Racing (Car) : Formula 1 2014 Season

[MalteseFalcon]

Will post some piccies tomorrow of the Ferrari, McLaren and other car launches that happened so far. Have to say, I like the look of the McLaren car. Nice simple silver livery this year, obviously with the sponsors on it as well. Ferrari looks nice as well, didn't look at Lotus yet.

[MalteseFalcon]

Before I go any further, I must say that credit for the pictures I am posting of the 2014 cars are courtesy of www.f1fanatic.co.uk so full credit to them.

Ferrari first.

[MalteseFalcon]

Williams. I think this is just an artist impression of the car.

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Lotus now.

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And now McLaren. Apart from Ferrari, best looking car this season so far.

[Cobbydaler]

Interesting page on the new engine

http://www.renaultsportf1.com/In-detail.html?lang=en

[banjo]

Just heard on the news that Hamilton has stuffed his new car into a fence !!

[SnoopZ]

All the cars have strange noses this year but to me this has to be the most ugly so far!

Ladies and gentlemen i present to you the new Caterham 2014 car!

[Hom3r]

Alien

[MalteseFalcon]

Like the colour but that is about it. And a massive lol about Hamilton.

[MalteseFalcon]

All times are unofficial.

Day 1.

1. K Raikkonen, Ferrari, 31, 1:27.104
2. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 18, 1:27.820
3. V Bottas, Williams, 7, 1:30.082
4. S Perez, Force India, 11, 1:33.161
5. J-E Vergne, Toro Rosso, 15, 1:36.530
6. E Gutierrez, Sauber, 7, 1:42.257
7. S Vettel, Red Bull, 3, No time set
8. M Ericsson, Caterham, 1, No time set

Day 2

1. J Button, McLaren, 43, 1:24.165
2. K Raikkonen, Ferrari, 47, 1:24.812
3. V Bottas, Williams, 35, 1:25.344
4. N Rosberg, Mercedes, 97, 1:25.588
5. S Perez, Force India, 37, 1:28.376
6. E Gutierrez, Sauber, 53, 1:33.270
7. M Ericsson, Caterham, 11, 1:37.927
8. S Vettel, Red Bull, 8, 1:38.320

So Red Bull are really struggling in testing. What are the odds though that they carry on struggling in testing then suddenly blowing everyone away in Australia during Qualifying?

[SnoopZ]

I had to steal this!

[MalteseFalcon]

Red Bull pulled out of testing before the afternoon session on Friday, citing technical difficulties. In other words, they are worried that they haven't been able to manipulate the rules and found extra speed like they have in previous seasons.

Day 3.

1. K Magnussen, McLaren, 52, 1:23.276
2. F Massa, Williams, 47, 1:23.700
3. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 62, 1:23.952
4. J Button, McLaren, 40, 1:25.030
5. F Alonso, Ferrari, 58, 1:25.495
6. N Hulkenberg, Force India, 17, 1:26.096
7. J-E Vergne, Toro Rosso, 30, 1:29.915
8. A Sutil, Sauber, 34, 1:30.161
9. R Frijns, Caterham, 10, no time
10. M Chilton, Marussia, 5, no time
11. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 3, no time

Day 4

1. F Massa, Williams, 86, 1:28.229
2. F Alonso, Ferrari, 115, 1:29.145
3. D Juncadella, Force India, 81, 1:29.457
4. K Magnussen, McLaren, 110, 1:30.806
5. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 41, 1:30.822
6. J Bianchi, Marussia, 25, 1:32.222
7. A Sutil, Sauber, 69, 1:36.571
8. N Rosberg, Mercedes, 91, 1:36.951
9. K Kobayashi, Caterham, 54, 1:43.193
10. D Kyvat, Toro Rosso, 9, 1:44.016
11. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 7, 1:45.374

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So, being the boring old stat geek that I am, this is how many laps each team did over the 4 days. In total, there were 1,470 laps done.

1. Mercedes, 309
2. Ferrari, 251
3. McLaren, 245
4. Williams, 175
5. Sauber, 163
6. Force India, 146
7. Caterham, 76
8. Toro Rosso, 54
9. Marussia, 30
10. Red Bull, 21

[hedgie]

Hi all,

How about taking a punt now. Who will retire first in the season opener and who will win......

Lotus to be out first, they wont have enough cash to go testing so will have all the reliability gremlins.

Massa to win. Merc engine seems bullet proof so far and the Williams looks a half decent car....(if you saw this before the edit... D'OH)

There ya go.

Discuss

[MalteseFalcon]

Red Bull will find a way to cheat, er sorry make their car suddenly run better than everyone else's car, their way to a victory in Aussie.