The Official 2014 Formula 1 thread.

[Lee22]

i put F1 on the back burner this year, the races i watched with more priority were....
1) DTM
2) MotoGP
3) Blancpain Sprint & Endurance series
4) Tudor
5) Pirelli World Challenge
6) 24 hours of Nurburgring
7) Lemans

[Philo]

Looks like they scraped double points and standing restarts. At least they have some sense. . . .

[b*saint]

Bleh, what a disappointing final race. It ruined my Sunday.

[mcr_driver]

so it's the dynamic duo of Alonso and Button for Mclaren Honda.

[Jand3rson]

so it's the dynamic duo of Alonso and Button for Mclaren Honda.

Pretty awesome, I'm so excited to see a Honda powerplant back in a McLaren, as well as a new manufacturer to the sport. Everyone pretty much knew Alonso would go to McLaren, and I'm glad they decided to keep Button instead of Magnussen.

[b*saint]

Ya me too. I don't know how great Honda will be next year. I mean did the RA108 even have an ERS?

[HennaE30]

Ya me too. I don't know how great Honda will be next year. I mean did the RA108 even have an ERS?

That was also 5 years ago. The sport has changed a ton, and they've got a hand up because while the other manufacturers were struggling with engine problems and such. Honda was still in open development to fix these problems and improve on other aspects of the power plant.

[naplesE30]

^Kinda wondering how it will work with Honda entering a year late while everyone else is essentially frozen. Will their engine have the split turbo setup of the works mercedes team? Or did they have to submit plans at the same time as everyone else? If not that gives them a huge advantage in being able to learn from others and apply it even when the other teams cant modify their engines. I would imagine Honda will be making as much hp as the Merc if not more. The engine wont be the problem on the McLaren in my opinion. FA would not be headed their if he didnt think they were setup for success in the immediate future.

Also Honda may not have been involved with the first go around with KERS but McLaren have had one of the best and most reliable KERS/ERS systems for some time.

[HennaE30]

^Kinda wondering how it will work with Honda entering a year late while everyone else is essentially frozen. Will their engine have the split turbo setup of the works mercedes team? Or did they have to submit plans at the same time as everyone else? If not that gives them a huge advantage in being able to learn from others and apply it even when the other teams cant modify their engines. I would imagine Honda will be making as much hp as the Merc if not more. The engine wont be the problem on the McLaren in my opinion. FA would not be headed their if he didnt think they were setup for success in the immediate future.



Also Honda may not have been involved with the first go around with KERS but McLaren have had one of the best and most reliable KERS/ERS systems for some time.

FIA will HAVE to unfreeze the engines, or McLaren and Honda will be next years Mercedes power. Same thing to be said with Audi in 2016.

[E-Thirty]

FIA will HAVE to unfreeze the engines, or McLaren and Honda will be next years Mercedes power. Same thing to be said with Audi in 2016.

Nothing is guaranteed and they're already having some teething issues. We'll see how much they'll be able to iron out by winter testing. I'm rooting for them. I'm just hoping they'll be able to at least challenge the Mercedes next season.

[HennaE30]

Nothing is guaranteed and they're already having some teething issues. We'll see how much they'll be able to iron out by winter testing. I'm rooting for them. I'm just hoping they'll be able to at least challenge the Mercedes next season.

This is true.. But still, FIA should unfreeze the engines to allow the teams to become a little more "even". Of course Mercedes is going to bitch about it because of how far ahead of it they are, but Oh well.

[b*saint]

That was also 5 years ago. The sport has changed a ton, and they've got a hand up because while the other manufacturers were struggling with engine problems and such. Honda was still in open development to fix these problems and improve on other aspects of the power plant.

That's exactly my point. Until they start putting some time on these engines on the track, they may be worse than Renault (relatively)

[GillesBigCowboy]

Honda is putting their name on the line, and at minimum, they and Dennis will be targeting race wins. Williams is also gaining momentum. The success of either will keep me watching the show.

[Jand3rson]

Haas F1 just bought the now defunct Marussia Factory in the UK.

http://www.foxsports.com/motor/story/gene-haas-f1-team-buys-marussia-hq-as-caterham-aims-to-survive-122414

[naplesE30]

Now this is what f1 should be about

http://m.autosport.com/news/report.p...1000hp-engines