Formula 1 in 2015

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Is this upcoming race shown on 10/1? it does not seem to be in the guide.
 
Folgore7 said:
Is this upcoming race shown on 10/1? it does not seem to be in the guide.
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Nope,this one & the next one [China on April 12th] are Fox Sport only.The next race on Ten/One is Bahrain on April 19th.
You'll have to wait until monday night at 9.30pm on ONE for an hours highlights.
 

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JUBJUB said:
Nope,this one & the next one [China on April 12th] are Fox Sport only.The next race on Ten/One is Bahrain on April 19th.
You'll have to wait until monday night at 9.30pm on ONE for an hours highlights.
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40 minutes of highlights ;)
 
JUBJUB said:
Nope,this one & the next one [China on April 12th] are Fox Sport only.The next race on Ten/One is Bahrain on April 19th.
You'll have to wait until monday night at 9.30pm on ONE for an hours highlights.
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Any reason why? Was under the impression Ch 10 wanted to be the new home of motorsport.
 
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Formula 1 engine usage after three races. It won't be long before Ricciardo and McLaren start taking penalties.
 

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Simple Jack said:
Wow. Check out 2015 Merc/Ferrari vs Renault/Honda/2014 Ferrari. Faster and more reliable.
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It's certainly a stark comparison. Mercedes and Ferrari have definitely got their engines under control for 2015 whereas the Renault engine is a complete disaster.

It wouldn't surprise me if Manor are getting used 2014 engines from Ferrari and that's why they're unreliable. I can't see any reason why Ferrari would produce brand new versions of last year's engines for just one team, it wouldn't make any sense at all.
 
A fault with the piston design of Renault's 2015 engine has been identified, according to the French broadcaster Canal Plus.
Problems across both Renault-powered teams, Red Bull and Toro Rosso, marred the French marque's weekend in China last weekend.
Boss Cyril Abiteboul departed Shanghai saying he hoped a fix could be identified and put in place in time for Bahrain, despite the turnaround of mere days.
But the latest news is alarming, as Canal Plus reports that the issue is in fact a fundamental flaw with the actual piston.
Abiteboul is quoted as saying there can be "no solution within the next six weeks".
Ferrari technical director James Allison commented: "Problems with the power unit are the last thing you want, because the production time of the parts is so long."
As for improving the actual lagging performance of the engine, Abiteboul insisted Renault must be wise in spending its remaining 'tokens' this year.
"Engine technology," he said, "is not something you can change overnight after a bad race.
"We have a plan for the use of our tokens this year, so we should not rush headlong into decisions that may not be the best for the long term."
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This must be extremely embarrassing for Renault that something as basic as a piston could be the source of their engine problems this year.

I'm sure the engine manufacturers are allowed reliability fixes without using upgrade tokens, but issues like this divert Renault from their main focus, which is to upgrade the engine to a point where it can challenge Mercedes.
 
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Sven are you able to explain the license points in that table above?

The fact Maldonado has the most leads me to believe it's something to do with crashing/causing incidents?

But that reasoning doesn't really sit with why Button has some points and Massa has 0

Cheers!
 
billywhizz said:
Sven are you able to explain the license points in that table above?

The fact Maldonado has the most leads me to believe it's something to do with crashing/causing incidents?

But that reasoning doesn't really sit with why Button has some points and Massa has 0

Cheers!
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You are correct the points are "License Penalty Points"

