predictions

[BD]

Here are my predictions for 2001. Any thoughts?

Constructors:
1)Ferrari
2)McLaren
3)BMW Williams
4)BAR
5)Jordan
6)Jaguar
7)Bennetton
8)Arrows
9)Sauber
10)Prost
11)Minardi

I feel that BAR will be very strong this year. The BAR003 is said to be 30 kilos lighter and is designed more for speed than reliability than its predecessor. Combined with the Honda engine and strong driver line-up, BAR should give BMW Williams a run for it.
Jordan should accell with the Honda motor, Jaguar has probably ironed out their instability problems, Bennetton will be fast if the engine is reliable, coupled with quick drivers. Arrows may struggle in my opinion, but have proven to be quick on fast circuits. Sauber and Prost will be at war for the back with their equal, good engines. And of course Minardi will be there too.

Drivers:
1)M.Schumacher
2)M.Hakkinen
3)D.Coulthard
4)J.P.Montoya
5)R.Barrichello
6)J.Villeneuve
7)R.Schumacher
8)O.Panis
9)H.H.Frentzen
10)E.Irvine
11)J.Trulli
12)G.Fisichella
13)J.Button
14)L.Burti
15)P.dela Rosa
16)N.Heidfeld
17)J.Verstappen
18)J.Alesi
19)K.Raikonnen
20)G.Mazzacane
21)Minardi 1
22)Minardi 2

Now some of you may think I'm insane for putting JPM in front of Ralf and Rubens. Yet having watched Montoya in CART here in the states, I have much admiration for his driving abilities. I rank him as one of the top 3 drivers. Plus I feel that BMW Williams have closed the gap, and Rubens is going nowhere fast. I have Villeneuve in front of Ralf because I feel he has superior ability in competative machinery. Fisichella looks faster than Button when he tries, and I feel Heidfeld is good enough to finish higher than Verstappen.
Those are my opinions, what does everybody else think?

[Gt_R]

Teams:

1)Ferrari
2)Mclaren
3)BMW
4)BAR
5)Jordan
6)Benetton
7)Jaguar
8)Prost
9)Sauber
10)Arrows
11)Minardi

Not much movements...with Ferrari on a high, Mclaren a very close 2nd. (hopefully Rubens doest lose Ferrari it's WCC)BMW's lighter powerful engine and brilliant chassis would see it edge in front of the more powerful but less capable chassised BAR. Jordan would be extremely fast but slightly less reliable than BAR, and lesser $$$ than BAR would see it fall behind them. Benetton's new V10 would prove a handful in the first halve of the season..and by the time they got it together, they would as usual abandon their season and focus on the next. Jaguar would still have reliability problems and lack of power, while Prost and Sauber would be giving the Jaguar a run for their $$ with a powerful and reliable Ferrari V10 49. Arrows would have a underpowered car and technical problems but still would keep in front of Minardi relatively easily.

Drivers:
1)Michael
2)Mika
3)David
4)JPM
5)Rubens
6)Jacques
7)Ralf
8)Panis
9)Trulli
10)HHF
11)Button
12)Irvine
13)Fisi
14)Alesi
15)Heidfeld
16)Jos
17)Pedro
18)L Burti
19)Kimi
20)Gaston
21 and 22)Minardi

Michael is by far the best, and Mika a 2nd. David as usual takes 3rd, with JM taking a impressive season in fornt of teammate and Rubens. Jacques ups his game to beat the very fast Panis who impresses in 8, while Trulli showed who is the quicker of the 2 in Jordan Honda. Button is very neat in the championship but lets down by Benetton, while Irvine leads the way for Jag. Alesi is the best and the 4 49-powered cars and Jos the faster racer managed more points. Burti and Kimi shows lack of race experiences in their learning year while Gaston struggles to keep up. Minardi..well...as usual...as long as they get onto the grid, they are winners.

[DNQ]

I'm not going to bother posting my predicition - I am always wrong :-)

This Is what I WISH would happen ;-)

Drivers:
1. Villeneuve
2. Hakkinen
3. Raikkonen
4. Panis
5. Alonso
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22. M. Schumacher