2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Race stopped on lap 46 due to crash, will not be restarted. Hamilton won, Rosberg second. More later....check your news sources for more details. Wild race! Pete

[richard]

Great race under difficult conditions. Hamilton drove superbly

[PeteC]

^ I recall he's always been good in the rain. Think he's won many races under those conditions. Pete

[PeteC]

"Lewis Hamilton took one of his greatest victories to win the Japanese Grand Prix in wet conditions and extend his world championship lead....."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29495388

Driver Car Team Grid Fastest Lap Race Time Points
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 2 1:51.600 1:51:43.021 25
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1 No time +00:09.180 18
3 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 9 No time +00:29.122 12
4 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 6 No time +00:38.818 15
5 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 8 No time +01:07.550 10
6 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 3 No time +01:53.773 8
7 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 4 No time +01:55.126 6
8 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 13 No time +01:55.948 4
9 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 20 No time +02:07.638 2
10 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 11 No time lapped 1
11 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 12 No time lapped 0
12 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 10 No time lapped 0
13 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 15 No time lapped 0
14 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 7 No time lapped 0
15 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 16 No time lapped 0
16 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 22 No time lapped 0
17 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 17 No time lapped 0
18 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 21 No time lapped 0
19 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 19 No time lapped 0
20 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 18 No time retired, 41 laps 0
21 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 14 No time retired, 40 laps 0
22 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 5 No time retired, 2 laps 0

[PeteC]

Jules Bianchi unconscious after Japanese Grand Prix crash

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29496295

[PeteC]

I won't be able to post up any Superbru results until early morning tomorrow. They haven't updated anything yet as of this writing. Pete

[PeteC]

First off, no new updates about Bianchi except that he underwent surgery, and it's a head injury. Let's wish him well and a speedy recovery.

Vital Spark had the best race with 18.5 points. The top 3 are now Pharvey, RZR and Pete.

Next weekend is Russia. Good luck to all.

1 - pharvey 226.00
2 ▲1 redzonerocker 223.50
3 ▼1 Pete 223.50
4 ▲1 Parahandy 218.00
5 ▼1 JJBones 216.50
6 - lindosfan 214.00
7 - mwbrown 211.00
8 ▲2 Vital Spark 206.50
9 ▼1 Frank Hovis 206.00
10 ▲1 Richard 205.50
11 ▲1 BigBoy 203.00
12 ▼3 bsdk1960 196.50
13 - Terry 195.50
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

Russia GP http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail ... agram.html

Thai Time

Fri 10 October 2014
Practice 1 13:00 - 14:30
Practice 2 17:00 - 18:30

Sat 11 October 2014
Practice 3 15:00 - 16:00
Qualifying 18:00

Sun 12 October 2014
Race 18:00

[Nereus]

F1 driver Bianchi critical after crash

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport ... ter-crash/

Marussia Formula One driver Jules Bianchi is in a critical condition after crashing at the Japanese Grand Prix.

The Frenchman was unconscious when he was taken to a nearby hospital following a crash during Sunday's rain-shortened race and was undergoing emergency surgery after a scan revealed a severe head injury.

According to FIA officials, the 25-year-old Bianchi will be moved to intensive care where he will be monitored after the surgery.

The race was red-flagged with nine laps to go after Bianchi went off at Turn 7, where Sauber's Adrian Sutil had crashed earlier.

The Sauber was being recovered by a crane when Bianchi went off.

Sutil indicated Bianchi's car had hit the crane.

"I aquaplaned," Sutil said. "The rain got more and more. One lap later with waved yellow flags, Jules came around and had the same spin there and that was it. It was the same crash but the outcome was different. The car came out to rescue my car and it all happened."

Sunday's race started at 3pm local time. An approaching typhoon led to suggestions that the race would be pushed up to an earlier start.

At the time of the crash, rain was falling steadily and it was getting dark. Several drivers complained of not being able to see properly.

The first nine laps were run behind a safety car and it started to rain heavily again near the end of the race.

