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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#41 » by Nolan » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:08 am

So the lineup is finally set for 2014. Happy to see that Perez got another a drive and I still can't believe Lotus went with Pastor over Hulkenberg, I guess Lotus couldn't resist that venezuelan oil money.
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#42 » by Slava » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:17 am

Nolan wrote:So the lineup is finally set for 2014. Happy to see that Perez got another a drive and I still can't believe Lotus went with Pastor over Hulkenberg, I guess Lotus couldn't resist that venezuelan oil money.


They could use all money, they still owe Kimi a good amount of salary from last season.

In looking forward to how the Ferrari dynamic plays out, they have two of the biggest alpha males on one team in a long time.
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#43 » by Morris_Shatford » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:00 pm

I was really surprised that Paul di Resta didn't end up with a ride for 2014.
Given the amount of points Force India due to the car and team incompetence cost him last season I would have loved to see what he could have done with one of the better teams.
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Post#44 » by Morris_Shatford » Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:01 pm

Nolan wrote:So the lineup is finally set for 2014. Happy to see that Perez got another a drive and I still can't believe Lotus went with Pastor over Hulkenberg, I guess Lotus couldn't resist that venezuelan oil money.


Given the cash they owe Kimi it was either locked up Pastor or rename the team Lotus-Räikkönen Racing for 2014 :lol:
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#45 » by Nolan » Wed Jan 22, 2014 9:45 am

Morris_Shatford wrote:
Nolan wrote:So the lineup is finally set for 2014. Happy to see that Perez got another a drive and I still can't believe Lotus went with Pastor over Hulkenberg, I guess Lotus couldn't resist that venezuelan oil money.


Given the cash they owe Kimi it was either locked up Pastor or rename the team Lotus-Räikkönen Racing for 2014 :lol:


I kinda like the sound of that :lol:
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Post#46 » by Morris_Shatford » Wed Jan 22, 2014 3:01 pm

Nolan wrote:
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Nolan wrote:So the lineup is finally set for 2014. Happy to see that Perez got another a drive and I still can't believe Lotus went with Pastor over Hulkenberg, I guess Lotus couldn't resist that venezuelan oil money.


Given the cash they owe Kimi it was either locked up Pastor or rename the team Lotus-Räikkönen Racing for 2014 :lol:


I kinda like the sound of that :lol:


Does sort of have a nice ring to it. :D
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Post#47 » by Morris_Shatford » Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:24 pm

At what point do we start worrying about the Renault engines?
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Post#48 » by StartingBench » Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:05 pm

Morris_Shatford wrote:At what point do we start worrying about the Renault engines?


Still hard to say after the first race. Toro Rosso did better than expected, Vettel's engine failed, but Ricciardo went on to finish second. But that may have been due to an "issue" with the engine.

It's gonna be an interesting year.
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#49 » by Morris_Shatford » Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:15 pm

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Morris_Shatford wrote:At what point do we start worrying about the Renault engines?


Still hard to say after the first race. Toro Rosso did better than expected, Vettel's engine failed, but Ricciardo went on to finish second. But that may have been due to an "issue" with the engine.

It's gonna be an interesting year.


Toro Rosso did surprisingly well; Its hard to take anything away from the way that Vergne & Kvyat drove, they clearly didn't have the same issues the rest did with the Rebaults.

But with the issues the Lotus' had with the ERS, Caterhams (Ericson) issues as well as Vettel's issues seemingly being all over the place you have to wonder how much they can really do before Malaysia?

It was too bad about Ricciardo,
He may be this season's Paul Di Resta losing points due to team incompetence.
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Post#50 » by Nolan » Sun Apr 6, 2014 7:36 pm

Can't believe Merc let Hamilton and Roseberg go at it like that. If they would of touched after that safety car they both would of been screwed.
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Post#51 » by Andi Obst » Mon Apr 7, 2014 12:14 pm

Nolan wrote:Can't believe Merc let Hamilton and Roseberg go at it like that. If they would of touched after that safety car they both would of been screwed.


That was fun to watch. I didn't watch many races in the last few years, but that was a great one.
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Post#52 » by Morris_Shatford » Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:50 pm

Nolan wrote:Can't believe Merc let Hamilton and Roseberg go at it like that. If they would of touched after that safety car they both would of been screwed.


Yeah,
But it was AWESOME.
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Post#53 » by Morris_Shatford » Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:51 pm

Three races in:

How screwed is anyone not using a Mercedes engine for the rest of the season?
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Post#54 » by Nolan » Thu Apr 10, 2014 3:59 pm

Morris_Shatford wrote:
Nolan wrote:Can't believe Merc let Hamilton and Roseberg go at it like that. If they would of touched after that safety car they both would of been screwed.


Yeah,
But it was AWESOME.


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Post#55 » by Nolan » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:02 pm

Morris_Shatford wrote:Three races in:

How screwed is anyone not using a Mercedes engine for the rest of the season?


I have a feeling Renault's is really going to step up their game. They can't afford to piss off Red Bull and Toro Rosso actually looked pretty good in the last testing session so there is some hope for the non Merc's.
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#56 » by Morris_Shatford » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:31 pm

Nolan wrote:
Morris_Shatford wrote:Three races in:

How screwed is anyone not using a Mercedes engine for the rest of the season?


I have a feeling Renault's is really going to step up their game. They can't afford to piss off Red Bull and Toro Rosso actually looked pretty good in the last testing session so there is some hope for the non Merc's.


I think the intention to get better is certainly there;

However my understanding was that in past seasons the teams would say "this is my car, design around it" whereas because of the engine changes this year it became "this is our engine, design around it" which appears to be the big problem.

It will be interesting to see who fixes their issues first:
Ferrari and speed or Renault and reliability.
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Re: The Formula One Auto Racing Thread 

Post#57 » by Nolan » Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:09 pm

Hamilton wins poll again. Guy is unstoppable so far.
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Post#58 » by Morris_Shatford » Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:59 pm

Nolan wrote:Hamilton wins poll again. Guy is unstoppable so far.


This season is rapidly becoming a race for third;

The Red Bulls are seemingly getting it together, but it looks like Ferrari isn't sitting on their hands either.
Spain is going to be interesting.
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Post#59 » by Nolan » Sat May 10, 2014 7:34 pm

Poll goes to Hamilton once again. Merc is miles ahead of everyone this year.

Good to see my boy Grosjean back at the front. Hopefully the car holds up and he scores some points.
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Post#60 » by Morris_Shatford » Tue May 13, 2014 3:45 pm

Nolan wrote:Poll goes to Hamilton once again. Merc is miles ahead of everyone this year.

Good to see my boy Grosjean back at the front. Hopefully the car holds up and he scores some points.


The Red Bulls made some strides in Spain;
Vettel coming from 15th and carving up most folks in front of him was a lot of fun to watch but its still Merc's yard that everyone else is just playing in.

I really enjoyed Grosjean last season and it looks like Lotus is starting to "get it", however Renault commented this weekend they would withhold engines from teams who have not paid;

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27347990

Have to wonder who the delinquents are?

Ferrari has been an interesting story;
Two world champs and a fairly unimpressive showing (just passed Force in the constructors) have to wonder if its cars or drivers at this point?

And whats the deal with McLaren?
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