2014 Silly Season Thread

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 04 Dec 2013, 00:29

Dark77 wrote:Look on the bright side. Seeing Pastor's chassis being destroyed by Grosjean's, will be fun

Post by **mario** » 04 Dec 2013, 07:19

go_Rubens wrote:
IceG wrote:Are the engines for 2014 frozen or can manufacturers continue development through the year?

If they are frozen then a really weak engine dooms the teams who use it to oblivion from the second race...

That could kick off a few in-year inter-team moves depending on how smart the performance clauses are.

Development on engines will be allowed next year, and probably the next few years after that, and then they'll freeze them. Well, that's the most likely scenario anyway.

The rumour is that development will be tapered off - 2014 would be reasonably free, but from 2015 onwards tighter restrictions come in until, in 2018, we are more or less back to where we are now (i.e. where only ancillaries and small components, like intake valves, can be developed under tight restrictions).

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 04 Dec 2013, 08:31

Marussia trying to merge with Caterham, Sauber or Williams..

http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/sto ... MP=OTC-RSS

Marilliams? Saubussia? Marerham? The possibilities are endless...

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 04 Dec 2013, 08:43

Shizuka wrote:I think we should wait until the first races in 2014 are over.
Remember when last year Hamilton announced the move to Mercedes? Despite many of us thinking it will be a bad move for him, it turned out to be good as McLaren went for a 1980-ish disaster, and Merc had a decent year.

In fact, that move has allowed him to continue his strike of winning at least one race every season. That's something no one else in the current field can say (although, if we don't count half seasons, then Vettel would also qualify for it).

Meatwad · Post by **Meatwad** » 04 Dec 2013, 10:18

CoopsII wrote:Marilliams?

Get David Richards and Prodrive on board as well! They had plans of bringing the Aston Martin name back to F1, so we could then have a Marillion car that's lavender blue (dilly dilly). 8-)

CoopsII · Post by **CoopsII** » 04 Dec 2013, 10:30

Meatwad wrote:
CoopsII wrote:Marilliams?

Get David Richards and Prodrive on board as well! They had plans of bringing the Aston Martin name back to F1, so we could then have a Marillion car that's lavender blue (dilly dilly).

I think you're Clutching At Straws there matey...

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 04 Dec 2013, 11:25

I have no Fish to contribute to the confusion of the youngsters who might be reading this thread wondering what all the Marillion jokes are about. I can imagine their brains dissolving like sugar mice in the rain. I'll just... let myself trout.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Dec 2013, 11:45

dinizintheoven wrote:I have no Fish to contribute to the confusion of the youngsters who might be reading this thread wondering what all the Marillion jokes are about. I can imagine their brains dissolving like sugar mice in the rain. I'll just... let myself trout.

So, I'm guessing it's nothing to do with Marill, then?

Benetton · Post by **Benetton** » 04 Dec 2013, 13:15

Apparently the Sahara group has bought more shares in the Force India team and that brings some much needed liquid funds. Good for Hülkenberg to secure a seat, even though it was more or less obvious he would be on the grid. At the end of the day, the Force India car, with McLaren technology and Merc engines, might prove to be a better package than the Allison-less Lotus, not to talk about the unstable situation at Lotus as a whole.

The second seat should go to someone who can actually drive and someone who can test Hülkenberg, I'd choose Perez but I am afraid they might go with Sutil. Hülkenberg doesn't have anything to gain from being partnered with Sutil - except for maybe a clearer no. 1 status within the team - because if Nico beats Sutil, it is expected and so on. I want to see Perez vs. Hülkenberg.

But maybe Perez rather wants no. 1 status at Sauber?

