2014 Formula One World Championship - Round 2@ Sepang

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 mi)
Course 5.543 km (3.444 mi)

Preview thanks to Neil James from BleacherReport.com

The Malaysian Grand Prix takes place this weekend at the Sepang International Circuit, and it will be the second round of the 2014 Formula One season.

The race was first held in 1999, and it has been a popular fixture on the calendar ever since. This will be the 16th F1 event to bear the name.

Four current drivers have won here—Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel. Alonso and Vettel have three wins each.

In Australia two weeks ago, 15 cars were still running at the end. Fears of reliability problems dominating the early rounds had, it seemed, been exaggerated. Only six cars suffered race-ending failures.

But with cooling such a significant issue for all the teams, the heat of Malaysia could send everyone back to the drawing board.

Read on for current standings, circuit guide, tyre and Drag Reduction System (DRS) information, weather forecast, odds, TV and session times.

 

[stmookeyj]

Weather always a factor here, may well affect qualifying more than the race but the forecasts I'm seeing are varying on Sunday.

 

[little graham]

Bring back Sven

 

[ricardogp]

FP1 Top 5:

PosNoDriverTeamTime/RetiredGapLaps
144Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.69119
27Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:40.8430.15220
36Nico RosbergMercedes1:41.0280.33719
422Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:41.1110.42020
520Kevin MagnussenMcLaren-Mercedes1:41.2740.58318


FP2 Top 5:

PosNoDriverTeamTime/RetiredGapLaps
16Nico RosbergMercedes1:39.90930
27Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:39.9440.03530
31Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing-Renault1:39.9700.06130
444Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:40.0510.14232
514Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:40.1030.19429

Apologies if the paste from the F1 website is a bit awry.

 

[ricardogp]

Jeez, that looks awful! Do you guys normally paste text or images?

 

[hey shorty]

Red Bull again down on speed, super slow in sector one but clawing back in the last 2

 

[Rod Stroker]

Multi 31?

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Bring back Sven

Sven retired from doing his race threads.

Jeez, that looks awful! Do you guys normally paste text or images?

If i can't get anyone to do it & if i don't have much time i just put other people's previews up.

So if anyone is willing to put race threads up please PM me.

 

[DamoESP]

Watching FP3 now, and I know people complain that the cars are no longer "loud" but damn, it sounds awesome being able to hear the tyres squeal and screech when a driver locks up his fronts or slides around a corner

 

[ricardogp]

If i can't get anyone to do it & if i don't have much time i just put other people's previews up.

Sorry DTB, I wasn't referring to you if that's what you thought - I was referring to how bad my post looked when I cut-and-pasted from the F1 site. All tabular formatting was lost. I'm not sure how to format tables in BF posts...

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Sorry DTB, I wasn't referring to you if that's what you thought - I was referring to how bad my post looked when I cut-and-pasted from the F1 site. All tabular formatting was lost. I'm not sure how to format tables in BF posts...

All good

Jeez, that looks awful! Do you guys normally paste text or images?

That looks ok ricardogp

 

[ricardogp]

Wet quali. Lucky, cos I only just managed to tune in!

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[Gak Attack]

More trouble for Vettel. Mercs shitting it in. Hope the other teams get their act together soon or could be more boring than last year this season.

 

[Smeg Head]

More trouble for Vettel. Mercs shitting it in. Hope the other teams get their act together soon or could be more boring than last year this season.

The Red Bull aero package seems good, its really the Renault powertrain letting them down. If they can sort that out for this season soon enough he will be right at the front again most likely.

 

[Frankster177]

Well there goes Alonso in qualifying, racing incident, but he has it all to do tomorrow.
Could they fix it in time......

 

[ricardogp]

That Merc just looks so stable through the last corner.

Did ALO get out again? He's currently listed 6th

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[Gak Attack]

That Merc just looks so stable through the last corner.

Did ALO get out again? He's currently listed 6th

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Yeh they got him back out quickly.

 

[ricardogp]

I see McLaren has already changed the design of their nose...

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[ricardogp]

Ooh... Slightly dodgy manoeuvre there by ROS on VET!

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[juice t]

Rosberg you cheeky bugger

 

[Frankster177]

Fazz's 4th Alo and 6th Rai.
Not bad, should be a good race, hopefully they get the strategy right.

 

[Gak Attack]

What's the weather forecast for tomorrow? Wet again would make a good race.

 

[alfy!]

Ted's Post Quali Notebook.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

What's the weather forecast for tomorrow? Wet again would make a good race.

Today:
Partly cloudy early. Thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Heat index near 105F. High 92F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.

Tonight:
Variable clouds with thunderstorms, especially early. Low 77F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 50%.

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Sepang+Malaysia+MYXX0031

 

[Simple Jack]

Sorry DTB, I wasn't referring to you if that's what you thought - I was referring to how bad my post looked when I cut-and-pasted from the F1 site. All tabular formatting was lost. I'm not sure how to format tables in BF posts...

When I was doing the threads last year I wrote a simple program that would read in the data copied off the F1 site, and then format it nicely with spaces to be used in a

block.

I can send it to anyone who wants it with some instructions if they'd like.