2014 German Grand Prix

[phreezee]

Deal on tickets for next week due to the crushing World Cup victory over Brasil.


German F1 Grand Prix seats originally priced at e245 ($333.34) and e295 ($401.37) can now be purchased for e168 ($228.58) and e218 ($296.61) under the special offer, which is available for the next 48 hours only.



Link (http://www.autoweek.com/article/20140709/f1/140709864#ixzz3755SPHcb )

Now that the "Rosberg is not German" talk has died down, attention has turned to FRIC suspensions.

[MGCM]

should be a good race, hopefully its great weather all race weekend

[Canmorite]

Why would Hamilton say shit like that? Someone's bitter and trying to play mind games. Makes me cheer for Rosberg more :rofl:

[rage2]

Originally posted by Canmorite
Why would Hamilton say shit like that? Someone's bitter and trying to play mind games. Makes me cheer for Rosberg more :rofl:
It's because Hamilton didn't say it. UK tabloids are hilarious, and this is like news sites quoting the Onion. You want to see how twisted UK tabloids are, check out the source:

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In anycase, if it was Kimi that said it, we'd all be saying awesome. :rofl:

[Canmorite]

Originally posted by rage2

It's because Hamilton didn't say it. UK tabloids are hilarious, and this is like news sites quoting the Onion.

In anycase, if it was Kimi that said it, we'd all be saying awesome. :rofl:

Haha seriously? I know nothing about UK tabloids, that's funny they'd try and stir shit up. Anything for sales.

[rage2]

updated post with where the source came from.

[phreezee]

The gaps have closed up a bit in FP2. Can't wait to see the real truth in Qualifying.


FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2014
Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:18.341 38
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:18.365 0.024 39
3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:18.443 0.102 35
4 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.887 0.546 38
5 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.960 0.619 40
6 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:19.024 0.683 36
7 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.221 0.880 40
8 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:19.248 0.907 35
9 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:19.329 0.988 32
10 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 1:19.385 1.044 34
11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:19.417 1.076 41
12 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:19.452 1.111 27
13 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1:19.581 1.240 28
14 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:19.593 1.252 32
15 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 1:19.760 1.419 32
16 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:20.158 1.817 35
17 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:20.358 2.017 35
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1:20.504 2.163 40
19 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1:21.328 2.987 31
20 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1:21.870 3.529 21
21 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1:21.898 3.557 28
22 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 1:23.728 5.387 12

[MGCM]

the real truth in qualy was hamilton crashing, a fairly big impact, hamilton was shaken up on radio u could tell:thumbsdow hope he is ok, i never heard anything past he was headed to medical and did not even look at his team as they drove by their garage

I gotta go watch the race now lol

[rage2]

Entertaining race. Surprised no safety car near the end there. Conspiracy theories all over the internet right now.

I'm loving the Alonso battles.

[MGCM]

lol thx for teaser rage2, i better get home and watch this race, did Hamilton run today?

[lilmira]

Kimi the pinball

[MGCM]

o massa...........speechless:nut:

loving that run between ricardo and alonso, both drivers giving us a great race!!!

Hamilton........can anything stop this guy? :dunno:

[phreezee]

I enjoyed the racing between Ferrari and Red Bull. I wholeheartedly agree with Hamilton's comments about SC not being deployed. It was irresponsible and other forces were at work here.

[rage2]

It wasn't just Hamilton questioning why there was no SC (he would've benefitted from being able to have a run at Rosberg). Every driver, including Rosberg and Alonso questioned the decision. Marshalls running across a hot track in a blind high speed corner, even under double yellows, was extremely dangerous. I was blown away watching it live.

[MGCM]

its too bad the ppl making those decisions are not making them for safety, i hope it does not end in tragedy one race, tho sadly it probably will, and a volunteer will get killed, not even a paid official but a simple volunteer following the directions from race control. Hamiltons tires were too far gone to chase Rossberg so even a safety car would not have changed much.

[rage2]

Originally posted by MGCM
its too bad the ppl making those decisions are not making them for safety, i hope it does not end in tragedy one race, tho sadly it probably will, and a volunteer will get killed, not even a paid official but a simple volunteer following the directions from race control. Hamiltons tires were too far gone to chase Rossberg so even a safety car would not have changed much.
Yea, the safety thing is all over the map. Like Lauda suggested in Silverstone, it was ridiculous that it took 1 hour delay to fix a low risk probability after Kimi's crash. Then you have this situation where there's a high risk probability for injury, and no SC was called out.

I doubt it was to ensure Rosberg won the race, as a SC would've had everyone in the pits anyways so the top 3 would've had fresh tires to fight each other to the end. It made me cringe seeing those marshalls run across the track, and 3 seconds later Rosberg roaring through that corner cuz he can't see shit. Disaster is a trip away.

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[MGCM]

ya and that 3rd or 4th marshall ALMOST ran out but lucky for him he saw Rossburg charging down to the corner and waited for him to pass by, that would have been a disaster for F1. Scary moment to watch indeed, and I know from experience how easily you can trip just running for cones at auto-x, and thats slowmo compared to F1:nut:

[phreezee]

Originally posted by MGCM
Hamiltons tires were too far gone to chase Rossberg so even a safety car would not have changed much.

That's the whole point, if SC had come out for 2-3 laps Hamilton's tires would have been in the 12-13 lap window for the options.

It was obvious there should have been an SC and other driver's would agree with it, but Hamilton implied that because a German was leading the German GP a SC was not called in not so many words...

In the end, it robbed the fans of an epic finish similar to Bahrain.

[CapnCrunch]

Was it just me not paying attention, or was the only time the TV broadcast showed Rosbergs car, was near the end of the race when he took the checkered flag? There was so many other good battles going on, I completely forgot he was leading until the very end lol.

[Mibz]

Originally posted by CapnCrunch
Was it just me not paying attention, or was the only time the TV broadcast showed Rosbergs car, was near the end of the race when he took the checkered flag? There was so many other good battles going on, I completely forgot he was leading until the very end lol. Yup. I hate to say it, but it's not RBRs fault the last 4 years have been snorefest. The relative pace of the top-mid teams this year has made for some amazing entertainment, despite Rosberg cruise-controlling to victory.