Heres the launch dates for each team's new cars (and they will be newer and uglier with the new aerodynamical regs)

Jan 12th - Ferrari
Jan 15th - Toyota
Jan 16th - McLaren
Jan 19th - Williams, Renault
Jan 20th - BMW Sauber
Feb 9th - Red Bull
Australian GP Weekend - Toro Rosso, Force India
TBA - Honda? (or whoever buys them)

And heres the first new car, the Ferrari F60

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/4719/diapo105rp6.jpg

LAUNCHED TODAY: Toyota TF109

LAUNCHED TODAY: McLaren Mercedes MP4-24

http://www.autosport.com/gallery/index.php/id/1572

And Ron Dennis also announced today that he is to leave his role at McLaren

Dont know if the pictures are just deceiving but the McLaren doesn't appear to have the quite high rear wing that the others have surely that cant be right?

Good news about Dennis, he should have went after all the scandal in the 2007 season.

Thats probably the camera angle mate, if it were below the minnimum height, the scrutineers would never allow the car to race.

As for Dennis, you're right, should have gone after that 2007 scandal, his replacement is Martin Whitmarsh, who used to be Mika Hakkinen's race engineer, good choice i reckon.

I suspect that Ron might be quitting while he's ahead. Surely if he thinks that Mclaren will win the F1CHampionship again (I know Ferrari won but Mclaren had the driver), then surely he would have stayed.


Also, watch out for WIlliams this season.

Aye, i always look out for them (well i have to, Frank Williams is South Shields born and bred )

Most of all though, id watch out for BMW Sauber, i have a funny feeling that Robert Kubica could end up winning the title this year as they've done more testing with the new aero regulations than anyone else so far.

Heres another 2 cars launched today, firstly the Renault R29, and a brand new livery



A stark contrast though to the Williams Toyota FW31, they've just dressed it all in dark blue and its bloody gorgeous

And the new Renault gets even worse when you look at it from the front view

Williams is the nicest so far.

LAUNCHED TODAY - BMW Sauber F1.09

Well suprise suprise, Ferrari's car looks like its already breaking the new rules

http://www.crash.net/motorsport/f1/news/17...ew_ferrari.html

The grid lineup is complete, the final remaining available seat has been taken by Sebastien Bourdais at Toro Rosso

http://www.crash.net/Formula+One/News/1426...str_return.html

That means unless Honda are bought out within the next month, Jenson Button will have no drive for 2009 leaving Hamilton as the only British driver

CURRENT GRID LINEUP
McLAREN: 1. Hamilton, 2. Kovalainen
FERRARI: 3. Massa, 4. Raikkonen
BMW: 5. Kubica, 6. Heidfeld
RENAULT: 7. Alonso, 8. Piquet jr
TOYOTA: 9. Trulli, 10. Glock
TORO ROSSO: 11. Bourdais, 12. Buemi
RED BULL: 14. Vettel, 15. Webber
WILLIAMS: 16. Rosberg, 17. Nakajima
FORCE INDIA: 20. Sutil, 21. Fisichella

TBA: 18. Button, 19. Barrichello/Senna/Wurz/Conway

Heres who i've put on my Top 20 british driver slist so far

NUMBER 20 - Derek Warwick: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...ek-warwick.html
NUMBER 19 - Tom Pryce: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...-0-best_30.html
NUMBER 18 - Peter Collins: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...-number-18.html
NUMBER 17 - Jenson Button: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...-number-17.html
NUMBER 16 - Martin Brundle: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...-number-16.html
NUMBER 15 - Eddie Irvine: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2008/...-wins-0_23.html
NUMBER 14 - John Watson: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2009/...ins-5-pole.html
NUMBER 13 - Tony Brooks: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2009/...-number-13.html
NUMBER 12 - Johnny Herbert: http://dazzlamotorsport.blogspot.com/2009/...-number-12.html

I'll post the driver i've put at number 11 this weekend, and who it is may suprise some of you a bit

LAUNCHED TODAY: Red Bull Renault RB5

Wait till you see the rear wing

Great video, Sebastian Vettel explains the differences between the 2008 and 2009 regulations, talkign about KERS, Aerodynamics and the comeback of full Slicks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUWhJAyB6i4

Honda saved?

http://www.crash.net/Formula+One/News/1429...a_f1_saved.html

Jenson Button could have a drive after all

Its now official, Honda have been saved after a management buy out by team bosses Nick Fry and Ross Brawn, The team is set to be renamed "Brackley F1" and they are also set to start testing their new 2009 car next week. THey are expected to be using "customer" Honda engines and will retain the driver lineup of Button and Barrichello.

http://www.crash.net/Formula+One/News/1434...aves_honda.html

Oh and the Williams all blue car only turned out to be an interim livery, here's the real thing

Force India Car:

Indian flag colours eh, i dont know why but i like it.

They might do well this year, they ahve mercedes engines and i've always liked Adrian Sutil as a driver

Pfft, they are clearly copying the Ireland flag.

I dont think they copied it at all

Its now official, BRAWN GP is up and running and heres a pic of their car, the BGP-001 launched today



News report not only comfirming the new team but also that they will use Mercedes engines and have retained BOTH Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello

ARTICLE:http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/7927488.stm
VIDEO: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/7926743.stm

This now means the grid line-up is now complete

McLAREN MERCEDES
1. Lewis Hamilton (GBR), 2. Heikki Kovalainen (FIN)
FERRARI
3. Felipe Massa (BRA), 4. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN)
BMW SAUBER
5. Robert Kubica (POL), 6. Nick Heidfeld (GER)
RENAULT
7. Fernando Alonso (SPA), 8. Nelson Piquet Jr (BRA)
TOYOTA
9. Jarno Trulli (ITA), 10. Timo Glock (GER)
TORO ROSSO FERRARI
11. Sebastien Bourdais (FRA), 12. Sebastien Buemi (SUI)
RED BULL RENAULT
14. Mark Webber (AUS), 15. Sebastian Vettel (GER)
WILLIAMS TOYOTA
16. Nico Rosberg (GER), 17. Kazuki Nakajima (JPN)
BRAWN MERCEDES
18. Rubens Barrichello (BRA), 19. Jenson Button (GBR)
FORCE INDIA MERCEDES
20. Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA), 21. Adrian Sutil (GER)

The last car to be launched, the Toro Rosso STR4



Its basically a Red Bull RB5 in everything but name, i dont know why this is even allowed tbh

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport...one/7941572.stm

Not looking good for McLaren. Is it really acceptable for a team as big as them not to be ready for the new season, they've had the same length of time to get the car ready as all the other teams. Why the hell bother testing the car with last seasons parts which are no longer able to be used, all the testing that has been available and they have only just got the 2009 rear wing on with less than 3 weeks to spare and little time to test. Interesting that it looks like Brawn GP is even outperforming despite such uncertainty over the teams future.

I am hoping it's just a smokescreen, to let Ferarri think they have the upperhand but worryingly I dont think it is.

I dont think it is a smokescreen mate, if it was, then its a poor attempt to get the opposition to underestimate them. The thing is, during testing, the stopwatch does not lie, both McLaren's drivers have complained about the handling causing both to have sizeable crashes. But still they have huge resources and i think they'll manage tog et round them to finish the season strongly in the end, too late to win a title mind you.

As for a big team not to be ready for the new season, its not as uncommon as people think, Ferrari I know went through similar shit during the 1980's and early 1990's when they made terrible driver choices and let internal politics get the better of them.