2014 Malaysian Grand Prix thread

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

Kimi says rain at back of track-and some VERY black skies

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:10

Gutierrez Gutierrez has retired retired.

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:10

And that's two dead Saubers in almost as many laps.

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:10

Delete the Saubers from those running...

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:12

starting to rain then...

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:12

'Kimi is wiping fluid from his helmet'.

Insert innuendo of choice

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:13

Grosjean will surely DNF?

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:18

Ricciardo has stopped in pit lane...

At least it was empty-imagine if that been in a flurry of pit stops...

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:18

RICKY!

Great bloody job Red Bull.

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:18

Ric problem in pits loose nuut / wheel

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:19

Sabotage on Ricciardo's left front!

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:21

Ricciardo's race has just got farcical.

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:22

Ricky has inherited Webber's luck. :cry:

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:22

eytl wrote: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?

Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more.

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:26

eytl wrote:
eytl wrote: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?

Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more.

Looks like another day of listening to 'Red Bull/anti-Australian' conspiracy theories at work again, then.

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:31

More_Blue_Flags wrote:
eytl wrote:
eytl wrote: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?

Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more.

Looks like another day of listening to 'Red Bull/anti-Australian' conspiracy theories at work again, then.

Well I'm not saying that, but I bet someone will.

Looks like, whilst there's a storm outside my house, there'll be no rain at Sepang ...

Sky have beaten me to the punch in pointing out Kamui's 13th place ...

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:31

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:33

eytl wrote:
eytl wrote: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?

Conspiracy theorists will now be saying a whole lot more.

SgtPepper · Post by **SgtPepper** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:34

Danny should save himself the bother and just go sign for Porsche now.

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:36

Is it bad that I don't want it to rain so Red Bull will not win?

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:38

LOL Valterri is faster than you!!

Post by **Londoner** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:41

Massa's getting Barrichello'd. :lol:

eytl · Post by **eytl** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:41

You would have thought that Williams would not use the phrase "Valtteri is faster than you" to Massa.

Williams man-management comes to the fore again.

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:43

Interesting Williams fight

If I was Massa,I'd put the hammer down and then I couldn't let Valtteri past as I'm tackling Button

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:46

S951 wrote:LOL Valterri is faster than you!!

Well done, Felipe. Looks like you wanted it bad enough. Still, there'll be some explaining to do.

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:46

yeah Mercedes won blah blah

LOTUS GET A CAR TO THE FINISH- PARTY TIME!!!!!

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:47

rachel1990 wrote:yeah Mercedes won blah blah

LOTUS GET A CAR TO THE FINISH- PARTY TIME!!!!!

That 11th will be invaluable in the fight with Marussia and Caterham.

S951 · Post by **S951** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:47

Koba will be 13th good result for the team there

Good to see Massa stick it out there to

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:48

Jocke1 wrote:
S951 wrote:LOL Valterri is faster than you!!

Well done, Felipe. Looks like you wanted it bad enough. Still, there'll be some explaining to do.

Actually laughed out loud. Well played.

MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx · Post by **MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:48

...'He wasn't faster than me,otherwise he'd have been able to get past without me having to let him'

More_Blue_Flags · Post by **More_Blue_Flags** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:49

eytl wrote:You would have thought that Williams would not use the phrase "Valtteri is faster than you" to Massa.

Williams man-management comes to the fore again.

Add that to the growing list of Williams' 'make More_Blue_Flags swear at the TV' moments of the season.

Lot of interesting stuff in the last half-dozen or so laps. How good was the Alonso-Hulkenberg tussle?

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:50

Good attrition. Not anything apocalyptic like some predicted, but 15 is still not many cars these days.

Just realised I'm still going to hear the German national anthem at every freakin' podium ceremony.

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:54

It's a short-term gain for Massa. He just costed his team a chance of 6th place. So much for that great atmosphere at Williams. Total team failure!

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 30 Mar 2014, 09:58

Great result for Hulk, so close to a podium again! I believe that is Hamilton's first ever Grand Slam. Great stuff.

Benedict Cumberbatch doing the podium interviews WTF?!

noiceinmydrink · Post by **noiceinmydrink** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:00

No Alex Yoong?

*switch channel*

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:00

good_Ralf wrote:Great result for Hulk, so close to a podium again! I believe that is Hamilton's first ever Grand Slam. Great stuff.

Benedict Cumberbatch doing the podium interviews WTF?!

I agree- thats an added nomination!

By the way it didn't rain Sherlock last year- Or at all last season during a race :evil:

Post by **mario** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:01

eytl wrote:You would have thought that Williams would not use the phrase "Valtteri is faster than you" to Massa.

Williams man-management comes to the fore again.

It certainly had some effect on Massa, but evidently not the one that Williams had expected - it's understandable that he ignored it, but I do wonder if that might have cost Williams a chance of taking 6th from Button.

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Good attrition. Not anything apocalyptic like some predicted, but 15 is still not many cars these days.

Just realised I'm still going to hear the German national anthem at every freakin' podium ceremony.

It's worth noting that two of those retirements were due to an accident (Bianchi colliding with Maldonado), so mechanical attrition doesn't seem to be that bad at the moment.

good_Ralf wrote:Great result for Hulk, so close to a podium again! I believe that is Hamilton's first ever Grand Slam. Great stuff.

Benedict Cumberbatch doing the podium interviews WTF?!

Technically I am not sure that it would count - I believe that officially Hulkenberg lead the race for one lap when Hamilton was in the pits.

F1000X · Post by **F1000X** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:02

You're a funny man Nico Rosberg.

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:03

The attrition isn't that bad because I think the teams are not running 100% engine power in the races all the time for reliability reasons.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 30 Mar 2014, 10:43

East Londoner wrote:Massa's getting Massa'd.

Fixed.