2014 - F1

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    Revised (post-penalties) starting grid here.
     
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    What the heck is Maldonado doing up there in 10th!?!?!??!?
     
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    Spoiler Alert!













    Is it really?

    Did we really not know how this would turn out - at least for the first two or three?

    One thing I took away from this race - Riccy Riccardo's being 25 sec back at the end of the race means he's only 1/2 sec a lap or so behind the Mercs. If the Renault boys can find some HP over the winter break (and assuming Merc doesn't) He might have a shot at the title next year.

    Vettel starting from the pit lane and finishing 7th despite complaining that his car was 3-5 sec a lap off the pace shows the potential of the chassis, if it just had some HP.

    I don't understand why the Williams hasn't been able to win this year, they seem almost as fast as the Benzers, but can't seem to close the deal out.
     
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    I enjoyed this race, there was some good racing through out the pack!
     
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    Biggest surprise of the race..............Nico's admitting he just didn't drive well during the first stint. Nice to see he didn't find blame with something/someone else.
     
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    Refreshing honesty. Babs figures he thought very hard about what to say on his in lap.
     
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    Also saying he couldn't get in the groove during the race???? Quest this is why he's in second in the points.
     
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    He's second in the points cause he isn't as good a driver as Hamilton is. If Hamilton hadn't had the bad luck he did early in the season, he would have a much bigger lead.
     
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    Lego fans will love this gallery. Here's a sample:

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    Be sure to scroll down to the thumbnail section as there are extra pics.
     
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    I don't want to watch, I want to drive! :arf:
     
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    Register for the HPDE!
     
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    I had set my DVR to record the race only to find the race on TV was pre-empted by a football game. This has happened 3 times this year. F1 just gets no slack here. Must be the lack of Canadian content. :incazzato:
     
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    Soooo... anyone else thinking that this might be the last season of F1 ever?

    BBC Sport - US Grand Prix: Lotus, Force India and Sauber talked out of boycott

     
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    Formula 1's top teams not willing to sacrifice income - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

     
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    CVC Capital Partners makes enough money to spend a little more to keep the teams.

    I'm glad they did. If the 3 teams would have boycotted the USGP that would be the end of F1 in the US for a very long time.
     
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    Joe Saward takes a crack at breaking down the F1 financial structure. Keep in mind he doesn't have direct access to the real numbers and is making educated (perhaps well informed) guesses. Also, I assume these are 2013 numbers.

    The F1 financial structure explained (in four sentences) (joesaward.wordpress.com)
     
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    Looking at those numbers and taking the minimum amount cost ($129 mil) from last week, only 3 teams (Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes) could afford the minimum on the money from the commercial rites. The rest is all from sponsors.

    Not a real workable financial formula.
     

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