Racing (Car) : Formula 1 2014 Season

[hedgie]

Originally Posted by MarkC1984

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.

I have no doubt that when their car is running it will be quick, just dont see how they can get it relaible in time...

Would love to see a Williams on the podium.

[MalteseFalcon]

I wouldn't mind a Vettel championship so much if it was at least a contest. I cannot stand it when we get seasons where one driver and one team seem to dominate over the others.

Reading an interview with Monisha Kaltenborn of Sauber, it seems that tyres are going to be a problem again.

Both our drivers struggled to get temperature into the tyres.

Hopefully this was just a case of it being the first run of the season, and the tyres will not become a big issue like it did last season.

[SnoopZ]

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere.

Ross Brawn retires from Formula 1 ending speculation that he would move to Mclaren.

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/144247.html

[SnoopZ]

Teams opposed to double point races, personally i think whoever came up with this idea of double points needs to leave the sport!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26071434

[MalteseFalcon]

So today was Day 1 of Test 1 in Bahrain. There were 482 laps completed today, so keeping that up over the 4 days would see 1,928 laps done this test.

Day 1.

1. N Hulkenberg, Force India, 78, 1:36.880
2. F Alonso, Ferrari, 64, 1:37.879
3. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 74, 1:37.908
4. K Magnussen, McLaren, 81, 1:38.295
5. S Vettel, Red Bull, 14, 1:40.224
6. A Sutil, Sauber, 82, 1:40.443
7. R Frujins, Caterham, 68, 1:42.534
8. D Kyvat, Toro Rosso, 5, 1:44.346
9. R Grosjean, Lotus, 8, 1:44.832
10. F Massa, Williams, 5, n/a
11. J Bianchi, Marussia, 3, n/a

[denphone]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Teams opposed to double point races, personally i think whoever came up with this idea of double points needs to leave the sport!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26071434

[SnoopZ]

Ecclestone wins F1 damages case but did pay 'bribe'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26273031

[Hom3r]

A judge has rejected an £85m damages claim against Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone but said he did pay a bribe over a sale of F1 shares.


Mr Justice Newey, in the High Court in London, said there had been a "corrupt" deal with a German banker to facilitate the sale to a preferred buyer.


But he said there had been no financial loss to German media group Constantin Medien. It said it would appeal.


The judge said he had not found Mr Ecclestone, 83, "reliable or truthful".

So based on that BE should quit F1 immediate.

[MalteseFalcon]

676 laps done on Day 2 of testing.

Day 2.

1. K Magnussen, McLaren, 46, 1:34.910
2. N Hulkenberg, Force India, 59, 1:36.445
3. F Alonso, Ferrari, 97, 1:36.516
4. N Rosberg, Mercedes, 85, 1:36.965
5. V Bottas, Williams, 116, 1:37.228
6. K Kobayashi, Caterham, 66, 1:39.855
7. S Vettel, Red Bull, 59, 1:40.340
8. J-E Vergne, Toro Rosso, 58, 1:40.609
9. E Gutierrez, Sauber, 55, 1:40.717
10. R Grosjean, Lotus, 18, 1:41.670
11. M Chilton, Marussia, 17, 1:42.511

[MalteseFalcon]

Day 3.

1. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 67, 1:34.263
2. J Button, McLaren, 103, 1:34.976
3. F Massa, Williams, 60, 1:37.066
4. E Gutierrez, Sauber, 96, 1:37.180
5. S Perez, Force India, 57, 1:37.367
6. K Raikkonen, Ferrari, 44, 1:37.476
7. D Kyvat, Toro Rosso, 57, 1:38.974
8. P Maldonado, Lotus, 26, 1:39.642
9. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 28, 1:40.781
10. M Ericsson, Caterham, 98, 1:42.130
11. M Chilton, Marussia, 4, 1:46.672
12. V Bottas, Williams, 55, N/A

[MalteseFalcon]

Day 4.

1. N Rosberg, Mercedes, 89, 1:33.283
2. J Button, McLaren, 66, 1:34.957
3. K Raikkonen, Ferrari, 82, 1:36.718
4. F Nasr, Williams, 87, 1:37.569
5. P Maldonado, Lotus, 59, 1:38.707
6. S Perez, Force India, 19, 1:39.258
7. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 15, 1:39.837
8. J-E Vergne, Toro Rosso, 19, 1:40.472
9. K Kobayashi, Caterham, 17, 1:43.027
10. M Ericsson, Caterham, 4, 1:45.094
11. A Sutil, Sauber, 7, N/A
12. J Bianchi, Marussia, 5, N/A

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Teams opposed to double point races, personally i think whoever came up with this idea of double points needs to leave the sport!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/26071434

That would be Bernie then

---------- Post added at 22:06 ---------- Previous post was at 22:05 ----------

Originally Posted by Hom3r

So based on that BE should quit F1 immediate.

So you might get your wish


But somehow, I doubt it.

[Hom3r]

So Bernie could be sacked with in days
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/26289470

[nstokes]

Lets hope so but somehow i doubt it

[MalteseFalcon]

So the third and final test started on Thursday in Bahrain. Let's see if Red Bull can manage to fix the car or whether there is a chance of someone new leading the championship for a while.

Day 1.

1. S Perez, Force India, 105, 1:35.290
2. V Bottas, Williams, 128, 1:36.184
3. K Raikkonen, Ferrari, 54, 1:36.432
4. N Rosberg, Mercedes, 89, 1:36.624
5. A Sutil, Sauber, 89, 1:37.700
6. K Magnussen, McLaren, 109, 1:37.825
7. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 39, 1:37.908
8. M Chilton, Marussia, 44, 1:38.610
9. D Kyvat, Toro Rosso, 56, 1:39.242
10. P Maldonado, Lotus, 31, 1:40.959
11. K Kobayashi, Caterham, 19, 1:42.285

Day 2.

1. S Perez, Force India, 108, 1:35.570
2. F Alonso, Ferrari, 122, 1:35.634
3. D Ricciardo, Red Bull, 66, 1:35.743
4. F Massa, Williams, 103, 1:36.507
5. J Button, McLaren, 52, 1:36.901
6. J Bianchi, Marussia, 75, 1:338.092
7. L Hamilton, Mercedes, 89, 1:39.041
8. J-E Vergne, Toro Rosso, 61, 1:39.636
9. E Gutierrez, Sauber, 106, 1:39.976
10. P Maldonado, Lotus, 31, 1:41.613
11. M Ericsson, Caterham, 55, 1:42.516