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re: 2014 Formula 1 Season Long Thread
Posted on 3/28/14 at 9:44 pm to Trout Bandit
Posted on 3/28/14 at 9:44 pm to Trout Bandit
Bump again.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 12:38 pm to Trout Bandit
Malaysia was owned by Merc. I expect to see much of the same this weekend.
With dry qualy...what will be the order? is Red Bull still in 2nd?
With dry qualy...what will be the order? is Red Bull still in 2nd?
Posted on 4/6/14 at 12:10 am to theone
Mercedes Is Owning This Formula 1 Season. Here’s Why
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Rosberg is on pole at Bahrain making it 3 poles in a row for Mercedes. Lewis is starting 2nd. Kimi is the top non Mercedes powered car and will start the race in 5th position. Vettel is 11th.
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We’re two races into the Formula 1 season, and Mercedes-Benz has been killing it. Now we know the team’s secret (one of them, anyway), and it’s brilliantly simple.
This year, the entire grid of 22 cars is running 1.6-liter turbocharged V6 engines with a sophisticated hybrid energy system that scavenges energy from the brakes and turbo. F1 engineers are among the sharpest on the planet, and they have thousands of parameters they can tweak and tricks they can use to make these power units as powerful and efficient as possible. Mercedes’ best and brightest found a particularly cool one: they essentially cut the turbo in half.
This is very smart. Here’s why.
What Mercedes’ boffins have done, according to Sky Sports F1 technical guru Mark Hughes, is split the turbo in half, mounting the exhaust turbine at the rear of the engine and the intake turbine at the front. A shaft running through the V of the V6 engine connects the two halves, keeping the hot exhaust gases driving the turbo from heating the cool air it’s drawing into the engine.
Aside from getting cooler air into the engine and extracting more power (maybe as much as 50 horsepower), this setup also allows Mercedes to keep drivetrain components closer to the center of the car. It also allowed the team to use a smaller intercooler, which cools off the heated air before going into the engine, compared to the rest of the cars.
And what about those other cars?
Even with Mercedes’ secret out, there’s not much anyone can do about it. Engine designs are essentially locked down for the season, so the only teams that can benefit from it are the teams using Mercedes-Benz engines. But those teams–McLaren, Williams, and Force India–haven’t been testing these new V6s as long as the official factory team. It’s rumored that Mercedes has been running a version of this engine in secret for almost two years, and even though it supplies engines to other teams, they are, after all, competitors. And now they’re on a steep learning curve as Mercedes continues to dominate the pack.
Rosberg is on pole at Bahrain making it 3 poles in a row for Mercedes. Lewis is starting 2nd. Kimi is the top non Mercedes powered car and will start the race in 5th position. Vettel is 11th.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:36 am to CtotheVrzrbck
This battle for the lead between the two MB cars is great!
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:40 am to euphemus
Rumors that McClaren is is dealing to get Fernando Alonso back for 2015.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 10:46 am to Dandy Lion
I'm veeeeery interested to see what the engine wizards at Honda can do for McLaren next year.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 11:14 am to Them
There goes about 5 million in repairs.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 12:30 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Wow, best race I have seen since Montreal 2012. So much actual racing throughout the whole field. AMG is going to dominate this year, but seeing the smaller teams really compete will make this year awesome to watch.
Posted on 4/6/14 at 12:49 pm to fightin tigers
Wow...I just read the race report on Planetf1.com and caught a few highlights on TV. It looked like it was a very exciting race. I forgot to set my DVR this morning. But the good thing is NBC sports is replaying the race at 1:30 pm (CST). I am going to watch the whole thing. I don't think we have had wheel-to-wheel racing like this in a long time in Formula 1. This is great.
Posted on 4/7/14 at 8:41 am to euphemus
Best race in a while.
I love that Nico and Lewis are allowed to go at it but at this point it's clear to me Lewis is much better than Nico.
I feel like it's already slipping away from Williams they should have had a podium here but Force India was stronger and RBR is about to catch up and be the clear #2.
When will Lotus score a point?
I love that Nico and Lewis are allowed to go at it but at this point it's clear to me Lewis is much better than Nico.
I feel like it's already slipping away from Williams they should have had a podium here but Force India was stronger and RBR is about to catch up and be the clear #2.
When will Lotus score a point?
Posted on 4/20/14 at 3:01 am to theone
Lewis and Rosberg are running 1st and 3rd at the 33 lap mark in the Chinese GP. Rosberg is only 1 second behind Alonso and catching him fast. It is shaping out to be a third consecutive Mercedes 1-2. What a car they have this year. Lewis was 1 second faster than everybody else in the first 15 laps. And despite being the the fastest driver, Lewis has consumed the least amount of fuel compared to the others in the race. That's incredible!
This post was edited on 4/20/14 at 3:06 am
Posted on 4/20/14 at 3:09 am to euphemus
Vettel's response to the request to let Riccardo through because he's faster on fresher tires? Tough luck!
Posted on 4/20/14 at 3:19 am to EventHorizon
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Vettel's response to the request to let Riccardo through because he's faster on fresher tires? Tough luck!
Then he turns around and whines when Kobayashi overtakes him. Vettel is coming across as a petulant spoiled child in this race.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 2:18 pm to stendulkar
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Vettel is a petulant spoiled child
Posted on 4/20/14 at 4:32 pm to Dandy Lion
I hope Hamilton maintains this consistency and wins another championship. Definitely one of my favorite drivers and really nice guy.
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