David. Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Yep, that was an insane race. I've just taken a break from posting here as I'm tired of the number of people who come here and just bitch and moan about how boring F1 has become. If anything, last two races proves otherwise. Spa's another month later. Can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starscream_910 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Is the Hungarian Grand Prix happening today? I haven't heard anything about it on the BBC or anything. Highlights on BBC. As post above said, it was a fantastic race. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I quite like the fact that Mercedes is breaking more often. And i also think that Rosberg is turning into a whiny little b*tch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddyoung Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Had a nice long chat with one of my Mom's cousins today about F1 and cars in general. He just retired from Mercedes about two months ago as their chief mechanic in North America. It was so nice to talk to someone who understands the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbatron Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Sorry to get all political, but this beggars belief: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28656050 What exactly does this say? Bribery can land you in jail, unless you are able to pay the court an even bigger bribe?! Unbelievable. Sorry, it's more a comment on the justice system than F1 per say but short of creating a separate thread this seemed the only place to post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan90 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Sorry to get all political, but this beggars belief: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28656050 What exactly does this say? Bribery can land you in jail, unless you are able to pay the court an even bigger bribe?! Unbelievable. Sorry, it's more a comment on the justice system than F1 per say but short of creating a separate thread this seemed the only place to post it. http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stpo/englisch_stpo.html#p1234 § 153a StPO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbatron Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 ^ The loop hole exploited is already well documented in the press. I hope you haven't posted it because you think some how it makes the situation OK or in anyway less farcical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja_Gear Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Intresting: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/08/18/motor-racing-tororosso-verstappen-idINL4N0QO51120140818 At the age of 16/17 Verstappen's son is going into F1 racing. I hope he gets a better career then his father. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115449This Post was edited by Max. More substance in Future Please Edited August 21, 2014 by Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddyoung Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 That is far too young to be racing the most advanced cars in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) And the seat changing continues with Alexander Rossi taking over from Max Chilton this weekend..... EDIT: Marussia have done a big u turn and chilton is now racing Edited August 22, 2014 by Choymz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David. Posted August 26, 2014 Author Share Posted August 26, 2014 Well, Spa was funny. Merc keeps screwing up and Ricciardo is there to pick up the pieces. IMO, the whole thing looked like a racing incident, until Rosberg admitted to doing it on purpose. And then Lewis goes and tells the media "he did it to a prove a point", which is fair enough I guess. Lewis has a tendency to push Rosberg out of the track(Bahrain twice, Hungary in the dying laps). While legal, I wouldn't really call that proper racing etiquette. I guess Rosberg was tired of getting pushed and next time now Lewis will take care of where Rosberg is even if he's not a half car length alongside him. 4-Way Car battle in the end was awesome. Shame on Alonso for that 5 sec penalty for leaving mechanics on the grid. Raikkonen finally had a clean race and nearly podium. Bottas continues to impress. Rosberg on Bottas was the best move of the race for me. Will update the scores on first page soon! Starscream_910 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephan90 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Well, Spa was funny. Merc keeps screwing up and Ricciardo is there to pick up the pieces. IMO, the whole thing looked like a racing incident, until Rosberg admitted to doing it on purpose. And then Lewis goes and tells the media "he did it to a prove a point", which is fair enough I guess. Lewis has a tendency to push Rosberg out of the track(Bahrain twice, Hungary in the dying laps). While legal, I wouldn't really call that proper racing etiquette. I guess Rosberg was tired of getting pushed and next time now Lewis will take care of where Rosberg is even if he's not a half car length alongside him. 4-Way Car battle in the end was awesome. Shame on Alonso for that 5 sec penalty for leaving mechanics on the grid. Raikkonen finally had a clean race and nearly podium. Bottas continues to impress. Rosberg on Bottas was the best move of the race for me. Will update the scores on first page soon! Yes, and Hamilton told the truth of course, when saing that Rosberg admitted he did it on purpose. Irony off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) Looking forward to Suzuka anyone got predictions for qualifying? Edit.. Sebastian Vettel leaving Red Bull at the end of this season. Wonder how that's gonna affect the whole driver market Edited October 4, 2014 by Artruo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brown Sugar Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Well apparently Alonso will be going to Mclaren so I don't think it looks good for Button, his contract ends this season and Magnussen has outperformed him this season. Kvyat is supposed to replace Vettel at Red Bull which I don't think is a very good move to be honest, Red Bull could probably get almost any other driver on the grid if they wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Feel pretty sorry for JEV, he's been out qualifying kvyat and has more points but he still didnt get the red bull seat. Does anyone know if raikkonen has been confirmed for next season at Ferrari? