
Canada: Michael Schumacher (Ger) - Ferrari
Europe: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) - Williams
France: Ralf Schumacher (Ger) - Williams
Britain: Rubens Barrichello (Bra) – Ferrari
Germany: Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) – Williams
Hungary – Fernando Alonso (Spa) – Renault
Italy – Michael Schumacher (Ger) - Ferrari
America - Michael Schumacher (Ger) – Ferrari
Japan – Rubens Barrichello (Bra) - Ferraru

The 2003 World Champion is Michael Schumacher




Our Favourite Photo of Kimi Raikkonen
Kimi with snow on his face

Our Favourite Picture of Nick Heidfeld
Nick sat on the beach

Our Favourite Picture of Jarno Trulli
Jarno wearing a dinner jacket

Provisional 2004 Calendar
07/03/2004 AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE
21/03/2004 MALAYSIA SEPANG
04/04/2004 BAHRAIN SAKHIR
25/04/2004 SAN-MARINO IMOLA
09/05/2004 SPAIN BARCELONA
23/05/2004 MONACO MONACO
30/05/2004 EUROPE NURBUGRING
13/06/2004 CANADA MONTREAL
20/06/2004 USA INDIANAPOLIS
04/07/2004 FRANCE MAGNY COURS (may not happen)
11/07/2004 GREAT BRITAIN SILVERSTONE
25/07/2004 GERMANY HOCKENHEIM
15/08/2004 HUNGARY HUNGARORING
29/08/2004 BELGIUM SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS
12/09/2004 ITALY MONZA
26/09/2004 CHINA SHANGHAI
10/10/2004 JAPAN SUZUKA
24/10/2004 BRAZIL INTERLAGOS

Driver Line Up For the 2004 Season
Ferrari
M Schumacher
Barichello

Williams
Montoya
R Schuamcher

McLaren
Raikkonen
Coulthard

Renault
Alonso
Trulli

Jaguar
Webber
Klien

Toyota
Panis
Da Matta

BAR
Button
Sato

Sauber
Fisichella
Massa

Jordan
Neidfeld
?

Minardi
Bruni
?

2004 Car Launch Dates
25 November 2003 - McLaren MP4 19
05 January 2004 - Williams FW26
12 January 2004 - Sauber C23
17 January 2004 - Toyota TF104
18 January 2004 - Jaguar R5
29 January 2004 - Renault R24

L i N d $ @ y

and can i post these again, please? [img]smilies/innocent.gif[/img]

(no one is online so i guess no one can stop me huh?)

bigspam

There is just something so wrong about this story... [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

And.....since you asked...
From Hiedi Klum Image Galleries


Oops...pardon my [img]smilies/drool.gif[/img]

hitzi1

Linds - I didn't even remember I was supposed to start this one. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

Oh, Rubens was fooled to think Schumi will quit!

*MH*

damn u Hitzi - i wanna talk to someone online and no one is around [img]smilies/sigh.gif[/img] I'll just have to make do with trying to make my LJ pretty using overrides [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] thanx for posting the news spam [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/clap.gif[/img] Lindsay - great start! [img]smilies/thumbs_up.gif[/img] and nice pictures! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/drool.gif[/img]

ok today i will make me a christmas av [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] yes i will!

*MH*

FRENCH GP STILL IN TROUBLE
Last Updated: Saturday, 20 December , 2003, 14:59

The French Grand Prix is in doubt again, just hours after it seemed a rescue plan had been agreed.

Regional politicans vetoed financial plans just hours after the French Motorsports Association (FFSA) claimed the race had been saved.

The future of the race looked safe when the FFSA announced on Friday that they had sent the necessary financial guarantees to Formula One Management that would see the event go ahead.

But it later emerged that politicians on the Burgundy regional council, where Magny Cours is based, had blocked the authority's 2004 budget, thus undoing the FFSA's financial pledges.

Opposition politician Jean-Pierre Soissson said: "In refusing the budget for 2004, the left wing and the National Front together have rejected the plan to ensure the French Grand Prix."

"It is a bad blow for Magny Cours and for Burgundy."

French GP organisers still have until the end of the month to make good the financial guarantees necessary for the raced to be held.

If the race goes ahead, it will swell the F1 calendar to 18 events, one more than the teams are contracted to compete in, thus meaning they will have to be compensated.

Mei Zhuo

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how are you guys? i've been so MIA from FF becaue of school [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] and look, new thread already! [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

linds: thanks for starting [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] and i like the pics! [img]smilies/clap.gif[/img]

big spam: thanks for posting that piece of news [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] bel, hitzi, marie [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

*MH*

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] hey fla - are u on your Christmas holiday yet? [img]smilies/look.gif[/img] college finished for me yesterday and now i have two weeks of freedom [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] isn't it great [img]smilies/sigh.gif[/img]

bigspam

But didn't you all notice that Shumi joined Jordon in 2001? [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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L i N d $ @ y

yeah, i think rubens got fooled that schumi will be leaving ferrari after winning his 6th title. besides, he won't let kimi get that crown that easily. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

hmmm...i think i need a xmas av too. [img]smilies/look.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] marie, hitzi, fla & bigspam!

btw, 2004 f1 kicks off march 7?

foreva_99

fla have you finished school for the year yet?

Linds March 7 is THE DAY!!! [img]smilies/love.gif[/img] the thread title by the way. Very cool.

Thanks for the news bigspam and for the pics of Heidi as well. I have never seen her before in my lfe and I can now say that [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

As if there was any doubt that Michael would be retiring now. There has been no hint of retirement. It would be worth so much for him to continue driving next year and then seeing how he feels at the end of the '04 season.

L i N d $ @ y

yeah, i have no idea when schumi will retire. but it won't be next year or the year after, of course. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

bel: marie suggested the thread title. we have to thank her for that. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

marie: i'm still clueless about LJ! [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]

foreva_99

Does LJ mean Live Journal?

L i N d $ @ y

yup. i'm soooooo late. i just registered. [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] totally new about it. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] its in my sig right now.

*MH*

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] hey all

lindsay - i clicked the sig so now i've read your LJ and I am going to friend u [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] and now I'm thinking of putting all my entries back to friends only cos I don't like to think that anyone who goes on my desktop and goes through my links could find my entries [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img]
ok so my link is also on my sig on the name Alonso [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] pretty convenient given the title of my LJ [img]smilies/lol.gif[/img] "The Art of Being Mrs Alonso" [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[img]smilies/wave.gif[/img] Bel (forgets what she was going to say) ARGH i've even read the page and I can't even remember what it was [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]smilies/pout.gif[/img]
I think that Michael might actually leave it too late before he retires. it would be a shame if that happened though because some ppl will remember him for not being so good instead of remembering him for how great he was.