2013 Formula One

[Mr Ree]

Anybody know when the FIA is planning on confirming dates for the 2014 season? Want to start organising my trip to Melbourne but dates are still not confirmed, and I need to firm up some dates for work stuff related to me getting to Oz on the work dime.

Melbourne 'should' be on the weekend of the 14-15-16 of March, but until its formally announced, I guess its not set in concrete. Which just happens to be my birthday weekend too hehe

I just cant see them giving Bahrain the first race of the year unless they can sort out a deal for it to be a night race too.

[Jdawg]

Another Vettel RBR mauling of the field.

But how good was Raikkonen's move on Button hahahaha gotta love the flying Finn.

Saw a couple of passes go wrong in the GP2 races on that corner and I think Perez almost come to greif. When I saw Raikkonen start the overtake I was waiting for the crash.

Vettel was awesome. With that race I would say he has made every other team go home and decide to concentrate on next years car

[2jayzgte]

Another Vettel RBR mauling of the field.

But how good was Raikkonen's move on Button hahahaha gotta love the flying Finn.

Saw a couple of passes go wrong in the GP2 races on that corner and I think Perez almost come to greif. When I saw Raikkonen start the overtake I was waiting for the crash.

Vettel was awesome. With that race I would say he has made every other team go home and decide to concentrate on next years car

I like how Kimi talked about it afterwards I guess Button gave him racing room so cudo's on his part.But Kimi was like so relaxed yeah yeah no problems like it was just another day at the office.I bet if it was Perez or 1 of these other young battlers they'd have driven him into the wall..lol.

[Audi]

Definitely another awesome race from Vettel. I can't believe Red Bull didn't sign Hulkenberg, although I know that promoting Torro Rosso drivers is kind of the point of the second team.

Whoever does sign Hulk will be doing well, he is fast in a Sauber so he would be very quick in a fast car. Not as fast as Seb though, no one is.

[Mr Ree]

Check this out for a calendar !!!!! 22 Races in 2014, provided a couple dont drop out.

2014 Formula 1 world championship calendar:

March 16 – Australia (Melbourne)
March 30 – Malaysia (Sepang)
April 6 – Bahrain
April 20 – China
*April 27 – Korea
May 11 – Spain (Barcelona)
May 25 – Monaco
*June 1 – New Jersey
June 8 – Canada (Montreal)
June 22 – Austria (Spielberg)
July 6 – Silverstone
July 20 – Germany (Hockenheim)
July 27 – Hungary (Budapest)
Aug. 24 – Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
Sept. 7 – Italy (Monza)
Sept. 21 – Singapore
Oct 5 – Russia (Sochi)
Oct. 12 – Japan (Suzuka)
Oct 26 – Abu Dhabi
Nov 9 – United States (Austin)
*Nov. 16 – Mexico (Mexico City)
Nov 30 – Brazil (Sao Paulo)

[Mr Revhead]

Thats a lot of Mondays off!

[Mr Ree]

I think my body is so conditioned to being tired on a Monday, due to 15+ years of staying up until 2.30, that I dont really notice it.

Being tired is a small price to pay for watching every F1 race live

I would expect either New Jersey, or Korea get bumped, but even still, it will be great to have such an epic season to coincide with the introduction of all the new gubbins on the cars.

Hard work for the teams though, you have to feel for them, and I think they are bordering on having to have a separate 'b team' to fill in during a few of the back to back to back races.

[2jayzgte]

Thoughts.

http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/motorsport/n ... legations/

http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/motorsport/v ... -big-guys/

[Mr Revhead]

Obviously they are playing favourites and only letting seb use the system.



But seriously, if his closest rivals are speaking in his defence. That pretty much answered it for me

[Mr Ree]

Ill avoid commenting until I know more about it.

There has been whispers of this for the past couple of months, but I think the main reason it came out in the wash after Singapore was that it is far easier to stand far closer to track side, next to lots of corners that are traction limited.

When 1 car with a Renault motor sounds different to every other Renault motor out there, including that of his own team mate, its going to cause some interest, and some following questions. If Marks car sounded the same, and he had the same rediculously increased grip out of corners, nobody would be batting an eyelid, but that wasnt the case.

As with most F1 innovations, it will be precariously balanced on the knife edge of legality, with RBR's defence being "their interpretation of the written rules"

It will tarnish his 4th title though, as how ever you try to look at it, traction control is banned, and cutting cylinders can be interpretted as a type of TC.

It will all come out in the wash...

And in others news...3 hours until FP1 WOOHOO!!!

[Sideros]

My god I'm sick of this guy and his faggy team

[Mr Ree]

Atleast there is a remote possibility of the other cars getting involved and interrupting his run to break the DRS activation zone.

Its going to be all on into the second corner anyway, with so much slip streaming going on up the straight on lap one..I predict contact between a few cars.

You heard it here first lol

[2jayzgte]

RBR's secret tranction control revealed.

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news ... 9O,6P91I,1

[Scottie]

hahaha

a 4x4 on the track

[Mr Revhead]

Reminds me of that time the Range Rover got out braked by whatshisname in F2/3

[Scottie]

yer. That was the safety car tho wasn't it Rev? I didn't see that race, only seen in utube travels.

[Mr Revhead]

Yeah I only seen on youtube too.
Not sure if it was a course car or the actual safety car.
Driver of the race car who attempted to outbrake it did make it to F1 as well

[Sideros]

Boooooo $&#$% booooooo.

[d1 mule]

What a race! Bloody awesome for Hulkenburg and Sauber. Super unkucky fir Webber

[2jayzgte]

What a race! Bloody awesome for Hulkenburg and Sauber. Super unkucky fir Webber

I actually can't believe Hulkenburg hasn't been snapped up by some of the bigger teams as yet a certain team in Red comes to mind.

Hahahaha loving Kimi's drive aswell overtaking his team mate then when they talked about it in the room afterwards Kimi's wry smile when Roman mentioned how he couldn't re over take his team mate Kimi even though his tyres were 4-5 laps older.

RBR I mean the juggernaut just keeps rolling.No one has any answer's oh no yes they have there to dominant so the ruling body changes the rules lol..