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WRC 2006 Driver Line-ups (Citroen, Peugeot, Skoda and Mitsubishi have withdrawn their works support however new rules state privateers can compete for the manufacturers title and works teams can run a 2nd outfit if they wish)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.