Formula One

[wf4v3ry]

Little late/early to start this but...

Official 2014 Calendar 
16 March: Australia (Melbourne)
30 March: Malaysia (Sepang)
6 April: Bahrain (Sakhir)
20 April: China (Shanghai)
11 May: Spain (Barcelona)
25 May: Monaco (Monaco)  
8 June: Canada (Montreal)
22 June: Austria (Red Bull Ring)
6 July: Britain (Silverstone)
20 July: Germany (Hockenheim)
27 July: Hungary (Budapest)
24 August: Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
7 September: Italy (Monza)
21 September: Singapore (Marina Bay)
5 October: Japan (Suzuka) 
12 October: Russia (Sochi) 
2 November: USA (Austin)  
9 November: Brazil (Interlagos)
23 November: Abu Dhabi (Yas Marina)



Teams & Drivers for 2014
Infiniti Red Bull Racing (AUT)
1. Sebastian Vettel (GER)
3. Daniel Riccardio (AUS)

Mercedes AMG Petronas (GER)
44. Lewis Hamilton (GBR)
6. Nico Rosberg (GER)

Scuderia Ferrari (ITA)
14. Fernando Alonso (ESP)
7. Kimi Raikonnen (FIN)

Lotus F1 Team (GBR)
8. Romain Grosjean (FRA)
13. Pastor Maldonado (VEN)

McLaren Mercedes (GBR)
22. Jenson Button (GBR)
20. Kevin Magnussen (DEN)

Sahara Force India (IND)
27. Nico Hulkenburg (GER)
11. Sergio Perez (MEX)

Sauber F1 Team (SWI)
99. Adrian Sutil (GER)
21. Esteban Gutierrez (MEX)

Scuderia Torro Rosso (ITA)
25. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA)
26. Daniil Kvyat (RUS)

Williams F1 Team (GBR)
19. Felipe Massa (BRA)
77. Valtteri Bottas (FIN)

Marussia F1 Team (RUS)
17. Jules Bianchi (FRA)
4.  Max Chitlon (GBR)

Caterham F1 Team (MY)
22. Kamui Kobayashi (JPN)
23. Marcus Ericsson (SWE)

Vettel easily winning his 4th championship in a row and on a record equalling 9 consecutive race wins. Would love him to break Ascari's record with a 10th successive win in Australia next year. New engines and a load of new regulations and stuff might make 2014 interesting. Vettel the obvious man to beat, hopefully its a bit closer next year.

Gp2 cars might be faster than F1 cars next year apparently. 

[U R GAY]

<3 you Seb. Another title, m'boy!

Be interesting to see how Kimi and Alonso get on together, although I've always hated Ferrari, I would like to see them be competitive because I do like both drivers.

[Maskya Yoshida]

Maldonado

lol

[wf4v3ry]

F1 calendar finalised...
www.f1technical.net/news/19017?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[wf4v3ry]

www.fia.com/formula-one-regulation-changes

Drivers will be asked to choose their race number, between 2 and 99, for the duration of their career in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Number 1 will be reserved for the current World Champion, should he choose to use it.

If more than one driver choses the same number, priority will be given to the driver who finished highest in the previous year’s championship

This is no different to Moto GP, not entirely against it but still a bit of a shit idea...

• Points for the last race

Double drivers’ and constructors’ points will be awarded at the final race of the Formula One season in order to maximise focus on the Championship until the end of the campaign.

These changes are immediately applicable, given the mandate assigned to the FIA President at the last World Motor Sport Council meeting, held on 4 December in Paris

Is a bit of a joke. Wouldnt have made a difference this year and it just sounds amateurish, we'll see how it pans out.

[LiamJM10]

Double points is so needless. Would be horrible for a Championship to change hand due to it being in such circumstances.

Hope Ferrari and Mercedes nail their cars next year. Both have great driver lineups but an inconsistent car. Hope Red Bull's problems (the ones they do have) are actually shared equally next season, not all towards Ricciardo a la Webber. Was ridiculous how many more problems Webber had than Vettel.

[Pole Land]

Sounds like everyone expects Merc engined cars to be at the front for the start of the season, so that's Merc, McLaren, Williams & Force India. Red Bull don't sound very confident for the first part of the season whatsoever.

Be interesting though if the engines do fail regularly as everyone you go past your five allocated engines you have to start from the pit lane. Saw someone suggest on the BBC that come halfway through the season we could half the cars on the grid and half starting in the pits.

[darnit]

Last season was kind of shit, I never like seasons where one driver dominates, didn't even watch the last few races tbh.

Still, looking forward to seeing Alonso and Raikkonen in the same team next year. And wtf is Webber gone?

[Gianni Infantino]

Haven't watched a full race since maybe Canada. Everything has been so boring.

Anyway these new final race rules just seem so RB friendly. Haven't they been making noises about their setup being a long way away from being competitive? Seems like it's expected they'll be behind a bit by the end of the season.

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Is Kubica never gonna come back?

I can see Vettel winning the championship again, but reckon Ferrari could be in with a shout for the constructors' title with the addition of Kimi.

Gonna be weird seeing Massa with Williams.

[wf4v3ry]

From what I've read, Kubica can't come back because he hasn't got the strength in his right hand anymore after he nearly took it off in that crash.

[wf4v3ry]

Opening Post updated with Force India's new driver...
Sergio Perez

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Dec 10, 2013 12:58:32 GMT wf4v3ry said:

From what I've read, Kubica can't come back because he hasn't got the strength in his right hand anymore after he nearly took it off in that crash.

Remember hearing he'd a problem with his arm where he can't turn it far enough when turning the steering wheel of a Formula One car. Such a shame, I really liked him.

Completely forgot about Perez too - was wondering what driver was missing from the list, bar Webber.

[Pole Land]

Sutil in at Sauber.

[wf4v3ry]

Esteban Gutierrez is now the number 2 driver at Sauber after Sirotkin didnt get his superlicence. The Russian will be test driver instead.

Two seats to go, Marussia and Caterham. Marussia likely to re-hire Max Chilton, I read somewhere Caterham might sign Kamui Kobayashi.