2014 Malaysian Grand Prix thread

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 29 Mar 2014, 13:17

Jocke1 wrote:
sswishbone wrote:WTF? red flag!!! WHY!?!?!

Due to the collision but why red flag? Was it because Alonso was driving a broken car around?

Debris on track possibly.

I believe that's exactly why the red was thrown.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 29 Mar 2014, 15:09

OMG GUYS VETTELS ON THE FRONT ROW F1 IS RUINED!!!!

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 29 Mar 2014, 17:16

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:OMG GUYS VETTELS ON THE FRONT ROW F1 IS RUINED!!!!

Yeah, people should stop frigging about trying to change the noise levels and get this mess sorted NOW!!

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 29 Mar 2014, 17:52

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:OMG GUYS VETTELS ON THE FRONT ROW F1 IS RUINED!!!!

He might break down again tomorrow, or Red Bull have been fiddling with their fuel flow rates again... But if he takes the points lead after this race and stays there like last year then, yeah. What you said.

EDIT: What could ruin F1 even more, however, is that Bottas has picked up 2 penalty points and of he scores 10 more (hopefully 0!) he'll be given a one-race suspension.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 29 Mar 2014, 21:53

Intellicast says that there is a 60% chance of thunderstorms at the start of the race. It also says that at 5, it's 80%, and at 6, it is 60%. Not looking too good for a dry race. Which sucks, as I wanted to see a proper attrition race in the heat.

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 29 Mar 2014, 22:03

good_Ralf wrote:Bottas now has a 3-place grid penalty for blocking Ricciardo. That's yet another poor piece of driving from the Finn this year, after the tap with the wall in Albert Park.

I disagree. I thought he'd left him plenty of room. It's not like they're driving at bloody Monaco!

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 29 Mar 2014, 22:04

go_Rubens wrote:Intellicast says that there is a 60% chance of thunderstorms at the start of the race. It also says that at 5, it's 80%, and at 6, it is 60%. Not looking too good for a dry race. Which sucks, as I wanted to see a proper attrition race in the heat.

Now it's time for the "it's an F1 weather forecast, so don't trust it" joke. It's a weather forecast for an F1 race, so don't trust it.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 29 Mar 2014, 22:26

Barbazza wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:Bottas now has a 3-place grid penalty for blocking Ricciardo. That's yet another poor piece of driving from the Finn this year, after the tap with the wall in Albert Park.

I disagree. I thought he'd left him plenty of room. It's not like they're driving at bloody Monaco!

Exactly.

I'm not even 100% sure what the "blocking" was. At the end of one of Ricciardo's hotlaps he was side-by-side with Bottas, but there was over a car's width between them, and once Bottas got ahead and started impeding Ricciardo's view, Ricciardo was no longer on a hotlap and on an inlap instead.

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 29 Mar 2014, 22:34

good_Ralf wrote:Bottas now has a 3-place grid penalty for blocking Ricciardo. That's yet another poor piece of driving from the Finn this year, after the tap with the wall in Albert Park.

I'm not sure whether it was poor driving or a by-product of Bottas' bloody-mindedness in staying out on clearly unsuitable inters - either way, it wasn't his finest moment. I was actually expecting an impulsive moment by Bottas to catch up with him during the race rather than Q3.

Salamander wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:Sad to see both Williams eliminated in Q2. They just can't seem to get the best out of that car and I fear that by the time they do, they'll have lost ground (a lot of it) to their rivals. In other words, wasting a great opportunity, which may not appear again for a long time.

It's called their car sucks in the wet.

It certainly looks like a handful in the wet and less impressive in qualifying, but I am not sure that it would be too far behind the McLaren if Williams hadn't messed around with inters for so long. Interesting to see if the Williams are that much slower over a race. Overall, a bit disappointing for this Williams bandwagon member, but hopefully the FW36 can exploit the conditions in the next few races - until about Monaco.

On the plus side, Hulkenberg looked quietly impressive.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 29 Mar 2014, 23:38

mario wrote:
sswishbone wrote:James Allen has just said the Life W12 is his fave engine ever!! OMG!!

His description of the noise was fantastic too - "imagine filling a dustbin with nuts and bolts and then kicking it down the stairs"...

"This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later."

That's what I've been doing for the last two days, BBC. Why is it that the only time I need to access a radio broadcast after it's gone, it's the one that steadfastly fails to work - and over three browsers and two operating systems?

There's a GMIF1P in there and it must not be wasted!

watka · Post by **watka** » 29 Mar 2014, 23:40

Red Bull seem to be putting reliability to one side and concentrating on pace. Difficult to know the full picture but they seem to have caught up with the top end of the pack pretty quickly following their testing woes. Sort of hoping for a day race to see where Vettel stands with this car compared to the Mercedes. Alternatively, utter chaos would also be appreciated

However, let's put all this motor racing malarkey aside for the moment because THIS IS THE BIG NEWS IN FORMULA 1 RIGHT NOW

Post by **Ataxia** » 30 Mar 2014, 00:01

watka wrote:However, let's put all this motor racing malarkey aside for the moment because THIS IS THE BIG NEWS IN FORMULA 1 RIGHT NOW

Blimey, he's punching above his weight isn't he?

