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FIA reveals list of Formula 1 driver number picks

One of the many changes going into 2014 is that Formula One drivers will be picking a number for the duration of their career, rather than going according to the previous year�fs Constructor�fs Championship.

The FIA has published a full list on Friday, confirming a few new picks in addition to the ones drivers have already revealed themselves via social media.

Of note, four-time defending World Champion Sebastian Vettel has picked No. 5 (the number he won his first title with, in 2010) for years he isn�ft carrying the No. 1 as defending champion. Ferrari�fs numbers are doubled from 7 (Kimi Raikkonen) to 14 (Fernando Alonso). The No. 27 makes a return with Nico Hulkenberg at Force India; the No. 13 is in play for Pastor Maldonado at Lotus; Toro Rosso has the only back-to-back numbers with Jean-Eric Vergne No. 25, Daniil Kyvat No. 26 and three numbers, 44 (Lewis Hamilton), 77 (Valtteri Bottas) and 99 (Adrian Sutil) are north of 27.

Max Chilton, interestingly, is also on the published list of drivers for Marussia, but the Briton has not yet been confirmed by the team to race for a second season.

Here�fs the breakdown by team, according to order of finish in this year�fs Constructor�fs Championship:
Red Bull: 5-Sebastian Vettel, 3-Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes: 6-Nico Rosberg, 44-Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari: 7-Kimi Raikkonen, 14-Fernando Alonso
Lotus: 8-Romain Grosjean, 13-Pastor Maldonado
McLaren: 20-Kevin Magnussen, 22-Jenson Button
Force India: 11-Sergio Perez, 27-Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber: 21-Esteban Gutierrez, 99-Adrian Sutil
Williams: 19-Felipe Massa, 77-Valtteri Bottas
Marussia: 17-Jules Bianchi, TBA-Max Chilton
Toro Rosso: 25- Jean-Eric Vergne, 26-Daniil Kyvat

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A short history of the car radio: http://boards.fool.com/the-history-of-the-car-radio-30150454.aspx?sort=postdate

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Kobayashi returns to F1 with Caterham

LONDON - Japanese race driver Kamui Kobayashi will be back in Formula One this year with British-based Caterham F1, the team said Tuesday.

Kobayashi, who was out of F1 last season, was listed as one of the team's two regular drivers along with rookie Marcus Ericsson. Kobayashi's top result, a third-place finish, is tied for the best ever by a Japanese driver in the competition.

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And they said it couldn't be done: http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/family-completes-first-cross-country-tesla-model-drive-182424891.html

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A long way from being out of the woods, but still a positive sign: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/michael-schumacher-being-brought-coma-114743257.html#RD5Jn57

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Sinkhole collapses part of National Corvette Museum:http://news.yahoo.com/sinkhole-collapses-part-corvette-museum-173025891.html;_ylt=A0SO8x5FGfxSD0MAYCVXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBsOXB2YTRjBHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2dxMQR2dGlkAw--

Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXtflbhGVAo

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F1 tv schedule, Monaco, Canada, US, and Brazil on NBC, everything else on NBCSN:http://www.nbcsports.com/motor-sports/f1-indycar-nbc-sports-schedule-1

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Qualifying for Oz

1 LC Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1'44.231

2 D Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull 1'44.548

3 N Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1'44.595

4 K Magnussen (DEN) McLaren 1'45.745

5 F Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1'45.819

6 JE Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1'45.864

7 N Hulkenberg (GER) Force India 1'46.030

8 D Kvyat (RUS) Toro Rosso 1'47.368

9 F Massa (BRA) Williams 1'48.079

10 V Bottas (FIN) Williams 1'48.147

11 J Button (GBR) McLaren 1'44.437

12 KM Raikkonen (FIN) Ferrari 1'44.494

13 S Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1'44.668

14 A Sutil (GER) Sauber 1'45.655

15 K Kobayashi (JPN) Caterham 1'45.867

16 S Perez (MEX) Force India 1'47.293

17 M Chilton (GBR) Marussia 1'34.293

18 J Bianchi (FRA) Marussia 1'34.794

19 E Gutierrez (MEX) Sauber 1'35.117

20 M Ericsson (SWE) Caterham 1'35.157

21 R Grosjean (FRA) Lotus 1'36.993

22 P Maldonado (VEN) Lotus

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If you wanted to be an F1 mechanic in 1970, just show up and ask somebody for a job: http://www.wheels.ca/news/teen-bluffs-his-way-into-dream-job/

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Results for Oz

1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 57 1:32:58.710 3 25

2 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 57 +26.7 secs 4 18

3 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 57 +30.0 secs 10 15

4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 57 +35.2 secs 5 12

5 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 57 +47.6 secs 15 10

6 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 57 +50.7 secs 7 8

7 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 57 +57.6 secs 11 6

8 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 57 +60.4 secs 6 4

9 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 57 +63.5 secs 8 2

10 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 57 +85.9 secs 16 1

11 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 13

12 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 56 +1 Lap 20

13 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 55 +2 Laps 17

Ret 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 49 +8 Laps 18

Ret 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 43 +14 Laps 22

Ret 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 29 +28 Laps 21

Ret 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 27 +30 Laps 19

Ret 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 3 +54 Laps 12

Ret 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 2 Engine 1

Ret 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 0 Accident 9

Ret 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 0 Accident 14

DSQ 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 57 +24.5 secs 2

Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg 1:32.478

Note - Ricciardo originally finished second but was excluded after his car was found to have exceeded the maximum permitted fuel flow rate

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^ Wow, pretty lousy day for the Red Bull team.

