Formula 1 and Other Motorsport 2006

Hi folks. I hope youve all had a very Happy Christmas. Anyway, as I promised, the F1 2006 thread is open before the year is out however now other motorsports such as A1GP, GP2, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and other motorracing series will be allowed in this topic.

Ill be providing results and championship coverage mainly on F1, GP2 and the World Rally Championship. Here are the driver line-ups for F1 and the World Rally Championship.

F1 2006 Driver Line-ups (Super Aguri have yet to confirm their drivers but I have put in their possible line-up)
Renault: Fernando Alonso & Giancarlo Fisichella
McLaren Mercedes: Kimi Raikkonen & Juan Pablo Montoya
Ferrari: Michael Schumacher & Felipe Massa
Toyota: Ralf Schumacher & Jarno Trulli
Williams BMW: Mark Webber & Nico Rosberg
BAR Honda: Jenson Button & Rubens Barrichello
Red Bull: David Coulthard & Christian Klien
BMW: Nick Heidfeld & Jacques Villeneuve
Midland: Tiago Monteiro & Christijan Albers
Scuderia Toro Rosso: Vitantonio Liuzzi & Scott Speed
Super Aguri: ?Takuma Sato? & ?Kosukke Matsuura?

WRC 2006 Driver Line-ups (Citroen, Peugeot, Skoda and Mitsubishi have withdrawn their works support however new rules state privateers can compete for the manufacturers title and works teams can run a 2nd outfit if they wish)
Kronos (Citroen): Sebastien Loeb & Xavier Pons
BP Ford: Marcus Gronholm & Mikko Hirvonen
Subaru: Petter Solberg & Chris Atkinson/Stephane Sarrazin (Atkinson will run the gravel rounds with Sarrazin running on asphalt)
OMV Norway (Peugeot): Manfred Stohl & Henning Solberg (Stohl will participate in every round while Solberg will skip Germany, France, Spain and Japan)
Stobart VK M-Sport (Ford): Matthew Wilson & ?Peter Tsjoen/Kosta Katajamaki/Luis Perez Companc/Jari Matti Latvala?
Red Bull (Skoda): Andreas Aigers & Gilles Panizzi/Mattias Ekstrom (Panizzi & Ekstrom are each expected to participate the 1st 2 rounds respectively with no regular no.2 confirmed yet)

Calendars (The 2006 World Cup and Commonwealth Games sees the order for most motorsport calendars rejigged to avoid clashing)

F1 2006
March 12 Bahrain
March 19 Malaysia
April 02 Australia
April 23 San Marino
May 07 Europe
May 14 Spain
May 28 Monaco
June 11 Great Britain
June 25 Canada
July 02 United States
July 16 France
July 30 Germany
August 06 Hungary
August 27 Turkey
September 10 Italy
September 17 Belgium
October 01 China
October 08 Japan
October 22 Brazil

WRC 2006
January 22 Monte Carlo
February 5 Sweden
March 5 Mexico
March 26 Spain
April 9 France
April 30 Argentina
May 21 Italy
June 4 Greece
August 13 Germany
August 20 Finland
September 3 Japan
September 24 Cyprus
October 15 Turkey
October 29 Australia (Last run in the WRC)
November 12 New Zealand
December 3 Wales Rally GB (I hope to be there, fingers crossed)

GP2 driver line-up will be brought up later but the calendar will follow the European season of the F1 championship and like this year, is likely to end with a stand-alone in Bahrain.

If anyone wishes to cover any other event, then do as you wish. Have a Happy New Year, folks. :)

GP2 calendar is in, I was wrong about the stand-alone though, its in Valencia.

GP2 2006
April 8-9 Valencia
April 21-23 Imola
May 5-7 Nurburgring
May 12-14 Barcelona
May 26-27 Monaco
June 9-11 Silverstone
July 14-16 Magny Cours
July 28-30 Hockenheim
August 4-6 Hungaroring
August 25-27 Istanbul Park
September 8-10 Monza
September 15-17 Spa Francorchamps

Any takers on other motorsport coverage? Well Im covering F1, WRC and GP2. Anyway Im off to the Autosport show on Sunday so Ill bring back a report for that and publish it here.

word on the street.... (well, in the industry anyway...)

mclaren are annoyed... their merc engine is WAY behind the others, in power and revs (ie it blows up). Cosworth are the furthest ahead with almost 800bhp at 20,000rpm (only 120bhp down, not the expected 200+ loss on renaults V10 last year)

Toyota are fast, very fast, expect in the top 4 this year.

