Avfc96 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Hamilton now leads the championship. Hopefully Rosberg has a few more DNF's during the rest of the season to make up for the amount of bad luck Hamilton has had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Other than Monaco (which was a bit dubious) has Nico finished above Lewis when he hasn't had a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Finally lewis gets a bit of luck with Rosbergs dnf. I know its only a 3 point lead and there is still alot to play for, but I can't see lewis being caught now. I think reliability (or lack of) is going to decide this years champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Vettel to leave Red Bull and replace Alonso next season: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29487911 Fernando Alonso to be replaced by Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari By Andrew BensonChief F1 writer Fernando Alonso is to leave Ferrari at the end of the season and the team will replace him with four-time champion Sebastian Vettel. Alonso still had two more years to run on his contract but he and Ferrari have agreed to separate. He is expected to join McLaren-Honda for 2015. Red Bull announced on Saturday Vettel had "advised them" he would leave. Team principal Christian Horner said Ferrari had made Vettel "a very attractive offer." Vettel will be replaced at Red Bull by Russian Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat, the team announced. Alonso's decision to leave Ferrari - which, like Vettel's arrival, the team have not yet announced - has come because the double world champion has lost faith in Ferrari's ability to deliver him a title-winning car and believes McLaren and new engine partner Honda are a better bet. Ferrari has had a long-standing agreement with the German that he would join them when he leaves Red Bull, who brought Vettel into F1 and took him to four world titles from 2010-13. Vettel has had a disappointing season in 2014, out-shone by new team-mate Daniel Ricciardo, and has decided it is time to move on from the team that has backed him since he was a child. Vettel will hope to benefit from the major restructuring that is taking place at Maranello under new team principal Marco Mattiacci, in which Alonso has lost faith. The Spaniard's departure has been assisted by outgoing president Luca Di Montezemolo. He asked Alonso if he could give him anything as a leaving gift. The 33-year-old, who has three times in the last four years finished runner-up to Vettel in the championship, asked to be released from his contract. Alonso is said by some sources to have already concluded a deal with McLaren-Honda. The team have been chasing Alonso for more than a year, through a change in team boss from Martin Whitmarsh to Eric Boullier, despite the turbulent relationship they had when they worked together in 2007. After a disharmonious year during which Alonso badly fell out with chairman Ron Dennis, the two parties agreed to split one year into a three-year contract. Edited October 4, 2014 by stewiek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 hmm now I can full throttle root against Ferrari next season. I've always been conflicted with Alonso being there, although sadly I think this now means the end of Jenson at Mclaren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I feel a bit for Fernando, he seems to have spent a large part of his career at the wrong team at the wrong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Hope Bianchi is ok, seems like a lot of concern at the circuit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 yeah, no visual of the accident at all, must be pretty bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Apparently his car went sideways into the JCB. Some pics on twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 I've just seen the pictures on Twitter, looks a right mess. Really hope the incredible technology in these cars gets praised once more. Was it the JCB collecting the previous car not bring out of the way quick enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Confirmed (on twitter) he was taken to hospital unconscious by road Questions being about why the race was allowed to go ahead if helicopter was not cleared to fly. Edit: apparently helicopter was available but road chosen to transfer him to hospital. I imagine giving treatment en route is easier in an ambulance. Edited October 5, 2014 by Genie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 double points abandoned for next season thank christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sounds grim, hope he is OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Doesn't look good. Hope he is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Really doesn't look good at all. Hope he is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Picture on the Telegraph website doesn't look good: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/11141697/Jules-Bianchi-taken-unconscious-to-hospital-after-crash-at-Japanese-Grand-Prix.html Edited October 5, 2014 by dodgyknees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 "Bianchi's car struck the recovery vehicle and actually went underneath the middle of the recovery vehicle" - Craig Slater, @SkySportsNewsHQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Pictures I've seem suggest the rear of the car went under the truck, not the driver but facts still very sketchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sutil: "Bianchi hit crane side on." According to Sutil, the Frenchman hit the crane side on and he added: "The yellow flags were out after I aquaplaned at the corner as the rain got more and more and one lap later with waved yellow flags Jules came around and had the same spin there. It was more or less the same crash, but just the outcome was a bit different." http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/9504640/Sutil-Bianchi-hit-crane-side-on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Is it worth mentioning that as fun as GPs in the wet are;holding F1 races at the tail end of typhoon season is a monumentally shit idea. Instead of booking races in perma dry desert nations why aren't we doing Japan in march? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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