Chappy

WOW!

http://www.formula1.com/news/3888.html

Dave OH

I just got done reading the annoucement! Hope it means an Alonso Raikkonen Mclaren lineup in '07!

Nola

Can't wait to see who gets the boot. There are rumors of Kimi to Ferrari in '07, so this would certainly play into it. The obvious thing would be Kim-Alonso if Kimi is WDC next year, but JPM was faster than Kimi in the late part of the season. We'll see how it plays out.

Substance

Fernando Alonso has announced he is going to be racing for McLaren Mercedes from 2007. Its not announced that whom he is replacing. However assumed that Kimi Raikkonen is signing a deal with ferrari for next year and Fernando will take his place. McLaren-MB wants to get the F1 championship with Fernando. Last championship was with Mika Hakkinen long years ago.

Well, Renault announced that they are very dissapointed about Fernando's move to MB however they claim this is not going to effect them. They are going to do their best for the 2006 championship with Alanso and Fisichella.
and in 2007, Heikki Kovalainen will replace Alanso's place.

Good luck for Mclaren-MB. Alanso is a very young and talented pilot, I am sure he is going to make some changes in MBs standings in F1.

Substance

Fernando Alonso has announced he is going to be racing for McLaren Mercedes from 2007. Its not announced that whom he is replacing. However assumed that Kimi Raikkonen is signing a deal with ferrari for next year and Fernando will take his place. McLaren-MB wants to get the F1 championship with Fernando. Last championship was with Mika Hakkinen long years ago.

Well, Renault announced that they are very dissapointed about Fernando's move to MB however they claim this is not going to effect them. They are going to do their best for the 2006 championship with Alanso and Fisichella.
and in 2007, Heikki Kovalainen will replace Alanso's place.

Good luck for Mclaren-MB. Alanso is a very young and talented pilot, I am sure he is going to make some changes in MBs standings in F1.

360_iti

This thread belongs to the off topic

Substance

I knew Formula 1 was not very popular in the US but ohh well. You guys talk about how you do under 13secs on 1/4 and stuff. and how you love performance cars...Well F1 cars are the high-end performance machines. 0-60 under 2 seconds. top speed well over 200 miles. 1000+hps from 3000cc V10 engines. even these specs are breathtaking. If one loves speed, then surely should love F1.

I was expecting nicer responces. I just wanted to see some reactions from those guys who talks about track days and stuff if they ever watch F1.

I believe I am at the right place..off topics ( they talk about cell-phones and stuff) just wouldnt do.

vraa

Moved to motorsports.

vraa

Moving to motorsports.

vraa

Merging you other thread.

BMWEATR

old news, but wow is right!!! Kimi is for sure going to the ememy! already a done deal. I think i would rather have Kimi than Alonso anyday.

AMG_55

crazy ****

that sucks... i guess kimi is going to ferrari
there is no way in hell he is going to drive w/ alonso.... i really really really hope that im wrong.

cant wait for 06
i hate those sleepless nights though

Chappy

Now that would be a difficult combination to beat!

Chappy

Some additional Kimi speculation...

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns16046.html

mbbodytech

I second that. I really hope Kimi doesn't go anwhere.

It would be awesome to see both at Mclaren, though. That would be one of the strongest combinations in history!

Staff@RPM

That would insane!! The two best drivers in F1 (IMO) on McLaren! Rock on McLaren-Mercedes!! I hope Kimi doesn't go to the darkside! Down with Scuderia!!

kostas

i'm disappointed to see alonso come to mclaren. he is a very good driver but i have to say that he got very lucky in the 2005 season. His coming to McLaren has kind of jeopardized Kimi's return to McLaren. Hopefully Mr. Ron Dennis knows what he is doing and will not lose one of the best F1 drivers on the track right now. Losing Kimi would be a huge disappointment.

perma_frost

Kimi must stay! I dislike that thing called 'Alonsomania' . There is a lot of rubbish around that.

BTW next week testing is back at Jerez, McLaren'll be on orange livery there. Bye to the Silver Arrows. It was nice while lasted.

trench

I think the Silver Arrows will still be around - the orange livery is probably temporary until they offically present the Vodafone livery to be used this year (especially since Vodafone's corporate color is red, not orange). Orange is a throwback/homage to the old New Zealand national racing color which the McLarens ran with in the late 60s - McLaren did the same thing with West in 1997.

Chappy

Great info....but isn't the McLaren "tick" Orange?

trench

I think that might be a little homage to the old New Zealand days as well. Although, on the car they use a color that is officially called "rocket red." It's a fluorescent red-orange color in real-life, but photographs more as a red.

When McLaren went to the "Silver Arrows" livery in 1997, the idea was from then on to promote McLaren as a corporate brand in and of itself. At that point the color scheme was to remain essentially fixed and sponsors would buy "space" within certain areas for their corporate logos. The black/silver/grey scheme we've become accustomed to had nothing to do with West - West's corporate colors are actually red and white like Marlboro (previous cars West had sponsored in F1 were predominatly red with white trim) - but the loss of the Marlboro contract allowed McLaren and Ron Dennis to institute the new "McLaren corporate look."

Even if they were to substantially change the livery, my guess is that it probably wouldn't be too different from the Vodafone-sponsored Mercedes run in the DTM - so the "Silver Arrow"-ness should remain intact, especially seeing how Mercedes is still a major sponsor as well.