James1978 · Post by **James1978** » 04 Dec 2013, 13:42

I'm kinda hoping the Force keep Sutil, Perez goes to Sauber and due to that they no longer need Gutierrez for their Telmex funding, so bring Kobayashi back instead. I can but hope.

wsrgo · Post by **wsrgo** » 04 Dec 2013, 14:44

Hey guys, wonder whatever happened to HEIL DER SKORPIONEN!!

rachel1990 · Post by **rachel1990** » 04 Dec 2013, 17:04

Just seen this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25220593

Goodbye Korea then. Well it gave us a good send off with the fire truck-

And no Mexico or New Jersey. Of course

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 04 Dec 2013, 17:35

rachel1990 wrote:Just seen this
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25220593

Goodbye Korea then. Well it gave us a good send off with the fire track-

And no Mexico or New Jersey. Of course

I'm a bit mixed over Korea on one hand i love the track especially that last sector but on the other the atmosphere is completely soulless. Plus it's usually prone to strange events like the astroturf and the Fire Truck

andrew2209 · Post by **andrew2209** » 04 Dec 2013, 18:38

So what happened to the mythical 20 Grand Prix a season? It appears we'll have another 19-race season.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 04 Dec 2013, 19:37

andrew2209 wrote:So what happened to the mythical 20 Grand Prix a season? It appears we'll have another 19-race season.

Korean bin emptying happened. Or, rather, it didn't.

Wallio · Post by **Wallio** » 04 Dec 2013, 22:10

With no Mexico and especially no NJ (Thank God) Austin will have another year to grow. This is only good news for us in the USA.

watka · Post by **watka** » 05 Dec 2013, 00:10

With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Post by **Nuppiz** » 05 Dec 2013, 00:36

watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 05 Dec 2013, 00:54

watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Quite honestly, I think that's actually awesome.

Backmarker · Post by **Backmarker** » 05 Dec 2013, 03:50

watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Isn't rob taking place in about 700 avatar challenges? If so it will be about a week before he has to wear a different penalty avatar.

AxelP800 · Post by **AxelP800** » 05 Dec 2013, 07:51

Abu Dhabi season closer?? Argghh

Now Interlagos would be another chaos race, while Abu Dhabi is duller than 2009 Valencia

I guess I'm way too pesimistic ? :S

Why not USGP alternate between NJ and COTA? Or even Road America. Or....OVAL ?

Gonna miss Korean GP

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 05 Dec 2013, 09:37

go_Rubens wrote:
watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Quite honestly, I think that's actually awesome.

Quite honestly, I cant actually see it as it just looks like a gray square.

Edit: It must have been the computers at collage.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 05 Dec 2013, 12:25

AxelP800 wrote:Why not USGP alternate between NJ and COTA? Or even Road America. Or....OVAL ?

MARTINSVILLE!

andrew2209 · Post by **andrew2209** » 05 Dec 2013, 19:23

Caterham are apparently looking for an "experienced driver". Would Kobayashi count as "experienced", or am I clutching at straws?

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 05 Dec 2013, 19:30

Nuppiz wrote:
watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Could it be resized a bit more please as it is too big by 0.65 kilobytes?
Thanks

Post by **mario** » 05 Dec 2013, 20:58

andrew2209 wrote:Caterham are apparently looking for an "experienced driver". Would Kobayashi count as "experienced", or am I clutching at straws?

I suppose that he would count as an experienced driver, but it isn't as if there is a shortage of experienced drivers on the market.

Caterham already had one experienced under contract in the form of their test driver, Kovalainen, and if anything it would make more sense to put him back in the seat than Kobayashi given that Kovalainen already has a strong working relationship and prior experience with the team, not to mention more experience in total (nearly twice as many race starts (111) than Kobayashi (60)). I think that it is more likely to be Heikki rather than Kamui who'd get the seat in that instance given those factors...

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 05 Dec 2013, 23:11

Looking at the 2014 calendar changes,the FIA have done good on that. New Jersey was never going to make it,Mexico came out of the blue and Korea was thankfully dumped.