Formula 1 will introduce a licence penalty point system to penalise drivers next season.
Drivers who accumulate more than 12 points will be automatically banned from the next race.
This proposal has been under discussion since late last year with a trial points system running unofficially this year to evaluate its effectiveness.
This move has been made to allow stewards to take into account repeat offenders, with Romain Grosjean's one-race ban after triggering a first-corner accident at Spa believed to have been motivated partly by his record of incidents in previous races.
Currently, the only cumulative mechanism available is one of reprimands, with a driver receiving three being hit with a 10-place grid penalty.
It is understood that causing a dangerous collision will be worth three penalty points, with more extreme offences worth as many as five points.
"A penalty point system for drivers will be introduced," said an FIA statement.
"If a driver accumulates more than 12 points he will be banned from the next race.
"Points will stay on the driver's licence for 12 months.
"The amount of points a driver may be given for infringements will vary from one to three depending upon the severity of the offence."
The rules dictating how drivers must hand back any advantage gained from leaving the track will also been tightened up.
This will ensure that situations such as Fernando Alonso having to give Sergio Perez a place under the safety car at Monaco are handled consistently in future.
"The procedure for a driver to be given the chance to give back any advantage he may have gained by leaving the track has been adopted," said the FIA.
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Button's points are as a result of his crash with Maldonado in China

McLaren's Jenson Button has been given a Formula 1 licence points penalty and demoted to 14th place in the Chinese Grand Prix for his collision with Lotus driver Pastor Maldonado.
A five-second penalty dropped Button - who called the incident a "misjudgement" - from 13th to 14th behind Carlos Sainz Jr in the race results.
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Sven said:
You are correct the points are "License Penalty Points"

Button's points are as a result of his crash with Maldonado in China
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Ah thanks! Actually missed the China GP (didn't realise he and Pastor had tangled) and the only time I could remember Button crashing was with Hamilton a few years ago.
 
With Ricciardo just blowing up his 3rd engine in 4 races, here's a reminder on power unit penalties:

The penalties imposed for using additional elements work thus: the first time a fifth of any of the elements is used, a ten-place grid penalty will be imposed. A five-place grid penalty will then be imposed the first time a fifth of any of the remaining elements is used. Likewise, the first time a sixth of any of the elements is used, a ten-place grid penalty will be imposed, and so on.

If a grid place penalty is imposed, and the driver’s grid position at said event is such that the full penalty cannot be applied, the remainder of the penalty will be applied in the form of a time penalty during the race. Depending on the number of grid penalty places untaken this can range from a 5-second time penalty to a 10-second stop-go penalty.
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There are reports that the teams have apparently agreed to a 5th engine without penalty, but I can't find any confirmation of this.
 
I remember this being looked at on another forum and IIRC if he just took a fresh one of everything at once (assuming he was on the limit), qualified shitly as you would expect with the Renault he would have to start from the back and have a 10 second stop go. Ideally it would be good to do at somewhere like Monza if they could plan it. Probably going to have to do it at ~Canada first though.
 
Now you're talking....

Mosley proposes budget cap with rules freedom
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Max Mosley has urged F1 teams to rethink the idea of a budget cap -- with an added twist.
In 2015, the issue of spiralling and unmanageable costs is high on the agenda, and not just following the collapse of Caterham and Marussia.
Three bigger teams - Force India, Lotus and Sauber - reportedly only made it to the Melbourne grid when Bernie Ecclestone fast-forwarded some of their due income.
And even the competitive Williams team cited the cost of the new turbo V6 era on Monday as it revealed a $50 million financial loss.
"We actually never wanted to get back to these times that power trains cost that much," Sauber team boss Monisha Kaltenborn told F1's official website on Tuesday.
So now, the sport as a whole is considering a rethink of the rules for 2017.
On May 14, the powerful Strategy Group will sit to consider the future of the sport, and former FIA president Mosley has undoubtedly now given them another item to discuss.
One of Mosley's regrets is that he was not able to push through his budget cap proposal before handing over to new president Jean Todt some years ago.
But now he has added a new twist to his idea.
Mosley told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport on Tuesday that big teams, if they so desire, should be free to keep spending multiple hundreds of millions of euros per year under the current rules.
But those who agree to be capped to 100 million per year, Mosley says, should be given almost complete regulations freedom to design their cars.
"I can imagine that very soon all the teams would fall into the camp of the budget limit," said the 75-year-old Briton.
"They would realise that you can also do great motor sport and build technically advanced cars with 100 million," Mosley added.
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