Super Aguri are planning to run all Japaneese drivers, so Anthony Davidson is back at BAR (now Honda)

Finally, this is Micheal Schumaches last season.

Thats what people are saying anyway.

Hows the Honda car development?

not heard anything about the car itself, but rumours are the rubens is much quicker than people expected. Jenson is in trouble this year. the car suits jenson more, but rubens is quick in it.

Hi guys, well Autosport International 2006 was a blast :) . I was going on Sunday and after a rowdy stag night the night before, I was feeling off colour till we got there before 9am. We collected our paddock passes and toured the show. My mates went to the 10:30 show, unfortunately I couldnt go in till 13:30 so I took the time to spend buying DVD reviews of the 2003 World Rally Championship and 2005 British Rally Championship, 2 books of Jim Bambers The Pits 9 & The Pits 13 & a cartoon print with my name in it drawn by Jim Bamber. After touring the F1 grid, I got lunch and headed for the Live Action Arena where I saw tributes to British rally greats, co-driver Michael Park & 2001 WRC champ Richard Burns, Terry Grant doing 10 donuts in under 16 seconds, races between the 2005 Autosport Young Drivers, British Rallycross competitors and Scuderia Ecosses 2 driver teams. After browsing through the paddock claiming 1 autograph (more on that in a moment) and through the careers in motorsport section trying to think my life beyond college, we left at 15:45. The autographs I claimed through the day were (in no particular order):

Models Lucy Pinder & Michelle Marsh
Red Bull F1 driver Christian Klien (he jokingly suggesting giving his autograph on the pic of Lucy & Michelle, cheeky Austrian :proud: )
BTCC 2005 champ Matt Neal (He didnt sound confident when I asked his hopes for 2006 :proud: . Good luck anyway, Matt)
VXR Racings latest BTCC signing Tom Chilton
BTCC driver Luke Hines
Pickup truck racing driver Kelly Jayne Wells (she was the only one in the paddock willing to give an autograph)
Autosport cartoonist Jim Bamber

Fantastic show it was & I hope to be there next year. Either that or Wales Rally GB this year. Anyone else go to the show?

Oh, he achieved the donut world record then, he failed in ours though....

Our live show on the Saturday (I went to the show with other members of a notorious motorsport forum ;) ) was highlighted by the young drivers crashing into each other on the final lap and one car very nearly flipping!!
Oh, and the pitstop thing went a bit wrong too, one ferrari got stuck up in the air for ages and consequently lost the race by about two laps!

Still, a fantastic time had by me....I managed to get my hands on quite a lot of Champcar merchendise, even though there was next to no Champcar presence at the show, sadly.

My predictions for F1 2006?
Well, Tyre changes are back, therefore Bridgestone will be back, therefore Ferrari will be back to crushing dominance.

I always remember the crushing feeling after free practice on Friday of Melbourne, 2004.
Wed just come off a fantastic 2003 season and the media were pumping out everywhere saying 2004 would be better yet.
Then I remember seeing Ferrari were something like over two seconds faster than anyone else, and I knew immediatley we were in for another season of boring dominance.

Well, look for that to be repeated in 2006 Im afriad! (Though Id love to be wrong!)

Autosport are also going with the question Win or Quit for Schuey in 2006.....I think hell do both.

But Ill probably be watching some decent racing in Champcar instead ;)

ill be down the track with my new gokart then

According to reports from Belgium the Grand Prix at Spa has been cancelled for 2006 after Bernie Ecclestone pulled out of negotiations to promote the race after the original promotors went backrupt.

The race calendar would be trimmed down to 18 races for 2006.

Hope this can be sorted out as Spa is in the top 2 GP of the season.
Would be a major blow to F1 to lose Spa! :sad:

probably blackmail, bernie likes that sort of tactic.

anyone taking advantage of early ticket discounts at silverstone for this years gp?

I hope we dont lose Spa, it is a ultimate race track (after the Norschliefer or however its pronounced).

Na, Ive been to last years British GP but Im setting myself up for my next motorsport event, Wales Rally GB in December (go to http://www.walesrallygb.comwww.walesrallygb.com for more details). Speaking of which, yesterday saw the conclusion of the WRC season-opener in Monte Carlo. Heres the top 8 (& their co-drivers), retirements plus the best of the Brits.

