F1 2014 Australian GP

[JHF]

Hyvä Bottas! Not bad race by KIMI too.

 

[Bartek S.]

Result - 57 laps:

Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1h32m58.710s
2. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault +24.525s
3. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes +26.777s
4. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +30.027s
5. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +35.284s
6. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes +47.639s
7. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes +50.718s
8. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +57.675s
9. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault +1m00.441s
10. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault +1m03.585s
11. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes +1m25.916s
12. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap
13. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari +1 lap
14. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari +2 laps
15. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari +8 laps*

* Not classified

Retirements:

Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 43 laps
Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 29 laps
Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 27 laps
Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 3 laps
Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 laps
Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 laps
Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 0 laps

Drivers' championship:

1. Nico Rosberg 25
2. Daniel Ricciardo 18
3. Kevin Magnussen 15
4. Jenson Button 12
5. Fernando Alonso 10
6. Valtteri Bottas 8
7. Nico Hulkenberg 6
8. Kimi Raikkonen 4
9. Jean-Eric Vergne 2
10. Daniil Kvyat 1

Constructors' championship:

1. McLaren/Mercedes 27
2. Mercedes 25
3. Red Bull/Renault 18
4. Ferrari 14
5. Williams/Mercedes 8
6. Force India/Mercedes 6
7. Toro Rosso/Renault 3

 

[Bartek S.]

Australian GP: Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull excluded over fuel flow

Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull has been excluded from second place in Formula 1's 2014 season-opening Australian Grand Prix for fuel-flow irregularities.
The world champion team will appeal against the verdict.
The Australian delighted his home crowd by qualifying on the front row and finishing runner-up to Nico Rosberg's dominant Mercedes on his Red Bull debut.
But the stewards began an investigation post-race, after the FIA reported that Ricciardo's RB10 had "consistently" exceeded the fuel flow limit of 100kg/h mandated in the new 2014 regulations.

After several hours of deliberation, the stewards confirmed Ricciardo's exclusion from second place, which promotes McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen to second and team-mate Jenson Button to third.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso now takes fourth, Valtteri Bottas fifth for Williams, while Nico Hulkenberg is promoted into the top six.
His Force India team-mate Sergio Perez takes the final point for 10th spot, behind Kimi Raikkonen's seventh placed Ferrari and the two Toro Rossos of Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniil Kvyat.
Red Bull immediately notified the FIA of its intent to appeal the decision.
"Inconsistencies with the FIA fuel flow meter have been prevalent all weekend up and down the pitlane," said a Red Bull statement.
"The team and Renault are confident the fuel supplied to the engine is in full compliance with the regulations."

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[mini_cooper4]

Incredibly boring start of the season!
ahhh and that sound... probably I've already been to my last F1 race. Such a pity.

 

[Deleted member 25]

He is, and it is sad to see he won't be around to enjoy the results of the years of hard work. He did it with Benetton, then to Ferrari, and now Mercedes. Adrian Newey might be the man of the moment, but Brawn is easily his equal and more.

Newley is more of a genius engineer, brawn is an incredible team leader.

 

[Sunny]

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/18227/9217066/FIA-explanation-for-Riccardo-exclusion. I guess you can expect more race results decided this year in a hard to understand technical document.

 

[Deleted member 25]

I don't really see what RedBull is trying to do, even if the sensors are crap, they will never win this and all what they are gonna win is the FIA wrath and a consolidated cheater reputation.

 

[LaArtist]

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Is that a vertical representation of the new Lotus nose ?

 

[Beemer B773ER]

Quieter F1 cars cause contract friction

The furore over the quieter, duller exhaust notes from the new-for-2014 F1 cars has triggered unrest at official levels.

According to reports in Fairfax media, Melbourne Grand Prix chairman Ron Walker has already voiced displeasure to the sport’s ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone who remained in the United Kingdom for the season-opening race at Albert Park.

There is discontent within the Australian Grand Prix corporation with concerns that the F1 troops did not deliver on the terms of their contract.

Those within the sport, paying spectators and television viewers universally castigated the sound of the new cars.

Speedcafe.com did its own sound comparison at the weekend, highlighting the unrest among fans, many of whom, said the move away from the high-pitched screaming V8 engine was a step backwards.

“One aspect of it was just a little bit duller than it’s ever been before and that’s part of the mix and the chemistry that they’re going to have to get right,” AGP chief executive Andrew Westacott said.

“Ron spoke to (Ecclestone) after the race and said the fans don’t like it in the venue.

“We pay for a product, we’ve got contracts in place, we are looking at those very, very seriously because we reckon there has probably been some breaches.”

http://www.speedcafe.com/2014/03/17/quieter-f1-cars-cause-contract-friction/