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GP of Malaysia

First 1-2 for Mercedes The team of Mercedes dominated the Malaysian GP. The drivers of the "silver arrows" were the fastest men in each session! Vettel finished third, proving that Red Bull have solved most of the problems of winter testing. As for the rest, all teams powered by Mercedes have an advantage over their rivals! Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Red Bull 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Hulkenberg Force India 6 Button McLaren 7 Massa Williams 8 Bottas Williams 9 Magnussen McLaren 10 Kvyat Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Rosberg FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 43 2 Hamilton 25 3 Alonso 24 4 Button 23 5 Magnussen 20 6 Hulkenberg 18 7 Vettel 15 8 Bottas 14 9 Raikkonen 6 10 Massa 6 11 Vergne 4 ...

GP of Australia - Updated

Strong Mercedes Due to a fuel regulation breach, Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified. Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Magnussen McLaren 3 Button McLaren 4 Alonso Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Raikkonen Ferrari 8 Vergne Toro Rosso 9 Kvyat Toro Rosso 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Alonso FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Rosberg Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Rosberg 25 2 Magnussen 18 3 Button 15 4 Alonso 12 5 Bottas 10 6 Hulkenberg 8 7 Raikkonen 6 8 Vergne 4 9 Kvyat 2 10 Perez 1 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points 1 McLaren 33 2 Mercedes 25 3 Ferrari 18 4 Williams 10 5 Force India 9 6 Toro Rosso 6 Engines' Table Pos Make Points 1 Mercedes 77 2 Ferr...

2014 Calendar

Date Country Track 16 Mar Australia Albert Park 30 Mar Malaysia Sepang 6 Apr Bahrain Sakhir 20 Apr China Shanghai 11 May Spain Circuit de Catalunya 25 May Monaco Monte Carlo 8 Jun Canada Montreal 22 Jun Austria Red Bull Ring 6 Jul Great Britain Silverstone Circuit 20 Jul Germany Hockenheim 27 Jul Hungary Hungaroring 24 Aug Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 7 Sep Italy Monza 21 Sep Singapore Singapore 5 Oct Japan Suzuka 12 Oct Russia Sochi 2 Nov United States Circuit of the Americas 9 Nov Brazil Interlagos 23 Nov Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi

2014 Introducing Constructors

This year the regulations on engines changed and cars will be powered by 1,6lt turbo charged V6 units. So, we say bye bye to the legendary Cosworth V8. Only 3 factories will be producing the power-plants for all teams. Team Engine 1st driver 2nd driver Red Bull Renault Vettel Ricciardo Mercedes Mercedes Hamilton Rosberg Ferrari Ferrari Alonso Raikkonen Lotus Renault Grosjean Maldonado McLaren Mercedes Button Magnussen Force India Mercedes Perez Hulkenberg Sauber Ferrari Gutierez Sutil Toro Rosso Renault Vergne Kvyat Williams Mercedes Massa Bottas Marussia Ferrari Chilton Bianchi Caterham Renault Ericsson Kobayashi Renault and Mercedes will supply 4 teams each and Ferrari 3. Make Teams Renault Red Bull, Lotus, Toro Rosso, Caterham Mercedes Mercedes, McLaren, Force India, Williams Ferrari Ferrari, Sauber, Marussia

2014 Drivers

This year, each driver has chosen his number and he will be using it for the rest of his F1 career. So the list is strangely sorted. Drivers of the same team are not necessarily in order. Nonetheless, there are 2 teams which drivers chose consecutive numbers, Caterham and Toro Rosso (and almost Red Bull). Maldonado's choice is very interesting, because he will be racing with #13 on his car. No Name NAT Team 1 Vettel GER Red Bull 3 Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 4 Chilton GBR Marussia 6 Rosberg GER Mercedes 7 Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 8 Grosjean FRA Lotus 9 Ericsson SWE Caterham 10 Kobayashi JAP Caterham 11 Perez MEX Force India 13 Maldonado VEN Lotus 14 Alonso ESP Ferrari 17 Bianchi FRA Marussia 19 Massa BRA Williams 20 Magnussen DEN McLaren 21 Gutierez MEX Sauber 22 Button GBR McLaren 25 Vergne FRA Toro Rosso 26 Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso 27 Hulkenberg GER Force India 44 Hamilton ...

How Greek fans choose F1 teams

When Greeks start watching F1 there are several ways to choose which team or driver they prefer. Usually the choice depends on their favorite football club. Each football club in Greece has its “favorite number”, which is usually the number of the gate that the most dedicated fans of the team prefer when going to the stadium. There are 2 major football and basketball teams in Greece, Panathinaikos (which is my favorite) and Olympiakos (which has also participated in Superleague Formula). The jerseys of Panathinaikos are green and the “favorite number” of its fans is 13, whereas the players of Olympiakos wear red and the “favorite number” is 7. Because of the colors, most fans of Olympiakos support Ferrari in Formula 1, while the green fans usually prefer McLaren. But there are many exceptions, for example, some fans of Olympiakos are in favor of McLaren because the British team used to have red and white livery during the 80’s and early 90’s (just like their favorite football te...

2013 review (part 2)

Constructors' Championship If we could exclude Red Bull from the game, we would have enjoyed a nice battle between Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus. Unfortunately the Austrian team was far too good (they won 13 races, all with Vettel), so the rest of the grid fought for the second place. At the end, Mercedes claimed second place after changing places with Ferrari for a few times. The German team won 3 GP's, the last of them was at Hungary, before Vettel started his winning spree! The Scuderia only managed to win 2 races, while Lotus claimed victory at the first GP of the season. So if we take into account the victories each team scored, the final standings would be the same (at least for these 4 teams)! Fair result!