F1 Badger GP 2014

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Proof that Red Bull does not give you wings.
View: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=934013863278686

 

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Or brakes.

 

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Top Gear

Who said V6 turbos can't sound awesome, Bernie? Turn up your speakers for Renault's 500bhp RS01

Happy birthday, ears: have a listen to Renault’s 500bhp V6 racer blatting round Monza.

View: http://youtu.be/mIps7w2iMWc
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Badger GP

Here's the podium from the inaugural 2012 Austin race, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton winning from Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.

With Lewis already switched to Mercedes, Vettel has announced he'll be leaving Red Bull at the end of 2014, and it's pretty much certain Alonso will leave Ferrari too.

And the guy without the hat? That's Martin Whitmarsh, former Team Principle at McLaren, whereabouts unknown.

What a difference 2 years makes!

 

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Looks like we will be 4 cars down for the US Grand Prix. No Caterham or Marussia will bring the field down to a miserly 18 cars...

http://www.carthrottle.com/f1-in-turmoil-marussia-and-caterham-to-miss-united-states-grand-prix/

 

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Giedo van der Garde added a new photo.

 

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United States Grand Prix 2014

United States GP Results

Practice as it happened

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Summary

1. Hamilton fastest in second practice, Rosberg 2nd
2. Lotus' Maldonado and Grosjean spin
3. Hamilton fastest in first practice, Rosberg 2nd
4. Marussia & Caterham not in Austin
5. Bianchi still 'critical but stable'
6. Saturday 1 November
   Third practice, 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
   Qualifying, 18:00 - 19:05 GMT
   

 

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FORMULA 1 ISN'T BORING.

My Predictions

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United States Grand Prix qualifying

SessionQ1​

• First qualifying ends
  Posted at 18:18
  Lewis Hamilton finishes fastest in the first part of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.
• IN 1) Lewis Hamilton 2) Felipe Massa 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Nico Rosberg 5) Fernando Alonso 6) Kevin Magnussen 7) Jenson Button
  8) Pastor Maldonado 9) Kimi Raikkonen 10) Daniel Ricciardo 11) Adrian Sutil 12) Nico Hulkenberg 13) Daniil Kvyat 14) Sergio Perez
• OUT 15) Jean-Eric Vergne 16) Esteban Gutierrez 17) Sebastian Vettel 18) Romain Grosjean

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• Second qualifying ends
  Posted at 18:40
  Nico Rosberg sets the fastest time in the second part of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix. That was some lap from Nico Rosberg, on a fresh set of soft tyres. The German clocked a 1:36.290, the fastest time of the weekend, to go one second clear of Lewis Hamilton.
  IN 1) Nico Rosberg 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Felipe Massa 4) Valtteri Bottas 5) Daniel Ricciardo 6) Fernando Alonso 7) Jenson Button 8) Kevin Magnussen 9) Kimi Raikkonen 10) Adrian Sutil
• OUT 11) Pastor Maldonado 12) Sergio Perez 13) Nico Hulkenberg 14) Daniil Kvyat

SessionQ3
Final Qualifying​

Daniel Ricciardo lays down the first marker, a 1:38.120 in the Red Bull.
The Mercedes and Williams should have no problem beating that, though.

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Chequered flag
Posted at 19:00
Nico Rosberg goes even quicker with a 1:36.067 to go 0.376 seconds clear!

Lewis Hamilton isn't looking too quick in the middle sector...
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Pole position
Nico Rosberg takes pole position for the United States Grand Prix.

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• Qualifying result
  
  1) Nico Rosberg 2) Lewis Hamilton 3) Valtteri Bottas 4) Felipe Massa 5) Daniel Ricciardo 6) Fernando Alonso 7) Jenson Button 8) Kevin Magnussen 9) Kimi Raikkonen 10) Adrian Sutil
  
  11) Pastor Maldonado 12) Sergio Perez 13) Nico Hulkenberg 14) Daniil Kvyat
  
  15) Jean-Eric Vergne 16) Esteban Gutierrez 17) Sebastian Vettel 18) Romain Grosjean
  

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Badger GP

17 Things Older Than Max Verstappen
Published September 29, 2014 by Adam Mills

This weekend in Suzuka will see Max Verstappen take up the Friday testing role at Toro Rosso ahead of being an F1 driver for the team in 2015. At this point I’d also like to point out that Max was born in 1997.

