bout time they run the road course...
Posted on 04/17/2014 4:07:42 PM PDT by Chode
| Race Date: | 20 Apr 2014 | |
| Circuit Name: | Shanghai International Circuit | |
| First Grand Prix: | 2004 | |
| Number of Laps: | 56 | |
| Circuit Length: | 5.451 km | |
| Race Distance: | 305.066 km | |
| Lap Record: | 1:32.238 - M Schumacher (2004) |
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Ferrari team principal at his third GP EVER!!! what their strategy is, is beyond me...
Merc has it sewn up, the only question is which one gets first. The only real race will be who gets third and how far behind will they be.
Merc had sooooo many resources available they literally out spent the independent teams by multiples. They have the resources to make all the changes required this year. Resources nobody else could touch. They also sniped two key chassis engineers from RB.
The Renault engine facility, which has been down on hp for years, just could not crank out the technology required to make the hp for the new engine and KERS.
If the FIA and teams do not change quickly F1 will take the same road the American CANAM series took when Porsche entered the series. Independents could not compete and the greatest road racing series this continent has seen went adios forever.
The cars sound just awful and the fans hate them. They are the most expensive F1 cars ever and they will be the most expensive to race. Because they are so expensive sponsors will be harder and harder to get that have the money to throw away.
Watched delay broadcast of the F2 race from Bahrain and it sounded so sweet. Like the F1 cars of old.
per DVR showing
Just saw that IRL (Indy Cars) will run two races at Indy in May. Road course on the 10th and The 500 on the 25th.
I am impressed with what Mercedes is doing. When I heard about the engineers moving to Merecedes I thought to myself, “Pretty clear they have had it with RB’s dominance.” lol I agree about the cars. Not impressed with the new engine. Honestly, when I first saw/heard an in-car view (I think it was Hamilton), I thought something was WRONG with it! I will be in Barcelona at the time of the Catalunya race, and am debating going. Looks like all of the good semi-affordable seats are snapped up. Anyone think it would be worth going, even with a general admission ticket? I read a comment the other day that read that it is well worth it to go early and catch the lower division racing and that it was actually better than the GP.
LOL True!
bout time they run the road course...
FP-2
Lash Your chopsticks together it’s a wet one!
Hammy on the Pole, again.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:55.516 | 1:54.029 | 1:53.860 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:56.641 | 1:55.302 | 1:54.455 | 23 |
| 3 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:55.926 | 1:54.499 | 1:54.960 | 23 |
| 4 | 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:56.058 | 1:55.294 | 1:55.143 | 22 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:56.961 | 1:55.765 | 1:55.637 | 21 |
| 6 | 19 | Felipe Massa | Williams-Mercedes | 1:56.850 | 1:56.757 | 1:56.147 | 24 |
| 7 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Mercedes | 1:56.501 | 1:56.253 | 1:56.282 | 24 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 1:55.913 | 1:56.847 | 1:56.366 | 23 |
| 9 | 25 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Renault | 1:57.477 | 1:56.584 | 1:56.773 | 23 |
| 10 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:58.411 | 1:56.407 | 1:57.079 | 22 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:58.279 | 1:56.860 | 17 | |
| 12 | 22 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:57.783 | 1:56.963 | 17 | |
| 13 | 26 | Daniil Kvyat | STR-Renault | 1:57.261 | 1:57.289 | 18 | |
| 14 | 99 | Adrian Sutil | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:58.138 | 1:57.393 | 17 | |
| 15 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:57.369 | 1:57.675 | 17 | |
| 16 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Force India-Mercedes | 1:58.362 | 1:58.264 | 17 | |
| 17 | 21 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:58.988 | 10 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Caterham-Renault | 1:59.260 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 17 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Ferrari | 1:59.326 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Marcus Ericsson | Caterham-Renault | 2:00.646 | 10 | ||
| 21 | 4 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Ferrari | 2:00.865 | 10 | ||
| DNQ | 13 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus-Renault | No time | 0 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 2:03.602 |
Seb's gonna be on Prozac if this keeps up...
ROFLMAO!!!
i was only 1/2 facetious but 1/2 serious... Type-A's do NOT take well to losing, and he's prolly never really lost in his life, if he's 4th or lower by the 1/2 way point in the season, well
After just watching the quals, I was surprised how large the gap was across the field. Usually wet track tends to overshadow the difference in equipment and throw it more to the drivers.
Tells me there is a wide discrepancy in how the various teams are perfecting this fancy new twin hybrid power train.
it does seem like they are having a hard time hooking up...
Rain on/off & Inters/Wets made the strange times in Q.
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