Author Topic: 2014 F1 (Read 11750 times)

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #25 on:** March 17, 2014, 11:19:02 am »

He was so proud to finish on the podium, and he deserved it. Top three essentially drove flawlessly from start to finish.
I expect Redbull will protest vigorously, but the outcome seems decided at this point.

I know he has been getting groomed for this for years but wow, nice job Magnussen!
Another driver who really impressed me was Bottas, he had a good start, made a small mistake and broke his RIM while charging hard through the pack, he fell pretty much to the back of the pack then fought his way to a top 10 finish. Quite impressive.

Edit: top 5 finish for Bottas now.
oh, and dammit Kamui...get your itshay together. With the performance of the Williams with Bottas driving, I can only imagine how well Massa would have finished now

Tenacious_B · « **Reply #26 on:** March 17, 2014, 11:41:27 am »

I've seen flashes of brilliance from Kobyashi several times (SPA in .... 2012 IIRC, pulled some awesome driving), but he's so damn inconsistent. Pulls a rookie mistake on his 1st race back in F1.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #27 on:** March 17, 2014, 11:58:58 am »

Granted some of the noses are going to take some getting used to but overall not so bad in my opinion.

The Caterham? Have to agree there.

Now how did that get there? Not so pretty to some, but will go down in history for sure.

A.J. · « **Reply #28 on:** March 17, 2014, 01:09:49 pm »

am i seeing that right? 6 wheels?

Scrambles · « **Reply #29 on:** March 17, 2014, 01:24:52 pm »

Quote from: A.J. on March 17, 2014, 01:09:49 pm

am i seeing that right? 6 wheels?

Yup

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrrell_P34

lynx440 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 17, 2014, 02:01:45 pm »

Love the Williams Martini Livery. Gorgeous Car.
Red Bull and Mercedes have the best looking noses I think. Ferrari's and Caterhams are awful.
Great first race. Looking forward to the season.

Brianmachinist · « **Reply #31 on:** March 17, 2014, 02:17:47 pm »

Yea I think Williams got it right going to a Mercedes engine. Bottas was out there flying. I want to see what Massa can do with the same car.

My boy Maggy killed it, same with Jenson, It's still very early but it's looking good for McLaren and Mercedes cars.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #32 on:** March 17, 2014, 03:41:52 pm »

Did I miss it in the broadcast where they explained the reason for the aborted start?
My guess would be the stall or failure of the first Marussia.
Can anyone confirm this?

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #33 on:** March 17, 2014, 03:43:09 pm »

Quote from: wrx-zrx on March 17, 2014, 03:41:52 pm

Did I miss it in the broadcast where they explained the reason for the aborted start?
My guess would be the stall or failure of the first Marussia.
Can anyone confirm this?

Yes. That's it.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #34 on:** March 28, 2014, 02:06:23 pm »

2014 Malaysian Grand Prix –Friday Free Practice 2 Result

1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:39.909 30
2 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:39.944 0.035 30
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:39.970 0.061 30
4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:40.051 0.142 32
5 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:40.103 0.194 29
6 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:40.112 0.203 34
7 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:40.276 0.367 29
8 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.628 0.719 28
9 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:40.638 0.729 35
10 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:40.691 0.782 34
11 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:40.777 0.868 33
12 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.014 1.105 20
13 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.257 1.348 28
14 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:41.325 1.416 32
15 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:41.407 1.498 34
16 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:41.671 1.762 25
17 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:42.531 2.622 14
18 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:43.638 3.729 20

Woo hoo.
Massa 1:40.11 to Alonso's 1:40.10
With more than half the field running well within 1 second of each other this is shaping up to be a close race.

I am not at all surprised the preseason talk of problems at Redbull appear to have been sorted out.
Lotus and Marussia only posting times in one car?

For those interested;

Malaysian Grand Prix
Qualifying (TSN)
Fri night at 3:55am et/12:55am pt
Race (TSN)
Sat night at 3:55am et/12:55am pt

Brianmachinist · « **Reply #35 on:** March 28, 2014, 05:28:53 pm »

woo wee, that's at 2 am tonight.. setting PVR now, I like the spread this year, of course there's the favorites but any team can make podium bar marussia.

couple quotes about the new sound the f1 cars make

Reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel said: “Formula One has to be spectacular and the sound is one of the most important things. When I was six we went to see the cars live during free practice. The one thing I remember was the sound, how loud they were, to feel the cars through the ground. It’s a shame you don’t have that.”

As far as the experienced Button is concerned, the critics should stop whining or get out of F1. He said: “Go and race something else if you’re not happy. As drivers we don’t have an opinion where the cars are in terms of sound and feel. But when you cross the finish line first you’ve won a grand prix, so you don’t care what the car sounds like or what it looks like. You’ve beaten the best in the world, and that’s all you care about.”

