2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Hamilton comes from 6th to win it after Rosberg retires with a bad gear box. They now sit at 161 and 165 World Championship points. Hamilton had the fastest lap.

NOTE: Bottas of Williams went from 17th to 2nd, and Alonso 19th to 6th.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/28186197

Driver Car Team Grid Fastest Lap Race Time Points
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 6 1:37.176 2:26:52.094 25
2 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 14 1:38.264 +00:30.135 18
3 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 8 1:38.459 +00:46.495 15
4 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 3 1:38.284 +00:47.390 12
5 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 2 1:37.481 +00:53.864 10
6 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 16 1:38.587 +00:59.946 8
7 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 5 1:38.677 +01:02.563 6
8 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 4 1:38.625 +01:28.692 4
9 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 9 1:38.407 +01:29.340 2
10 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 10 1:39.261 lapped 1
11 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 7 1:38.716 lapped 0
12 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 11 1:38.919 lapped 0
13 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 13 1:40.041 lapped 0
14 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 12 1:39.961 lapped 0
15 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 22 1:41.462 lapped 0
16 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 17 1:40.399 lapped 0
17 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 20 1:40.314 retired, 49 laps 0
18 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1 1:38.091 retired, 28 laps 0
19 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 21 1:44.319 retired, 11 laps 0
20 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 19 1:42.566 retired, 9 laps 0
21 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 15 No time retired, 0 laps 0
22 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 18 No time retired, 0 laps 0

I was lucky enough to have the best race this week with 17 points. The top three are now Pharvey, RZR and myself.

1 ▲2 pharvey 132.50
2 ▲2 redzonerocker 131.00
3 ▲5 Pete 130.00
4 ▼3 Parahandy 129.50
5 ▼3 JJBones 129.00
6 ▲3 Frank Hovis 126.50
7 - lindosfan 126.50
8 ▼3 Vital Spark 124.50
9 ▼3 mwbrown 123.00
10 ▲1 Richard 121.50
11 ▼1 BigBoy 121.50
12 - bsdk1960 119.50
13 - Terry 112.00
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

Next up is the German GP in two weeks time on July 20. Good luck to all.

German Grand Prix http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail ... agram.html

Thai Time

Fri 18 July 2014
Practice 1 15:00 - 16:30
Practice 2 19:00 - 20:30

Sat 19 July 2014
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00

Sun 20 July 2014
Race 19:00

[pharvey]

^ Congrats on the yellow cap Pete - a heck of a GP, full of incident and some great performances. As you mention, stand out races for Botas and Alonso, but also from Button coming in at 4th, but pushing very, very hard for a podium finish. Also, the personal battle between Alonso and Vettle was quite something - how the hell they didn't put each off the track in the closing stages was a miracle.......

[PeteC]

As some articles are saying this morning....I wonder how many thousands turned off their TV sets or change the channel because of the hour delay to repair that fence. I think the race could have proceeded well and safely without any repair at all.

[pharvey]

^ The joke was, I got my timings totally @rse about t*t and turned on an hour late!!

Worked out well though!!

I wouldn't have thought the delay would have lost any watching F1 fans, but probably not pleased many - especially those several hours in front in various international time zones.

[Nereus]

As some articles are saying this morning....I wonder how many thousands turned off their TV sets or change the channel because of the hour delay to repair that fence. I think the race could have proceeded well and safely without any repair at all.

It appeared to me that the Alcan(if that is what the barrier was), caused a much more serious accident. Kimi Raikkonen`s car came back out on to the track like it had been fired out of a cannon! If the "barrier" had absorbed the forces of the car it probably would have just been the one car out of the race, in place of what did happen. I think they need to take a closer look at just what the barrier material contributed to the accident.

[Pleng]

^ The joke was, I got my timings totally @rse about t*t and turned on an hour late!!

If you use the official formula 1 site to check the race times, it actually gives you a 'convert to my local time' option, so you can let somebody else do the work for you


Two things confused me about this race, both pertaining to the restart....

Firstly, I've been watching F1 since 1994 and I have NEVER seen drivers line up in the order they were when stopping the race after a first lap incident.

The rules state that if the race is red flagged within the first two laps, then the current order will be discounted and the race will be restarted with drivers lining up in their original qualifying order. If it's more than two laps, then the drivers line up in the order they were in when they crossed the finish line on the lap before the incident started.

There is no precedent for what happened on Sunday, as far as I can recall.

Secondly, the safety car... what was it's purpose. There were no adverse weather conditions, the track condition didn't need checking... so why start under a safety car? Even if there was a valid option to start under the safety car (and I'm not convinced there was...) then, considering the mess the FIA have made over next year's safety car regulations, you'd think they'd want to get people used to standing restarts; there's going to be a lot more of them next year.

[Pleng]

After the double points fiasco, the FIA have managed to introduce yet another universally-despised rule from next year...

Standing restarts after the safety car

where has my sport gone

They just can't help themselves, can they? They're now considering banning the suspension systems used in the current cars [which have been in use since 2013] from the next race. In doing so, they would be forcing teams to run untested suspension system replacements which has insane safety implications.

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2014/07/h ... der-in-f1/

[Nereus]

Rosberg signs new 3-year Mercedes F1 deal

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport ... s-f1-deal/

World championship leader Nico Rosberg has signed a long-term deal with Mercedes, the German Formula One team confirmed on Wednesday.

Rosberg, who joined Mercedes in 2010, signed a "multi-year contract extension" on Monday, according to the team.

Earlier on Wednesday, Germany's Bild newspaper reported the deal to be worth 55 million euros ($A82.5 million) until 2017.

