The Official 2014 Formula 1 thread.

[lukeADE335i]

How about this one for wild speculation - Vettel tears up Redbull contract a year early because he throws the toys out the cot for Ricciardo out performing him in most races for the rest of the season & Newey's gone. Alonso to Redbull?

[naplesE30]

Hulkenberg will be in a ferrari next year for sure. Kimi has been terrible at ferrari so far this year, granted he has had piss poor luck but without looking at the points I would suspect he and alonso have the greatest differential between teamates.

Where is alonso going to go? Will honda turn around McLaren who has been pretty poor the last few years? Redbull as of now isnt open and how good will they be without Newy as cheif? Williams has to be happy with its drivers. I dont think there is a spot for alonso next year that is going to be better than ferrari.

At the end of last year who would have tbought Massa would be in f1 longer than kimi.

[Jon325i]

Anyone else read the Kimi retirement speculation? I had been calling this for a minute now.

I had heard about it.....but paddock rumors from todays' race seem to confirm that Kimi won't be renewing his contract after 2015. One wonders if Ferrari will buy out his contract at the end of this season if he doesn't produce points for the team. Alonso has been carrying the weight of this squad all season long.

And speaking of the Spaniard, he doesn't seem to be happy with driving for Ferrari. We all know the Red Cars are sub-par this year and might be 'best of the rest' if a decent haul of points can be captured in the remaining races. Fernando hasn't won since Spain 2013....the 2-time champ clearly wants better race results. It wouldn't surprise me if he goes to another team before his current contract runs out at the end of the 2016 season.


Jon

[mcr_driver]

Not this season but perhaps after the 2015 season if things don't improve for him.

[Roysneon]

Anyone else read the Kimi retirement speculation? I had been calling this for a minute now.

[mcr_driver]

:rofl:

[Jon325i]

^^^^^ LOL @ Roysneon ^^^^^

[Roysneon]

Sebastian Webber?

[Stitche30]

Massa on pole! Vettel 13th and Ricciardo 5th you beauty!

[naplesE30]

Yeah their still pretty mum,,,, at least he is not in a coma any more.

But what does that mean?

[Roysneon]

Schumacher released from the hospital.... great news.

But what does that mean?

[naplesE30]

Schumacher released from the hospital.... great news.

[Roysneon]

Not good news for RBR...

http://nblo.gs/XzFFb

[naplesE30]

I thought Perez had the drive of the day up until the last lap. Why did Massa keep trying to go around vettel on the outside? It was driving me bonkers. Vettel schooled massa on how to pass with his dive way inside of Perez.

Shame for Williams racing. They were staring at a podium for the last 5 laps. Hamilton has his work cutout now. He is lucky Brawn is not running it still as he would clearly be a number 2 at this point. Rosberg did a great job of just nursing the car home and collecting points.

Super excited to see the return of a classic style circuit in the A1 ring. Canada helped my try to sway some none F1 guys I know to the sport. Wish Spa was on NBC as I think they would be hooked if it were a wet/dry race, but the A1 is always a crap shoot as well with weather.

And Kimi wtf.

[Roysneon]

As for Hamilton, I think he could've won it if his car held up. He was setting a very good pace. What I also found interesting was how his cars' fuel consumption was lower than Nico's. Clearly different driving styles at work.

So could have Nico. Dan would not have had a chance had the Merc been running properly. RBR got really lucky with their grid finishes this week.

I was legitimately quite upset/scared when I saw Massa's hit. He did hit some sort of soft barrier but he's not exactly young anymore and hasn't had the best luck with the whole breaking his skull thing in the past...very glad to hear he's OK.