Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Free Practice One

3rd & 7 37yd

Yes, adding weight for points would be nearly as foreign to F1 as double points for the last race...

by Phil, Maidenhead 11/21/2014 9:47:40 AM
@Phil,Maidenhead: Double points for the last race? Hah, can you imagine....

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:47:50 AM
@LD - Add the weight penalty idea to the double points at the last race and the second to last race would be the slowest on record : )

by DM 11/21/2014 9:47:58 AM
Double points and double the race time. How exciting.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:48:11 AM
Dont see anybody challenging mercs, Ham will finish in the top 2 easily

by shabrikk 11/21/2014 9:48:19 AM
Kvyat slots into P5. The Russian has not scored a point since the summer break.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:49:22 AM
Gday Nate I know, but quite frankly you cant see Mercedes allowing equalization of the engines, nor can you see the other Big teams giving a life line to what are essential Private teams, at least this way they might get a chance at earning some more of Mr Greedy's dollars

by LD 11/21/2014 9:49:34 AM
...unless - DNF

by Rohan Mehta 11/21/2014 9:49:36 AM
@Shabrikk not if MAL has anything to do with it;)

by DonovanKimiFan 11/21/2014 9:49:38 AM
@LD: There were ideas like that going around a few years back. I think it's as unfair as a reversed starting grid.

by CrM 11/21/2014 9:49:42 AM
@CrM: Ballast is as artificial as double points or reversed grids. F1 is all about the pinnacle of technology, not adding weight to different cars.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:50:04 AM
Also Nate it wasn't very F1 to change the rules about aero advantages that Red bUll came up with, Im rapidly becoming so disillusioned that as an F1 supported for more than 200 years (yeah Im old) Im begining to think I'd like to see more GP2 !!1

by LD 11/21/2014 9:50:16 AM
@LD: Rules change in F1 all the time, though.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:50:24 AM
Hamilton goes P1 by exactly four tenths. Vettel, meanwhile, leaps into P3.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:50:36 AM
Hamilton went purple in all three sectors on that lap. Very impressive.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:50:51 AM
@LD: Where were you when rules were changed in 2005 to pull back Ferrari?? Rule changes and F1 always go together bud.

by Siddhesh 11/21/2014 9:51:36 AM
Seeing a replay of Vergne carrying too much speed into Turn 8 and running across the tarmac.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:52:03 AM
Only four tenths between Maldonado and Ocon, who beat Max Verstappen to the Formula 3 title.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:52:31 AM
It's interesting that Seb mentioned Merc made the year boring... ... RBR were dominant for 4 straight years mate!!

by Rohan Mehta 11/21/2014 9:53:06 AM
by Pete Gill via twitter edited by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:53:28 AM
@PeteGill: For those of you asking, that's why Bottas couldn't continue in this session. And also why losing bodywork in a race would be a race-ending issue.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:53:46 AM
Lots of work going on in McLaren's garage on Button's car.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:54:28 AM
Only Stevens yet to set a time.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:54:35 AM
@Rohan - At least when RBR were dominating, other drivers could still challenge for the win. Remember the year of 7 Races - 7 Race winners?

by DonovanKimiFan 11/21/2014 9:54:39 AM
What do you make of Lewis's hat Nate? Don't you think it makes him look like a bit of a wally?

by Keen Fan 11/21/2014 9:54:43 AM
@KeenFan: I don't know. If it was anyone else, no-one would care, but people seem to think if Hamilton wears it he's a bit of a prat. In the day and age of the sheltered PR sportsman/F1 driver, I find it quite refreshing that Hamilton doesn't seem to care what people think about him.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:55:27 AM
A better way would to do what the NFL does. The money from the NFL to the teams is split equally. In F1 that would give smaller teams a much better chance of a good showing, making it much more interesting, while the big teams would still have a sponsorship advantage.

by Phil, Maidenhead 11/21/2014 9:55:37 AM
Vettel puts his hand up to Magnussen as he comes up to the slow McLaren at Turn 8. Magnussen has none of it and refuses to yield through the corner.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:56:19 AM
Vettel has his old Red Bull helmet on today, the blue and silver lid he wore during his days at Sauber. It says 'Danke' on the top. This will be an emotional farewell for Vettel at the track where he claimed his first world title with Red Bull.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:56:57 AM
rohan, red bull never had the dominance Mercedes has had, that is the difference

by kathy 11/21/2014 9:57:00 AM
I think its a shame Vettel is going now the season is nearly over it seems lately Seb after all the problems he has had, he now seems to the beating of Ricciado who in my opinion though he has driven well has had a lot of good forune, no one can deny

by kathy 11/21/2014 9:57:13 AM
Rosberg's latest time puts him P1, one tenth quicker than Hamilton. Going to be interesting to see the rules on track limits at the penultimate corner.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:58:18 AM
@DonovanKimiFan: That was the result of the confusion about the new tyres behaviour, but as soon as they've returned to the old spec, Red Bull dominated

by CrM 11/21/2014 9:58:27 AM
@kathy the new chassis seems to have worked in Seb's favor

by shabrikk 11/21/2014 9:58:28 AM
@Kathy .. I agree with you completely! My thoughts exactly...

by Jazzy 11/21/2014 9:58:31 AM
not sure why kvyat always good in FP and qualifying and doesnt show the same pace in race

by f1f 11/21/2014 9:58:44 AM
Toro Rosso doing its usual trick of showing some great pace on Friday.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:59:08 AM
Hulkenberg slots into seventh with his latest run. He's half a second up on Perez.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:59:25 AM
@DonovanKimiFan, Remember 9 wins in 9 races to finish off 2013?? Remember Brawn in 2009 and Ferrari in 2004, or even Williams in 92 or Mclaren in 88.. The point is, eventually the others catch up, and even with teams being limited on what they can develop, I don't think mercs will have another 2014 next year.

by Siddhesh 11/21/2014 9:59:35 AM
What has happened to stevens

by Me 11/21/2014 9:59:38 AM
@Me: He had an issue on his car after just one installation lap and has not emerged from the garage yet.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 9:59:54 AM
Magnussen is getting a new wing on his car. Looks like it's another 2015-spec wing, the one designed by ex-Red Bull guru Peter Prodromou. And unsurprisingly it looks a lot like a Red Bull wing.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 10:00:42 AM
Hulkenberg reports a lot of improvement on the second run on the soft tyres as the track gets more rubbered in.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 10:01:15 AM
SFI seems to be better in this track

by f1f 11/21/2014 10:01:24 AM
Replays show Ocon missing the apex at Turn 12.

by Nate Saunders 11/21/2014 10:01:34 AM

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