Yes, that’s right and his birthday is 30th September – today and he’s turning 17.

When most kids would be excited to get some driving lessons, he’ll be taking on Lewis Hamilton and co at one of the greatest F1 tracks in the world. And not on an XBOX.

Thanks to the great @F1StatMan on Twitter and his #ThingsOlderThanVerstappen hashtag, we’ve compiled this visual guide to Things Older Than Max Verstappen.

Prepare to feel OLD!

 

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• Start
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• Nico Rosberg makes a clean getaway with Lewis Hamilton tucking into his Mercedes team-mate's slipstream before having a look up the inside. He's not close enough to make a pass, though, and it's as you were. Behind them, Felipe Massa gets past his Williams team-mate Valtteri Bottas for third.
  Lap One:
  Further back, there's contact - and lots of it, with Sergio Perez tapping the back of Kimi Raikkonen, which slings him into the unsuspecting Adrian Sutil. Sutil is out instantly, which is hugely disappointing considering his very strong qualifying performance.
  
  Perez manages to get back to the pits, but his Force India is too badly damaged to continue. There's a lot of debris so the safety car is coming out.

 

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• Lap 12
  Pastor Maldonado, Jean-Eric Vergne and Esteban Gutierrez are given five-second stop-go penalties for speeding behind the safety car. That's a shame for Maldonado who is running eighth. Both Lotuses are currently in the points and showing their best form of the season.
• Team radio
  Nico Rosberg: "Front left [tyre] is finished."
  
  That'll be music to the ears of Lewis Hamilton.

 

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• Lap 24
  
  Lewis Hamilton leads the United States Grand Prix!
  
  The Briton nips into his team-mate's slipstream and with the aid of DRS pulls alongside on the brakes in the rundown to Turn 12. It's a bold move and Rosberg doesn't give him much space, but he's through!
  
  Hamilton then gives Rosberg the squeeze on the exit, with the German forced onto the run-off before rejoining. What a blow that will be to Rosberg's confidence.
  
  

 

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• Lap 28
  Jenson Button is told to pit, but then told to stay out as his McLaren team-mate Kevin Magnussen is in the pits. Meanwhile, up front, Lewis Hamiltonleads Nico Rosberg by 1.4 seconds. This race is not over yet.
• Lap 29
• "OK Jenson, pit this lap," says Jenson Button's race engineer. A wound up 2009 world champion replies "Are you sure this lap? Are you sure?" in reference to the message from the previous lap.

 

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A Lotus passing a Red Bull? What is going on? Romain Grosjean passes Sebastian Vettel for ninth place. Vettel is having a torrid afternoon, complaining about the car's pace on team radio.

 

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• Lap 34
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  Nico Rosberg pits and rejoins behind Lewis Hamilton. If Rosberg wants to win this race, he'll need to make the pass on the track as neither Mercedes driver needs to stop again.
  
  Here's the top 10: 1) Ham 2) Ros 3) Ric 4) Mas 5) Bot 6) Alo 7) Mal 8) Rai 9) Kvy 10) Mag
  

 

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Lap 45
Here's how they stand with 11 laps to go:
1) Ham 2) Ros 3) Ric 4) Mas 5) Bot 6) Vet 7) Alo 8) Mag 9) But 10) Gro
Lap 46
Sebastian Vettel is struggling on those tyres and that makes him easy-pickings for Fernando Alonso, who breezes past to take sixth.
Lap 47
Nico Rosberg takes half a second out of Lewis Hamilton to reduce the gap to the race leader to 1.9 seconds. Hamilton is warned over the radio to be careful on he exit of Turn 19 where a strip of Astroturf has dislodged itself.

 

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Chequered flag
Lewis Hamilton wins the United States Grand Prix.