2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Formula 1 will equal its longest ever season next year with a 20-race calendar following the return of the Mexican Grand Prix.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29174309

[PeteC]

Singapore night race this weekend. Practice and qualifying today and tomorrow. Pete

[PeteC]

Forgot to mention.....as it's a night race it seems practice and qualifying will be at dusk or close as well. Practice #2 kicks off in about 3 hours I think. Pete

[PeteC]

Qualifying results:

Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:46.921 1:46.287 1:45.681
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:47.244 1:45.825 1:45.688
3 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:47.488 1:46.493 1:45.854
4 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:47.476 1:46.586 1:45.902
5 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:46.889 1:46.328 1:45.907
6 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:47.615 1:46.472 1:46.000
7 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:46.685 1:46.359 1:46.170
8 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:47.196 1:46.622 1:46.187
9 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:47.976 1:46.700 1:46.250
10 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:47.656 1:46.926 1:47.362
11 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:47.161 1:46.943
12 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:47.407 1:46.989
13 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:47.370 1:47.308
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:47.970 1:47.333
15 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:48.143 1:47.575
16 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:47.862 1:47.812
17 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:48.324
18 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 1:49.063
19 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 1:49.440
20 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 1:50.405
21 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 1:50.473
22 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 1:52.287

[PeteC]

Singapore results, more later.

Driver Car Team Grid Fastest Lap Race Time Points
1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1 1:50.417 2:00:04.795 25
2 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 4 1:52.519 +00:13.534 18
3 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 3 1:52.569 +00:14.273 15
4 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 5 1:52.115 +00:15.389 12
5 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 6 1:53.283 +00:42.161 10
6 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 12 1:51.937 +00:56.801 8
7 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 15 1:52.007 +00:59.038 6
8 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 7 1:52.872 +01:00.641 4
9 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 13 1:52.762 +01:01.661 2
10 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 9 1:51.639 +01:02.230 1
11 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 8 1:52.515 +01:05.065 0
12 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 18 1:53.213 +01:06.915 0
13 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 16 1:53.543 +01:08.029 0
14 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 10 1:51.761 +02:20.037 0
15 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 22 1:55.416 +01:34.188 0
16 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 19 1:53.538 +01:34.543 0
17 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 21 1:53.807 lapped 0
18 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 11 1:53.707 retired, 52 laps 0
19 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 17 1:53.948 retired, 40 laps 0
20 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 14 1:55.684 retired, 17 laps 0
21 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 2 1:56.769 retired, 13 laps 0
22 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 20 No time retired, 0 laps 0

[PeteC]

Okay, Hamilton wins, Rosberg retires with bad electronics. Hamilton now leads in the Championship. Vettel came in second so he has 5 races left to get his first win this season.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29302543

I had the best races this week with 20 points. The top three are now Pharvey, Pete, and RZR.

1 ▲1 pharvey 208.00
2 ▲3 Pete 206.50
3 - redzonerocker 206.00
4 ▼3 JJBones 203.50
5 ▼1 Parahandy 201.50
6 ▲1 lindosfan 198.00
7 ▲1 mwbrown 196.00
8 ▼2 Frank Hovis 192.00
9 - bsdk1960 188.00
10 ▲1 Vital Spark 188.00
11 ▼1 Richard 187.50
12 - BigBoy 185.00
13 - Terry 179.00
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

Next up is Japan on October 5. Good luck to all!

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

Thai Time

Fri 03 October 2014
Practice 1 08:00 - 09:30
Practice 2 12:00 - 13:30

Sat 04 October 2014
Practice 3 09:00 - 10:00
Qualifying 12:00

Sun 05 October 2014
Race 13:00

[Nereus]

The man behind the smile:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/ ... r-f1-star/
.....................................................................
It is not surprising that some of them strut around with arrogance!

"His annual contract, currently $1 million (Vettel earns $31 million), will rocket at the end of the year, but F1 insiders say he could be paid bonuses as high as $1 million to $2 million for each win."

[Pleng]

Hmm...!

With five races to go, he is still in serious contention for the title.

Not really!

[PeteC]

A strong typhoon is headed towards Japan and Tokyo. If it hits, the race on Sunday could be called off. Will inform when/if I see any updates. Pete

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29455024

[pharvey]

A strong typhoon is headed towards Japan and Tokyo. If it hits, the race on Sunday could be called off. Will inform when/if I see any updates. Pete

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29455024

Always seems to be dire weather for this race - might be an idea changing the schedule slightly.

I wonder what the cost implications are in cancelling/re-scheduling an F1 race.......

[PeteC]

Hamilton and Rosberg 1 and 2 in practice 2....nothing new.

Nothing new about the typhoon except that tracking indicates the eye will off the coast adjacent to about Kobe at race time. How wet and windy in the Tokyo area unknown but articles say the weather will not be good. Stay tuned...... Pete

[Pleng]

Vettel to leave Red Bull at the end of 2014

[PeteC]

I hope he's still motivated as I've got him on the podium tomorrow.

[PeteC]

......and Alonso is going to McLaren. Does that mean Button is out? There's been talk of that all season.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29487911

[PeteC]

Rosberg has pole.

Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:33.671 1:32.950 1:32.506
2 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:33.611 1:32.982 1:32.703
3 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:34.301 1:33.443 1:33.128
4 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:34.483 1:33.551 1:33.527
5 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:34.497 1:33.675 1:33.740
6 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:35.593 1:34.466 1:34.075
7 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:34.930 1:34.229 1:34.242
8 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:35.150 1:34.648 1:34.317
9 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:35.517 1:34.784 1:34.432
10 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:34.984 1:34.771 1:34.548
11 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:35.155 1:34.984
12 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:35.439 1:35.089
13 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:35.210 1:35.092
14 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:35.000 1:35.099
15 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:35.736 1:35.364
16 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:35.308 1:35.681
17 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 1:35.917
18 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:35.984
19 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 1:36.813
20 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 1:36.943
21 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 1:37.015
22 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 1:37.481