Pecking order of teams in 2009

[christophulus]

All in all a modest prediction for WCC:

1 McLaren
2 BMW
3-4 Ferrari / Renault
5-7 Toyota / Red Bull / Williams
8 Honda
9 STR
10 Force India

Hey, doesn't seem too different from 2008. The cream rises to the top again.

That's probably how it's going to be. The changes will come from whichever team messes up their car and drops way down the field rather than a poor team making an enormous leap forward

[gravity]

My thoughts too, then... And who might it benefit.
All in all a modest prediction for WCC:
1 McLaren
2 BMW
3-4 Ferrari / Renault
5-7 Toyota / Red Bull / Williams
8 Honda
9 STR
10 Force India

Nice little write-up there Jens! Enjoyed the read

My opinion would be to swap the Renault/Toyota teams though (based on budget). Although, since Alonso brings .5 seconds to any team (lol) we'll have to see if he is better than Kers!

So, based on your table, with the adjustments, it would look like this:
1 McLaren
2-4 BMW / Ferrari / Toyota
5-7 Renault / Williams / Honda
8 Red Bull
9 STR
10 Force India

It would be nice to see Force India move up the table a bit. Also, would love to see a couple new teams start entering F1.

[jens]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71896

Quite interesting strategy games are going on among teams as they are calculating, where it's possible to make bigger gains. Some teams (esp Honda) have a very high concentration level on KERS, others (like Toyota and obviously Renault) are putting more resources into getting the 2009 aero right, believing it's possible to make bigger gains there.

[ioan]

Oh no, again that thread where people will come up with "interesting" performance claims, based on nothing but wishful thinking.

You could at least wait for the first winter tests before you start wasting your time.

PS: Before I forget, KERS will not be as decisive as some believe, the best chassis and driver will decide the title, not KERS.

[jens]

Oh no, again that thread where people will come up with "interesting" performance claims, based on nothing but wishful thinking.

You could at least wait for the first winter tests before you start wasting your time.

This is the point of the thread - after the first winter tests we would already have some evidence and predicting would be less exciting. :

[ioan]

This is the point of the thread - after the first winter tests we would already have some evidence and predicting would be less exciting. :

What you are doing isn't call prediction it's called guessing! A small but important difference!

[VkmSpouge]

Force India for the win.