F1 season 2014 all comments here...

[N0ddie]

Merc engine:

[video=youtube;FkMh_PCfWTo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkMh_PCfWTo[/video]

 

[revvin_k]

Still waiting to see what Merc and Redbull have come up with....Jerez starts tomorrow

 

[Robo_#1]

Whats everyones thoughts on the '14 Lotus?

 

[Mattyy197]

Lotus is beautiful i think, and also so is the force india (much to my surprise)

 

[Robo_#1]

I havent seen any head on shots of the new FI car yet, but the new livery looks really good.

 

[jostheboss]

How many red flags will there be tomorrow? It'll be like a novice day at Oulton Park!!

 

[Robo_#1]

^^^ haha yeah. I'm just waiting on the RB car to have its ERS fail and the Ferrari to catch on fire.

 

[Robo_#1]

Knocked this up in PS. Here's what I see when I look at the new Williams car...

 

[Gazeratti]

Force India - Mercedes


Drivers
Nico Hulkenberg - 27
Sergio Perez - 11
Daniel Juncadella - Reserve


VJM07



William - Mercedes


Drivers
Felipe Massa - 19
Valtteri Bottas - 77
TBC - Reserve


FW36

McLaren - Mercedes


Drivers
Jenson Button - 22
Kevin Magnussen - 20
Stoffel Vandoorne - Reserve


MP4-29



Lotus - Renault


Drivers
Romain Grosjean - 8
Pastor Maldonado - 13
TBC - Reserve


E22

Sauber - Ferrari


Drivers
Adrian Sutil - 99
Esteban Gutierrez - 21
Sergey Sirotkin & Giedo van der Garde - Reserve


C33



Ferrari - Ferrari


Drivers
Fernando Alonso - 14
Kimi Raikkonen - 7
TBC - Reserve


F14 T



Mercedes - Mercedes


Drivers
Lewis Hamilton - 44
Nico Rosberg - 6
TBC - Reserve


W05



Red Bull -- Renault


Drivers
Sebastian Vettel - 1
Daniel Ricciardo - 3
Antonio Felix da Costa & Sebastien Buemi - Reserve


RB10

Toro Rosso - Renault


Drivers
Jean-Eric Vergne - 25
Daniil Kvyat - 26
TBC - Reserve


STR09



Marussia - Ferrari


Drivers
Jules Bianchi - 17
Max Chilton
TBC - Reserve


MR03


Caterham - Renault


Drivers
Kamui Kobayashi
Marcus Ericsson
Robin Frijns & Alexander Rossi - Reserve


CT04

2014 Race Calendar
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
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


Mercedes Engine

http://www.mercedes-amg-hpp.com/v/about_us/formula_one_engine_facts/


Renault Engine

http://www.renaultsportf1.com/-Energy-F1-2014-189-.html?lang=en


Ferrari Engine

http://f14t.ferrari.com/en/#techspecs/1

 

[Robo_#1]

Nice post Gaz. It's weird and kind of sad to see the Merc reveal without Ross in the picture. That caterham looks nuts, it's so funny to see all the different solutions to the new nose design.

 

[colwill197]

Anyone else seeing this but the two lotus tusks are different lengths. Solid start from ferarri hoping for a 3rd Alonso title this year man deserves it

 

[Gazeratti]

Think you will find the Lotus nick name is the Camel Toe, lol

 

[Gazeratti]

Kimi looks excited to be back at Ferrari lol

 

[Giles]

it going to be a ugly season! lol

 

[revvin_k]

the caterham has to win ugliest face this year, it's horrific! lets just hope its an interesting season with some decent racing at the front, not much to draw from the testing day today (although there never really is), cars sound quite nice though.

 

[mark_1873]

Watched some of Ted's Notebook on Sky Sports F1 last night and I think they sound really good. Its always different in person though !

Though they are missing that last bit of revs/scream the NA engines had so it seems like they're short shifting, hopefully they are.

 

[Gazeratti]

Day 1 Times
1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 27.104secs
2. Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes-Mercedes 1min 27.802secs
3. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1min 30.082secs
4. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 1min 33.161secs
5. Jean-Eric Vergne France Toro Rosso-Renault 1min 36.530secs
6. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1min 42.257secs
7. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault No time
8. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Caterham-Renault No time


Day 2 Times
1. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1min 24.165secs
2. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 24.812secs
3. Valtteri Bottas Finland Williams-Mercedes 1min 25.344secs
4. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1min 25.588secs
5. Sergio Perez Mexico Force India-Mercedes 1min 28.376secs
6. Esteban Gutierrez Mexico Sauber-Ferrari 1min 33.270secs
7. Marcus Ericsson Sweden Caterham-Renault 1min 37.975secs
8. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1min 38.320secs

 

[revvin_k]

Watched some of Ted's Notebook on Sky Sports F1 last night and I think they sound really good. Its always different in person though !

Though they are missing that last bit of revs/scream the NA engines had so it seems like they're short shifting, hopefully they are.

I keep thinking it sounds like short shifting too but the rev limit this year is 15k rather than 18k so that is probably why.

 

[colwill197]

I don't think they are redlining it though. 3 second improvement from day1 they definitely aren't pushing the car just yet.

 

[Robo_#1]

Yeah, there's no way they're pushing the cars just yet. Like Colwill said a 3sec improvement in a day just shows they're slowly running the engines/chassis in. With such a huge design change in front/rear wing and nose section the amount of aero data they need to collect is probably one of the number 1 aspects, then you've got cooling and air flow to look at for the engine, baring in mind that at least the engines will have had the advantage of being bench tested LOTS over the last couple of months.