F1 Badger GP 2014

[Stormy_be]

Had 0 safety cars.
Looking at the average on all GP's last year, the most common is 0.

 

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FORMULA 1 ISN'T BORING.
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BBC & Sky F1 TV Times for the Chinese GP

Qualifying – Saturday 7am

• BBC Coverage 6am – 8.30am BBC One (repeated at 1pm – 2.15pm BBC Two)
• Sky F1 Coverage 6am – 8.45am (repeated regularly throughout the day)

Grand Prix – Sunday 8am Race Start

• BBC Coverage 7am – 10.15am BBC One (repeated 2.50pm – 4.50pm BBC One)
• Sky F1 Coverage 6.30am – 11.30am (repeated throughout the day)

Free Practice (for the dedicated fans)

• Practice 1 – Friday 3am – 4.30am on BBC Red Button and Sky F1 HD
• Practice 2 – Friday 7am – 8.30am on BBC Red Button and Sky F1 HD
• Practice 3 – Saturday 4am – 5am on BBC Red Button and Sky F1 HD

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[GazHyde]

I've remembered my predictions this race... Did them last week...

 

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P1
2014 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX
PosNoDriverTeamTime/RetiredGapLaps
114Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:39.78320
26Nico RosbergMercedes1:40.1810.39816
33Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:40.7720.98923
422Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:40.9701.18723
527Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:41.1751.39216
620Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:41.3661.58320
725Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Renault1:41.5051.72226
844Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:41.5601.7779
91Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:41.6291.84619
1019Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:41.6991.91614
1126Daniil KvyatSTR-Renault1:41.9772.19423
128Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:42.0902.30724
1340Felipe NasrWilliams-Mercedes1:42.2652.48213
1436Giedo van der GardeSauber-Ferrari1:42.6152.83216
1511Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:42.7332.95013
1613Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:43.7313.94822
1710Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:44.0384.25516
1821Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:44.1624.37917
1917Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:44.2704.4877
204Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:44.7824.99920
219Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:44.8355.05222
227Kimi RäikkönenFerrariNo time1

 

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P2
2014 FORMULA 1 UBS CHINESE GRAND PRIX
PosNoDriverTeamTime/RetiredGapLaps
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:38.31525
214Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.4560.14128
36Nico RosbergMercedes1:38.7260.41130
43Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-Renault1:38.8110.49630
51Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:39.0150.70031
619Felipe MassaWilliams-Mercedes1:39.1180.80325
77Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:39.2830.96825
822Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.4911.17629
98Romain GrosjeanLotus-Renault1:39.5371.22236
1026Daniil KvyatSTR-Renault1:39.6481.33326
1127Nico HulkenbergForce India-Mercedes1:39.7361.42130
1220Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:39.7441.42929
1325Jean-Eric VergneSTR-Renault1:39.7591.44428
1477Valtteri BottasWilliams-Mercedes1:39.8301.51525
1511Sergio PerezForce India-Mercedes1:40.1241.80932
1621Esteban GutierrezSauber-Ferrari1:40.3592.04432
1799Adrian SutilSauber-Ferrari1:40.3952.08030
1813Pastor MaldonadoLotus-Renault1:40.4552.14012
1917Jules BianchiMarussia-Ferrari1:42.3274.01227
204Max ChiltonMarussia-Ferrari1:43.4735.15830
2110Kamui KobayashiCaterham-Renault1:43.5305.21532
229Marcus EricssonCaterham-Renault1:43.6795.36432

 

[Stormy_be]

my top 3 prediction: ros - ham - ric

 

[GazHyde]

my top 3 prediction: ros - ham - ric

I'm ham - ros - Ric

 

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I'm ham - ros - Ric

Great minds think alike (I hope)

Lewis Hamilton WINNER

Nico Rosberg 2nd place

Daniel Ricciardo 3rd place

Lewis Hamilton POLE POSITION

Lewis Hamilton Fastest Lap
Please Select None 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 safety car

 

[GazHyde]

I think Hamilton has a bit more fire in his belly than Rosberg at the moment. If he can get in front of Rosberg, he's proven he's bloody difficult to pass, and stay past.