Monte Carlo results
1: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautainen (Ford) 4h11m43.9s(A brilliant way to kick-start your debut with a new team. 1st asphalt win for Gronholm
2: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Kronos Citroen) +1m1.8s (A mistake on Fridays final stage cost Seb a 4th consecutive Monte Carlo)
3: Toni Gardemeister/Jakke Honkkanen (Astra Peugeot) +1m23.1s (Good start to the season, shame Toni doesnt have a full season he deserved after last year)
4: Manfred Stohl/Ilka Minor +1m42.3s (OMV Peugeot) (Promising start, winning the final 2 stages)
5: Stephane Sarrazin/Stephane Prevot (Subaru) +3m20.2s (Better Monte Carlo then last year)
6: Chris Atkinson/Glenn Macneall (Subaru Australia) +5m2.4s (1st points on asphalt and showing good adaptation to the surface)
7: Mikko Hirvonen/Jarmo Lehtinen (Ford) +6m19.5s (Good effort but experienced problems that Ford were fearing could happen)
8: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Kronos Citroen) +7m15.2s (Excellent World Rally Car debut)

Best Brits
15: Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr (VK Stobart Ford) 21m1.3s (Faced with a steep learning curve, he achieved his goal of a finish)
21: David Higgins/Ross Butler (Mitsubishi Lancer) +32m47s (21st overall, yes, but 2nd in the Production Cup)

Retirements (mainly front-runners & PWRC drivers)
1: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills (Subaru) (Out at the end of day 1 with oil leak, Monte Carlo has never been good for Petter)
2: Gigi Galli/Giovanni Bernacchini (Mitsubishi) (Crashed on Stage 4, rejoined but out with mechanical problems on Stage 9)
3: Francois Duval/Patrick Pivato (Skoda) (Performing well till he crashed on Stage 9)
4: Jasen Popov (Mitsubishi) (Off the road on Stage 12)
5: Henning Solberg (OMV Peugeot) (Out on final stage with mechanical problems)

Drivers Championship (Round 1/16)
1: Gronholm (10)
2: Loeb (8)
3: Gardemeister (6)
4: Stohl (5)
5: Sarrazin (4)
6: Atkinson (3)
7: Hirvonen (2)
8: Sordo (1)

Manufacturers Championship (Round 1/16)
1: Ford (14)
2: Citroen (11)
3: Peugeot (6)
4: Subaru (5)
5: Skoda (3)

Production Cup
1: Fumio Nutahara (10)
2: David Higgins (8)
3: Nasser Al Attiyah (6)
4: Stefano Marrini (5)
5: Jari Matti Latvala (4)

Next round of the WRC is 3-5 Febuary which also sees the start of the Junior WRC.

Well guys, Sweden was a good rally though Im tiring of the boring, cheesy jokes. scripted commentary :sad: Save that for the DVDs. Anyway another win for Gronholm & Rautainen, a 3rd world title on the cards perhaps? Mitsubishi shouldve had a works team this year after the pace of the Lancer in Sweden. Heres the top 8, standings and JWRC standings plus best of British.

Sweden results
1: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautainen (Ford) 3h9m1.9s (Had hydraulics problems on final morning, but top job by Ford and Marcus. Happy 38th, Marcus)
2: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Kronos Citroen) +30.9s (Kept Gronholm on his toes despite finishing half a minute back)
3: Daniel Carlsson/Bo Holmstrand (Mitsubishi) +2m56.8s (Fought with Galli for that last podium spot. Eclipses career of 6th from 12 months before here)
4: Gigi Galli/Giovanni Bernacchini (Mitsubishi) +3m3.8s (Lost 3rd gear on final stage ending hope of a possible podium. Shame but still its a career best)
5: Thomas Radstrom/Jorgen Skallman (Olsbergs Subaru) +5m53.3s (Scores well on 1st outing since the 2002 Rally GB)
6: Kosti Katajamaki/Timo Alanne (VK Stobart Ford) +7m34.8s (A brilliant drive from Gronholms protege, Kostis finish bags 6 manufacturers points for VK Stobart Ford)
7: Xavier Pons/Carlos del Barrio (Kronos Citroen) +8m35.6s (Xavier eclipses his best Sweden finish of 38th overall last year)
8: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud (OMV Peugeot) +9m1.5s (Made it to the finish despite rolling and breaking his windows on day 2 and a puncture on day 3)

