F1 2013

[losCHUNK]

Testing has started, drivers and teams are being confirmed with cars being paraded to the media, the new season is upon us

2013 World Championship Entry List (Number / Driver / Team / Engine) -

1: Sebastian Vettel / Red Bull Racing / Renault
2: Mark Webber / Red Bull Racing / Renault
3: Fernando Alonso / Scuderia Ferrari / Ferrari
4: Felipe Massa / Scuderia Ferrari / Ferrari
5: Jenson Button / Vodafone McLaren Mercedes / Mercedes
6: Sergio Perez / Vodafone McLaren Mercedes / Mercedes
7: Kimi Raikkonen / Lotus F1 Team / Renault
8: Romain Grosjean / Lotus F1 Team / Renault
9: Nico Rosberg / Mercedes GP / Mercedes
10: Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes GP / Mercedes
11: Niko Hulkenburg / Sauber F1 / Ferrari
12: Esteban Gutierrez / Sauber F1 / Ferrari
14: Paul di Resta / Sahara Force India / Mercedes
15: tba / Sahara Force India / Mercedes
16: Pastor Maldonado / Williams F1 /Renault
17: Valtteri Bottas / Williams F1 / Renault
18: Danielle Riccardo / Scuderia Toro Rosso/ Ferrari
19: Jean Eric Vergne / Scuderia Toro Rosso / Ferrari
20: Charles Pic / Caterham F1 / Renault
21: tba / Caterham F1 / Renault
22: Max Chilton / Marussia F1 Team / Cosworth
23: tba / Marussia F1 / Cosworth

Paul di Resta was a late announcement for Force India but still havn't announced his team mate. Giedo van der Garde for Caterham, Valtteri Bottas for Williams and Esteban Gutiérrez for Sauber were all moved up from test/reserve driver and Max Chilton being included into Marussia after moving from the GP2 sister team. Timo Glock (now with DTM), Kamui Kobayashi, Heikki Kovalainen, Vitaly Petrov and Bruno Senna are all missing seats, you'll notice HRT have disappeared from the list too (taking Pedro de la Rosa and Narain Karthikeyan with them) and that Grosjean managed to hold onto to his seat. Schumacher is still retired for a change.

Testing days -

11/01 - Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 2013 - Santa Catarina (BRA)
12/01 - Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 2013 - Santa Catarina (BRA)
13/01 - Desafio Internacional das Estrelas 2013 - Santa Catarina (BRA)
15/01 - Wroom 2013 - Madonna di Campiglio (ITA)
17/01 - Wroom 2013 - Madonna di Campiglio (ITA)
18/01 - Wroom 2013 - Madonna di Campiglio (ITA)
31/01 - McLaren MP4-28 presentation - UK
01/02 - Force India VJM06 presentation - Silverstone
02/02 - Sauber C32 presentation - Hinwil
02/02 - Scuderia Ferrari F664 presentation - Maranello
03/02 - Red Bull Racing RB9 presentation - Milton Keynes
04/02 - Mercedes AMG F1 W04 track debut (Filming day) - Circuito de Jerez
05/02 - Test Day 1 - Circuito de Jerez
05/02 - Sauber C32 first test day
05/02 - Mercedes AMG F1 W04 first test day
05/02 - Scuderia Ferrari F664 first test day
06/02 - Test Day 2 - Circuito de Jerez
07/02 - Test Day 3 - Circuito de Jerez
08/02 - Test Day 4 - Circuito de Jerez
19/02 - Test Day 5 - Circuit de Catalunya
20/02 - Test Day 6 - Circuit de Catalunya
21/02 - Test Day 7 - Circuit de Catalunya
22/02 - Test Day 8 - Circuit de Catalunya
28/02 - Test Day 9 - Circuit de Catalunya
01/03 - Test Day 10 - Circuit de Catalunya
02/03 - Test Day 11 - Circuit de Catalunya
03/03 - Test Day 12 - Circuit de Catalunya

Race Schedule (Round / Race / Title / Grand Prix / Circuit Date) -

1 Australian Grand Prix / Australian GP / Albert Park, Melbourne / 17 March
2 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix / Malaysian GP / Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur / 24 March
3 UBS Chinese Grand Prix / Chinese GP / Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai / 14 April
4 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix / Bahrain GP / Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir / 21 April
5 Gran Premio de España / Spanish GP / Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona / 12 May
6 Grand Prix de Monaco / Monaco GP / Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo / 26 May
7 Grand Prix du Canada / Canadian GP / Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal / 9 June
8 British Grand Prix / British GP / Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone / 30 June
9 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland / German GP / tba / 7 July
10 Eni Magyar Nagydíj / Hungarian GP / Hungaroring, Budapest / 28 July
11 Shell Belgian Grand Prix / Belgian GP / Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps / 25 August
12 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia / Italian GP / Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza / 8 September
13 Singapore Grand Prix / Singapore GP / Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore / 22 September
14 Korean Grand Prix / Korean GP / Korea International Circuit, Yeongam / 6 October
15 Japanese Grand Prix / Japanese GP / Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka / 13 October
16 Airtel Indian Grand Prix / Indian GP / Buddh International Circuit, Greater Noida / 27 October
17 Etihad Airways / Abu Dhabi Grand Prix / Abu Dhabi GP / Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi / 3 November
18 United States Grand Prix / United States GP / Circuit of the Americas, Austin / 17 November
19 Grande Prêmio do Brasil / Brazilian GP / 24 November

