The F1 2014 season

[Guerrilla]

Booked my tickets and camping spots for Spa Excited already.

Soo jealous, I will have to make it Spa someday... Someday

 

[Duke]

Soo jealous, I will have to make it Spa someday... Someday

Keep telling that myself too.

 

[RoboCod]

It's working out quite cheap with 9 of us going. Doing it adventure style with motorhomes+eurotunnel+lads+booze

*adventure just meaning epic lads weekend away ofc.

 

[Skeeter]

Where are you camping?

 

[RoboCod]

Ardennes Camping L’Eau Rouge, Stavelot Belgium

 

[~Mike~]

Lotus to miss first 2014 Formula 1 winter test at Jerez

Lotus is to miss the first 2014 Formula 1 pre-season test at Jerez in Spain.

Just three weeks before the new 2014 cars are scheduled to run for the first time, Lotus has revealed that its E22 will not join the other outfits in the test that starts on January 28.

Lotus technical director Nick Chester said that the team instead planned to launch its car after Jerez, prior to it running for the first time at the subsequent Bahrain test that begins on February 19.
Lotus to miss first 2014 Formula 1 winter test at Jerez

"We're going to keep our car under wraps a little longer than some other teams," he said. "We've decided that attending the Jerez test isn't ideal for our build and development programme.

"We are likely to unveil the car before attending the Bahrain tests, and in Bahrain we should really be able to put the car through its paces in representative conditions."

Full Story http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112041

 

[Duke]

With such big changes to the power train, that seems a little crazy to me.

 

[Indy500]

Translation: We are broke despite having two pay drivers with oil company backing, and we still haven't signed an engine deal.

 

[Skeeter]

Translation: We are broke despite having two pay drivers with oil company backing, and we still haven't signed an engine deal.

This. It does effectively buy them 3 weeks to sort things out.

 

[Kenai]

"We've decided that attending the Jerez test isn't ideal for our build and development programme."

I'm sure it's not, it's rare that attending a test session is ideally suited to a development programme that hasn't yet produced a functioning car.

 

[Skeeter]

Makes you wonder of Kimi saw this coming a while ago?

 

[Indy500]

This. It does effectively buy them 3 weeks to sort things out.

According to Omnicorse, Lotus plan to restructure with 300 employees after the mass exodus over the holidays (including their CEO), and Gerard Lopez wants a buyer for the team at the earliest opportunity. http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/33595/f1-lotus-alcuni-fornitori-non-consegnano-i-pezzi

 

[MissChief]

I may have an answer tomorrow regarding the testing being shown on Sky F1.

 

[FrankJH]

Makes you wonder of Kimi saw this coming a while ago?

Not being paid on time regularly would suggest that he did lol

 

[DiCe!]

Do you work for Sky MissChief?

 

[~Mike~]

Do you work for Sky MissChief?

Yes.

 

[HummuH1]

I may have an answer tomorrow regarding the testing being shown on Sky F1.

They were saying last week at the end of a Sky F1 programme that Jerez was being shown.

 

[JeditOjanen]

"We've decided that attending the Jerez test isn't ideal for our build and development programme."

I'm sure it's not, it's rare that attending a test session is ideally suited to a development programme that hasn't yet produced a functioning car.

Lotus announce that Fred Flintstone has joined the team as a test driver.

 

[Greboth]

I am not too fussed about full coverage of the testing but highlights would be nice. Definately need to have Ted's cubicle again, was interesting seeing all the revisions of the cars.

 

[Witor]

I'm off to Jerez with my brother, so hopefully should be able to post a few photos back here early February.

Good stuff, Jerez is only about an hour away from me, so will probably be heading up a couple of days, waiting for driver test days to be announced.