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Feel pretty sorry for JEV, he's been out qualifying kvyat and has more points but he still didnt get the red bull seat. Does anyone know if raikkonen has been confirmed for next season at Ferrari? Yeah he has a contract till the end of 2015. Also Hulkenberg is probably going to the WEC with Porsche, with maybe JEV or Gutierrez ending up at force india (Or Button?). So ive made a list based on speculation: Mercedes AMG Car: Mercedes AMG W06 Hybrid Drivers: Rosberg,Hamilton(Or someone else?) and Wherlein (Reserve Driver) Red Bull Car: Red Bull RB11 Engine: Renault (Works Deal) Drivers: Riccardo,Kvyat and Buemi (Reserve) Ferrari Car: Ferrari (Name Unknown as they dont follow patterns) Drivers: Raikkonen,Vettel and De la Rosa (Reserve Driver) Williams Car: Williams FW37 Engine: Mercedes (Deal until '18) Drivers: Bottas, Massa and Nasr (Reserve) Mclaren Car: Mclaren MP4-30 Engine: Honda (Works Deal) Drivers: Magnussen or Button, Alonso and Vandoorne (Reserve) Force India Car: Force India VJM08 Engine: Mercedes Drivers: Hulkenberg/Gutierrez/JEV/Button, Perez and Juncadella (Reserve) Torro Rosso Car: Torro Rosso STR9 Engine: Renault Drivers: Sainz Jr/Lynn/Da Costa, Verstappen and Unknown Lotus Car: Lotus E23 Engine: Mercedes/Renault Drivers: Grosjean/JEV/Pic, Maldando and Pic/Prost (Reserves) Marussia (Unknown to be grid next year) Car: Marussia MR04 Engine: Ferrari Drivers: Chilton, Bianchi and Stevens (Reserve) Sauber Car: Sauber C34 Engine: Ferrari\ Drivers: Sutil and Maybe Kobayashi with Van Der Garde as Reserve Caterham (In SERIOUS financial trouble, stuff got siezed from the factory during the week) Car: Caterham CT06 Engine: Renault Drivers: Ericcson and possibly Merhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I don't think kobayashi is gonna go to sauber as he doesn't have much funding behind him, I think his only hope is a team that has a decent budget Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) I don't think kobayashi is gonna go to sauber as he doesn't have much funding behind him, I think his only hope is a team that has a decent budget I think Sauber is getting taken over by someone but there really isnt anywhere else to go in F1 other than being a reserve. Edited October 5, 2014 by Choymz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Good move by button by the looks of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Something bad is happening...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hope Jules is okay, taken to hospital by ambulance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Im very concerned that the FIA is going to have a severe knee jerk reaction to what is a freak accident. Im really hoping that Jules can recover and get back racing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reform Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Im very concerned that the FIA is going to have a severe knee jerk reaction to what is a freak accident. Yeah, I don't want to see a safety car every time a vehicle needs to be recovered or anything else drastic. I suppose the exception could be made in such wet conditions, but I'd rather stick with the double yellow flags, and just insist that tracks in future can facilitate vehicle recoveries from the other side of the barrier, as they often do with the cranes they tend to use most of the time. I think using the kind of recovery vehicle that they did today, in that perticular spot on the track, and in those conditions without a safety car was a bad call, and the commentary said the same thing at the time - and that was just when Sutil crashed which was a lap before Jules ultimately crashed at the same spot. Anyway, update: Jules is currently being operated on to treat a head injury, and the collision with the recovery vehicle has been confirmed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choymz Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Update: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Rikowski Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Video of the crash. Quite horrible. That crane there with no safety car was a total f*ck up. http://video.repubblica.it/dossier/f1-2014/in-un-video-lo-schianto-di-jules-bianchi/179305/178079?ref=HRERO-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reform Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Can't even bring myself to watch it even though I'm damn curious. I'll wait to see how his recovery goes and then think about checking it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artruo Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Yeah the crash was pretty horrific Any news of how the teams went with getting their stuff to Sochi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 (edited) After viewing that crash it's amazing he wasn't dead at the scene. This doesn't read well though: @andrewnbensonf1: What a diffuse axonal injury is http://t.co/wSk7L0IvQC About 90% of survivors with severe diffuse axonal injury remain unconscious. The 10% that regain consciousness are often severely impaired. Edited October 7, 2014 by Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchuck Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Indeed, the video is horrific. He was lucky not to have been decapitated straight on with that hit. A little more to the left and that would be that. No reason for putting up that crane without the safety car, as others have said. However, I wonder how bad his injuries would have been if the crane wasn't there. Was he going faster than Sutil? And yeah, prognosis doesn't look good. Looks tough to go through a full recovery, and even so, he would probably end up like Massa, who hasn't been the same since his head injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
