2014 F1 Pool

[PeteC]

Okay, pool results are in. Hamilton has won 3 in a row now and 11 of us picked him to win in China. JJBones had the best race with 21.5 points. The top 3 are now Pharvey, JJBones and myself. A lot of big point swings yet again among or players. As I mentioned at the beginning of the season, the person to get off to a fast start is hard to unseat. Pharvey is that person.....for now. He also has the highest score so far this season with 23.5 points from the Malaysia race. So in a nut shell, targets all over your back Pharvey.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27086064

Keep an eye on McLaren. Something is wrong there with either mechanics or management. As the previous chart shows, they started strong in Australia and have been sliding ever since.

Spain in 3 weeks on May 11, good luck to all! Pete

1 - pharvey 69.00
2 ▲8 JJBones 63.00
3 ▲3 Pete 62.00
4 ▼1 mwbrown 61.50
5 - redzonerocker 60.00
6 ▲6 lindosfan 59.50
7 ▲2 Richard 59.50
8 ▼6 Parahandy 58.00
9 ▼5 Vital Spark 56.50
10 ▲3 BigBoy 56.00
11 ▼3 JW 53.50
12 ▲3 Frank Hovis 53.00
13 ▼6 bsdk1960 52.50
14 ▼3 Zeitgeist 51.50
15 ▼1 Terry 47.00

Spanish GP

http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/spain_919/

(Thai Time)
Fri 09 May 2014
Practice 1 15:00 - 16:30
Practice 2 19:00 - 20:30

Sat 10 May 2014
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00

Sun 11 May 2014
Race 19:00

[PeteC]

Bernie Ecclestone bribery trial begins in Germany

[PeteC]

Reminder: Spanish GP coming up this weekend.

[PeteC]

Hamilton on pole again.

1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1:27.238 1:26.210 1:25.232
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 1:26.764 1:26.088 1:25.400
3 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 1:28.053 1:26.613 1:26.285
4 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 1:28.198 1:27.563 1:26.632
5 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 1:28.472 1:27.258 1:26.960
6 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 1:28.308 1:27.335 1:27.104
7 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 1:28.329 1:27.602 1:27.140
8 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 1:28.279 1:27.570 1:27.335
9 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 1:28.061 1:27.016 1:27.402
10 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 1:27.958 1:27.052
11 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 1:28.155 1:27.685
12 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 1:28.469 1:28.002
13 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 1:28.074 1:28.039
14 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 1:28.374 1:28.280
15 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 1:28.389
16 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 1:28.194
17 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 1:28.563
18 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 1:29.586
19 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 1:30.177
20 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 1:30.312
21 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 1:30.375
22 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus

[PeteC]

Spanish GP results. SuperBru details coming later.

1 Lewis Hamilton 44 Mercedes 1 1:29.483 1:41:05.155 25
2 Nico Rosberg 6 Mercedes 2 1:29.236 +00:00.600 18
3 Daniel Ricciardo 3 Red Bull 3 1:30.012 +00:49.000 15
4 Sebastian Vettel 1 Red Bull 15 1:28.918 +01:16.700 12
5 Valtteri Bottas 77 Williams 4 1:30.424 +01:19.200 10
6 Fernando Alonso 14 Ferrari 7 1:29.898 +01:27.700 8
7 Kimi Raikkonen 7 Ferrari 6 1:30.580 lapped 6
8 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 5 1:31.068 lapped 4
9 Sergio Perez 11 Force India 11 1:30.756 lapped 2
10 Nico Hulkenberg 27 Force India 10 1:31.411 lapped 1
11 Jenson Button 22 McLaren 8 1:30.563 lapped 0
12 Kevin Magnussen 20 McLaren 14 1:30.318 lapped 0
13 Felipe Massa 19 Williams 9 1:30.468 lapped 0
14 Daniil Kvyat 26 Toro Rosso 12 1:30.269 lapped 0
15 Pastor Maldonado 13 Lotus 21 1:31.235 lapped 0
16 Esteban Gutierrez 21 Sauber 13 1:30.666 lapped 0
17 Adrian Sutil 99 Sauber 16 1:31.473 lapped 0
18 Jules Bianchi 17 Marussia 18 1:31.784 lapped 0
19 Max Chilton 4 Marussia 17 1:31.767 lapped 0
20 Marcus Ericsson 9 Caterham 19 1:33.350 lapped 0
21 Kamui Kobayashi 10 Caterham 20 1:33.064 retired, 34 laps 0
22 Jean-Eric Vergne 25 Toro Rosso 22 1:31.781 retired, 24 laps

[PeteC]

[PeteC]

Hamilton again, 12 of us picked him to win. Vettel seems a shadow of his previous self, although he had the fastest lap. Must be very frustrating for him, or for any previous champion.