Lotus / Renault E21 -

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The red on the sidepod spoils it

Mclaren MP4-28

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Ferrari F138

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Sauber C32 (My favourite)

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Force India VJM06 (with a rather nervous looking Di Resta on his lonesome )

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Red Bull RB9

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Brawn could be on his way out of Mercedes n all -

Mercedes want to replace team principal Ross Brawn as part of a restructure aimed at improving the team's performance.

The proposal is to replace Brawn, who masterminded Michael Schumacher's seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari, with two new appointments.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/21143847

and Kubicas yearly report see's him driving a DTM car with 'no problems what so ever'

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So, any of you guys looking forward to it ?

[EtUL]

Nice OP, however I've noticed most of the F1 fans here are total morons.

[losCHUNK]

This should be a gwamps free zone

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

i miss nightshade

[Don Carlos]

Nice post Chunk; the new Merc car looks extremely low and the red bull had just been revealed. Big post coming from me later

[zewulf]

GO KIMIIIIIII!!!

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[Captain]

Needs a dial for '# of times rear-ended by Hamilturd'

[losCHUNK]

Nice post Chunk; the new Merc car looks extremely low and the red bull had just been revealed. Big post coming from me later

Did try finding the Merc yesterday, thought they may have delayed it and still not seen the Bull.

I thought the rule changes stopped teams from using the 'stepped' nose n all so was wondering why Kimis car has one

[Don Carlos]

I didn’t get around to writing this last night due to being busy with other things, but here we go.

This year’s cars have changed more that I had thought. This is most evident on the Ferarri and the McLaren. The McLaren looks extremely neat and tidy, and I expect it to be challenging from the start. They have not gone down the Coanda style exhausts which the Red Bull was using last year and the Lotus has designed in this year too. The Ferarri back end is probably tighter than any other car on the grid; they have obviously gone a different route and think that a tiny gear box and the like are the way forward. This has meant they have “coke bottled” the rear of their car more than any others, which I think could cause issues with the airflow over the rear wing. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is unstable during heavy braking.

The leaked Mercedes pictures are the most intriguing of them all in my opinion; the car looks so flat that I don’t understand the design principles behind it at all. This could all be a cunning plan to throw people off their scent, so I will wait until the official reveal today before I try and write anything in depth about the car.

This year is going to be exciting, but I doubt we will see the early dramas we saw last season with so many different winner.

Predictions: Button or Alonso to win the championship, leaning more towards Alonso.

Chunk; the step is in most cars but they have been allowed a panel over then for aesthetics. It is not mandatory, hence you will see some cars with and cars without the step.

[DTS]

Don Carlos thinks he knows aerodynamics better than Ferrari
You can't even spell Ferrari right!

[Don Carlos]

I'm entitled to an opinion from I can see.

Yeah, I do always get the spelling of Ferrari wrong in fairness. Bellend.

[Doombrain]

Don Carlos thinks he knows aerodynamics better than Ferrari
You can't even spell Ferrari right!

At least he doesn't go into meltdown if someone upsets his routine, Rainman.

[scared?]

What's this thread about? Homosexuality?...

[Doombrain]

is now.

[scared?]

Raging fagot^^^...

[EtUL]

let's all go to the race in austin and stay at geoff's place

[Deathshroud]

let's all go to the race in austin and stay at geoff's place

That would be...interesting.

[Don Carlos]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motorsport/21655237

This will not end well...

[EtUL]

You know he's never driving F1 again right?

[Don Carlos]

We will see...

[Don Carlos]

This time next week

[losCHUNK]

*rubs hands*

Gonna be keeping an eye on Kubica in rally n all. I think it's unlikely we'll see him return to F1 but hes only been gone for 3 seasons (including this one) ?, and still got a bit of time to get back into the sport depending on how his recovery over the next yr or 2 goes me thinks

[Don Carlos]

I saw an interview with him and he can hardly move his hand, so I am now thinking he will never race in F1 again either. It looked like it was pointless being there if I am honest

[losCHUNK]

Aye, he seems to think that if the controls can be reworked for him so he doesn't use his left hand as much then he'd be ok, why I'm interested to see how well he does in the rally. If he's right though then the only issue will be trying to get mobility back in his arm so he can sit in a single seater cockpit.

I'm inclined to believe that he might being optimistic if he thinks he can return to his best after suffering a handicap :/, tbh I think he knows this too which why he hasn't set any targets really

[Deathshroud]

I just hope NBC's broadcast is a bit better than the SPEED channel. SPEED always looked like awful low-res, compressed crap for the most part.

Although, this shouldn't affect you Euro's.