 

[GazHyde]

This made me smile... The first pit stop reminds me of Kwik Fit the way he is hammering (literally) on the wheel to get it off

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRy_73ivcms

 

[Stormy_be]

That would be a nice mod for next year: a maximum number of people working at the car during a pitstop

 

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In Summary

• Hamilton on pole in wet conditions
• Ricciardo 2nd, Vettel 3rd, Rosberg 4th
• Alonso 5th. Bottas 6th, Massa 7th
• Hulkenberg 8th, Vergne 9th, Grosjean 10th
• Hamilton quickest in Q1 and Q2
• Raikkonen, Button, Magnussen out in Q2

Raikkonen.......you are killing me........

 

[Stormy_be]

any weather predictions known for tomorrow?

 

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Local Weather Report for
Shanghai Coast
Shanghai Shi, China

Sunday, April 20th, 2014

OvernightTemperature: 12°C
Cloudy with clear periods with a slight chance of showers. Windy at times.

Sunday MorningTemperature: 16°C
A mix of cloud and sun with a slight chance of showers. Windy at times.

Sunday AfternoonTemperature: 20°C
Sunny with cloudy periods. Windy at times.

Sunday EveningTemperature: 16°C
Clear with cloudy periods. Windy at times.
hard top, Today at 1:30 PM
at previous round.

 

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View: http://youtu.be/L1JRaQsHECk

View: http://youtu.be/uuQDZ1YegVo

 

[Stormy_be]

Raikkonen's interviews are always funny.
Must be very hard to be an interviewer when facing someone like that.

 

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In Summary

• Hamilton wins, Rosberg 2nd for Mercedes 1-2
• Alonso 3rd, Ricciardo 4th, Vettel 5th
• Hulkenberg 6th, Bottas 7th, Raikkonen 8th
• Perez 9th, Kvyat 10th, Button 11th
• Vettel ignores team orders
• Sutil, Grosjean out

Lewis Hamilton led from start to finish in a relatively uneventful Chinese Grand Prix that probably won't be the subject of fond pub chat in 20 years or so time.
Chukwuma W. Okwoli: Anyone else thinks Vettel ignoring team orders might have prevented Ricciardo from finishing in third place? Slow cars must give way.
GP Described in 60s - F1 2014: Chinese Grand Prix

View: http://youtu.be/ACiiE8GuoIU

After 56 of 56 laps




1Great BritainL HamiltonMercedes
2GermanyN RosbergMercedes
3SpainF AlonsoFerrari
4AustraliaD RicciardoRed Bull
5GermanyS VettelRed Bull
6GermanyN HulkenbergForce India
7FinlandV BottasWilliams
8FinlandK RaikkonenFerrari
9MexicoS PerezForce India
10RussiaD KvyatToro Rosso
11Great BritainJ ButtonMcLaren
12FranceJ VergneToro Rosso
13DenmarkK MagnussenMcLaren
14VenezuelaP MaldonadoLotus
15BrazilF MassaWilliams
16MexicoE GutierrezSauber
17JapanK KobayashiCaterham
18FranceJ BianchiMarussia
19Great BritainM ChiltonMarussia
20SwedenM EricssonCaterham
21FranceR Grosjean (ret.)Lotus
22GermanyA Sutil (ret.)Sauber
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FORMULA 1 ISN'T BORING.
(It was today)

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Zorg 2014 - Passcode: 154762
PosTeamManagerPts
1NeRoZ14nero 613
2StormyStormy_be 591
3The Crunchvargle 584
4DonaldoF1DonaldoF1 521
5Platypusfronaldo 506
6Gaz F1GazHyde 472
7V6Turbonaim97 444
8HT HyteckHard Top 444
9Mint F1Mint 439
10Norfolk and ChanceDivideBYZero 409
11Jackster RacingJackster 369
12Maresiaboard 319
13Ace GPAceman 221
14Biggles RacingPeter Johnston 147

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[Stormy_be]

Feeling sorry for massa. He could have ended a lot more to the front.

 

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Massa left frustrated by pit stop problem

"I had another great start today and we were fighting at the top," he said.
"I felt some contact with Fernando but luckily the car wasn't damaged so I could carry on. There was a mistake at the first pitstop and that effectively lost me the race as I came back out on track in last position. It is a frustrating situation and something we need to work on to make sure that it doesn't happen again."