However...I'll miss Korea. Probably because Yeongam was a track that was simply...rejectful. The layout was unimaginative, the marshaling was weak,the plans surrounding the track never got past construction,making the atmosphere surrounding it duller than a calculator. Hell,even the AstroTurf was rejectful. But I liked it for that,being the most rejectful race on the calendar. And, on a site like F1 Rejects,we like those wacky moments.

And,for that,I'll miss Korea.

Post by **Nuppiz** » 06 Dec 2013, 00:39

roblomas52 wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:
watka wrote:With NJ officially confirmed as not on the 2014 calendar, could someone please resize this for Rob?

Could it be resized a bit more please as it is too big by 0.65 kilobytes?
Thanks

Hmm? The avatar file size restriction was bumped up quite some time ago and is now 14.65 KiB, and the resize I made should fit well within that limit.

OsellaFA1L · Post by **OsellaFA1L** » 06 Dec 2013, 00:40

I honestly predict that Maldonado will match Grosjean in a couple of races and be nowhere near him for the rest. And that he will act like a tool while doing so.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 06 Dec 2013, 00:45

Nuppiz wrote:
roblomas52 wrote:
Nuppiz wrote:

Could it be resized a bit more please as it is too big by 0.65 kilobytes?
Thanks

Hmm? The avatar file size restriction was bumped up quite some time ago and is now 14.65 KiB, and the resize I made should fit well within that limit.

I tried it on my own profilemand it worked just fine... Not sure of the problem Rob has.

FanOfF1 · Post by **FanOfF1** » 06 Dec 2013, 03:35

http://www.planetf1.com/news/3213/9058112/Nico-Wants-Challenging-Team-Mate
Nice he has ambitions and a willingness to for a challenge. Force India have yet to announce their second driver but the feeling around the paddock is that it will be Checo. Strong driver line up, even stronger than the di Resta-Hulkenberg line up of 2012. How do we think that FI will do next year?

tristan1117 · Post by **tristan1117** » 06 Dec 2013, 03:59

Um, I think this could have been posted in the 2014 Silly Season thread.

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 06 Dec 2013, 13:30

go_Rubens wrote:Not sure of the problem Rob has.

Sour grapes at losing?

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 06 Dec 2013, 18:30

dr-baker wrote:
go_Rubens wrote:Not sure of the problem Rob has.

Sour grapes at losing?

No, it's most likley to be down to the file format but it should work if I change it into GIF

EDIT: it was to do with the file type 8-)

WeirdKerr · Post by **WeirdKerr** » 06 Dec 2013, 20:30

I will just leave this here....

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Dec 2013, 20:44

WeirdKerr wrote:I will just leave this here....

Jesus, don't do that! You almost gave me a heart attack.

But don't fear, MaxAttack isn't abandoning his beloved Marussia just yet. That snap is from the 2011 YDT at Abu Dhabi.

Shizuka · Post by **Shizuka** » 06 Dec 2013, 21:08

WeirdKerr wrote:I will just leave this here....

That was 2 years ago.

OsellaFA1L · Post by **OsellaFA1L** » 07 Dec 2013, 00:35

AFdC has been announced as Red Bull reserve driver. I personally thought he should have got Kvyat's drive as the Russian doesn't as much experience.

go_Rubens · Post by **go_Rubens** » 07 Dec 2013, 00:44

OsellaFA1L wrote:AFdC has been announced as Red Bull reserve driver. I personally thought he should have got Kvyat's drive as the Russian doesn't as much experience.

For now, I think that will be Antonio's big break. I wonder what he'll race next year, as I have read RBR want him on race weekends to do work in the simulator.

Post by **Ataxia** » 07 Dec 2013, 00:51

go_Rubens wrote:
OsellaFA1L wrote:AFdC has been announced as Red Bull reserve driver. I personally thought he should have got Kvyat's drive as the Russian doesn't as much experience.

For now, I think that will be Antonio's big break. I wonder what he'll race next year, as I have read RBR want him on race weekends to do work in the simulator.

He's driving for BMW in DTM.