F1 Season 2014!
 

Time to start the new thread... the silly season is upon us!

It looks like McLaren and Ferrari shooting themselves in the foot by not keeping Perez / hiring Hulkenberg might mean I'm going to be a Force India fan for 2014, since there are rumors both those guys ending up over there.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/3...ll-stay-in-f1/

Those are two fantastic young drivers, each capable of winning a world championship if given a competitive car.

And here's to hoping Williams returns to being a top-tier team with the new rules... I'd love for Massa to have one more shot at a championship in the next few seasons. I'm still gutted about 2008... Massa deserves one more shot, but if Ferrari couldn't build a car that could match the Red Bull over the last 4 years, I don't know who can. :(

Again, I don't understand the McLaren direction. It seems Perez performed well in a sub-par car, it's likely more about money than his performance.

For Massa's sake, I'm hoping the talented engineers at Williams can pull it together for 2014...

Steve Matchett said it best in the post race show... "What more was McLaren expecting out of Perez?" I mean seriously... what would he have had to do to keep his spot? Beat Vettel in a car that's seconds off the pace? Plus Whitmarsh going out of his way to find him a ride after they fired him?

Something weird went down at McLaren... I don't think Perez is getting fired over his performance... there must be some nonsense going on where Perez's sponsors are at odds with one of McLaren's other sponsors or something.

I read somewhere (pure speculation) that it could have been because Mexico was dropped from the 2014 calendar, so now Telmex doesn't want to uphold their sponsorship deal.

*Mexica

Yes, that would make some sense, but then don't you think they'd be blowing up Hulkenberg's phone instead? or DiResta? I can't find anywhere where it states that Kevin Magnussen has an exceptional amount of backing either...

There are several driver's in the 2013 championship that I would just love to see behind the wheel of a top team chassis, included would be Hulk, Di Resta and Bottas....

I'm guessing they can get Magnussen at rock bottom prices, since he is already part of their new driver program.

This is assuming that for some reason McLaren has virtually no budget for their second driver right now, which seems a little hard to believe.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/11/2...ne-last-blast/

You're welcome

:lol:

This could be the most gimicky and stupid rule change I've heard of....Double points for the finale?
http://www.formula1.com/news/headlin.../12/15339.html

How does that make any sense...not impressed. I wish they would have given points for Pole, or most laps ahead of this. (Although that wouldn't help the percieved issues either)

Scott, not sure how that will work in Fantasy F1....but you can be sure I'm saving a Vettel pick for the season -ender...

Also this....


Permanent numbers? Hello Nathcar...

None of that retardation is as bad as the trackside sprinklers Bernie wanted.

Double points shouldn't be terribly hard in the FF1 code... I already had to implement 1/2 points for that one shortened race a few years back.

At least the sprinklers never happened.

Well, Perez and Hulkenberg are at Force India... which means they just might be a spoiler if their car is up to snuff with the new rules. They certainly have a pretty talented lineup.

And it looks like Sutil is in at Sauber, which is good for Sutil but not great... I think he's probably a more competitive driver than the 2014 Sauber car will be.

As of today, there appear to be just 4 open seats on the grid: one at Sauber alongside Sutil, one with Marussa next to Bianchi, and both seats at Caterham.

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-line-u...rmula-1-teams/

Ferrari seems to have the edge by a lot over everyone else with Alonso and Raikkonen, but both those guys have seemed to have problems with Ferrari (or Ferrari has had problems with them, more accurately), and I don't know that they'll get along with each other well, especially if they're both winning. The worst thing for Ferrari may be if they have a very competitive car leading to their teammates in-fighting to the detriment of both of them. 'Course, all Ferrari likely cares about is the Constructor's Championship... which they better win in 2014, because I highly doubt both or even one of those guys will be at Ferrari in 2015.

Not exactly related to next season, but Schumacher is in the hospital in a coma after a skiing accident. Critical condition.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports...,2225915.story

Bernie in trouble for taking bribes:

Google News

And Ron Dennis staged a "internal coup".

Maybe a US based F1 team could become reality again? Gene Haas has the funding, I think it would be a cool opportunity...

