Although they are only less than four months for the beginning of the next world-wide championship, the great majority of escuderías owns already to their pair of official pilots, and are stage of development with respect to their chassis and motors in the heat of.

Ferrari will begin with the F2002

FERRARI: Without doubt he will be team to beat, but it sounds complicated that gets to have a as overwhelming dominion as the past championship. It is probable that the chassis is a evolution of the previous model, but simultaneously is difficult that it can have some new technology, since it seems to have arrived at his ceiling. Of all ways, still balancing owns the chassis more and will be able to count on a much more powerful motor, almost at the same level that the BMW of Williams. As far as his pilots, it is not necessary to speak of the qualities of Michael, although if the paper will be expectant that will occupy Barrichello if it takes the match in equality of conditions.

Williams looks for to approach

WILLIAMS BMW: He owns the most powerful motor of the park, and if the chassis manages to be to regulate in race, he will be able to face Ferrari in equality of conditions, since the past championship was very even in classification. And he has the fortune to count on a pilot number a one like Ralf Schumacher and pilot like Juan Pablo Montoya with a natural talent only compared with Michael Schumacher.

McLaren follows with problems

MCLAREN MERCEDES: It will have the responsibility and the obligation to on a par put of Ferrari and Williams. Its strongpoint this in Kimmi Raikkonen, since after two years of experience and after to have surpassed to Coulthard several times, could have the possibility of fighting by the title. With respect to the Scot, although one insists on being a number one, it does not have the same ability of Hakkinen to take to the equipment ahead. Everything will depend on the genius of Newey and the coherence of Mercedes to be able to form a as powerful combination chassis-motor as for years.

Ages of glory for Renault

RENAULT: Another one of escuderías that, although this outside the prognoses, it could dispute several Grand Prix the “great ones”. All we know the potential of Renault, especially if we remembered its fusion with Williams, so it was not to as much surprise its great east progress year in chassis as in motor. In addition, it owns two excellent pilots, one Jarno Trulli, able to be a number one, and Alonso, without doubts a future world-wide champion.
SAUBER PETRONAS: Like Renault, owns a fast chassis, a very powerful like the Ferrari, and two pilots able to gain races, like Frentzen and Heidfeld, especially this last one motor that demonstrated to have the plate of a great pilot. Although it was possible to be noticed that the Swiss equipment was lacking of solutions in balancing the chassis for some races, made that it put himself in both extreme of competitiveness.

Last chance of BAR?

BAR HONDA: It is probable that it can head the second lot of escuderías along with Sauber and because not to mix itself sometimes with McLaren and Renault. At these moment it counts on the exclusive feature of Honda like official motorist, so a powerful impeller must have so much as a fast chassis and balance to face the match. This is another one of escuderías that has pilots of first class, one at the level of Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve and another one like Jenson Button who demonstrated to be around Trulli and of being able to drive a competitive car.

Panis already trains with Toyota

TOYOTA: It demonstrated to have the money and technology necessary to be on a par of several escuderías in spite of to have been his first participation. For this year, if as much the car as the chassis is a evolution of their predecessors, then we can be in front of a potential candidate to the title in very few years. Perhaps in addition it has an excellent pilot like Olivier Panis, that never had the opportunity to demonstrate its talent in an end equipment, if that one year of 1997 had not suffered that one accident, would have given several surprises more of those than it had caused to the control of that Prost (although basically the last Ligier of the species) impelled by powerful Mugen-Honda. An incognito will be the pilot, Christian second gives Matta, since the destiny of Villeneuve or Montoya can have so much, or the one of Alex Zanardi.

Renewed equipment Jaguar

JAGUAR COSWORTH: Like Toyota, has the technology and the capital to fight with the great ones, but simultaneously a great incapacity to maintain personnel and to choose correct people. Its point more hard will be the new Cosworth to 90 degrees. It will have in Mark Webber to a talent to explode, perhaps but the moment of transition by which it crosses the equipment and the chassis not it helps it too much. Another incognito will be the Brazilian Antonio Pizzonia, It will be the next Seine or one of the so many pilots of Brazil who burst in into the F1 by his sponsors under the arm? …
JORDAN FORD: Lamentably, this escudería that “had been elbowed” with the great ones from the '98 to the '00, now comes in fall due to the lack of patrocinantes of weight, took which it to lose the agreement of Honda into the hands of BAR, when in the track, the equipment of Eddie had always surpassed it to Jordan. Now it counts on the Cosworth of this year, will make which it remain left behind in the fight by the fifth place in the championship of constructors. It is more than evident that its point more hard is Giancar it Fisichella, that like Montoya, has a great natural talent, but never it can run for team suitable. Still without his pilot second, it would agree to them to file to Eddie Irvine, not only by his experience, but in addition by his demonstrated professionalism and capacity since one left Ferrari.

Minardi will have Cosworth motors

MINARDI COSWORTH: Although as always this escudería is for the last place, without a doubt of which something important has changed in equipment, since due to the arrival of Paul Stoddart, it had the possibility of counting, after long time, with an updated motor official with the Asiatech, although he has been weakest of the grill. In addition Wilson, the Cosworth motor will count on a possible promise like Justin (The same that will use Jordan) and possibly with the experience of the Dutch Jos Verstappen.