F1 off season chat 2013-14

[Lazarus]

At least Fettle had the decency to insist Mark was interviewed first.

 

[Analoguesat]

Decent race but could have done with the rain arriving properly.

 

[Analoguesat]

As usual the thread now reverts to the off season chat.

Just 4 months to the new season 2014 with the new V6 turbo era starts on March 16th.

 

[Lazarus]

Should we not wait until after our own Podium Ceremony?

 

[sonnetpete]

I'm just happy to finish tenth in the league.....and 22nd LOL....

 

[Topper]

in the podium interviews, you would have thought a tv presenter would know to face the cameras

She wasn't exactly wanting to show off her face

 

[Analoguesat]

One podium ceremony coming up

Norm takes the winners trophy with Blatherskite second and Topper third

Only 26 points separate the top 3 so well done lads for such a close run game this year

 

[Topper]

Congratulations to Norm and Blatherskite, it was a close run thing, I missed out big time when I was not able to input input qualifying positions a few weeks ago, still commiserations to Tivu whom I pipped at the post for League cup winners status

 

[Analoguesat]

The full league table so you can see which races let your team down or where you picked up the points

Its quite noticeable it took most of us a few races to get into the swing of things. A couple of seasons back triple digit scores were common all through season


......

 

[Lazarus]

Congratulations to Norm and Blatherskite, it was a close run thing, I missed out big time when I was not able to input input qualifying positions a few weeks ago, still commiserationsView attachment 59898 to Tivu who I pipped at the post for League cup winners status

Cheers Neil - well done to both you, Blatherskite and Norm.

My falling out of contention today was entirely due to that relatively rare phenomenon, the blown Engine. Grosjean was one of my main chaps (And rightly so: Not his fault the Engine failed).

 

[sonnetpete]

Congrats to Norm, Topper and Blatherskite....

...and a fond farewell to Mark Webber, who has been my lead driver for the last couple of seasons......

 

[Topper]

Cheers Neil - well done to both you, Blatherskite and Norm.

My falling out of contention today was entirely due to that relatively rare phenomenon, the blown Engine. Grosjean was one of my main chaps (And rightly so: Not his fault the Engine failed).

My other team was reliant in all respects on Lotus and I suffered a drop to sixth accordingly so I do share your frustrations at such a rare event.

 

[rolfw]

Congratulations guys.

 

[woborny]

Pastor Maldonado has the second Lotus seat for 2014, alongside Romain Grosjean
And now the others can all start to sort their drives out for 2014.

And Autosport reporting "Formula 1 drivers will be forced to make two pitstops, as well as face a strict limit on how long they can stay out for, if proposals for new 2014 tyre rules are accepted by teams next month."

 

[Lazarus]

Bad news, the Crashtor move.

Seems to be almost universally disliked by Fans throughout the known World.

 

[pgh13]

So, what do the fans know?

 

[woborny]

Comment article in Autosport today : "Comment: is Maldonado really that bad?"
Don't think I need to subscribe to know the answer to that!!!

 

[woborny]

Nico Hulkenberg will rejoin Force India for 2014 after signing a multi-year deal with the team, it announced on Tuesday

 

[sonnetpete]

Looks like Paul Di Resta will end up in Indycar then....I'm sure his recently (and sadly) retired cousin will put a word in for him...

 

[woborny]

F1 2014 CALENDAR
A 19 race season.
March 16 Australia
March 30 Malaysia
April 6 Bahrain
April 20 China
May 11 Spain
May 25 Monaco
June 8 Canada
June 22 Austria
July 6 Great Britain
July 20 Germany (Hockenheim)
July 27 Hungary
August 24 Belgium
September 7 Italy
September 21 Singapore
October 5 Japan
October 12 Russia
November 2 USA
November 9 Brazil
November 23 Abu Dhabi