Formula One 2014

[SteveB]

Malaysian Grand-Prix = How they finished

1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault
4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
5 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes
6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
7 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes
8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes
9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes
10 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault
11 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault
12 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
13 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault
14 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault
15 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari
Ret 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari
Ret 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari
Ret 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault
Ret 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari
Ret 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault
DNS 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes

[Clyde]

Not a great race Hamilton was in control from the start and no challenge.

[SteveB]

BAHRAIN
Practice 1 Fri 12:00
Practice 2 Fri 16:00
Practice 3 Sat 13:00
Qualifying Sat 16:00
Race Sun 16:00

Circuit length: 5.412 km
Race laps: 57
Race distance: 308.238 km
Circuit lap record: 1m 31.447s - Pedro de la Rosa (2005), McLaren-Mercedes
First world championship Grand Prix: 2004, (won by Michael Schumacher, Ferrari)
The Bahrain race will be Jenson Button’s 250th Grand Prix start - the most of any driver on the grid

[SteveB]

After first practice.

1) Hamilton 2) Rosberg 3) Alonso 4) Hulkenberg 5) Button 6) Raikkonen 7) Magnussen 8) Kvyat 9) Perez 10) Vettel 11) Massa
12) Vergne 13) Nasr 14) Ricciardo 15) Sutil 16) Maldonado 15) Sutil 16) Maldonado 17) Bianchi 18) Van der Garde 19) Grosjean 20) Chilton 21) Frijns 22) Ericsson

Four Mercedes-powered cars in the top five after first practice. Mercedes power unit seem to be superior in straight line speed.
Red Bull cars, as you would expect with Adrian Newey, superior on corners.

Alonso punching well above his weight.

Bahrain will suit the Mercedes power units and especially the Mercedes cars.

[SteveB]

Bahrain GP – qualifying

Nico Rosberg takes pole position
Vettel, out in Q2

QUALIFYING RESULT
1) Rosberg 2) Hamilton 3) Ricciardo 4) Bottas 5) Perez 6) Raikkonen 7) Button 8) Massa 9) Magnussen 10) Alonso
11) Vettel 12) Hulkenberg 13) Kvyat 14) Vergne 15) Gutierrez 16) Grosjean
17) Pastor Maldonado 18) Adrian Sutil 19) Kamui Kobayashi 20) Jules Bianchi 21) Max Chilton 22) Marcus Ericsson

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo starts 13th, not third, as a result of a penalty for an unsafe pit release in Malaysia.

[ocred]

Bahrain GP – qualifying

Nico Rosberg takes pole position
Vettel, out in Q2

QUALIFYING RESULT
1) Rosberg 2) Hamilton 3) Ricciardo 4) Bottas 5) Perez 6) Raikkonen 7) Button 8) Massa 9) Magnussen 10) Alonso
11) Vettel 12) Hulkenberg 13) Kvyat 14) Vergne 15) Gutierrez 16) Grosjean
17) Pastor Maldonado 18) Adrian Sutil 19) Kamui Kobayashi 20) Jules Bianchi 21) Max Chilton 22) Marcus Ericsson

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo starts 13th, not third, as a result of a penalty for an unsafe pit release in Malaysia.

Mercedes almost a second quicker than 3rd...unless Rosberg and Hamilton take each other out at the first corner I don't think this will go down as one of the classics but I hope I'm mistaken.

[Clyde]

Mercedes almost a second quicker than 3rd...unless Rosberg and Hamilton take each other out at the first corner I don't think this will go down as one of the classics but I hope I'm mistaken.

True but Hamilton will feel the pressure if Rosberg is in front that will be good.

[Rachel Divine]

Just seen the qualification now, too busy today..

Going to read the newspaper, see what Alonso says about his place...

[yellowred]

I know a lot of people don't like Lewis Hamilton, but you got to say, he drove a fantastic race! I don't know how he managed to stay in front of Nico Rosberg, but you've got to admire his performance today.... Top class!

absolutely true!

[SteveB]

Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai this weekend

Practice 3 Sat 04:00
Qualifying Sat 07:00
Race Sun 08:00

DRIVER STANDINGS
1 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes 61
2 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 50
3 Nico Hulkenberg German Force India-Mercedes 28
4 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 26
5 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 23
6 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 23
7 Kevin Magnussen Danish McLaren-Mercedes 20
8 Valtteri Bottas Finnish Williams-Mercedes 18
9 Sergio Perez Mexican Force India-Mercedes 16
10 Daniel Ricciardo Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 12
11 Felipe Massa Brazilian Williams-Mercedes 12
12 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 7
13 Jean-Eric Vergne French STR-Renault 4
14 Daniil Kvyat Russian STR-Renault 3
15 Romain Grosjean French Lotus-Renault 0
16 Adrian Sutil German Sauber-Ferrari 0
17 Esteban Gutierrez Mexican Sauber-Ferrari 0
18 Max Chilton British Marussia-Ferrari 0
19 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese Caterham-Renault 0
20 Pastor Maldonado Venezuelan Lotus-Renault 0
21 Marcus Ericsson Swedish Caterham-Renault 0
22 Jules Bianchi French Marussia-Ferrari 0
CONSTRUCTOR STANDINGS
1 Mercedes 111
2 Force India-Mercedes 44
3 McLaren-Mercedes 43
4 Red Bull Racing-Renault 35
5 Ferrari 33
6 Williams-Mercedes 30
7 STR-Renault 7
8 Lotus-Renault 0
9 Sauber-Ferrari 0
10 Marussia-Ferrari 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0