F1 2014 Season

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Driver lineup

2014 Race Calender

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date Race result
1 Australian Albert Park March 14-16
2 Malaysian Sepang March 28-30
3 Bahrain BIC April 4-6
4 Chinese Shanghai April 18-20
5 Spain Catalunya May 9-11
6 Monaco Monaco May 23-25
7 Canadian Gilles Villeneuve June 6-8
8 Austrian Spielberg June 20-22
9 British Silverstone July 4-6
10 German Hockenheim July 18-20
11 Hungarian Hungaroring July 25-27
12 Belgian Spa August 22-24
13 Italian Monza September 5-7
14 Singapore Singapore September 19-21
15 Japanese Suzuka October 3-5
16 Russian Sochi October 10-12
17 USA Austin October 31-November 2
18 Brazilian Interlagos November 7-9
19 Abu Dhabi Yas Marina November 21-23


2014 pre-season test schedule
28-31 January - Jerez, Spain
19-22 February - Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain
27 February-2 March - Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain

News

• Perez gets a spot with Force India.
• Adrian Sutil gets a spot with Sauber

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Updates
Will try and keep the front page up date.
*13/12/13 - Nico Hulkenberg driving for two teams fixed
*16/12/13 - Adrian Sutil added to Sauber team

[tominko]

It will be a demanding season especially for Nico Hulkenberg, piloting two cars for two different teams at the same time, oh boy the F1 drivers really have some serious skills

[Commander Keen]

19. Pastor Maldonado will be issuesd a maximum of one (1) nosecone for the entire season.

[RRossi]

I have also read somewhere that drivers can choose their own numbers


and they will also have to have there numbers on their helmets?


RR

[ؤlen]

It will be a demanding season especially for Nico Hulkenberg, piloting two cars for two different teams at the same time, oh boy the F1 drivers really have some serious skills

ops my error I will fix it up later on but they are very skilled people.

19. Pastor Maldonado will be issuesd a maximum of one (1) nosecone for the entire season.

LOL so he will be driving with out the nosecone after AUS?

Regarding the driver numbers I don't know why it was even changed back in 1973.... Lets hope the Ferrari boys pick 27 and I think Mr Finger boy will get 1....

[RRossi]

ops my error I will fix it up later on but they are very skilled people.



LOL so he will be driving with out the nosecone after AUS?

Regarding the driver numbers I don't know why it was even changed back in 1973.... Lets hope the Ferrari boys pick 27 and I think Mr Finger boy will get 1....

yeah I want to see a 27 and 28 there again for Ferrari


8 and 9 for McLaren and


11 and 12 for Lotus,


RBR can keep 1&2



RR

[Someone]

6 Monaco Monaco May 23-25
Should get to see this one in person. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[wonky]

I'm not sure if I like to see Maldanado in a lotus, he had better get a few podiums with that car

[Dirty32]

Brilliant...! Was looking to post a similar thread this morning.

Two Caterhams, one Sauber and a Marussia seat are all that remain available for next year after Sergio Perez & Adrian Sutil secured their future.

The 2014 F1 Grid:

Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo

Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton
Nico Rosberg

Ferrari
Fernando Alonso
Kimi Raikkonen

Lotus
Romain Grosjean
Pastor Maldonado

McLaren
Jenson Button
Kevin Magnussen

Force India
Nico Hulkenberg
Sergio Perez

Sauber
Adrian Sutil
TBC

Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne
Daniil Kvyat

Williams
Felipe Massa
Valtteri Bottas

Marussia
Jules Bianchi
TBC

Caterham
TBC
TBC

Widely expected that Guiterrez will be staying with Sauber in the second seat, although some very brief talks were had with Di Resta's management team. Some interesting facts on Paul, given that his situation and chances of staying in F1 next year are looking pretty dire...

Paul regularly outqualified and outscored Adrian Sutil. When he was teamed with Hulkenberg in 2012 the Team-Mate Wars score for the season was Hulk 11, Paul 9. From 2012 right through to 2013 he was talked about as a potential driver for Ferrari, Red Bull and McLaren. And now he's likely to be out. He beat Sebastian Vettel when they were in F3 in the same team together. Significantly, he was fairly brilliant in DTM. Some big F1 drivers have quit F1 to go into the DTM (Ralf Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard), but none has had any sniff of regular success. In three seasons Paul was second, third and first.

If he doesnt remain within F1 for 2014, Nico Hulkenberg has sat out a season and returned and it could be possible for Paul to do the same. Obviously he doesnt come with a big 'sponsor' package, but I think its a bit of a shame and that he has more talent (and obviously experience) than many of the "Pay" drivers on the grid... I think he's been pretty unlucky myself, but maybe I am just wanting to see Brit's on the grid...?

Also, still hoping that Caterham take a punt (I dont necessarily think its too big a risk, considering the current line-up) on Heikki.

Obviously new Regs, completely new cars as a result and significant powertrain and packaging / design issues to play out. Word is that the Mercedes powertrain is the one to have, but it'll be interesting to watch it all unfold come Melbourne!

[Dirty32]

Chilton has been confirmed as retaining his Marrusia drive, just recently.
Still no official word from Caterham on either of their seats.

Oh, and the lifelong / near future Driver numbers have been released too (for the most part).

2014 Entry List
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
22 Jenson Button McLaren
20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren
27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
11 Sergio Perez Force India
99 Adrian Sutil Sauber
21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber
25 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
19 Felipe Massa Williams
77 Valtteri Bottas Williams
17 Jules Bianchi Marussia
TBA Max Chilton Marussia
TBA TBA Caterham
TBA TBA Caterham

[Corona 122]

Chilton has been confirmed as retaining his Marrusia drive, just recently.
Still no official word from Caterham on either of their seats.

Oh, and the lifelong / near future Driver numbers have been released too (for the most part).

2014 Entry List
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
7 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
8 Romain Grosjean Lotus
13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus
22 Jenson Button McLaren
20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren
27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
11 Sergio Perez Force India
99 Adrian Sutil Sauber
21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber
25 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso
26 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
19 Felipe Massa Williams
77 Valtteri Bottas Williams
17 Jules Bianchi Marussia
TBA Max Chilton Marussia
TBA TBA Caterham
TBA TBA Caterham

Just as an addition to the numbers Seb has chosen number 5 as his "Lifetime Number" which he will run if Neway ever fails to give him the best car.

[AWSE]

Max is now M4X.

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Man what is going with Lotus they are only in F1 coz of Pastor Maldonados money.... Think last year they lost like 56m :S fucken crazy shit


Car launch dates

McLaren - January 24
Ferrari - January 25

[Dirty32]

Just as an addition to the numbers Seb has chosen number 5 as his "Lifetime Number" which he will run if Neway ever fails to give him the best car.

Correct... Vettel has number 5, should he lose his number 1 plate for next season (2015).

Some talks around retiring a number for Schumacher (as leading World Champion Title holder), and if at any point anyone matches or exceeds the number of WDC's as him, they will also be able to have their selected number retired and so on and so forth.

[Corona 122]

Correct... Vettel has number 5, should he lose his number 1 plate for next season (2015).

Some talks around retiring a number for Schumacher (as leading World Champion Title holder), and if at any point anyone matches or exceeds the number of WDC's as him, they will also be able to have their selected number retired and so on and so forth.

I really don't see the point of this. When new guys come in you may only use a previously unused number until all between 0&99 have been used. Re release them in the order they became unused. Haven't done the maths but imagine it would be 20-30 years before reusing numbers was required. Long enough for any legends to have been forgotten by 90% of their viewing audience at the time.