2014 FORMULA 1 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Bad FP1 for Button, but not sure if he cares at this point. Hamilton gave Jenson a big endorsement, but it looks more and more like he's getting shown the door.

Lots of drivers complaining of lack of grip on the resurfaced track. Should be interesting once it starts to rain.

Pos No Driver Team Time/Retired Gap Laps
1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:12.764 30
2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:12.985 0.221 32
3 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 1:13.723 0.959 39
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:13.742 0.978 30
5 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1:13.811 1.047 28
6 38 Max Verstappen STR-Renault 1:13.827 1.063 26
7 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1:14.034 1.270 31
8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:14.114 1.350 32
9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.136 1.372 30
10 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:14.197 1.433 27
11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1:14.434 1.670 31
12 40 Felipe Nasr Williams-Mercedes 1:14.522 1.758 22
13 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1:14.678 1.914 33
14 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 1:14.902 2.138 24
15 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1:15.109 2.345 23
16 34 Daniel Juncadella Force India-Mercedes 1:16.030 3.266 17
17 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes No time 1
18 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari No time 6

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Oh, and Marussia lays everyone off and folds.

[MGCM]

ouch, the entire team eh? musta been a tough announcement to make, but i guess they had no choice.

So that means only 18 cars for the final 2 races?

[phreezee]

LONDON -- Formula One team Caterham has launched a crowdfunding project to ease its financial difficulties and return to the grid for the final grand prix of the season in Abu Dhabi this month.

Caterham administrator Finbarr O'Connell says "we are working non-stop to get the Caterham F1 team back racing," and that "one of our most useful, innovative and effective options right now is crowdfunding."

Supporters can donate from 10 pounds ($16) and will receive rewards for their contribution, such as their name on the car if it competes in Abu Dhabi.

The project aims to raise 2.35 million pounds ($3.7 million) by next Friday. If unsuccessful, it will return the pledged funds.

[Chris Elyea]

Here's the link to Caterham's crowdfunding site . I personally haven't missed them, but if you donate enough, they will give you stuff, like car parts or crew clothing. A surprising amount of this stuff is already gone! But only £320,000 of the £2,350,000 target has been raised so far. And that's only supposed to get them to Dubai.

So here's my theory: This is why Ferrari hasn't announced their drivers for next year. They're gonna have Vettel and both Alonso and Räikkönen because they're gonna have to run three cars!

I've been away for a while, so sorry if anybody else has already posted that theory. I'll just take credit for helping to spread the rumour.

[Chris Elyea]

6 days left in the campaign and Caterham is up to £643,996. Might this work?! This reminds me of the £1.2 million that Justin Wilson raised in 2003 for his seat at Minardi by forming a company. At least Caterham is offering wheel nuts and dinner with a driver.

[Chris Elyea]

I didn't miss them today any more than before, but a lot of people clearly did, because with 5 days to go, Caterham has now raised £1,080,209. We should really start crowdfunding to launch our own team.

[MGCM]

lots of great battles, it all comes down to the double points now

[Inzane]

Where the heck were the grid girls during the post-race ceremony??

[MGCM]

Originally posted by Inzane
Where the heck were the grid girls during the post-race ceremony??

waiting in massas hotel room

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by Chris Elyea
6 days left in the campaign and Caterham is up to £643,996. Might this work?! This reminds me of the £1.2 million that Justin Wilson raised in 2003 for his seat at Minardi by forming a company. At least Caterham is offering wheel nuts and dinner with a driver.

Lets all pool our $$ together and try to get a goatse logo on the car!!

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by Chris Elyea
Here's the link to Caterham's crowdfunding site . I personally haven't missed them, but if you donate enough, they will give you stuff, like car parts or crew clothing. A surprising amount of this stuff is already gone! But only £320,000 of the £2,350,000 target has been raised so far. And that's only supposed to get them to Dubai.

If they get close, I'm buying a wheel rim.