Parahandy had the best race with 20.5 points and comes up 3 places in the standings. The top 3 are still Pharvey, JJBones and myself.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27363749

Monaco always has some surprises and that's coming up on May 25. Good luck to all!

1 - pharvey 86.00
2 - JJBones 81.00
3 - Pete 80.50
4 - mwbrown 80.00
5 ▲3 Parahandy 78.50
6 ▼1 redzonerocker 78.00
7 - Richard 76.00
8 ▼2 lindosfan 76.00
9 - Vital Spark 73.50
10 - BigBoy 72.50
11 ▲1 Frank Hovis 71.50
12 ▲1 bsdk1960 69.00
13 ▼2 JW 63.50
14 ▲1 Terry 63.50
15 ▼1 Zeitgeist 51.50

Monaco GP

(Thai time)

Thu 22 May 2014
Practice 1 15:00 - 16:30
Practice 2 19:00 - 20:30

Sat 24 May 2014
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00

Sun 25 May 2014
Race 19:00

http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail ... agram.html

[Pleng]

Hamilton again, 12 of us picked him to win. Vettel seems a shadow of his previous self, although he had the fastest lap. Must be very frustrating for him, or for any previous champion.

I'm not fan of Vettel, but coming from 15th to 4th on that track was no easy task.

[zeitgeist]

I missed my picks again (2nd time), I get an email but forget to actually go on the site and choose...Not again, gonna storm up the table!

[PeteC]

Reminder, Monte Carlo this weekend. The below gentleman won it at least once. Pete

Sir Jack Brabham, ex-F1 champion, dies aged 88

"Three-time Formula 1 world champion Sir Jack Brabham, who won the title in a car he built himself, has died aged 88.

The Australian driver, who was knighted in 1979, won the championship in 1959, 1960 and 1966........"

[PeteC]

Monaco qualifying results.

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

[PeteC]

Rosberg wins it and takes his second of the season. Four of us picked him to win. Vital Spark had the best race with 18.5 points and moves up 6 places in the standings. Our top three are now Pharvey, JJBones and Vital Spark.

Next up is Canada on June 8. Good luck to all!

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27565671

1 - pharvey 94.50
2 - JJBones 93.00
3 ▲6 Vital Spark 92.00
4 ▲1 Parahandy 90.00
5 ▲1 redzonerocker 90.00
6 ▼2 mwbrown 89.00
7 ▼4 Pete 88.00
8 ▲2 BigBoy 87.50
9 ▲2 Frank Hovis 86.50
10 ▼3 Richard 86.50
11 ▼3 lindosfan 85.50
12 ▲2 Terry 79.50
13 ▼1 bsdk1960 78.00
14 ▼1 JW 63.50
15 - Zeitgeist 51.50

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

Canadian GP http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/canada_922/

(Thai time)

Fri 06 June 2014
Practice 1 21:00 - 22:30
Practice 2 (Sat) 01:00 - 02:30

Sat 07 June 2014
Practice 3 21:00 - 22:00
Qualifying (Sun) 00:00

Sun 08 June 2014
Race (Mon) 01:00

[PeteC]

Note; Monaco Race

There's conflicting info on BBC. One table says Sutil and Perez finished, the other says they retired. It makes little difference but if I find a definitive answer I'll change the spread sheet next race.

[PeteC]

As a side note.....the below kid just graduated from my daughter's international school last year. He had been racing throughout his secondary school days. He just finished 2nd in Germany in F3. I think we may see him in F1 in a few years time. Pete

http://www.pattayamail.com/sports/thai- ... la-1-30013

http://www.sandystuvik.com/news/29-sand ... ula-3.html

[Pleng]

Note; Monaco Race

There's conflicting info on BBC. One table says Sutil and Perez finished, the other says they retired. It makes little difference but if I find a definitive answer I'll change the spread sheet next race.

Sutil and Perez most definitely retired