Best Brits
14: Matthew Wilson/Michael Orr (VK Stobart Ford) +14m40.4s (Lost 3 minutes on day 2 after getting stuck in a snow bank but fights back to clinch another manufacturers point for VK Stobart Ford)
38: Guy Wilks/Phil Pugh (Suzuki Swift) +52m17.6s (Driveshaft problems on day 2 results in 9th place in the JWRC and no points)

Retirements (front-runners)
1: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills (Subaru) (Excluded after start violation on Stage 18. Another unlucky rally for Petter)
2: Kristian Sohlberg/Kaj Lindstrom (Red Devil Subaru) (Engine problems on final stage of day 2 force Kristian into retirement)
3: Mattias Ekstrom/Stefan Bergman (Red Bull Skoda) (Crashed after a jump on stage 13. But with a brilliant performance in the rally, he should be in the WRC and not wasting his time in the German tin-tops with Audi)
4: Andreas Aigner/Timo Gottschalk (Red Bull Skoda) (Suffered a similar incident to his team-mate on stage 16)

Drivers Championship (Round 2/16)
1: Gronholm (20)
2: Loeb (16)
3=: Carlsson & Gardemeister (6)
5=: Galli & Stohl (5)
7=: Radstrom & Sarrazin (4)
9=: Atkinson & Katajamaki (3)
11=: Hirvonen & Pons (2)
13=: H. Solberg & Sordo (1)

Manufacturers Championship (Round 2/16)
1: BP Ford (26)
2: Kronos Citroen (24)
3: OMV Peugeot (10)
4: Subaru (8)
5: VK Stobart Ford (7)
6: Red Bull Skoda (3)

JWRC Standings (Round 1/9)
1: PG Andersson (10)
2: Patrik Sandell (8)
3: Urmo Aava (6)
4: Pavel Valousek (5)
5: Kalle Pinomaki (4)
6: Jozef Beres (3)
7: Peter Zachrisson (2)
8: Michal Kosciuszko (1)

Next month brings the 3rd round of the WRC & the 2nd round of the Production Cup from Mexico. Can Petter Solberg start his comeback here? I hope so. What does everyone think of the WRC coverage? Because Im already fed up of the scripted commentary by anonymous commentators who cover WRC footage on the DVD reviews, Eurosport and Men & Motors. Bring back Jon Desborough & Robbie Head, thats what I say. Anyone else have any thoughts about the WRC footage?

cosworth with 1000 rpm and 50bhp more than anyone else in F1?
surely not!

(info, not always 100% acurate, filters down to me now and again)

Yup, i cant bereave it either :proud: Itll be interesting to see how Williams-Cosworth will do this year

i do not, in any way want to say anything that may offend our oriental friends but.....
you dont bereave it :proud:

lol

An Al Murray expression. :proud:

Im off on holiday to Tenerife tomorrow, so see you, guys.

Im back & there has been so much happening.

The new Super Aguri team ran their new car and drivers Takuma Sato and Yuji Ide at Barcelona. However their best time was 3 seconds off the next slowest car, this team may, dare I say it, be the first to dissolve in their 1st season since Lolas efforts in 1997.

Also the 2006 GP2 driver line-ups are in.

GP2 Driver Line-up
ART: Alex Premat (F) & Lewis Hamilton (GBR)
Arden: Nicolas Lapierre (F) & Michael Ammermueller (DEU)
Super Nova: Fairuz Fauzy (MAL) & Jose Maria Lopez (ARG)
iSport: Ernesto Viso (VEN) & Tristan Gommendy (FRA)
Racing Engineering: Javier Villa (ESP) & Adam Carroll (GBR)
Piquet Sports: Nelson Piquet Jnr (BRA) & Alexandre Negrao (BRA)
DAMS: Ferdinando Monfardini (ITA) & Franck Perera (FRA)
Fisichella Motorsport: Luca Filippi (ITA) & Jason Tahinci (TUR)
BCN: Hiro Yoshimoto (J) & Timo Glock (DEU)
David Price: Olivier Pla (F) & Clivio Piccione (MC)
Durango: Lucas di Grassi (BRA) & Sergio Hernandez (ESP)
Campos Racing: Felix Porteiro (ESP) & Adrian Valles (ESP)
Trident Racing: Gianmaria Bruni (ITA) & Andreas Zuber (AUT)

