Formula 1 - 2013

MasterDon · November 12, 2013

Yup this is the silliest silly season ever.Kevin Magnussen is tipped to replace Perez at McLaren.I remember his dad racing in the mid 90s.Infact he was racing in the first ever live race I saw on TV at a friends place.

MasterDon · November 12, 2013

Oh and this is what the 2014 noses will look like according to F1 technical pundit Craig Scarbourough...oh dear!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111262

Edited November 12, 2013 by MasterDon

GTAm · November 13, 2013

On 11/12/2013 at 5:19 PM, MasterDon said:
Oh and this is what the 2014 noses will look like according to F1 technical pundit Craig Scarbourough...oh dear!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/111262

Looks like it's made from a banana leaf.

miniace · November 17, 2013

To me the nose is like a 'Dick' now....sometimes an inverted 'Bird'

On 11/12/2013 at 5:19 PM, MasterDon said:

MINIACE

miniace · November 17, 2013

McLaren apologises for flying Mexican flag with MARIJUANA leaf at US Grand Prix

McLaren have issued a public apology to the Mexican government after Mexican flags bearing a marijuana leaf flew above one of the team merchandising stalls at the US Grand Prix.

The former champions ordered the flags to be taken down after a complaint to F1 organisers from the local Mexican consulate.

McLaren this week announced Sergio Perez, one of two Mexican drivers in F1, will not be retained next season.

“It was a regrettable incident and embarrassing for us,” said team boss Martin Whitmarsh.

“The flag was not an official McLaren product as you might imagine.

“It was a third party sub-contractor from an agent so it was some distant from us.

“A mistake was made. It caused some embarrassment, we withdrew the products from the stands.

“We don’t run the stands but we nevertheless went out and did so.”

Whitmarsh refused to confirm the identity of the supplier, thought to be British with F1 links.

Quote-Mirror Sports http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/mclaren-flies-mexican-flag-marijuana-2801197

MINIACE

MasterDon · November 25, 2013

VET and WEB fire up the Renault V8 for the last time...I think they took the limiter off and let it rev up to the full 21000RPM.

Check your volume cos it gets pretty loud.

Watchman · November 26, 2013

In a way I'm glad this season ended. The entire 2nd half of the season was a major snooze fest.

Gummybr · November 26, 2013

On 11/26/2013 at 4:09 AM, Watchman said:
In a way I'm glad this season ended. The entire 2nd half of the season was a major snooze fest.

Admit it Vettel reigned in that period, he was unstoppable and was clinical in the way he ran all those races. A dream run you could say, lets see for how long he could keep up.

Watchman · November 26, 2013

Yeah, he'll probably go down in the history books as a great driver.

But right here right now; it just isn't exciting to watch. Can you honestly say that you sit at the edge of your seat watching every single lap. I simply skipped the Abu Dhabi race and fast forwarded the Brazil race.

Gummybr · November 27, 2013

On 11/26/2013 at 7:56 AM, Watchman said:
Yeah, he'll probably go down in the history books as a great driver.
But right here right now; it just isn't exciting to watch. Can you honestly say that you sit at the edge of your seat watching every single lap. I simply skipped the Abu Dhabi race and fast forwarded the Brazil race.

Almost every motorsport have one team and driver who just sit atop every other team, it happened in the past and will happen in the future. FIA bought in new rules and regulations to make all cars closer on paper but still some do manage to squeeze in a little bit more out of their cars. Look at WRC Loeb and Citroen reigned supreme till last year and from then onwards its been Ogier and VW.

A one make will series is the only way where everyone will be given an equal opportunity to drive and win based on how good you drive and how well you are suited.

Lets see how the new era will be like for F1 with the exodus of the V8 engines.

k9master · November 28, 2013

Never expected this to happen:

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World renowned Formula One racing driver Daniel Ricciardo will be in action together with his R*D B*LL Formula One (F1) racing car at the Colombo Night Race next month.
Ricciardos F1 car will be accompanied by another R*D B*LL F1 racing car, and this will be the first time that an F1 car will race on the streets of Sri Lanka.

President of the Carlton Motor Sports Club Dinesh Jayawardana said that this will be the start in the efforts to have Sri Lanka on the F1 map.

http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/14744-formula-1-2013/page-8#entry251617

Edited November 28, 2013 by k9master

MasterDon · December 2, 2013

Haha those cheeky bastards!...Ferrari testing the 2014 V6 on a Laferrari chassis...The authenticity of this video is unverified but it seems to be genuine and the track is definitely Fiorano...

Sounds good no?

