The Official 2014 Formula 1 thread.

[Lee22]

360 camera lap with Nico

http://www.mercedesamgf1.com/en/car/f1-w05-360-video/

Sweeeeeet

[Onizukachan]

Question for you guys, I'm about to make the move to get rid of my cable TV and go with solely internet. For anyone that does the same, how are you getting your races?

I watch them a day or so late and get them from sky or BBC via the `bay. It is no big deal to me, since i am typically working when the races are on live anyway.
the coverage is so much better, complete, and to be honest as much as I love hobbs and machett, Nothing But Commercials coverage is exactly that...

[naplesE30]

Loving the new wiliams livery. Gotta root for Sir Frank to have a good year. Williams is just one of those teams you cant not root for, espc with Massa( for sure) now driving for them.

[mcr_driver]

Would love to see the championship come down to Kimi and Massa this year.

[z31maniac]

I will definitely be rooting for Massa/Williams this year. He's been mentally beat down the last few years being Alonso's teammate, everyone has forgotten that the guy is a damn competent driver.

Also pulling for Kimi and Nico.

[elbrack]

Loving the new wiliams livery. Gotta root for Sir Frank to have a good year. Williams is just one of those teams you cant not root for, espc with Massa( for sure) now driving for them.

I agree now that Maldozer is gone.

[Roysneon]

Decided to take a few screenshots in case it would make you guys feel better and show I'm only trying to help some of you ditch your cable. If you don't want to, no worries.

The different categories:

Not sure if the ship has sailed on this already or not, but for around $40 I'd be in for this. Just one stupid question, this stuff is for streaming as well? I always end up seeing who won what before watching the recorded races. Would love to be able to keep up with GP2 and touring car races, and catch some drift or offroad stuff.

[Roysneon]

Loving the new wiliams livery. Gotta root for Sir Frank to have a good year. Williams is just one of those teams you cant not root for, espc with Massa( for sure) now driving for them.

Anyone know if their strong showing this year in testing may be due to sponsorship money, or if sponsorship money came in due to the strong showing in testing?

[naplesE30]

^ I believe they have been working on the deal since last year, with McLaren as the other team courting Martini. I think the deal was already pretty much in place before testing but Im sure their strong showing helped. McLaren may have been hindered by their poor performance last year, coupled with a big question as to future performance with switching to honda for next season. If I were Martini thats what my thought process would have been anyway. They seem to attribute a lot of their pace to Mercedes at the moment. (perhaps better communication input and certainly reliability from them)

[GillesBigCowboy]

Never such tension before the first practice as this year.
I'd like to be there to hear all the new engines fire.
Lots of underdogs with dreams.

[woc]

I first thought Massa was going with Lotus, as a Brazilian, I wasn't happy about the Williams deal. (Williams and Senna saga) but besides all conspiracies, Williams is a team that like to introduce electronics and stuff, electronic suspensions and all that non-sense, but because the sport has gonne all the way to boredom land, I believe Massa is in the right place, and his car doesn't look like a vaccum cleaner, or has a full round penis in front of it.

[z31maniac]

Not sure if the ship has sailed on this already or not, but for around $40 I'd be in for this. Just one stupid question, this stuff is for streaming as well? I always end up seeing who won what before watching the recorded races. Would love to be able to keep up with GP2 and touring car races, and catch some drift or offroad stuff.

I'd still be willing to do this if you can find some others who want in.

But no, it's not streaming. You have to wait until after the race is over and someone has set the torrent, then you can DL it and watch. I typically stay away from FaceBook/racing news on race day until I can watch.

Although I did go ahead and just drop $40 so I can stream (and watch what I miss) all the V8 Supercar events.

[Roysneon]

I first thought Massa was going with Lotus, as a Brazilian, I wasn't happy about the Williams deal. (Williams and Senna saga) but besides all conspiracies, Williams is a team that like to introduce electronics and stuff, electronic suspensions and all that non-sense, but because the sport has gonne all the way to boredom land, I believe Massa is in the right place, and his car doesn't look like a vaccum cleaner, or has a full round penis in front of it.

What's this now?

[LJ851]

Thought this was pretty cool.

[Jand3rson]

I'm going to get in on this torrent site with Buddy, anyone else want to get on board?