May 10, 2014
F1 Quals: Spain 2014
It was a lovely day in Barcalounger as the cars jumped onto the circuit for Qualifying. Did anybody have the secret of hunting down the Silver Arrows? Let's take a look at the provisional grid for the 2014 Grand Prix of Spain:
Crashtor brought out a red flag in Q1 when he... you guessed it, crashed! Even better, since he didn't set a time, he races at the discretion of the Race Stewards. Oh please oh please don't let him on the track, he's a danger to himself and others.
In Q2, neither Jules Vergne's Toro Rosso nor Kevin Magnussen's McLaren turned a wheel... Vergne because he got distracted by a crater in Snæfell and wound up with a 10-spot grid penalty, and Magnussen because of the depression caused by not equaling his performance in Australia... or a problem with his ERS unit., one of the two.
But then an amazing thing happened: Mr Notappearinginyourpicture Vettel couldn't find second gear out of the pits, then couldn't find his gearbox shortly thereafter. He's going to take a 5-spot penalty while Red Bull scrapes the remains of his old one out of the chassis... which means he'll really be starting 15th. In the past, this would mean he'd have a long run up the field and end up in 2nd place, maybe. Not this year... probably.
Unamazing thing: the two Mercedes locked out the front row. Please note, however, just how much of a lead polesitter Lewis Hamilton had over third-place Daniel Ricciardo. Nope, your eyes don't deceive you, it really is over a second. Ladies and gentlemen, all the paprika in the world isn't going to make this paella taste any better come race day. Nevertheless, F1Update! will be all over it, even if we've never much cared for paella. See ya then.
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Crashtor brought out a red flag in Q1 when he... you guessed it, crashed! Even better, since he didn't set a time, he races at the discretion of the Race Stewards. Oh please oh please don't let him on the track, he's a danger to himself and others.
In Q2, neither Jules Vergne's Toro Rosso nor Kevin Magnussen's McLaren turned a wheel... Vergne because he got distracted by a crater in Snæfell and wound up with a 10-spot grid penalty, and Magnussen because of the depression caused by not equaling his performance in Australia... or a problem with his ERS unit., one of the two.
But then an amazing thing happened: Mr Notappearinginyourpicture Vettel couldn't find second gear out of the pits, then couldn't find his gearbox shortly thereafter. He's going to take a 5-spot penalty while Red Bull scrapes the remains of his old one out of the chassis... which means he'll really be starting 15th. In the past, this would mean he'd have a long run up the field and end up in 2nd place, maybe. Not this year... probably.
Unamazing thing: the two Mercedes locked out the front row. Please note, however, just how much of a lead polesitter Lewis Hamilton had over third-place Daniel Ricciardo. Nope, your eyes don't deceive you, it really is over a second. Ladies and gentlemen, all the paprika in the world isn't going to make this paella taste any better come race day. Nevertheless, F1Update! will be all over it, even if we've never much cared for paella. See ya then.
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There's still hope. Maybe it'll rain!
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 10, 2014 11:55 PM (+rSRq)
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Nope, no rain... (sigh)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 11, 2014 12:21 PM (+rSRq)
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Did you have to work today (Sunday)?
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at May 11, 2014 08:30 PM (+rSRq)
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Actually, no, I didn't have to, Steven, but my internet connection was down for about an hour due to weather-related issues... and then Pixyland fell over.
Posted by: Wonderduck at May 14, 2014 06:55 AM (uner4)
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