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[ferrari_forever]

If you could chose any of the current choice of drivers, chassis, tyres, engine, sponsers, livery, team principal, chief designer, chief mechanic etc. who would you pick to be in your ideal team?

[Scudetto]

I'm easy to please.

[daSilvium]

Originally posted by ferrari_forever
If you could chose any of the current choice of drivers, chassis, tyres, engine, sponsers, livery, team principal, chief designer, chief mechanic etc. who would you pick to be in your ideal team?

Drivers : Montoya, Raikkonen (ex-drivers ....... Senna in place of Raikkonen)

Chassis : Has to be either F2002 or the 2002 McLaren which apparently was a v nice chassis

Tyres : Hmm. I'll say Michelin (for a short distance, not so great over a race distance)

Sponsors : Guinness beer. (ALL BLACK = evil looking, bit like the new Jordan...)

Livery : Black (as above)

Team Principal : Richard Branson cos he's fun, and throws great parties (a friend has been to one and they ARE mega).

Chief Designer : Newey i suppose, if he could be a little more fun.

Chief Mechanic : Jon Ostrowski (cos he's an ex-F1 McLaren mechanic and i know him via karting and he's quite a laugh ......... he taught me the meaning in the pit-lane of : "sneehah....." which i think started at Williams but is now universally used "mechanic" slang in the pit-lane....
Or Steve Giles, cos he's also a McLaren mechanic and he told me that David is only as quick as Hakkinen when the car-setup is perfect. Hakkinen, he said, would just get in and drive the knackers off the car even if it was all over the place. David was "a LOT more picky......"

*No* PR company.
Drivers can say what they like. If the engine blows up, then they can say "the damn engine blew up". - None of this corporate PR "We encountered a loss of power".

(Obviously) NO team orders. Drivers can take each other off occasionally if they want (maybe just twice a year).


that's about it.

The drivers are allowed to hate other drivers / teams if they want to, and are actively encouraged to say so if they so choose.

wouldn't that be great ??

[StickShift]

Ferrari - Rubens Barrichello + Jacques Villeneuve = Ideal team.

[Louis Mr. F1]

JPS Lotus, Senna and Schumacher. That'd be an unbeatable combination, except if they take each other out. Can you imagine the 2 of them as teammates? it'd be firework every where.

[king_crud]

I'd want my livery to make the car look like a big penis because i have security issues. Also I'd be the lead driver

[JForce]

Drivers : Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost

Chassis : Has to be F2002

Tyres : Bridgestone

Sponsors : New Zealand Rugby Foorball Union

Livery : Black

Team Principal : Arnold Swarzenegger

Chief Designer : Rory Byrne

Chief Mechanic : Scotty

[prettyface]

Take the F2002.
Fire everyone at Ferrari except Schumacher.
Bring in Villeneuve.
Bring Ralf and Montoya as testers.
Bring Niki Lauda, put Ron Dennis under him.
Uniforms: Last year Renault's, plus white facepaint and a red ball on the nose.
Paint the cars pink, with white dots.

Sit back and watch the whole thing disintegrate. My very own F1 version of The Sims!

[MJP]

I am ashamed to admit it, but I have been entertained...

[dolomite]

Drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg
Chassis: Tyrrell P34
Engine: BRM V16
Tyres: Big fat slicks circa 1973
Sponsors: NASA
Team Principle: Rob Walker
Chief Designer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Chief Mechanic: Demon Tweek
Junior mechanic: Ron Dennis

[rholding2000]

my dream team in the world was in 2000 with the benetton....just wish they had a customer ferrari engine or something with more power and bridgestone tyres.........gascoine i think is one of the most underrated technical directors out there seems to be a bit quite and doesnt want everyone to go on about his work (you know like this newey thing...if newey was all that the mclaren wouldnt havebeen so far off ferrari in the first place)

[madmac]

Drivers: Gilles & Jim Clarke
Chasis: The "twin" chasis Lotus that got banned
Engine: Rolls Royce Merlin
Tyres: Big fat slicks oooh yeah
Sponsor: Microsoft Xbox (lets me paint the thing black & loads of money)
Livery : Matt Black
Principle: Me/Lord Hesketh (mainly involved in organising party's)
Desiner: Colin Chapman of course.

[Yoquai]

DRIVERS:
Michael Schumacher (yes, he's the man!) & Ralf Schumacher (who else you think could be as perfect as ralf for michael???!)

CHASIS:
F2002 (enough said...!)

TYRES:
Bridgestones (those japanese, guys...!)

ENGINE:
BMW

SPONSORS (*
Djarum Super (never heard of this before??? well...this is what i smoke since high school! and it's been 15 years now! so, as a loyal customer who dare enough to risk his health/life by consuming their product, i deserved a huge of pleasure from them, by having them sponsoring my F1 team!! )

LIVERY (*
A combination of red and black colours!

TEAM BOSS (*
me, my self, and I

CHIEF DESIGNER:
Adrian Newey ('cos i love a beautiful car....)

CHIEF MECHANIC:
Rubens Barrichelo (this guy must have learnt a lot....)

