Formula 1 2015

[Aggroman]

honda were doing 100 mil per season AFAIK for both wages and dev

[djr81]

Lewis Hamilton has been voted the best driver in the annual Autosport Formula 1 team principals' poll, but Nico Rosberg didn't fare well.

In a secret ballot, 10 team bosses polled their drivers of the season under the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system and it is no surprise that Hamilton came out tops having won this year's Drivers' Championship.

The 29-year-old claimed 194 points with Fernando Alonso slotting in behind him despite not winning a race in his final season for Ferrari while Daniel Ricciardo, who tasted success three times in his debut campaign with Red Bull, completed the top three.

Williams' impressive youngster Valtteri Bottas was fourth on the back of six podiums while Hamilton's team-mate Rosberg was surprisingly only fifth despite winning five races and finishing second in the Drivers' standings.

According to Autosport, Caterham were not included in the poll "due to multiple changes of management".

AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP 10 2014

Autosport Team Principals' Top 10 2014
1 Lewis Hamilton (194 points)
2 Fernando Alonso (155 points)
3 Daniel Ricciardo (135 points)
4 Valtteri Bottas (119 points)
5 Nico Rosberg (115 points)
6 Felipe Massa (55 points)
7 Sebastian Vettel (53 points)
8 Jules Bianchi (44 points)
9 Jenson Button (40 points)
10 Daniil Kvyat (28 points)

[Roy]

But Autosport journos rated Dan as the best driver of 2014.

Lewis had a good season but was a little hormonal up until the summer break. Be interesting how he goes into next season. The dynamic in the team will be a little different.

[tweety bird]

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/12/15/barton-hamilton-spoty-tweet_n_6325972.html

I lol'd.

[tweety bird]

[tweety bird]

[tweety bird]

http://essentiallysports.com/17-changes-2015-f1-season/

new rules for 2015.

[Missileman]

Now that's the way an F1 car should sound!

[Roy]

Come on Lotus. Get thsi guy back on the podium. Alongside Dan you would have the two biggest smiles in F1

http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/6314/autosport-2014-f1-driver-ratings/?_ga=1.218624601.1552146118.1407816397

11. ROMAIN GROSJEAN
Average rating: 7.1
Grosjean remains one of the best drivers in the field, although there were moments when frustration seemed to get the better of him during a trying 2014 season for Lotus.

Yet in a car that couldn't decide how it wanted to handle from corner to corner and lap to lap, at times Grosjean extracted stunning performances from it.

Next year, the Lotus-Mercedes package should allow him to achieve the results his ability deserves.

[ctjet]

Marussia action

http://auctionhq.net/view-auctions/catalog/id/91/lot/38924/?url=%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F91%2F

get into it

[tweety bird]

http://www.racecar-engineering.com/download/

for if you get bored over christmas..

[Aggroman]

some of those rules are retarded..

4 power units all year.. way to gimp your entire season with drivers never being able to turn it up.

[sh@un]

Massa is preferable to Vettel as far as team bosses are concerned...

And it's good to see that retarded last race double-points malarkey is getting scrapped

[tweety bird]

The Red Bull Formula 1 team has recovered some of the trophies stolen from its factory earlier this month.

Over 60 trophies were stolen from its Milton Keynes factory at the start of December after a vehicle drove through the front entrance of the building.

Red Bull said around 20 of the trophies were found in the Horseshoe Lake near Sandhurst, around 60 miles from the factory.

"It's good news that some of our trophies have been found and thanks to the police for all their help so far," said team boss Christian Horner.

"The fact that some of the trophies were discarded in a lake and damaged shows how senseless this crime was.

"While the trophies mean an enormous amount to the team, their intrinsic value is low - and the extent of the damage that was caused to the factory by the offenders during the break-in was significant.

"Hopefully we can get the trophies back to our factory where they belong and get replicas made of those that we can't."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117170

[wolverine]

Lewis Hamilton has been voted the best driver in the annual Autosport Formula 1 team principals' poll, but Nico Rosberg didn't fare well.

In a secret ballot, 10 team bosses polled their drivers of the season under the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system and it is no surprise that Hamilton came out tops having won this year's Drivers' Championship.

The 29-year-old claimed 194 points with Fernando Alonso slotting in behind him despite not winning a race in his final season for Ferrari while Daniel Ricciardo, who tasted success three times in his debut campaign with Red Bull, completed the top three.

Williams' impressive youngster Valtteri Bottas was fourth on the back of six podiums while Hamilton's team-mate Rosberg was surprisingly only fifth despite winning five races and finishing second in the Drivers' standings.

According to Autosport, Caterham were not included in the poll "due to multiple changes of management".

AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP 10 2014

Autosport Team Principals' Top 10 2014

1 Lewis Hamilton (194 points)

2 Fernando Alonso (155 points)

3 Daniel Ricciardo (135 points)

4 Valtteri Bottas (119 points)

5 Nico Rosberg (115 points)

6 Felipe Massa (55 points)

7 Sebastian Vettel (53 points)

8 Jules Bianchi (44 points)

9 Jenson Button (40 points)

10 Daniil Kvyat (28 points)

JEV finding no love

[hrd-hr30]

Bianchi???

At least Kimi's not on that list

[ZED X]

Wut...

Ecclestone calls for F1 power unit to be dropped

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/212651/1/ecclestone_calls_for_f1_power_unit_to_be_dropped.html

[wolverine]

Makes sense to me, Petra probably needs another Hollywood mansion.

[sh@un]

3L TT V8's with 1000hp would be cheaper, more reliable and more spectacular

[hrd-hr30]

Why whole new engines? Just ditch the fuel restrictions and the OTT ERS, and let them up the boost with old fashioned open gates on the current V6 turbos - the old ones sounded alright...