Formula 1 CFA Comments
2014 Singapore GP - Race
by Cato Batista, 20/09/2014 20:16:08
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It was the most demanding, best QF session this year with the top 10 separated by only 6 tenths. It didn’t look like Mercedes was going to dominate once more but in the their last flyers Lewis and Nico grabbed yet another front row, the difference between them only 7 thousands, the closest margin for pole in 4 years. Ricciardo led the opposition ahead of teammate Vettel, the Red Bull cars just ahead of Alonso by 5 thousands (!). Massa squeeze between the Ferraris when Raikkonen had mechanical problems in his last attempt ahead of Bottas, Magnussen and the always impressive Kvyat.
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2014 Singapore GP - QF
by Cato Batista, 19/09/2014 22:56:15
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a surprise when the Mercedes are not taking the two spots at the top, but even a bigger surprise is to find a Ferrari fastest in one of the sessions. Alonso put a display to edge Hamilton in P1 with the British restoring the order in P2. Rosberg was third in the morning but couldn’t do better than 9th in the afternoon, the reason was that he had to abort his QF simulation lap when the session was red-flagged when Maldonado (you guessed) hit the wall with such force that will need a chassis replacement. The best lap times came early on the sessions, before the half-hour mark when the teams have to return a set of option tyres (even if they don’t use them), but the rest of the time was dedicated to figure out how to get the best from the Pirellis. We’ll get to that in a moment. Red Bull’s superior downforce is expected to present the main challenge to ...
2014 Singapore GP - Preview by Cato Batista, 18/09/2014 20:05:47 Ladies and Gentlemen, Get prepared for the Singapore GP this weekend, the 14th round of the season, the night-time race at the Mother of all Mickey Mouse street circuits. In typical F1 fashion there are controversial news since last race, but this time the FIA ban on radio communications just keeps making big waves. The governing body has decided that the drivers are getting too much help over the radio from their engineers. According to the rulebook “the driver must drive the car alone and unaided”, so the men behind the desk had decided all of the sudden to limit the assistance the drivers receive from the ranks of engineers reacting to real time information they get from the car. read more
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