2014 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX (Yas Marina)

[phreezee]

Not a lot of people are talking about it, but worth noting that Caterham is back!

Caterham, who fell into administration last month, have made an unlikely return to the grid after a two-race absence thanks to a successful crowdfunding scheme which has raised nearly £2 million in two weeks.

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I'm gonna miss Jenson if he's gone:

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There goes Plan A for Lewis.

[rage2]

Pole sitter has only won once here. This IS his plan A!

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Haha, Red Bull gives you illegal wings! Might mean a 5th or 6th place for Vettel this year.


UPDATE: Red Bull have been excluded from qualifying for 'flexible' front wings.


http://www1.skysports.com/f1/report/...-red-bull-cars

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by phreezee
Haha, Red Bull gives you illegal wings! Might mean a 5th or 6th place for Vettel this year.


UPDATE: Red Bull have been excluded from qualifying for 'flexible' front wings.


http://www1.skysports.com/f1/report/...-red-bull-cars

They just never learn do they!

[Sykes]

I really it to go to Rosberg, but it's really looking like it's not going to be...

EDIT: Nico's done - ERS is dead and Massa is eating up the gap between them...

[phreezee]

Originally posted by rage2
Pole sitter has only won once here. This IS his plan A!

Great call

I'm really glad Hamilton was way ahead of Nico when the issue happened to lessen any controversy.

Lotus ends the year like they started, pretty spectacular fire.

[Sykes]

Both of Rosberg's hybrid units are dead - he's just running on his ICE.

Tough break!

[R154]

Victory.

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Amazing season! Get in there Lewis!

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Fitting:

[s dime]

Great race. I'm happy Lewis pulled it off!

And what a crazy venue. All I could see was dollar signs from the helicopter cam.

[ottamania]

ffs. reliability hits rosberg. wish it was the other way around with LH finishing 14th. screw his complainer ass anyway.

[DJ Lazy]

Originally posted by ottamania
ffs. reliability hits rosberg. wish it was the other way around with LH finishing 14th. screw his complainer ass anyway.

Typical hater.

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[ganesh]

Originally posted by ottamania
ffs. reliability hits rosberg. wish it was the other way around with LH finishing 14th. screw his complainer ass anyway.

Typical Hater. Reliablity is not the reason why Lewis won this race. The race was over by the first corner.

[killramos]

Glad to see Lewis win, surprised to see that much hate for him but whatever. Always good to see your driver win

I found the race quite exciting, no knowing what was happening with Rosberg and Hamilton's gap to Massa, wow the williams is great this year...

[phreezee]

Paddy Lowe on Nico's issue. F1 app said ERS is worth about 150hp deficit.

http://adamcooperf1.com/2014/11/24/p...-race-for-us/?

“There was a failure in the cooling system for the hybrid systems, and that was the thing that caused everything to fall apart around it. That was the core of the problem, and it cascaded into a number of other issues. Everything is linked together – the turbo isn’t working very well, and so on. Different things were coming in and out.

“I think if we stand back and analyse the season as a whole we weren’t as reliable as we should have been, but actually the unreliability fell quite equitably in the end. But overall, great to win the race itself. It takes us to 16 wins, and it was great for Lewis.”

[rage2]

I wonder if it had to do with Rosberg going off and hopping over the curb hard that damaged the cooling system. He finished that lap (last sector) only a second off pace, but the subsequent lap dropped by 6 seconds.