The Motorsport Thread 2014

MillsLayne wrote: Man With Hat wrote: Lotus? Terrible.  Guess I shouldn't feel so bad about McLaren being mediocre, although I wish Button were a little more aggressive at times.

Because of the financial problems Lotus had last year this years car was really late, a lot of the problems they're having now are the kind of things the other Renault teams sorted weeks ago. They'll improve quite a bit but probably not before Spain at the earliest.

I wouldn't call McLaren mediocre, they're not fighting Merc for wins bu they're in that battle for second place behind them. It's not really a surprise, there are only two teams that do everything themselves and Merc has clearly done a much better job than Ferrari (RBR might be the works Renault team but they are separate entities). It should also be noted that with McLaren going to Honda next year Mercedes are strictly keeping to the letter of their contract and not providing any other assistance, certainly less than FI an Williams are getting, and keeping Mac personnel away from the car whilst they work on the engine, all to try an prevent information loss to Honda.

Whoops. Forgot anything was happening today, motorsports wise.

Excellent race, that battle between Rosberg and Hamilton was spectacular, I'm very glad that Mercedes seem to only have one team order, don't take each other off. Great 3rd place from Perez, first for FI since Fisichella's last race for them at Spa 09. Shame about Button's retirement, he'd pulled a great move on Alonso early on and was hunting down the Force India's before the safety car, he'd virtually caught Hulk. And an excellent move from Ricciardo on Vettel, you don't see that too often.

Just thinking but is F1 the only sport where team mates can be against each other?

It was funny watching the TV coverage of Hamilton celebrating his victory after the race and you saw Rosberg 'happy for my team mate to win' face slip for a moment almost into a slight grimace when he thought the camera was no longer on him. Wonder if anyone else spotted that?

richardh wrote: Just thinking but is F1 the only sport where team mates can be against each other?

Edited by JJLehto - April 07 2014 at 18:09

Maybe? I took it as a sort of, not too direct way of saying they didn't like each other, but who knows?

Southern 500 at Darlington is on right now.  One of the best races of the year and a track that should have two dates instead of one. 

MillsLayne wrote: Southern 500 at Darlington is on right now.  One of the best races of the year and a track that should have two dates instead of one.

Agreed. They don't make tracks like that one anymore.

sleeper wrote: Ryan Hunter Reay on poll for Long Beach tomorrow. Some seriously big names got dropped out of Q1 like Power, Sato, Montoya, Kanaan!

This is one of the few street circuits that I look forward to each year.