Edited December 2, 2013 by MasterDon

GTAm · December 3, 2013

Yes sounds nicer than expected.

ferrarif50 · December 5, 2013

any updates on night races? are GT3/GT4s coming this time or not?

and galadhari and kignsbury tickets are 5000 this time

Pericles · December 5, 2013

Little help here chaps -

Might have a chance to interview Daniel Ricciardo - R*D B*LL's new driver for 2014. Anyone got questions to ask? This is serious, so make it good.

Watchman · December 5, 2013

On 12/5/2013 at 10:08 AM, Pericles said:
Little help here chaps -
Might have a chance to interview Daniel Ricciardo - R*D B*LL's new driver for 2014. Anyone got questions to ask? This is serious, so make it good.

Is is an ass-man or a boob-man?

MasterDon · December 5, 2013

You got to hang out with French chicks and now this....you bastard!I hate you!

- I'd ask him about how he is gonna adapt to driving turbos

-Will the weight difference between him and Vettel and him be a disadvantage(Daniel is about 10KG heavier than Vettel I think)

-Is he concerned about the fact that F1 cars are getting slower because of the rule changes and smaller engines...Webber was very outspoken regarding this.

Pericles · December 5, 2013

On 12/5/2013 at 11:47 AM, MasterDon said:
You got to hang out with French chicks and now this....you bastard!I hate you!
- I'd ask him about how he is gonna adapt to driving turbos

-Will the weight difference between him and Vettel and him be a disadvantage(Daniel is about 10KG heavier than Vettel I think)

-Is he concerned about the fact that F1 cars are getting slower because of the rule changes and smaller engines...Webber was very outspoken regarding this.

I'm not sure he'll be able to answer 1, but I'll definitely bring up the last one. Any chance on a link to a article or anything like that?

I'm also planning on asking if he will consider a Ferrari drive, if everything was open and an offer was made, being of Italian ancestry and all Apparently the boy is a fan of two wheelers too

MasterDon · December 5, 2013

On 12/5/2013 at 12:22 PM, Pericles said:
I'm not sure he'll be able to answer 1, but I'll definitely bring up the last one. Any chance on a link to a article or anything like that?
I'm also planning on asking if he will consider a Ferrari drive, if everything was open and an offer was made, being of Italian ancestry and all Apparently the boy is a fan of two wheelers too

Regarding #1 I'm sure they have a pretty good idea even now Peri.The teams have caliberated their simulators to 2014 spec cars even before the start of 2013 season.Plus the basic rules of driving NA and turbos cars apply to F1 too...Throttle input etc

As for #3.I read an article earlier in the year where Webber was lauding the V10 era and bashing the coming 'greener' V6s and Pirelli but for the life off me I can't find it...Will keep looking.

But it's not only him.Skip to the 9min mark on the vid below and see Vettel commenting the cars slowing down at last week's Autosport awards....Infact watch the whole video,Its hilarious.

Pericles · December 6, 2013

On 12/5/2013 at 12:50 PM, MasterDon said:
Regarding #1 I'm sure they have a pretty good idea even now Peri.The teams have caliberated their simulators to 2014 spec cars even before the start of 2013 season.Plus the basic rules of driving NA and turbos cars apply to F1 too...Throttle input etc
As for #3.I read an article earlier in the year where Webber was lauding the V10 era and bashing the coming 'greener' V6s and Pirelli but for the life off me I can't find it...Will keep looking.

But it's not only him.Skip to the 9min mark on the vid below and see Vettel commenting the cars slowing down at last week's Autosport awards....Infact watch the whole video,Its hilarious.

Have the drivers begun testing the actual cars yet? Have they even been unveiled yet?

Another question, any changes in the tires or the tire rules? I mean, there was a lot of uncertainty on that last year, right?

Edited December 6, 2013 by Pericles

Schiffer · December 6, 2013

So the redbull F1 car will be burning rubber in kandy galle and colombo

http://www.infiniti-redbullracing.com/article/daniel-set-leave-tyre-marks-streets-sri-lanka

Anyone from kandy coming to watch?

dreamracer · December 6, 2013

@schiffer,lucky u man its comming to your door step...some one told me that they are only going to show the car in kandy never mentioned about a demo run....

Schiffer · December 6, 2013

On 12/6/2013 at 9:49 AM, dreamracer said:
@schiffer,lucky u man its comming to your door step...some one told me that they are only going to show the car in kandy never mentioned about a demo run....

lol yeap. deffs going, will be infront of maligawa.afaik

k9master · December 13, 2013

Hey Schiffer,

what time is this happening? In home town for the weekend and badly needed to see / hear the RBR in person

cheers,

K9m

dreamracer · December 13, 2013

According to schiffers link i think yesterday was the date fixed for kandy, but they were in colombo instead...and today they are in galle ...tomorrow might be the day but i have a dought,because tomorrow will be practice and timming session right?