2015 F1 News and Prediction Tournament

[PeteC]

[bsdk1960]

my 1 yellow cap
edit : think I buy one and wear it until the next race

[PeteC]

my 1 yellow cap
edit : think I buy one and wear it until the next race

That's what you call enthusiasm!

[bsdk1960]

my 1 yellow cap
edit : think I buy one and wear it until the next race

That's what you call enthusiasm!

yes and can wear it for 2 weeks, never know if I ever win it again

[Pleng]

Summary of various rule changes for upcoming seasons:

2016 - Teams will be able to select 2 from any 4 of the current tyre compounds at every race, rather than having to use 2 compounds dictated to them by Pirelli.

2017 - Wider rear tyres, refuelling to come back (probably), customer cars/co constructor agreements (possibly)

[PeteC]

A reminder, Monaco is the only race of the year that has practice on a Thursday. Practice 1 and 2 are completed and #2 practice was Hamilton, Rosberg and Vettel in that order. Practice #3 and qualifying is on Saturday.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32833689

[PeteC]

Hamilton is on Pole:

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32858933

01 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.098
02 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.440 0.342
03 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:15.849 0.751
04 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:16.041 0.943
05 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 1:16.182 1.084
06 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:16.427 1.329
07 Sergio Perez Force India 1:16.808 1.710
08 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1:16.931 1.833
09 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1:16.946 1.848
10 Max Verstappen Toro Rosso 1:16.957 1.8
11 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:17.007
12 Jenson Button McLaren 1:17.093
13 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:17.193
14 Felipe Massa Williams 1:17.278
15 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:26.632
16 Felipe Nasr Sauber 1:18.101
17 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:18.434
18 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1:18.513
19 Will Stevens Manor 1:20.655
20 Roberto Merhi Manor 1:20.904

[PeteC]

Monaco results, more later......

Times
1 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:49:18.420
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 4.4s
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 6.0
4 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull 11.9
5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 13.6 (Fastest Lap)
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 14.3
7 Sergio Perez Force India 15.0
8 Jenson Button McLaren 16.0
9 Felipe Nasr Sauber 23.6
10 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 25.0
11 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 26.2
12 Romain Grosjean Lotus 28.4
13 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 31.1
14 Valtteri Bottas Williams 45.7
15 Felipe Massa Williams 1 lap
16 Roberto Merhi Manor 2 laps
17 Will Stevens Manor 2 laps

Did Not Finish
Max Verstappen Toro Rosso
Fernando Alonso McLaren
Pastor Maldonado Lotus

[PeteC]

A disappointing day for Hamilton, and I'm sure his reaction towards his pit managers was more choice than the news articles indicate.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/32871246

A low scoring race as Monaco always is for our pool. RZR had the best race with 13.0 points. The top three are now Terry, Lindosfan and Pete.

1 - Terry 93.50
2 - lindosfan 93.00
3 ▲1 Pete 89.00
4 ▼1 pharvey 89.00
5 ▲1 redzonerocker 87.00
6 ▲2 BigBoy 86.00
7 - Vital Spark 85.50
8 ▲1 bsdk1960 82.00
9 ▲1 JJBones 81.50
10 ▲1 mwbrown 79.50
11 ▼6 Parahandy 76.50
12 - Richard 58.00
13 - buksida 20.50

Now across the pond to Canada for June 7. Good luck to all!

http://www.planetf1.com/grand-prix/canada/circuit-guide

Qualifying
Saturday 6 Jun 13:00 (local)
Sunday 7 Jun 00:00 (Thai time)

Race
Sunday 7 Jun 14:00 (local)
Monday 8 Jun 01:00 (Thai time)

[PeteC]

[dtaai-maai]

A travesty, which had the minor benefit of making the last 8 laps a bit more interesting.
Whoever made the decision to pit Hamilton needs to be shot at dawn.
Verstappen looks like he'll soon be a force to be reckoned with.

[PeteC]

Note.....it appears that Parahandy forgot to make his picks. My review indicates that this is the first time this season so like Pharvey, he should be awarded default points (computer generated race picks) for this one race only. Let's wait and see as it takes them a day or two to catch up with this aspect of awarding default points. Pete

[Big Boy]

Oh dear, I hope not - 6th place is my best ever position in this competition

[Vital Spark]

I just seem to be forever stuck in the middle. I am, however, surrounded by some nice company.

Parahandy and I decided to make picks after qualifying, as grid position is crucial at this circuit. I, obviously remembered, but Mr.VS got waylaid making cheese (or something equally important) and forgot. Tee hee...

VS

[arcadianagain]

I just seem to be forever stuck in the middle. I am, however, surrounded by some nice company.

Parahandy and I decided to make picks after qualifying, as grid position is crucial at this circuit. I, obviously remembered, but Mr.VS got waylaid making cheese (or something equally important) and forgot. Tee hee...

VS

Hi VS,
I don`t normally log onto this part of the forum but I was more interested in Parahandy`s recipe for making cheese
Can you get him to post it on the food section? Thanks.