F1 2014 thread

[Willie Trombone]

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Ooookay then, another version.

Now THAT is just ridiculous lol
There's not much holding that wing to the body...

 

[Polish]

Now THAT is just ridiculous lol
There's not much holding that wing to the body...

Looks like the engineers simply took pieces off the nose and moved it onto the wing.

Methinks we will have a lot of fun watching F1 this year.

 

[Willie Trombone]

 

[Polish]

Lol.....excellent

 

[Polish]

I was playing darts at home with some friends, killer, and to win the game I needed a cherry.

My friend wanting to confirm my exact score asked me what I needed to win, so I told him I needed a bull, a red one.

Curious connotation.

 

[Willie Trombone]

I was playing darts at home with some friends, killer, and to win the game I needed a cherry.

My friend wanting to confirm my exact score asked me what I needed to win, so I told him I needed a bull, a red one.

Curious connotation.

HAHAHA! Funny, didn't Alonso get into trouble for saying that?

 

[Polish]

Max Verstappen could go straight into European Formula 3 for 2014

World karting champion Max Verstappen may graduate straight into Formula 3 for his first full season of car racing in 2014.

The Dutch teenager made his single-seater race debut in Ferrari's Florida Winter Series at Sebring this week.

Verstappen, son of ex-Benetton and Arrows Formula 1 driver Jos, topped second qualifying and scored a best finish of fourth from the first three races of the new four-event series, run by the Ferrari Driver Academy.

He defeated European Formula 3 champion Raffaele Marciello to finish fourth in race one on Sunday, behind fellow FIA F3 racer Dennis van de Laar, Formula Renault ALPS champion Antonio Fuoco, and another F3 driver, Nicholas Latifi.

Verstappen crashed out of the reversed grid second race, in which Colombian racer Tatiana Calderon took victory, and finished eighth in race three (won by Fuoco), after receiving a drive-through penalty for a jumped start.

He tested Formula Renault and F3 machinery in Spain at the end of last year and his father said the 16-year-old may jump straight into F3 for the rest of 2014.

Link http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112327

 

[Polish]

Not sure if this should come here or have its own thread, but what do you guys think of Formula E ?

http://www.fiaformulae.com/

I really love the idea. I see the series is receiving a lot of attention and focus is growing, and some laid off F1 drivers are looking at joining. Attracting popular drivers is what can make or break this project. We all saw what happened with A1GP.

Some of the cars http://www.fiaformulae.com/multimedia/formula-e-car-test-gallery

One major thing missing will be the massive roar of the F1 engine, but am sure this point can be worked on.

 

[Ecco]

That Caterham car looks really terrible.

I think the beauty contest probaby goes to Red Bull or Lotus in terms of their nose job. Which car do you guys think looks the best?

 

[Willie Trombone]

Awesome.... nice to see another 2nd generation driver up-and-coming.

 

[Polish]

Having names like Aguri, Audi and Andretti does make for some strong positive interest growing there.

 

[Fox1]

Having names like Aguri, Audi and Andretti does make for some strong positive interest growing there.

Those Formula E cars sound terrible. There's a constant whiny noise emitted from the drive-train.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqIsFbdLJ7k

 

[Polish]

Yes, somewhat whiny, but they have some time to go still before the first race so there is always room for improvement.

But I like the idea, and will be following this closely.

 

[Polish]

Day 2 starting at Jerez, and McLaren is out.

 

[Polish]

Lots of action today at Jerez.

Some time sheets:

P Driver Team Time
1 Button McLaren 1m27.556s
2 Perez Force India 1m28.376s +0.820
3 Rosberg Mercedes 1m29.231s +1.675
4 Gutierrez Sauber 1m36.467s +8.911
5 Bottas Williams 1m37.762s +10.206
6 Raikkonen Ferrari 1m38.272s +10.716
7 Vettel Red Bull 1m38.320s +10.764

Source http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/692

 

[Polish]

Boullier named McLaren's racing director

McLaren has confirmed ex-Lotus team principal Eric Boullier will join its team as racing director on February 3.

Boullier will report to a new but yet-to-be-appointed CEO, who will then report directly to Ron Dennis at the top of the management structure. Ex-McLaren team principal and CEO Martin Whitmarsh was not mentioned and COO Jonathan Neale will take over the role of CEO in the interim.

Source http://en.espnf1.com/mclaren/motorsport/story/143419.html#HRAm08FwX5UWXe6f.99

This is good news, Whitmarsh was just not cutting it.

 

[DJ...]

Red Bull and Renault really struggling at the moment...

 

[DJ...]

Lots of action today at Jerez.

Some time sheets:

P Driver Team Time
1 Button McLaren 1m27.556s
2 Perez Force India 1m28.376s +0.820
3 Rosberg Mercedes 1m29.231s +1.675
4 Gutierrez Sauber 1m36.467s +8.911
5 Bottas Williams 1m37.762s +10.206
6 Raikkonen Ferrari 1m38.272s +10.716
7 Vettel Red Bull 1m38.320s +10.764

Source http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/692

That's a combo of wet and dry laps though. Ferrrari is going out now in the dry. Kimi fastest with a 1m26.585s...

 

[Polish]

1m26.585s...

That's the quickest so far.

 

[Polish]

Bottas did a better

1m26.322s

The switch from Renault to Merc seems positive.....so far.