"I am very proud to drive the Formula One Silver Arrow of the modern era," the 29-year-old Rosberg said in a statement.

"We have an awesome team and I am confident that we have the right people in place at every level. I'm looking forward to the next years together, when we will keep pushing to win even more races - and hopefully championships," he added.

Rosberg has six race victories with Mercedes and, although yet to win a world title, he leads this season's championship standings by four points from British teammate Lewis Hamilton ahead of Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

"With his performances in 2014, Nico has demonstrated to the outside world what we knew already in the team: that he is one of the very top drivers in Formula One," Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said.

"This new contract brings us important stability and continuity for the future and I am delighted to be able to make the announcement in time for the home race of Mercedes-Benz and Nico in Hockenheim."

[pharvey]

All seems somewhat ridiculous to me...

Nico Rosberg: World Cup helmet changed after Fifa objection

German Formula One driver Nico Rosberg has been forced to change the design of a helmet he planned to wear to celebrate his country's World Cup win.
Football's world governing body Fifa said an image of the trophy would breach "intellectual property" rights.

The 29-year-old championship leader hoped to wear the helmet for his home Grand Prix at Hockenheim this weekend.
"I would have loved to carry the trophy as a tribute to the guys, but I respect the legal situation," he said.
Rosberg has opted to keep other emblems on his helmet, such as the national flag and four stars to represent four World Cup wins.
In a statement, Fifa said it was "obliged to take action against any unauthorised reproduction of its intellectual property in a commercial context".
It added: "We cannot allow a commercially branded helmet to feature the trophy as this would jeopardise the rights of our commercial affiliates.
"We appreciate Nico Rosberg's desire to congratulate the German team and have therefore been in discussions with the Rosberg team to attempt to find a solution, whereby he is still able to show his support for Germany without using Fifa intellectual property in a commercial context."
Germany won the 2014 Fifa World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Argentina in extra-time on Sunday. The old West Germany won the World Cup three times - in 1954, 1974 and 1990.
Rosberg, who leads his British team-mate Lewis Hamilton by four points, had proudly shown off the new helmet design on Tuesday.
"This will be my Hockenheim World Cup special edition helmet with the Fifa trophy," he tweeted.


Taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28344335

[PeteC]

German qualifying results. Hamilton at 16 due to brake failure and a crash.

1 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:17.631 1:17.109 1:16.540
2 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:18.215 1:17.353 1:16.759
3 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:18.381 1:17.370 1:17.078
4 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:18.260 1:17.788 1:17.214
5 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:18.117 1:17.855 1:17.273
6 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:18.194 1:17.646 1:17.577
7 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:18.389 1:17.866 1:17.649
8 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:18.530 1:18.103 1:17.965
9 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:18.927 1:18.017 1:18.014
10 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:18.916 1:18.161 1:18.035
11 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:18.425 1:18.193
12 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:18.534 1:18.273
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:18.496 1:18.285
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:18.739 1:18.787
15 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:18.894 1:18.983
16 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:18.683
17 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:19.142
18 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 1:19.676
19 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 1:20.195
20 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 1:20.408
21 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 1:20.489
22 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham

[Pleng]

Hamilton likely to start from pitlane

[PeteC]

Full results later, but Hamilton is awarded the Balls of Steel award for finishing 3rd, and the fastest lap.

[PeteC]

German results...more later.

1 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1 1:21.298 1:33:42.914 25
2 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 2 1:21.494 +00:20.789 18
3 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 20 1:19.908 +00:22.530 15
4 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 6 1:21.545 +00:44.014 12
5 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 7 1:20.548 +00:52.467 10
6 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 5 1:20.846 +00:52.549 8
7 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 9 1:22.098 +01:04.178 6
8 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 11 1:21.346 +01:24.711 4
9 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 4 1:20.224 lapped 2
10 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 10 1:20.752 lapped 1
11 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 12 1:21.338 lapped 0
12 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 18 1:22.305 lapped 0
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 13 1:21.876 lapped 0
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 16 1:22.008 lapped 0
15 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 17 1:22.522 lapped 0
16 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 19 1:22.866 lapped 0
17 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 21 1:23.035 lapped 0
18 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 22 1:23.230 lapped 0
19 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 15 1:22.529 retired, 47 laps 0
20 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 8 1:22.179 retired, 44 laps 0
21 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 14 1:24.137 retired, 26 laps 0
22 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 3 No time retired, 0 laps 0

[PeteC]

Okay, here's the summary. Rosberg wins with Hamilton fighting his way from the back to finish 3rd, not being able to pass Bottas at the very end for second.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/28392365

RZR had the best race this week with 19 points. The top three are now RZR, Pharvey and Parahandy.

1 ▲1 redzonerocker 150.00
2 ▼1 pharvey 149.00
3 ▲1 Parahandy 147.50
4 ▼1 Pete 147.00
5 - JJBones 146.50
6 - Frank Hovis 144.50
7 ▲2 mwbrown 138.50
8 ▼1 lindosfan 136.50
9 ▲3 bsdk1960 135.50
10 ▼2 Vital Spark 135.00
11 - BigBoy 134.50
12 ▼2 Richard 133.00
13 - Terry 130.00
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

Quick turnaround with the Hungarian GP coming up this weekend. Good luck to all!

Hungarian GP http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/hungary_903/

(Thai Time)

Fri 26 July 2013
Practice 1 15:00 - 16:30
Practice 2 19:00 - 20:30

Sat 27 July 2013
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00

Sun 28 July 2013
Race 19:00

[PeteC]

"Mexico will return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2015 after a 23-year absence, organisers of a planned new race have announced.

Live events company CIE said it had signed a five-year deal to run the race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.......

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/28445977