Cheers, folks!
Yoq

[Zmeej]

Ideal all time

Drivers: Mario Andretti & Jim Clark
Principal: Frank Williams
Designer: Colin Chapman
Mechanic: An Italian
Chassis: Lotus (68) or MP4/6 (1991)
Engine: Honda
Tyres: As appropriate, or fat slick Goodyears
Livery: Racing green with orange stripe; or Black & gold
Sponsor: Amnesty International

Ideal current
Drivers: Jacques and Fisichella
Principal: Sir Frank
Designer: Rory Byrne (would have said Newey, but he seems to have burnt out)
Mechanic: Dunno
Chassis: F2002/2003
Engine: Ferrari's seemed to work well
Tyres: Bring back slicks
Livery: see above
Sponsor: see above

[sensible]

Originally posted by JForce


Chief Mechanic : Scotty

[Ed Kooij]

current:
drivers: Montoya & Fisichella
designer: Newey
engine: BMW
manager: Lauda
race director: me & a couple of friends with whom I watch races and critisize stupid decisions by the guys on TV
tires: Bridgestone
sponsors: infinity (loudspeakers)
livery: black & silver
team orders: do as you please, just don't damage the car... too bad... or at least not too often...
team policy: be honest, but in style. no one likes a cry-baby. As a driver you are responsible for the public image and a great deal of the motivation of the entire team. that's part of the job and you get paid for it pretty well. live up to it. "we're working our asses off to make the car better, but we're not there yet by a long shot" just works better than "the car sucks and I'm looking for another team"

[Enkei]

Originally posted by prettyface
Take the F2002.
Fire everyone at Ferrari except Schumacher.
Bring in Villeneuve.
Bring Ralf and Montoya as testers.
Bring Niki Lauda, put Ron Dennis under him.
Uniforms: Last year Renault's, plus white facepaint and a red ball on the nose.
Paint the cars pink, with white dots.

Sit back and watch the whole thing disintegrate. My very own F1 version of The Sims!

[coyoteBR]

Drivers:
Jean Alesi
Ricardo Zonta

Test driver:
Nelsinho Piquet

Chassis: I’d contract Nick Wirth people to design it, the Simtek cars did look great

Tyres: first choice, try to lure Pirelli, in a partnership of development/sponsorship. If that fails, Michelin

Engine: Try to get Mugen back, first option; Ford, second.

Sponsors: Main: Guaraná Antarctica, it’s color is a cool shiny green , it would look great on the sidepods, advancing to the nose of the car.

Minor sponsors would include Axe (men deodorant) and Blaupunkt, creating a nice black area on the air intake. Between the black and the green area, a stripe, of whatever color the second sponsor. Hopefully the cool blue of Galoises Blondes cigarettes, or white of several companies

Livery: from top to botton: black, (?) , green

Fuel: BP first option, matches the green area of the car; Petrobras second; Sasol third

Race Director: Cesare Fiorio.

[Zmeej]

Oh yeah, and sign me up for the entertainment proposed by Prettyface!

Coyote

That's one bizarre team lineup you got.
Alesi and ZONTA driving instead of Piquet???

Otherwise, like your idea for soda sponsorship!
It's great stuff, much better than Seven Up (another former logo-ista).

[Rob G]

Drivers: Montoya & Villeneuve, plus an American test driver (Alex Barron maybe?)

Chassis: Eagle DG03

Engine: Ford

Tires: Goodyear

Sponsor: Motorola

Livery: Dark blue and silver

Team principal: Dan Gurney

Chief Designer: Adrian Newey

[coyoteBR]

Zmeej: my test driver is Nelsinho Piquet, aka Nelson Ângelo Piquet, aka Piquet Jr. I would have him testing between his f-3 year races, therefore aposting on the future of the team.

and I tried to make a possible team, with somehow limited recurses, using people that is avaliable on the market. Instead of paying for a Schumacher or Villeneuve, I can build half of the scuderia.

[AD]

Drivers: Michael Schumacher & Kimi Raikkonen
Test Driver: already have MS. Coulthard as a back-up for when MS can't test then
Team Principle: Ron Dennis
Technical Director: Ross Brawn
Chief Designer: Adrian Newey
Engine: BMW
Chief Mechanic: Nigel Stephney
Commercial Manager: Enki (selling?) Sami
Electonical engineer: Ted Capazki
Tyres: Bridgestone

[tania_walesuk]

My ideal team is fine as it is, give or take a driver ;)

[dc21]

Do they really have to be current. I couldn't have:

Chassis: First
Engine: Life W12
Driver1: Ukyo Katayama
Driver2: Alex Yoong

[Fastcar]

Senna, Prost driving Minardi's now thats what I call entertainment !
Schumacher and Fisichella would make for a very harmonious team contrary to some others' belief.
I really got this feeling that Fisichella will move to McLaren in '04 so perhaps Raikkonen Fisichella would be a cool pairing Fisi having the edge of course.