(Message edited by Tom B on February 25, 2006)

(Message edited by Tom B on February 25, 2006)

if you have a look at the latest issue of F1 racing you will see a table of relative engine performance.

based on the info that the expected performance of the new v8s was: -

700 bhp @ 19,000rpm max

it is interesting to see this well informed magazine say that cosworth have:-

745bhp @19,800 rpm max

so i was 5bhp and 200 rpm out then? lol

for the record, ferrari have approx 730bhp @ 19,200 so standards are higher than expected, except for mercedes with a rather disapointing 710bhp @ 18,200rpm.

dont expect this to last though, current info comming to me says cosworth is looking at a tiny development budget, so will be overtaken by ferrari/toyota etc, before the races come back to europe.

McLaren to start the season with its old V10???

Aw, shame but what can you do? The ITV F1 preview show is on Sunday March 4th at 12:40pm. This is what will be seen in the show.

1: Presented at Bahrain by Martin Brundle, Ted Kravitz, Louise Goodman & ITVs new recruit, Steve Ryder.
2: A look at the new rules and regulations.
3: Martin Brundle shows us the quickest way round the season opener at Sakhir, Bahrain.
4: An assessment on the runners and riders for the season.
5: Exclusive interview with Jenson Button with his thoughts on the season ahead.

The time again, thats on Sunday March 4th at 12:40pm.

by the way, the mclaren v10 thing is a rumour, not fact. i wonder if they did show up with a v10 would ferrari follow???

well see, im going to Brunel Uni next year studying to design the things for the next 5 years!

good luck, the maths is a tad tricky, but im sure youll be fine :)

The V10 thing i doubt very much would happen.
All this years cars (Toro Rosso excluded) are designed around the V8 engine. To fit a V10 the whole back end of the car would need to be redesigned.

Anyone got any predictions for race 1 in Bahrain?
My prediction is a Honda on the podium with Williams close by. Not sure on the winner yet.

i reckon honda gets second. BUT, i have a feeling that they wont get on the podium at all.

I was told today that im well within the top 1% of under19s in education for engineering design/engineering mathmatics so i should be ok. i also will get the 20grand tuition fees payed for by the uni if i keep up my 100% grades for the rest of the year. :)

Anthony davidson has shattered the lap record at Valencia today drive the new spec honda. He lapped 0.9 seconds faster than Kimi did on his fastest lap yesterday.

Lets hope its no fluke and the Honda really does have raw race pace so Jenson and Rubens can challenge for wins. The Honda reliability has been good all winter so things are looking up!

The V10 thing i doubt very much would happen.
All this years cars (Toro Rosso excluded) are designed around the V8 engine. To fit a V10 the whole back end of the car would need to be redesigned.

not true actually. both ferrari and mclaren have had V10 engined versions of the 2006 car bashing around the track since the end of last season, so no designing involved at all, they already have them.

My predictions for race 1.
Webber wins
Barry Chello second
Button third

what bit of hot gossip is this based on.....
It was in the dream i had last night.... but the murry walker was driving for ferrari aswell... :)

I hope Super Aguri gets within 7 seconds off pole.

if they start the race with 2 laps of fuel maybe

Well, theres only 1 week to the F1 season-opener in Bahrain & it should be a corker. Elsewhere Sebastien Loeb tasted his 1st WRC win of the year in Mexico & HALLELUYAH, Petter Solberg is back!! Although a lot of the drivers werent happy because of animals straying into the roads.

