Who will we change our perception of next year?

[Valve Bounce]

If I read the title correctly, then the only change in preception for next year will be The Bunsen, and Fisichella. Trulli has qualified well this year, and that won't change. Both Fisi and The Bunsen have had to put up with machinery that was shaded even by Minardi, and both have underachieved this year as a result. Kimi has done very well this year and will continue to improve.

And for the super optimist who alluded to the cars that Fernando outqualified at Indy, well I can only point out that Minardi have inherited the engines of two of those. Everyone else is moving ahead. And if next year's customer Ferrari engine will be this year's engine, it will be just as good as, if not better than the BMW, Mercedes, Cosworth, etc., etc. In fact, unless next year's Ferrari can achieve the superlative reliability of this year's engine, then next year's customer Ferrari engine might be the best engine on the grid.
And all the Minardi fans will dream of what could have been, their one shot at the top, that ellusive dream. Exclude me, I'm keeping my hair.

[Martin de Miguel]

Button will be behind Frenzy at Prost, and Jarno and Fernando will have amazing battles to beat each other.

[timbo2001]

Well, i am sure we will be seeing quite a good performance from Jarno Trulli, as usual, and i am sure he will, like fisichella outpace button. Yes, i will be honest and say that Alonso is quite clearly an up and coming talent, but i can't and will not say that he is better than webber. come on, he is a fellow australian, i have to support him. I also look forward to seeing raikkonen in the Mclaren, although his performances have seemed to degrade a little in recent races. or maybe heidfeld has upped his game. either one of those. I sincerely hope that Heidfeld is considered too, as a talented driver, and i reckon he is as good as Raikkonen. Oh, and its a hard pick between salo and mcnish, although i think salo has the upper hand at the moment, considering his experience. But we will just have to wait and see how these events unfold in March, 2002

[BootsOntheSide]

I personally would see Kimi not neccessarily beating DC in the championship, but certainly doing enough to embarass DC, as Montoya ahs this year. Montoya should beat Ralf. DC will again say in March that this will be his year, and then in September will say that next year will be his year. Trulli should have the better of Button if his luck improves. If Briatore dislikes Button as much as has been suggested, Jenson could be the one having the bad luck. Heinz Harald, if next eyar's Prost is as reliable as this year's, could prove something of a revelation, and well ahead of Burti (assuming that proves to be Prost's driver line-up). Sato and Masa should do well but I doubt either will beat their team-mates, no rookie has this year on points. Verstappen, if he stays, will be as naff as ever, hiding behind low fuel loads again.

[f1manoz]

Raikkonen will prove to be much over-rated and will be soundly beaten by DC, thereby essentially ruining his career and letting Nick Heidfeld into the team in 2003 while Raikkonen either tests or goes to another team. Of course, I don't wish to see Kimi fail, it's just IMO Heidfeld should have got the seat and I'm still unhappy about it.

Meanwhile, Heidfeld will continue to go from strength to strength, and with a less than competitive car next year, will still finish as high as he did this year. New team-mate Massa will not prove to be quite the revelation Kimi was this year.

As for the others, Trulli will now trounce Button into the ground, and therefore Williams will keep JPM, who will either be champion or second overall next year. Ralf will just whinge all year.

Fisichella will be revitalised at Jordan after career stagnation at Benetton, but will still fall short of winning, sadly. Sato will be the first real Japanese revelation ever!

Salo will put in some good performances throughout the year for Toyota, but I don't see them cracking the podium at all yet.

[BBKing]

Formula Juan will be doing the kicking on little bro. Just to set the record straight…

I still think that Alonso, if Briatore believes he is any good, will be driving for Renault. To stay in Minardi would be the proof he did not convince anyone as a good prospect. As I said before his results are good but they are not outstanding. I think Trulli and specially Fisichella did a better job when they were rookies at Minardi. Proof is they landed good drives the next season and strangely enough Briatore was their boss.

Button. If he gets the axe he will end testing for Jordan, hoping Sato fails. Only Arrows can offer him a drive and that is because the owners is Briton…LOL. That is if Lauda does not wake up and Replace Irvine.

Massa. Interesting to see if Sauber will be as good as this year’s car. I don’t think it will be. Rindland is not there anymore. Massa seems quite good but so was Zonta and we know what happened to him…

Heidfeld will have his hand plenty of things to show Mercedes he can replace DC.

DC will beat Raikkonen more times than not. Raikkonen is not Hakkinen so DC should have an easier time. It depends how good is the McLaren. Anything less than one victory for Kimmi will be considered failure.