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Looks just like the Williams  BMW from last season. Wonder what this season's Williams will look like? 

I'll be rooting for Honda and Jenson Button again this year. He had a bit of a torid time last season, what with the poor performance and the ban and such but he seemed to be getting it very right at the end of the season. I'll also be rooting for Kimi in the Maclaren-Mercedes again. He was stunning last year and would have easily won it if the reliability didn't let him down.

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McLaren

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I think it's because McLaren's new sponser is Jonnie Walker so obviously they'll change the livery from the usual "West" black and silver.

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Please tell me you're joking?

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As far as I am aware McLaren-Mercedes have a major sponsorship deal with Vodafone, which is in affect as of January 2006 so maybe this orange colour scheme will only be for this season only until Vodafone plaster their logo in every nook and cranny

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And who the fuck are MF1?  

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Super Aguri F1 has won its battle to compete in the 2006 Formula 1 world championship after the FIA confirmed its late entry on Thursday afternoon.
The team has faced an anxious wait since before Christmas after it was denied an initial entry because it did not provide the necessary paperwork.
The FIA then granted permission to Japanese former F1 racer Aguri Suzuki to seek a late entry, which gave him time to come up with the necessary $US48m bond to secure a place on the grid.
Suzuki also required unanimous support from the 10 rival teams in order for the FIA to able to consider a late entry possible.
An FIA statement confirmed that Super Aguri had been given the green light to become F1's 11th team: "Following receipt of the necessary financial guarantee and with the unanimous support of the competing teams, the FIA has accepted the late entry of the Super Aguri F1 Team to the 2006 FIA Formula One World Championship."
This marks the first time since 2002 that there have more than 20 cars in the field.

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As far as I am aware McLaren-Mercedes have a major sponsorship deal with Vodafone, which is in affect as of January 2006 so maybe this orange colour scheme will only be for this season only until Vodafone plaster their logo in every nook and cranny

McLarens sponsorship deal with Vodafone doesn't start till 2007.
McLaren will be running its cars in orange livery until February and will then unveil a livery that will take the team through 2006 and into the Vodafone deal, which will kick off in 2007. In effect this means that McLaren will not have a title sponsor in 2006.

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Good news that there'll be more cars. Any news on what engine and tyres they'll be using?

Super Aguri. Such a Japanese name!

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Formula 1's newest team principal Aguri Suzuki has expressed his delight at his team's inclusion in the 2006 Formula 1 world championship.
The former Japanese F1 racer has had an anxious wait while the FIA decided over the fate of his team, which is set to use modified 2002 Arrows chassis and V8 Honda engines in the early races.
"I am very happy that the FIA has accepted Super Aguri F1 team's application to race in 2006," said Suzuki.
Suzuki had to win unanimous approval from the 10 rival teams and come up with $US48m bond in order for the FIA to accept his squad's late entry after his team's initial request was denied in November.
"I am thankful for the support we received from all of the other F1 teams and we look forward to seeing them soon," he added.
“Our team members are doing their best to make sure that we are on the grid in Bahrain - and I am confident that we will make it."
Suzuki's driver line-up remains unannounced although it seems almost certain that Takuma Sato will take one of the seats.
Japanese Formula Nippon drivers Sakon Yamamoto and Yuji Ide have both been mentioned with the second drive, although Indian star Narain Karthikeyan has also been linked to a ride with the team.
"I will be making an official team announcement soon regarding our driver line up for 2006," said Suzuki.  

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The New Williams
 

 






NOW, Spot the major difference from last years car in this next picture.........



I think I'm going to have to say I think this is the best livery I've seen for quite sometime, it's stunning. Sticking with the traditional Williams livery but there's just something about it!


 

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it'd be a shame if this paint job was seen mostly retitring back into their garages

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Only 5 days to go before the start of the season!

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Any early season predictions?

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You mean a month and five days?

Of course!

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No Spa-Francorchamps this year and that means no Eau Rouge:

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Former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger has bought 50% of Scuderia Toro Rosso, the team created out of the Minardi sale to Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateshitz.
The 46-year-old Austrian, who quit F1 as BMW's motorsport director in 2003, has long been linked to a return to the sport as a team principal.
As part of the new deal, Berger will have a hands-on role in the running of STR and will "be available in an advisory capacity" in regards to Red Bull's entire F1 involvement.
"I am aware that my Formula 1 know-how is very much valued by Red Bull in general and by the Italian Toro Rosso team in particular," he said.
Under the terms of the agreement, 50% of Berger's haulage and shipping company will fall under Mateschitz's control.
Berger recently expressed interest in running his own team after 2008, when Max Mosley's new low-cost Formula 1 comes into effect, but the former Ferrari and McLaren star has also been connected to Red Bull since the 1980s.
In fact Berger was the first sportsman to be sponsored by the drinks company, which now runs multi-million dollar promotional programmes in a variety of sports worldwide.
"I’m looking forward to not only continuing to have a great time with Dietrich Mateschitz," added Berger, "but also to being able to implement serious and visionary business developments together in the future.”
The news of Berger's involvement is the latest in a growing list of major F1 coups for Mateschitz.
The Austrian billionaire snatched Adrian Newey from McLaren's grasp at the end of last year after agreeing a supply of latest-spec Ferrari V8 engines for 2006.
He also bought Minardi at a cut-down price last September to become F1's only owner of two teams prior to the deal with Berger.
“I have known and admired Gerhard for twenty years," said Mateschitz.
"I am particularly pleased that we will now be able to take advantage of the synergies that undoubtedly exist between us also for joint business activities.”

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Belgian Grand Prix organisers have agreed a deal with Bernie Ecclestone to bring Formula One back to Spa-Francorchamps in 2007, just days after this year's race was cancelled.