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/sto...rmula-one-team

It's everywhere BBC, Adam Cooper's blog, Formula1.com.

I'm curious as to what happened in 07 between Alonso, and Ron Dennis. Can someone fill me in.

Force India's 2014 car

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....m07-cooper.jpg

The black looks good.

The the color scheme is nice.

But, now here is what everyone is waiting for. Williams releases some "pics" of their 2014 car, with the new nose for the new regs.

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....liams-fw37.jpg

It's certainly different than last years.

Moar noses:

Lotus goes a different route
http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....us-oh-dear.png
http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....lotus-hmmm.png

Interesting that the 'horns' aren't completely symmetrical.

McLaren is a little more like Williams, but a little prettier
http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....n-anteater.jpg

And a quick photoshop job

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BewfrEdCYAAYOBx.jpg:large

:lol: at the photoshop

And now for something completely different.

Ferrari

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....4t-front34.jpg

STR



um...

The new Sauber looks nice



We've seen worse.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfAJYKnCUAAWnZ1.jpg:large

Caterham

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....dam-cooper.jpg

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....caterham-2.jpg

Oh, there is the Force India nose

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....ia-vjm07-2.jpg

Mercedes

http://adamcooperf1.files.wordpress....cooper-w05.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfDM2sSCIAA0-w2.jpg:large

RBR

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BfD7PAkCQAAROdP.jpg:large

It's like a sausage fest up in 2014.

I really hope Mclaren and Ferrari are fast, so everyone else will copy their schlong-less noses.

I will say, Caterham's is pretty interesting. Reminds me of Villeneuve's Ferrari in a way:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._(paddock).jpg

I'm impressed with the number of laps Mercedes has put down. Their car seems to be reliable... Mechanically, the aero not so much.

Bump!

Fantasy F1 Registration is open!

http://ff1.seccs.org/index.php?page=register

Has the Red Bull dominance finally been cracked?

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/3...on-says-marko/

Maybe it's all a smokescreen, but if Red Bull is really behind the field, maybe some of the other teams will have a prayer. Certainly in the last few seasons when Ferrari was off the pace at the start, they never recovered in time to win a championship.

Could be really entertaining this season if the top teams get mixed up a bit. I'm a little surprised that Red Bull and Renault would have problems that other teams don't have, considering RB/R's access to money and engineering... you'd think a rule change would actually help them stay ahead of the less funded teams. So maybe it's all bullshit... they're "2 months behind" which means they're only 1 month ahead instead of 3. :lol:

A bit of good news, Michael Schumacher is out of his coma and has left the hospital.

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/06/16/m...spital-report/

He's going to need a ton of rehab, but this is great news for Schumi.

Maybe I'm negative nancy, but that sounds too amazing to be true. People don't just wake up after 6 months of coma.

Here's to hoping it's not BS and he's actually able to make some sort of complete and lasting recovery!

My fear is that he's just going to be vegetable. Otherwise I think we would have seen him by now. It really is a pity.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvkiN3EIIAAgDEd.png

Chilton out (for Spa only) and American Alexander Rossi in

http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/08/21/r...ce-of-chilton/

It appears Kamui Kobayahsi will sit out Spa and give his Caterham seat to Andre Lotterer of Audi Sporst car fame... Silly season beginning I suppose

http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com...-debut-at-spa/

Crap! I need to update the f1 roster then. When am I going to have time to do that?

I suspect Haas had a hand in getting Rossi a seat. With Haas being in bed with Ferrari, and Ferrari's relationship with Marussia. I'd be willing to bet Haas signs Rossi.

Sucks for Kamui, the guy does everything he can to get a seat then gets the cold shoulder.

I went ahead and added the drivers in for now. They should be selectable now. I had to make a guess at their acroynms. I picked RSI for Rossi (since ROS is already Rosberg) and LOT for Lotterer.

Awesome, thanks Nick!

Sounds like Rossi is back out now...Rumor is Chiltons daddy finally paid the tab for the seat

That's going to totally screw up my picks!

How much does an F1 seat cost? I wonder if I could just go into life-altering debt in order to run one race in a shitty F1 car? :lol: It would be totally worth it.

Oh Sochi....