Rally Mexico Top 8
1: Sebastien Loeb/Daniel Elena (Kronos Citroen) 3h47m8.8s (1st win and consistency move Seb to the top of the drivers table)
2: Petter Solberg/Phil Mills (Subaru) +48.9s (1st points of the year for Petter)
3: Manfred Stohl/Ilka Minor (OMV Peugeot) +4m39.1s (Came to grief with some cows on day 2 but won the superspecial twice to clinch final podium place)
4: Dani Sordo/Marc Marti (Kronos Citroen) +5m27.7s (Sainzs protege shows good speed and consistency to take 4th)
5: Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud (OMV Peugeot) +12m35.4s (Henning shows a good run despite brake problems)
6: Gareth MacHale/Paul Nagle (Ford) +16m2.3s (Son of British Rally championship competitor Austin MacHale on his 2nd ever WRC outing)
7: Chris Atkinson/Glenn Macneall (Subaru) +20m39.5s (Recovers from Day 1 roll to finish 7th)
8: Marcus Gronholm/Timo Rautainen (Ford) +21m44.2s (Like Atkinson, recovers from Day 1 roll)

Best Brit
17: Matt Wilson/Michael Orr (VK Stobart Ford) +39m48.7s (Showed well on Day 1 ending 6th but an off on Day 2 costs Matthew his 1st WRC drivers points)

Retirements
1: Fumio Nutahara/Daniel Barritt (Mitsubishi) (Excluded after service park infringement)
2: Sebastien Beltran/Edgardo Galindo (Mitsubishi) (Withdrawn because of engine problems)
3: Xavier Pons/Carlos del Barrio (Kronos Citroen) (Rare engine problems end rally for Pons)
4: Gabriel Pozzo/Daniel Stillo (Mitsubishi) (Engine failure ends rally)

WRC Drivers Championship (Round 3/16)
1: Loeb (26)
2: Gronholm (21)
3: Stohl (11)
4: P.Solberg (8)
5=: Gardemeister, Carlsson, Sordo & Atkinson (6)
9=: Galli & H.Solberg (5)
11=: Radstrom & Sarrazin (4)
13=: Katajamaki & MacHale (3)
15=: Hirvonen & Pons (2)

WRC Manufacturers Championship (Round 3/16)
1: Kronos Citroen (34)
2: Ford (30)
3: OMV Peugeot (21)
4: Subaru (20)
5: VK Stobart Ford (9)
6: Red Bull Skoda (3)

Production Cup (Round 2/7)
1: Nasser Al Attiyah (14)
2=: Fumio Nutahara & Toshi Arai (10)
4: David Higgins (8)
5: Mirco Baldacci (6)
6=: Leszek Kuzaj & Stefano Marrini (5)
8=: Jari Matti Latvala & Sergey Uspenskiy (4)
10: Marcos Ligato (3)
11: Stepan Vojtech (2)
12: Francisco Name (1)

This weekend sees the F1 curtain-raiser in Bahrain.

Qualifying: Saturday 10:30am
Race LIVE: Sunday 10:30am

Theres questions to be asked. Can Alonso retain his crown? Is 2006 the last we see of Michael Scumacher in F1 and in a grand prix car? Can Jenson Button win his 1st grand prix? How good will rookies Nico Rosberg, Scott Speed & Yuji Ide be? All that this weekend on ITV1.

My money is on Michael getting an 8th world championship.

The Guardian F1 guide is brilliant as always

Dont know if anyone is interested.

There is a fantasy F1 league online at http://www.ff1.co.ukwww.ff1.co.uk where you can pick a fantasy team for free just for a bit of fun throughout the season.

Ive got a league running on the site with 8 teams from work in it. If anyone on this forum made a team just let me know and i can add you to my mini league.

Ive also got a moto gp mini league to add teams into.

Hmm, Ive entered a team in the provisional list but whether I can confirm my participation is before tommorrow is unknown cause I cant access my e-mail in college. BTW, Glen, can I enter your mini league once Im confirmed?

(Message edited by Tom B on March 08, 2006)

Anyone can enter my mini league. The more the merrier.

Just post you team name here and i will add you to the mini league. (before friday if possible - wife having baby on friday so i may be a little busy over the weekend).

Gotta try and fit in taping the qualifying and the race at some point with out seeing the results.

Team Name: Brisbo F1 (in provisional entries at the moment)

Team Green :)

Team Green has been added to the Bond Racing League.

Will keep an eye out for your team tom and will add it when you are confirmed

My F1 squad wont be confirmed until at the earliest, Friday night. So Ill miss Bahrain and my F1 squad wont start till round 2 in Malaysia. So Im a touch annoyed but rules is rules.

Speaking of which, Im also entering a MotoGP squad so that will make the start at Jerez. Id like to enter my team, Thommo GP, in your MotoGP league when it is confirmed, Glen.

No problem Tom. :)

OK, Glen, both my teams are now entered, Brisbo F1 & Thommo GP.