[PeteC]

Update: Jules Bianchi: Driver is in 'critical but stable condition' say family

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29521187

[PeteC]

Russia qualifying results:

Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:38.759 1:38.338 1:38.513
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:39.076 1:38.606 1:38.713
3 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:39.125 1:38.971 1:38.920
4 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:39.560 1:39.381 1:39.121
5 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:40.074 1:39.296 1:39.277
6 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:39.735 1:39.022 1:39.629
7 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:40.519 1:39.666 1:39.635
8 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:40.255 1:39.786 1:39.709
9 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:40.098 1:39.838 1:39.771
10 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:40.354 1:39.929 1:40.020
11 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:40.382 1:40.052
12 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:40.273 1:40.058
13 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:40.723 1:40.163
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:41.159 1:40.536
15 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:40.766 1:40.984
16 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:42.526 1:41.397
17 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 1:42.648
18 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:43.064
19 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 1:43.166
20 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 1:43.205
21 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 1:43.649

Edit: Will Putin be there to cheer Marussia on? I don't think so.

[pharvey]

Aside from the opening lap, hardly full of excitment - a great race by Hamilton (1st), great recovery by Rosberg (2nd) after a bad mistake at the start..... also great results for Bottas and Button (3rd and 4th respectively).

So, Hamilton takes the win and a 17 point lead over Rosberg in the Championship and Mercedes take the Constructor's title - BIG HAND

[PeteC]

Hamilton and Rosberg 1-2 again, with Bottas 3rd and the fastest lap.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29542993

Driver Car Team Grid Fastest Lap Race Time Points
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1 1:41.606 1:31:50.744 25
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 2 1:41.360 +00:13.657 18
3 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 3 1:40.896 +00:17.425 15
4 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 4 1:41.964 +00:30.234 12
5 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 11 1:43.076 +00:53.616 10
6 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 7 1:42.179 +01:00.016 8
7 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 6 1:43.050 +01:01.812 6
8 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 10 1:42.630 +01:06.185 4
9 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 8 1:42.919 +01:18.877 2
10 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 12 1:42.924 +01:20.067 1
11 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 18 1:42.879 +01:20.877 0
12 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 17 1:42.685 +01:21.309 0
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 9 1:42.550 +01:37.295 0
14 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 5 1:42.022 lapped 0
15 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 13 1:44.075 lapped 0
16 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 14 1:43.822 lapped 0
17 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 15 1:44.461 lapped 0
18 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 21 1:44.030 lapped 0
19 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 16 1:43.979 lapped 0
20 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 19 1:47.407 retired, 21 laps 0
21 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 20 1:48.268 retired, 9 laps 0

RZR and Parahandy tied for the best race, both with 20.5 points. The top 3 remain Pharvey, RZR and Pete. Three races to go, so time to make a move if anyone is going to knock off Pharvey.

A bit of a break now with the USA coming up on November 2. Good luck to all!

1 - pharvey 245.50
2 - redzonerocker 244.00
3 - Pete 243.50
4 - Parahandy 238.50
5 - JJBones 236.50
6 - lindosfan 233.00
7 - mwbrown 228.50
8 - Vital Spark 225.00
9 - Frank Hovis 224.00
10 - Richard 223.50
11 - BigBoy 221.50
12 - bsdk1960 211.50
13 - Terry 210.50
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

USA GP http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail ... tates_933/

Thai Time

Fri 31 October 2014
Practice 1 22:00 - 23:30
Practice 2 (Sat) 02:00 - 03:30

Sat 01 November 2014
Practice 3 22:00 - 23:00
Qualifying (Sun) 01:00

Sun 02 November 2014
Race (Mon) 03:00

[dtaai-maai]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29173761A very interesting, and surprisingly frank, interview last month with Toto Wolff about how the Rosberg v. Hamilton rivalry has developed and been managed this season.

[dtaai-maai]

I don't understand the logic of awarding double points for the last race. Imagine the same thing being done in the Premier league, which is often won by a point or two - it would make the whole season almost meaningless.

[PeteC]

Are they really going to do that double point thing? I haven't read anything about it recently.

My personal opinion I think Rosberg expected to be the Mercedes Golden Boy. They're German and I'm German he says....or thinks. That could be some of the cause of his attitude/actions.

Hamilton is the better driver by far IMO. Look at the times he's come from back of the grid to place or win. Who else does things like that consistently? If his car stays healthy, he's got the championship for sure. Unless...the double point thing comes into play at the end and if it does and he loses by a hair....I would expect war. Pete