[The First MH]

Zmeej: Love your sponsor (not )

My pick:

Car: F2002/3
Engine : BMW
Drivers: Jacques and M Schumacher
Designer: Byrne and Willis
Team Principal: Frank Williams
Tech director: Ross Brawn
Chief Mechanic: Nigel Stephny
Livery:

[Tomecek]

Drivers: Juan Pablo Montoya & Kimi Räikkönen (not sure which one would be faster )
Engine: BMW
Chassis: Ferrari
Pneu: Bridgestone
Livery: Compaq
Princiap: Frank Williams & Patrick Head
Designer: Adrian Newey

[Zmeej]

Coyote

Thanks for the clarification. Good reasoning too!

First MH

Thankya!

Love that car!

[Bart]

I thought some of the best F1 races went on in the 1970s, so I'd want my team to echo that era.

First, I'd cover the car in small mirrored segments like a giant mirrorball. And hang fluffy dice from the rollbar. I'd make the drivers wear white disco jump suits and six-inch platforms (so I'd have to use the Minardi chassis as it's the only one they'd fit in) and glue afro wigs onto their helmets. Very few drivers could give the right impression for our sponsors, so cost would be no option in making sure I could have Kimi Raikkonen and Jos Verstappen.

For a while it looked like radio transmissions would be banned, but the FIA relented, which means the drivers can listed to important transmissions from the pits, notably "Theme from Shaft". I would go one step further than having the radio transmissions unscrambled, by having speakers mounted on the car so there will be no question of our team using underhand tactics (or in fact any tactics at all). Unfortunately, I'm having difficulty finding information in the FIA Technical Regulations about the maximum size of a subwoofer.

[CLX]

Without time travelling:

- Ferrari's staff with Schumacher and Villeneuve driving. No teams orders, no interference, just hardcore racing;
- Ferrari's staff with Raikkonen and Montoya driving, no team orders, no interference, just hardcore racing.

With time travelling:

- Williams staff in 1992 with the drivers being Senna and Mansell, no team orders, no interference, just hardcore racing;
or
- Williams staff in 1993 with the drivers being Senna and Prost, no team orders, no interference, just hardcore racing.

[ehagar]

Drivers: Tomas Schekter and Eddie Irvine
Chassis: McLaren
Engine: BMW
Tyres: Bridgestone
Sponsor: Playboy, Viagra, and Trojans
Livery: Black, Blue, and White
Team principal: Lord Heskith
Chief Designer: Adrian Newey
Chief Mechanic: Steve Machett
PR Spokesperson: Monster Raving Loonie Party leader.
Team Moto: Exsay eakfastbray ofway ampionschay

[Zmeej]

Ehagar

It would be great to see the young Schekter outqualify and outrace the Swerve!

Sounds like your team's livery should be Pink, the colour of the cars Hefner gave to Playmates, however, somehow don't think the starchy Bavarians at BMW would go for this package...

[The First MH]

ehagar

I would almost love to see that come to pass

[Ed Kooij]

timetravel team:
advisor: I. Asimov (read: the End of Eternity by Asimov)
drivers: Fangio, Senna
test drivers: Prost, Badoer (must do something right)
team manager: Bernie Ecclestone
designer: John Barnard
engineer: Colin Chapman
race strategist: Ross Brawn

tires: Goodyear
engine: late 90's Mercedes

livery: dark red, with bright blue-white lining on Fangio's car and bright green-yellow lining on Senna's
sponsors: MIT, Einstein Foundation, Discovery-channel

policy: enjoy
team orders: none... ever (just don't wreck the car)

[nfa]

Drivers: Mansell (as he was not as he is!) & Button (or Possibly Herbert)
Test Driver: Brundell
Team Principle: The Queen
Technical Director: Micheal Caine ("Your only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!")
Chief Designer: Adrian Newey
Engine: Cosworth
Chief Mechanic: Nigel Stephney
Tyres: Goodyear
Sponser : British Taxpayer
Livery : Red, White and Blue (Union Jack)
Anthem : Self Preservation Society

[mp4]

Current day:

Villeneuve and M. Schumacher
Chassis: McLaren
Motor: BMW
Tires: Bridgestone
Special wish: Sequential gear boxes, slicks, wide track cars, drive by cable (NOT BY WIRE), no traction control, no power steering, no active suspension, big air boxes, no telemetry, no team orders.
Team Chief: Frank Williams
Sponsor: Durex
Paint scheme: A really loud purple!

[MJP]

Drivers:
MS, GF
Team:
Vehicle 1: collaboration of BMW/Daimler Benz/Audi
Vehicle 2: collaboration of Renault/Ferrari/Alfa Romeo
Tyres:
Michelin

[The Vulcan]

Originally posted by ehagar
Drivers: Tomas Schekter and Eddie Irvine
Chassis: McLaren
Engine: BMW
Tyres: Bridgestone
Sponsor: Playboy, Viagra, and Trojans
Livery: Black, Blue, and White
Team principal: Lord Heskith
Chief Designer: Adrian Newey
Chief Mechanic: Steve Machett
PR Spokesperson: Monster Raving Loonie Party leader.
Team Moto: Exsay eakfastbray ofway ampionschay

Hey ehagar, would the pit crew be wearing a bunny outfit?