2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Received from Superbru:

"Our general policy with post result changes (for all tournaments) is to keep the final result from the end of the race (or match/game). However, with this scenario taking place at the start of the season we're reviewing the impact of this policy for F1 and we're awaiting the outcome of the Red Bull appeal before making a final decision regarding this matter."

If I read that correctly; 1) The result may never change, or 2) If it does it won't be until after the Red Bull appeal.

[pharvey]

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[PeteC]

Thanks Pharvey. Nothing in the press this morning that Red Bull has lost their appeal. The process hasn't even taken place yet. I guess if they win it SB will reverse the numbers. Why they didn't wait as they said they would I have no idea. Pete

EDIT: Just found this on the SB site:

"Important Notice
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified from his 2nd place finish in the Australian Grand Prix after stewards decided his car had run with too high a fuel flow rate during the race. Red Bull is appealing this decision. If the appeal is successful and Ricciardo is re-instated into 2nd place, SuperBru scores will be updated again to reflect the original race finishing positions.
Last updated: 17 Mar 14:47 UTC"

[Big Boy]

I've shot up the league to a respectable 13th

[Pleng]

Received from Superbru:

"Our general policy with post result changes (for all tournaments) is to keep the final result from the end of the race (or match/game). However, with this scenario taking place at the start of the season we're reviewing the impact of this policy for F1 and we're awaiting the outcome of the Red Bull appeal before making a final decision regarding this matter."

If I read that correctly; 1) The result may never change, or 2) If it does it won't be until after the Red Bull appeal.

This is what I would expect. When you gamble on sports, for example, you always gamble on the official classification after the event, regardless of any subsequent disqualifications, so I would imagine most gaming systems would follow that logic too

[JW]

Gonna frame shot of JW in front... maybe this season (certainly first 4 or 5 races) will suit my "try and get the first 5 and then just click away" method of picking.

So cool to see Riccardo drive so well.. but a little ominous that Red Bulls supposed lack of pace wasnt there... if vettels car had performed it could have been a great race.

They defintley need to turn up the volume of those V6s!

[PeteC]

It's not easy this season. Today's two practices in Malaysia still have me scratching my head concerning picks. I may have to wait for practice 3. Pete

[Frank Hovis]

I'm afraid I've had another jump-start and picked already. I thought today was Saturday

[PeteC]

Bookmark this site Frank and start visiting it each Friday morning: http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/

[Frank Hovis]

start visiting it each Friday morning

Useful advice but the problem is knowing the difference between Friday and Saturday, not my strong point.

I think I've got a good spread this week, even if it rains.

[PeteC]

Malaysia qualifying results. Weather for the race looks to be partly sunny, chance of thunderstorms and light wind. Pete

1 Great Britain L Hamilton Mercedes
2 Germany S Vettel Red Bull
3 Germany N Rosberg Mercedes
4 Spain F Alonso Ferrari
5 Australia D Ricciardo Red Bull
6 Finland K Raikkonen Ferrari
7 Germany N Hulkenberg Force India
8 Denmark K Magnussen McLaren
9 France J Vergne Toro Rosso
10 Great Britain J Button McLaren
11 Russia D Kvyat Toro Rosso
12 Mexico E Gutierrez Sauber
13 Brazil F Massa Williams
14 Mexico S Perez Force India
15 Finland V Bottas Williams
16 France R Grosjean Lotus
17 Venezuela P Maldonado Lotus
18 Germany A Sutil Sauber
19 France J Bianchi Marussia
20 Japan K Kobayashi Caterham
21 Great Britain M Chilton Marussia
22 Sweden M Ericsson Caterham

[KowPatGai]

Slightly off topic - will bars be open to show the race today, albeit serving fizzy pop only? I was thinking of popping into town to see the race.

I managed to get a BBC stream for quali, always fun when it's rain delayed as they have to pad time grabbing interviews with anyone they can...the bloke from Pirelli, The Williams reserve driver Suzi Wolff, her husband Toto the Mercedes principal, quite a few engineers, the Caterham reserve driver. Thank god they did some laps in the end.

Seb pushed Lewis very close but it will be interesting to see how Redbull go at race pace, throw some rain in and it could become very unpredictable.

[PeteC]

Malaysia results, pool recap later:

1 Great Britain L Hamilton Mercedes
2 Germany N Rosberg Mercedes
3 Germany S Vettel Red Bull
4 Spain F Alonso Ferrari
5 Germany N Hulkenberg Force India
6 Great Britain J Button McLaren
7 Brazil F Massa Williams
8 Finland V Bottas Williams
9 Denmark K Magnussen McLaren
10 Russia D Kvyat Toro Rosso
11 France R Grosjean Lotus
12 Finland K Raikkonen Ferrari
13 Japan K Kobayashi Caterham
14 Sweden M Ericsson Caterham
15 Great Britain M Chilton Marussia
16 Australia D Ricciardo (ret.) Red Bull
17 Mexico E Gutierrez (ret.) Sauber
18 Germany A Sutil (ret.) Sauber
19 France J Vergne (ret.) Toro Rosso
20 France J Bianchi (ret.) Marussia
21 Venezuela P Maldonado (ret.) Lotus
22 Mexico S Perez (ret.) Force India

[richard]

Great to watch. Mercedes seemed to dictate and control from early on and no doubt all would have been different if the weather had replicated the practice conditions

[PeteC]

Superbru still hasn't updated their tables. I assume they will sometime Monday morning SA time. I post the below in the interim.

One thing that sticks out is that there's been seven retirements in each of the two races so far. That's about 32%. I guess we'll see numbers like this for the first half of the season until they get the bugs out of these new cars. Pete