At the start of every season, the autosport.com team members and contributors do the brave thing and put their bets down on who will be the world champion and which team will win the constructors' championship. Collecting together everyone's votes results in what autosport.com predicts will be the championship standings at the end of the season. Eight months on, we'll know if we rule or if we're a bunch of fools...
For the fifth time, Formula One will have a new qualifying format in four years. Adam Cooper explains how the new format works and what the teams will have to take into account
Twenty two drivers - among them three world champions, ten Grand Prix winners and three rookies - will start the season next week in Bahrain. Jonathan Noble analyses the 2006 grid
For the first time in four years, 11 teams enter the Formula One World Championship. Some are better prepared than others; some have more to prove; and some have more to lose. Tom Keeble analyses the prospects and objectives of each team
Ahead of the 2006 season, autosport.com's technical writer Craig Scarborough analyses the design trends seen on the new cars and the technical changes since last year (part one)
BY ADAM COOPER