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #36 on:** March 29, 2014, 11:31:05 am »

Ecclestone has previously admitted to being 'horrified' by the noise of the new turbocharged V6 hybrid engines but has since said it's 'a little better than we thought'

Bernie knows, if he's not happy the fix will be forthcoming.

Markkenko · « **Reply #37 on:** March 30, 2014, 09:04:55 am »

Ended up staying awake to watch the race. Won't give any spoilers as to how the race went down, but overall I thought it was a pretty basic and boring race. Almost like the dominating presence of Vettel at the top last season.

Thoughts?

Tenacious_B · « **Reply #38 on:** March 30, 2014, 11:33:05 am »

Well the first 3 laps were exciting...

I feel bad for Ricciardo and Raikkonnen again... both those guys had a shot.

It seems like the Mercedes cars out power the rest of the field slightly.

Asstuna · « **Reply #39 on:** March 30, 2014, 11:42:18 am »

Quote from: Tenacious_B on March 30, 2014, 11:33:05 am

I feel bad for Ricciardo and Raikkonnen again... both those guys had a shot.

LilDrunkenSmurf · « **Reply #40 on:** March 30, 2014, 12:42:44 pm »

Quote from: Tenacious_B on March 30, 2014, 11:33:05 am

Well the first 3 laps were exciting...

I feel bad for Ricciardo and Raikkonnen again... both those guys had a shot.

It seems like the Mercedes cars out power the rest of the field slightly.

Yeah, the Mercedes units have it on the straights, but the Ferrari's are outperforming in the corners.

I can only imagine how Massa is going to get reamed out for blocking Bottas after the team order.

Poor Ricciardo.. Doing so god damned well, and then stolen there at the end. I feel so bad for the poor guy after Melbourne.

Markkenko · « **Reply #41 on:** March 30, 2014, 07:24:13 pm »

Ricciardo is quickly turning into one of my favourites. I definitely was disappointed about what happened, but hopefully he can get a good shot at it next race.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #42 on:** March 31, 2014, 11:42:10 am »

What is it with RedBull and their subconscious undermining of Vettel's teammates? All the "bad luck" Webber used to suffer has apparently shifted directly on to Ricciardo.

Do they just dislike Australians?

Tenacious_B · « **Reply #43 on:** March 31, 2014, 01:06:05 pm »

I don't think anything's intentional. They let Vettel retire during the Aussie race and Ricciardo, for all intents and purposes, placed 2nd.. but was disqualified on a technicality. His wheel nut issue in Malaysia was clearly an accident, if you look at the replay the 'wheel nut installer guy person' saw right away that it wasn't seated right and Ricciardo didn't notice until he was a hundred feet down the pit lane.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #44 on:** April 04, 2014, 10:37:14 am »

I always wondered about this. I guess I just assumed that with the precision involved with everything F1, stick-on wheel weights would not be used. Check out the pattern in there. Cooling, areo, or weight savings, any speculation?

And Kimi during Fri. practice

lynx440 · « **Reply #45 on:** April 04, 2014, 03:29:52 pm »

Quote from: wrx-zrx on April 04, 2014, 10:37:14 am

I always wondered about this. I guess I just assumed that with the precision involved with everything F1, stick-on wheel weights would not be used. Check out the pattern in there. Cooling, areo, or weight savings, any speculation?

Are you sure that's an F1 Wheel & Tire Assembly? Looks like you can see a stud hole on the hub of the rim, which would not be on an F1 wheel. Kind of doesn't look like an F1 wheel at all. Might have been a mislabeled picture.

wrx-zrx · « **Reply #46 on:** April 04, 2014, 08:46:27 pm »

Positive. Its a wheel from one of the Redbull cars.

4stAir · « **Reply #47 on:** April 06, 2014, 10:50:00 am »

Pretty crazy wreck at Bahrain today. Haven't seen an F1 car roll like that in quite a while haha.

Mercedes is looking untouchable 3 races in. The best racing was inter team with Hamilton fighting off Rosberg right to the end. Glad to see no team orders BS get in the way of some fantastic racing.

Hotpapaya · « **Reply #48 on:** April 06, 2014, 11:12:25 am »

Quote from: 4stAir on April 06, 2014, 10:50:00 am

Pretty crazy wreck at Bahrain today. Haven't seen an F1 car roll like that in quite a while haha.

Mercedes is looking untouchable 3 races in. The best racing was inter team with Hamilton fighting off Rosberg right to the end. Glad to see no team orders BS get in the way of some fantastic racing.

That was insane racing there at the end. They just had to "Bring the two cars home" and they did just that.
Great Grandprix to watch, very entertaining.

Brianmachinist · « **Reply #49 on:** April 06, 2014, 05:10:04 pm »

Crazy Bahrain racing. Rosberg and Hamilton like Senna and Prost. That yellow flag at the end there really made it exciting. Not sure how Hamilton held him off with the mediums.
Massa's start was insane. He was like on a motorcycle. More entertaining then the last 2 GPs hopefully it stays like this.