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Malaysian GP Qualifying

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:59.431

2 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:59.486 +0.055

3 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 2:00.050 +0.619

4 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 2:00.175 +0.744

5 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 2:00.541 +1.110

6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 2:01.218 +1.787

7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 2:01.712 +2.281

8 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 2:02.213 +2.782

9 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 2:03.078 +3.647

10 Jenson Button McLaren 2:04.053 +4.622

11 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 2:02.351

12 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 2:02.369

13 Felipe Massa Williams 2:02.460

14 Sergio Perez Force India 2:02.511

15 Valtteri Bottas Williams 2:02.756

16 Romain Grosjean Lotus 2:02.885

17 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 2:02.074

18 Adrian Sutil Sauber 2:02.131

19 Jules Bianchi Marussia 2:02.702

20 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 2:03.595

21 Max Chilton Marussia 2:04.388

22 Marcus Ericsson Caterham 2:04.407

Conditions were not quite perfect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQoiEtiJO-E

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So far looks like Mercedes has the upper hand.

Malaysian GP results


44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 56 1:40:25.974

2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 +17.3 secs

3 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault 56 +24.5 secs

4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 56 +35.9 secs

5 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 56 +47.1 secs

6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 56 +83.6 secs

7 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 56 +85.0 secs

8 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes 56 +85.5 secs

9 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 55 +1 Lap

10 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault 55 +1 Lap

11 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 55 +1 Lap

12 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 55 +1 Lap

13 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault 55 +1 Lap

14 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 54 +2 Laps

15 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 54 +2 Laps

Ret 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault 49 Retired

Ret 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 35 Gearbox

Ret 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 32 Power unit

Ret 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault 18 Turbo

Ret 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 8 Accident damage

Ret 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 7 Power unit

DNS 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 0 Gearbox



Note - Bottas qualified 15th but was subsequently penalised three grid places for impeding during qualifying.

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^ At least Vettel finally got in the points.

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Looks like Schumi might be coming out of it: http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/motor/formula1/2014/04/04/michael-schumacher-head-injury-skiing-accident-consciousness/7293215/

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Bahrain GP Qualifying

01 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:33.185

02 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:33.464 0.279

03 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:34.051 0.866

04 Valtteri Bottas Williams 1:34.247 1.062

05 Sergio Perez Force India 1:34.346 1.161

06 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1:34.368 1.183

07 Jenson Button McLaren 1:34.387 1.202

08 Felipe Massa Williams 1:34.511 1.326

09 Kevin Magnussen McLaren 1:34.712 1.527

10 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:34.992 1.807

11 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:34.985

12 Nico Hulkenberg Force India 1:35.116

13 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1:35.145

14 Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso 1:35.286

15 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber 1:35.891

16 Romain Grosjean Lotus 1:35.908

17 Pastor Maldonado Lotus 1:36.663

18 Adrian Sutil Sauber 1:36.840

19 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham 1:37.085

20 Jules Bianchi Marussia 1:37.310

21 Marcus Ericsson Caterham 1:37.875

22 Max Chilton Marussia 1:37.913

I think what we're seeing this years somewhat answers shin2's question about car or driver. Mercedes has finally figured things out and has the best car. Hamilton and Rosberg were always good drivers but struggled last year when the car wasn't up to snuff. This Vettel is struggling with Red Bull but he'll probably tell you that he's actually having to work harder to get the results he's getting this year than he did in the past when he had the best car. In other words, it's more car than driver but you've still got to have a good driver to get the best out of the car.

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Bahrain GP results

Once again Mercedes dominant.


1
Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes

2
Nico Rosberg - Mercedes

3
Sergio Perez - Force India

4
Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull

5
Nico Hulkenberg - Force India

6
Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull

7
Felipe Massa - Williams

8
Valtteri Bottas - Williams

9
Fernando Alonso - Ferrari

10
Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari

11
Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso

12
Romain Grosjean - Lotus

13
Max Chilton - Marussia

14
Pastor Maldonado

15
Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham

16
Jules Bianchi - Marussia

17
Jenson Button - McLaren

18
Kevin Magnussen - McLaren

19
Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber

20
Marcus Ericsson - Caterham

21
Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso

22
Adrian Sutil - Sauber

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Completely slipped my mind, Chinese GP was yesterday.

Looks like Mercedes is going to have one of those year like McLaren in '88. Everybody else is fighting to see who will finish third.

Chinese GP results

1 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

2 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes

3 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari

4 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault

5 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault

6 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes

7 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes

8 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari

9 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes

10 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault

11 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes

12 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault

13 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes

14 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault

15 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes

16 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari

17 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari

18 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault

19 4 Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari

20 9 Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault

Ret 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault

Ret 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari

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Looks like Mercedes is going to have one of those year like McLaren in '88. Everybody else is fighting to see who will finish third.

Ugh.

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Qualifying for today's Spanish GP:http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/2014/spanish-grand-prix/results/qualifying

A usual two classes, Mercedes and then everybody else.