2014 Malaysian GP - Preview
by Cato Batista, 27/03/2014 16:02:51
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I had to call Bernie to express our dissatisfaction. The fans’ clamour is universal: this F1s sound horrible. And they are ugly, but we can live with that, not so when they sound like lawnmowers. Bernie’s response was basically ‘I told you’, he says was the first to complain.”I'm disappointed that I was right when I said what was going to happen. I'm sorry that it's happened." Jean Todd said the disapproval has been so overwhelming that the FIA is willing to talk to the teams to correct this situation, so there's hope. Another possible upcoming change is to increase the 100kg per hour limit in fuel consumption (the one RIC got penalized for) if that helps improving the show. In the end, as Bernie said to the GP organizers who are most unhappy about the new-generation F1s: “This ...
2014 Australian GP - QF by Cato Batista, 14/03/2014 20:47:40 Ladies and Gentlemen, Mercedes has confirmed their good testing form with the fastest times in the opening practice day; Ferrari follows with 3rd albeit half a second behind. Red Bull is definitely faster than anybody anticipated (VET 4th, RIC 6th), McLaren made it comfortably in the top group and Williams although reliable was not as quick (-1.3 secs) as they were expected to be. read more