Hello and welcome ladies and gentlepeople's the the Grosser Preis von Österreich 2014 Race Thread brought to you by the fizzy drinks company. The Canadian Grand Prix has a variety of incidents, reliability problems, crashing, cutting chicanes to gain advantages and a new F1 race winner.
We return to Austria after a decade long hiatus and I forgot what the lap times used to be and utterly screwed up my race prediction time. So without further ado, let us begin.
Spielberg
Race Date: 22 Jun 2014
First Grand Prix: 1964
Number of Laps: 71
Circuit Length: 4.326 km
Race Distance: 307.020 km
Lap Record: 1'08.337 - M. Schumacher (2003)
Fri 20 June 2014
Practice 1 09:00 - 10:30
Practice 2 13:00 - 14:30
Sat 21 June 2014
Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00
Qualifying 13:00
Sun 22 June 2014
Race 13:00
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F1 Grosser Preis von Österreich 2014 Thread
posted on 22/6/14
Red Bull deliberately sabotaging Vettel's car, it's obvious.
Well, at least that's what we always heard with Webber.
The Mercedes are obscenely fast. Hamilton's F1 car looked like it was up against GP2 cars. Almost looked like a jump start too.
posted on 22/6/14
Jump start indeed
posted on 22/6/14
ja606_chelseamf
Top 10 = 8
Spot on = 0
+/- 1 = 3
+/- 2 = 1
ja606_wtcbu
Top 10 = 8
Spot on = 1
+/- 1 = 2
+/- 2 = 0
ja606anfieldrap
Top 10 = 7
Spot on = 3
+/- 1 = 2
+/- 2 = 0
ja606anti_stan
Top 10 = 8
Spot on = 2
+/- 1 = 0
+/- 2 = 0
ja606manutddaredevil
Top 10 = 8
Spot on = 0
+/- 1 = 1
+/- 2 = 3
posted on 22/6/14
Another shocking weekend for me
posted on 22/6/14
A shockingly dull race too. It's weird, there wasn't really any stand-out driver, everybody bar the Mercedes drivers seemed to go back from their starting position.
Bottas did well enough, but in reality it was the 2nd fastest car, so finishing 3rd is what you'd hope for. Maybe Perez as the most impressive driver, due to that long stint?
posted on 22/6/14
comment by Drunken Hobo (U7360)
posted 43 minutes ago
A shockingly dull race too. It's weird, there wasn't really any stand-out driver, everybody bar the Mercedes drivers seemed to go back from their starting position.
Bottas did well enough, but in reality it was the 2nd fastest car, so finishing 3rd is what you'd hope for. Maybe Perez as the most impressive driver, due to that long stint?
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yeh was a bit boring such is the nature of our sport -
fraid to say strategy still plays a big part in who finishes where every sunday -
the development rate for williams is encouraging for us and for the next few races , starting to get a bit tedious seeing the same smiley face on the top step and the same busted toilet seat expression on the no 2 spot of the podium every race now ---
posted on 22/6/14
comment by (U19673)
posted 7 hours, 19 minutes ago
Another problem for Vettel. About 50 points at least he has lose dual to mechanical problems.
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How?
Where?
When?
(U19673) You don't seem to know very much. Every one of your claims has been proven wrong.
Maybe you should try your luck on another sport. one that is easier for you to understand.
posted on 22/6/14
He has had 3 retirements and he has had other car problems as well. If your cant see he has had bad luck then you're a idiot.
posted on 23/6/14
comment by (U19673)
posted 8 hours, 3 minutes ago
He has had 3 retirements and he has had other car problems as well. If your cant see he has had bad luck then you're a idiot.
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The problems he has had have not been mechanical. That is the point WTCBU has made and from where will the 50 points have come from. He was last yesterday when he crashed into Gutierrez and was nowhere near the top spots in the other 2 races, so one wonders where you got 50 points from.
If you had said Hamilton would have about 50 more points due to two retirements, it would have made more sense as he lost 25 whilst leading in Canada and lost 25 from pole in Australia.
posted on 23/6/14
comment by (U19673)
posted 13 hours, 49 minutes ago
He has had 3 retirements and he has had other car problems as well. If your cant see he has had bad luck then you're a idiot.
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But that was not my point was it?
I was asking you to explain how you arrived at the figure of 50 points lost. Simple question. You must know the answer so how about giving me your breakdown.