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2014 Entry List

Red Bull

1 Sebastian Vettel, 3 Daniel Ricciardo

 

Mercedes

6 Nico Rosberg, 44 Lewis Hamilton

 

Ferrari

7 Kimi Räikkönen, 14 Fernando Alonso

 

Lotus

8 Romain Grosjean, 13 Pastor Maldonado

 

McLaren

20 Kevin Magnussen, 22 Jenson Button

 

Force India

11 Sergio Pérez, 27 Nico Hülkenberg

 

Sauber

21 Esteban Gutiérrez, 99 Adrian Sutil

 

Toro Rosso

25 Jean-Éric Vergne, 26 Daniil Kvyat

 

Williams

19 Felipe Massa, 77 Valtteri Bottas

 

Marussia

4 Max Chilton, 17 Jules Bianchi

 

Caterham

9 Marcus Ericsson, 10 Kamui Kobayashi

 

 

2014 Testing Dates

28th January to 31st January

Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Spain

 

19th February to 22nd February

Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain

 

27th February to 2nd March

Bahrain International Circuit, Bahrain

The first 2014 car was revealed today!

 

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Looks incredible! :wub: Force India are my favourite team and their car livery has also been my favourite for the last few years. Loving the new black colour scheme! :D

What do you think of the new MotoGP style numbers that F1 are using?

 

Also what do you think of the idea of double points for the last race. I think it's a pretty bad idea to be honest.

Love the number, adore Force India's new paint job but hate the double points thing.

Yeah, double points for the last race is a bit ridic. Could someone explain to me the Moto GP style numbers? I have to admit, I was confused as to why the RBR cars were not 1 and 2 etc.

Yeah, double points for the last race is a bit ridic. Could someone explain to me the Moto GP style numbers? I have to admit, I was confused as to why the RBR cars were not 1 and 2 etc.

 

They have all chosen numbers which they will now keep for the rest of their careers which is said to be beneficial for marketing purposes. The only exception is Vettel who gets to be #1 as the current champion, but next year will change to his chosen number (I believe he chose #5) and the new champion will have the option of keeping his current number or changing to #1 for the following season. Unless Vettel wins the championship again of course and then he can keep #1 again!

 

I wasn't sure about the new numbers rule at first, but I've grown to like it! I don't really agree with the double points rule though as all races should be of the same value in my opinion, but it will cause lots of excitement in the last race. I'd prefer the idea to be scrapped though.

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Computer model, from Williams, of the FW36.

 

 

Hideous nose but the rest is pretty good!

Seeing photos of Danil Kvyat makes me feel REALLY OLD

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Daniil_Kvyat.JPG/450px-Daniil_Kvyat.JPG

 

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New McLaren. WHERE'S THE RED?

 

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Well it is just a launch livery.

 

New Ferrari:

 

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and the New Lotus:

 

Toro Rosso

 

http://www.grandprix.com/jpeg/misc/2014tororosso-rg.jpg

 

Every nose cone is different thus far!

Caterham have possibly the ugliest nose in F1 history

For me, F1 is partially about the spectacle of beautiful machinery. The new nose regulations have created some vile looking cars, agreeing that the Caterham is the worst... :(

Totally! I would love to go back to 2005 with cars like these:

 

http://worldcarslist.com/images/sauber/sauber-c24/sauber-c24-02.jpg

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Alonso_(Renault)_qualifying_at_USGP_2005.jpg

 

The Sauber C24 and Renault's R25/26 are probably the best looking F1 cars imo

The mid 00's Renaults were amongst my favourites. I was a big fan of the Orange livery Arrows cars before they went bust, too!

Double points for final three races?!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25955560

Mid 00s was for sure where it was at with F1 design. I loved all the aero parts, they were absolute masterpieces!

 

I miss Minardi and Jordan. They were personalities and I loved seeing if Minardi could make it 1) to Australia and 2) to the end of the season without bankruptcy.

Double points for final three races?!

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25955560

This plan is like the Caterham nose. Big fat no from me.

Mid 00s was for sure where it was at with F1 design. I loved all the aero parts, they were absolute masterpieces!

 

I miss Minardi and Jordan. They were personalities and I loved seeing if Minardi could make it 1) to Australia and 2) to the end of the season without bankruptcy.

I guess they still exist (in Toro Rosso and Force India form lol). There aren't any teams quite like them these days, Minardi were the only team who managed to be able to not qualify at one point and Eddie Jordan and his beautiful yellow cars/pit girls (especially when they had the eye on the nose) certainly brought something magical to F1.

 

Admittedly, I've paid very little attention to F1 over the last few seasons, hoping to change that this year! :D

For the points system surely they should have done: 10 to 1 from 1st to 10th.

 

Top10 All-Time F1 Point Scorers:

 

1st Fernando Alonso 1606pts

2nd Michael Schumacher 1566pts

3rd Sebastian Vettel 1451pts

4th Lewis Hamilton 1102pts

5th Jenson Button 1072pts

6th Mark Webber 1047.5pts

7th Kimi Raikkonen 969pts

8th Felipe Massa 816pts

9th Alain Prost 798.5pts

10th Rubens Barrichello 658pts