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 30 Mar 2014, 00:08

Ataxia wrote:
watka wrote:However, let's put all this motor racing malarkey aside for the moment because THIS IS THE BIG NEWS IN FORMULA 1 RIGHT NOW

Blimey, he's punching above his weight isn't he?

How could Geri resist this?

Phwoooaaarrrrr!

sswishbone · Post by **sswishbone** » 30 Mar 2014, 06:39

dinizintheoven wrote:
mario wrote:
sswishbone wrote:James Allen has just said the Life W12 is his fave engine ever!! OMG!!

His description of the noise was fantastic too - "imagine filling a dustbin with nuts and bolts and then kicking it down the stairs"...

"This content doesn't seem to be working. Try again later."

That's what I've been doing for the last two days, BBC. Why is it that the only time I need to access a radio broadcast after it's gone, it's the one that steadfastly fails to work - and over three browsers and two operating systems?

There's a GMIF1P in there and it must not be wasted!

Free Practice 2 actually used James Allen and Alan McNish so go on iplayer for the video version

Post by **mario** » 30 Mar 2014, 06:40

More_Blue_Flags wrote:
Salamander wrote:
good_Ralf wrote:Sad to see both Williams eliminated in Q2. They just can't seem to get the best out of that car and I fear that by the time they do, they'll have lost ground (a lot of it) to their rivals. In other words, wasting a great opportunity, which may not appear again for a long time.

It's called their car sucks in the wet.

It certainly looks like a handful in the wet and less impressive in qualifying, but I am not sure that it would be too far behind the McLaren if Williams hadn't messed around with inters for so long. Interesting to see if the Williams are that much slower over a race. Overall, a bit disappointing for this Williams bandwagon member, but hopefully the FW36 can exploit the conditions in the next few races - until about Monaco.

On the plus side, Hulkenberg looked quietly impressive.

They have admitted that they really don't have a well developed wet weather engine map, which seems to explain at least part of their issues in wet conditions.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 06:46

watka wrote:THIS IS THE BIG NEWS IN FORMULA 1 RIGHT NOW

'If you wanna be her lover, you gotta get with FIA
Make it last forever, fuel flow never ends'

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:02

And Perez is not going

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:08

Raikkonen's tyre is flat....Vergne is in...and a Marussia in

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:09

Did you enjoy Ricciardo's start, Seb?

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:12

Maldonado and Bianchi tangled at start....Pastor really takes it with him doesn't he.Like a mix of Grouillard and de Crasheris

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:13

I will be very surprised if Kimi Gets any points today- The time it took him to get him to the pits for a new tyre....

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:15

...and the collision with Magnussen is being investigated

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:18

exit Bianchi and Maldonado it looks like....

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:22

You bathplug serious? A stop and go? You're an idiot Martin Donnelly.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:29

The sky is very dark now to the east of T7.

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:31

Koba running quite high up

edit - was but still running

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:32

Ooh, fuel usage percentage graphic. Interesting.

Agree that the penalty for K-Mag takes F1 to a new level of nanny-statehood.

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:32

...and Hulkenberg leads...and now Hamilton does

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:33

Kimi is still stuck behind Ericsson. He's stopped caring again. :lol:

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:45

The real race starts when they all switch to primes.

Renault are so lucky Monza and Spa aren't up next.

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:51

....and Ricciardo's fuel flow sensor has stopped working

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:51

Ericsson and Chilton close on track. The hairdo battle is in full swing!

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:53

Kimi, you've just been lapped, and you're STILL behind Ericsson. Please, give your seat up to Grosjean or Chilton, they deserve it so much more.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:57

East Londoner wrote:Kimi, you've just been lapped, and you're STILL behind Ericsson. Please, give your seat up to Grosjean or Chilton, they deserve it so much more.

Seconded. Pathetic.

I miss Robert Kubica.

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:58

Koba is actually running quite well which is good news for caterham

Paul Hayes · Post by **Paul Hayes** » 30 Mar 2014, 08:59

At work, so following on the monitors with no sound... Did Kobayashi just pass Grosjean for 12th????

Has he stopped yet?

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:00

Vettel in-Rosberg in-rain may be on the way

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:06

Would conspiracy theorists suggest that putting Ricciardo on primes whilst putting Vettel on options is a way of ensuring Dan is no threat, in the name of shadowing Alonso's strategy?

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:06

And Sutil's just stopped it on the track at the exit of the last corner... bring on the marshals...quickly

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:06

eytl wrote:Ericsson and Chilton close on track. The hairdo battle is in full swing!

18 drivers are still in the race on lap 35.
16 have all sweaty and dirty hairdos by now.
2 have hairdos still smelling of shampoo, hairspray, butterflies, flowers and rainbows ----> Chilton & Ericsson's of course.