The Official 2014 Formula 1 thread.

[naplesE30]

So kinda along those lines, as teams frequently steal or attract competitors employees. Is it the driver that attracts the personnel, or the personnel that attracts the driver?

[Jon325i]

I've started to think this too- It also has a lot to do with Ferrari losing their top designers and engineers while not replacing them with people of the same caliber (iirc).

I agree. I look at the move Eric Boullier made to McLaren to replace Martin Whitmarsh (what ever happened to that guy....did Sir Ron dispose of him in the Technology Centre cooling pond?).

Boullier as a team principle did well at Lotus/Renault last year. I think it was a smart move for McLaren to get him. This season will be a real test with the new regs, a new driver, and the return of Honda power for 2015. A win would be great, but I think just getting a podium will boost their morale.

Jon

[woc]

I hope English is not your first language...

It's not. But is it grammar? Punctuations? Idk man, I skipped school a lot.

[bmw325_num99]

I read bmw pulled f1 funding to put it towards the electric/hybrid I3/i8 program and to a lesser extent to DTM.

I would love to see Haas in F1 but I am not holding my breath. It seems north America is a low priority as long as Bernie is in power but I hope I'm wrong.

[10Toes]

If Haas team gets into f1 for 2015, I strongly believe they are comming with the Honda engine, since they are somewhat familiar in Indy series. Sometimes I wonder why insn't BMW comming back to f1. I know Williams hate'em now, but Williams is carrying the M collors ever since. lol

I hope English is not your first language...

[woc]

If Haas team gets into f1 for 2015, I strongly believe they are comming with the Honda engine, since they are somewhat familiar in Indy series. Sometimes I wonder why insn't BMW comming back to f1. I know Williams hate'em now, but Williams is carrying the M collors ever since. lol

[z31maniac]

It also has a lot to do with Ferrari losing their top designers and engineers while not replacing them with people of the same caliber (iirc).

And there is the answer.

[tg318is]

At what point does someone say Alonso cant develop cars. He has never developed a winning car. Only inherited winners. He has been at ferrari and every year the chassis is piss poor. What has he done to improve the chassis. He is a skilled driver no doubt, but I wonder how good he is at development. I understand they are losing out on power , but that seems just one of the many problems, and I cant help think Alonso shares some responsibility in it. Perhaps I am way off base but to me he hasnt done much to improve his cars over the years, just drive around inherent problems.

I've started to think this too- It also has a lot to do with Ferrari losing their top designers and engineers while not replacing them with people of the same caliber (iirc).

[naplesE30]

At what point does someone say Alonso cant develop cars. He has never developed a winning car. Only inherited winners. He has been at ferrari and every year the chassis is piss poor. What has he done to improve the chassis. He is a skilled driver no doubt, but I wonder how good he is at development. I understand they are losing out on power , but that seems just one of the many problems, and I cant help think Alonso shares some responsibility in it. Perhaps I am way off base but to me he hasnt done much to improve his cars over the years, just drive around inherent problems.

[z31maniac]

I think Maldonado did intentionally to bring the Pace car. It just looked so intentional.

No, Crash-danado just has no business in the top flight of racing. His tens of millions of PDVSA sponsorship cash are the only reason he still has a drive.

I'll be interested to see if Honda tries to copy the Mercedes turbo solution, since they aren't in the series yet, I don't know if their engine is subject to the same development freeze as the other cars.

[woc]

Ecclestone told'em, to have a spectacle.

[Eric]

Why? His teammate wasn't fighting for anything important.


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[woc]

I think Maldonado did intentionally to bring the Pace car. It just looked so intentional.

[keine30]

it definitely was tire contact that caused the flip, but i had to watch the slow motion replay a couple times to see it as well.

i honestly think that how the car will behave in the event of a collision is certainly something that the engineers designing these cars all had in mind while developing the aero and chassis. i mean, you don't spend millions of dollars without covering your bases.

what could be a worse PR hit than being the team whose driver died or cause another driver's death because of the way their chassis was designed?

plus, these cars are unfathomably strong. while they certainly wouldn't withstand a collision with a hard, immovable object like a wall, a collision with an object moving at about the same speed could be taken in stride. plus, i'm sure there's reinforcements in the car designed for those situations.

[Eric]

The safety car made the race not the new regs imho. It was entertaining though watching teammates battle each other. Right now Newey is saying I told you asshats the cars will submarine with lower noses. Maldonado hit the lowest part of the car and scooped it. Imagine hitting the gear box, someone's head is gonna get taken off.

except it was the tire contact that catapulted Gut's car in the air, not the noses.


exciting race was exciting.