2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Sorry this is coming in bits and pieces. Superbru hasn't updated yet.

Coming up this weekend is the Brazilian GP.

http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/brazil_935/

Thai Time

Fri 07 November 2014
Practice 1 19:00 - 20:30
Practice 2 23:00 - (Sat) 00:30

Sat 08 November 2014
Practice 3 20:00 - 21:00
Qualifying 23:00

Sun 09 November 2014
Race 23:00

[PeteC]

Okay, Pharvey and BigBoy had the best race, both with 18 points. The top three remain Pharvey, RZR and Pete. Only two races remaining to knock off the Welshman. RZR is in with the devil for being the only one to pick Vettel for fastest lap. Why would he even think that? SORCERY!

1 - pharvey 263.50
2 - redzonerocker 261.00
3 - Pete 260.50
4 ▲1 JJBones 249.00
5 ▼1 Parahandy 248.50
6 - lindosfan 247.50
7 - mwbrown 242.00
8 - Vital Spark 240.00
9 ▲2 BigBoy 239.50
10 - Richard 237.00
11 ▼2 Frank Hovis 235.00
12 ▲1 Terry 226.00
13 ▼1 bsdk1960 221.00
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

[redzonerocker]

RZR is in with the devil for being the only one to pick Vettel for fastest lap. Why would he even think that? SORCERY!

My sorcery only managed a point less than the dreaded welshman.

The logic behind the fastest lap choice was quite simple.
Vettel had to start from the pit lane, to get up the field and into the points he would have had got his ass in gear, which he did!
A gamble that paid off . . . . .

[PeteC]

^ A gamble that kept me in 3rd place!

[PeteC]

Hamilton has control of Practice #1, but not over yet. Don't forget your picks.

[PeteC]

Rosberg on poll.

Driver Car Team Q1 Q2 Q3
1 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:10.347 1:10.303 1:10.023
2 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:10.457 1:10.712 1:10.056
3 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:10.602 1:10.343 1:10.247
4 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:10.832 1:10.421 1:10.305
5 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:11.097 1:11.127 1:10.930
6 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:11.880 1:11.129 1:10.938
7 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:11.134 1:11.211 1:10.969
8 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:11.558 1:11.215 1:10.977
9 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:11.593 1:11.208 1:11.075
10 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:11.193 1:11.188 1:11.099
11 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:11.520 1:11.591
12 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:11.848 1:11.976
13 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:11.943 1:12.099
14 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:11.423
15 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:12.037
16 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:12.040
17 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:12.076
18 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 1:12.233

[PeteC]

Rosberg, Hamilton, Massa....more later.

Driver Car Team Grid Fastest Lap Race Time Points
1 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1 1:13.619 1:30:02.555 25
2 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 2 1:13.555 +00:01.457 18
3 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 3 1:14.101 +00:41.031 15
4 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 5 1:13.999 +00:48.658 12
5 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 6 1:14.018 +00:51.420 10
6 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 8 1:14.313 +01:01.906 8
7 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 10 1:14.963 +01:03.730 6
8 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 12 1:13.728 +01:03.934 4
9 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 7 1:14.544 +01:10.085 2
10 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 4 1:14.229 lapped 1
11 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 17 1:14.144 lapped 0
12 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 16 1:14.810 lapped 0
13 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 15 1:14.774 lapped 0
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 11 1:14.875 lapped 0
15 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 18 1:14.550 lapped 0
16 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 13 1:14.834 lapped 0
17 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 14 1:14.070 retired, 63 laps 0
18 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 9 1:15.387 retired, 39 laps 0

[PeteC]

[PeteC]

Results per above. Vital Spark had the best race with 20.5 points. The top three remain Pharvey, RZR and Pete. Unless Pharvey falls off the face of the earth between now and Nov. 23, he wins it as has a 6 point lead at the moment.

1 - pharvey 279.50
2 - redzonerocker 273.50
3 - Pete 273.50
4 - JJBones 265.50
5 - Parahandy 264.50
6 - lindosfan 261.00
7 ▲1 Vital Spark 260.50
8 ▼1 mwbrown 255.50
9 - BigBoy 254.50
10 - Richard 252.00
11 - Frank Hovis 249.50
12 ▲1 bsdk1960 239.00
13 ▼1 Terry 236.50
14 - JW 75.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

Last up is Abu Dhabi On November 23. Good luck to all!

Abu Dhabi GP http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/abu_dhabi_932/

Thai Time

Fri 21 November 2014
Practice 1 16:00 - 17:30
Practice 2 20:00 - 21:30

Sat 22 November 2014
Practice 3 17:00 - 18:00
Qualifying 20:00

Sun 23 November 2014
Race 20:00

[PeteC]

Lewis Hamilton v Nico Rosberg: how the title can be won

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/29982917

Comedy central.

Only 3 points separate Vettel, Alonso and Bottas. They'll be racing for pride for sure and should be a good spectacle.

EDIT: Also, last chance for Vettel to win a race this year. If anyone reading and happens to see the last time a champion went the entire next season without a win, please let us know.

[dtaai-maai]

If anyone reading and happens to see the last time a champion went the entire next season without a win, please let us know.

According to the Interwebby, it was Jacques Villeneuve in 1998 (champion '97).

[PeteC]

Thanks. I'm pulling for him, but the odds are against it I'm afraid.

[redzonerocker]

Unless Pharvey falls off the face of the earth between now and Nov. 23, he wins it as has a 6 point lead at the moment.

I'm currently in negotiations, albeit just for a temporary fall. . . . . .

[PeteC]

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/30066873

Bernie Ecclestone doubts double points plan will continue

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone doubts if the "stupid" scenario of double points being awarded at the final race of the season will continue next year.

Ecclestone had wanted double points at the final three races of the season but the teams, who he called "bloody idiots", did not go for the plan.

"I'm not going to propose the three races again," he told the Independent.

"I'm going to let them get on with it. I don't know what we're going to do next year."

Briton Lewis Hamilton leads the drivers' standings by 17 points from Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg going into the last race of the campaign in Abu Dhabi on 23 November.

If Rosberg wins, Hamilton will need to finish second to take the title. Under the old system, sixth would have been enough.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: "It would put a big shadow over the championship if it was turned by a technical issue."

However, Ecclestone accused the teams of thinking about the "short term" in not agreeing to his original plan of double points for three races.

"One race is stupid but imagine if it was the last three races," he said. "It means that somebody would have to have a 150-point advantage minimum to be sure they will win.

"The teams have not accepted it because they are bloody idiots. They are all mechanics. They think of their team in the short term."

[PeteC]

Pssst....haven't heard from Pharvey lately. Maybe he's on a trip somewhere with no internet.