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Ferrari isn’t the kind of team that takes young and inexperienced drivers like Red Bull does. They tend to take more experienced and well-established drivers. They waited a few years before signing drivers like Schumcaher, Alonso, Räikkönen and Vettel instead of signing them when they were young. Massa was one of the least experienced drivers Ferrari has had in recent years when he started at Ferrari with “only” three years of experience. Ferrari very rarely signs a driver that hasn’t won a race yet, but with race-winning drivers in a short supply, a podium finisher should do the job.

I think this rules out Sainz and many others as well. Grosjean and Bottas would be the most obvious candidates given their results and experience. There are, however, rumour that Bottas has already extended his contract with Williams and Grosjean has a multi-year contract with Haas. Hulkenberg could also be an option but he hasn’t been quite fast enough over the last year and a half.

With that said, I think Kimi is going to stay for next year. He’s done stellar job so far this season and there is no reason for Ferrari to let him go. Besides Ferrari wants to have consisntency in their driver lineups which is one of the reasons why Massa stayed there for so long despite mediocre results.

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The problem with eliminations every 1 min 30 sec is that if the lap takes more than that to complete, the second to last driver is also eliminated if he is yet to start a lap. He simply doesn’t have the time to complete a new one in time.

Trafic will also be a bigger problem when everybody is trying to improve at the same time not to get eliminated early. A simple case of impeding might get a top driver eliminated very early. I don’t see how a three place grid is big enough penalty for that.

Here’s my proposition:

Q1: 20 minute session, all drivers go out to set a laptime. No one gets eliminated, 11 slowest drivers proceed to Q2, eleven fastest to Q3.
Break, 5 minutes
Q2: 11 slowest cars in Q1 go out for a 15 minute session. Q2 determines the grid from 12th to 22nd.
Break, 5 minutes
Q3: Top 11 cars in Q1 go out for a 15 minute session. Fastest driver starts on pole, slowest in 11th.

Not dramatically different from the current system but it would make Q1 and Q2 more interesting I think.

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Ferrari should be closer to Mercedes after the radical changes they have made. Ferrari engines will get Toro Rosso a bit further up the grid and Renault will drop down after changing from Mercedes to Renault. Manor should be closer to the rest but still last. McLaren will be better but it won’t be enough to get them near the top. Sauber has been in big troubles for the past few years and I wouldn’t be suprised to see them behind Haas. The rest will stay where they were last year.

1.Mercedes
2.Ferrari
3.Williams
4.Red Bull
5.Force India
6.Toro Rosso
6.Renault
7.McLaren
8.Haas
9.Sauber
10.Manor

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I’ve been folowing Niko Kari’s progress since he was in karting and I have to say, I’m really impressed by him. This was his first year in formula racing and he was completely in a league of his own in SMP F4. Only drivers that could stand a chance against him were Alexanteri Huovinen in the start of the championship, Vladimir Atoev, and that was just for one weekend at Alastaro, and Enaam Ahmed, who is possibly the most successfull karting driver in recent years.

When it comes to consistency, none of them were match for Kari. He only retired once and finished outside the podium once in 4th. And that was after stalling on the grid and falling to the back. Atoev stalled in that race as well, but only managed 8th in the end. The fact that Kari was 1st or 2nd 19 times out of 21 is very impressive. Only other driver to manage anywhere near such dominance in any F4 series this year was Jordan Lloyd in Australian F4 and he has been in open wheeled racing for six years.

What makes it even more impressive is that he was the second youngest driver in the series. Only Ahmed is younger than him. I really only saw him make one mistake the entire season, which was during the opening weekend at Ahvenisto, when he hit another driver losing his front wing, trying to make up for a bad start.

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1. Vettel – Unlike Ricciardo last year, Vettels three wins came because of better pace, not taking advantage of Mercedes’ bad luck and mistakes. Beat his World Champion teammate perhaps by a bigger margin than any other driver beat their teammate
2. Hamilton – This year he got the qualifying right as well as the races, which was his only weakness last year. Struggling against Rosberg towards the end of the season meant I rank Vettel just a little bit higher this year
3. Rosberg – Once again he was very close to Hamilton, but couldn’t quite challenge him for the title. Had his pace been as good all year as it was in the end, he would have had a much better chance at the title
4.Perez – Hulkenberg has a tendency to beat his teammates by a large margin, just like he did last year against Perez, but this year he Perez seemed reborn. His performance reminded me of his 2012 season without the mistakes
5. Bottas – He was closer to Massa than last year. Unlike last year this time it was Bottas suffering from bad luck, and still he was able to beat his teammate despite starting one race less. Almost beating Räikkönen for fourth was impressive considering the cars they were driving
6. Grosjean – He was outpacing his teammate in almost every gualifying. Despite the unreliability of his car, he was able to score points consistently and even made it to the podium in Spa despite a grid penalty
7. Ricciardo – He might have lost to his teammate in the standings, but he was the better of the two. Most of the time his car wasn’t able to challenge the top teams, but when it was, he delivered. The highlight of his season was the Singapore GP when he finished second to Vettel. It might have been even better with a competetive power unit
8. Verstappen – He had some bad luck and mistakes in the first half of the season, but he really came alive after getting the 4th place in Hungary. Since then he was consistently on the points.Despite his young age, he was one of the best rookies in recent years
9.Nasr – He was much of the year in the shadow of another rookie, Verstappen. His fifth place in his first race was one of the best debuts I have ever seen and beat his more experienced teammate in almost every statistic.
10. Massa – For the second year in a row he showed that he still has it. While he was often very close or even ahead of Bottas, there were too many races where he just doesn’t seem to have an naswer to his teammate, like his home race in Brazil
11. Kvyat
12. Hulkenberg
13. Saintz
14. Button
15. Alonso
16. Räikkönen
17. Rossi
18. Stevens
19. Ericsson
20. Merhi
21. Maldonado

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Sorry for the late response. It is possible, although very complicated. First you need to download Ryder language editor. You can get it from the link at the bottom of the post. Remember to backup any files you edit.

Open the file language_eng in the language folder of your F1 2014 directory with it. Click somewhere on the right column and then press control+f on your keyboard and click “replace” and find the name of the driver you want to replace. Then select “current column” for “look in” that way the editor only replaces text on the right column. If you make any changes to the left column, it can cause the game to not function properly. Write the name of the driver you want to replace on the “find what” bar and the name you want to replace it with on the “replace with” bar. Do this for both first name and surname seperately. For example if you want to replace Vergne with Verstappen, replace Jean-Eric with Max and Vergne with Verstappen. Then find the short name for your driver, it is marked on the left side as db_”drivername”_short. For example find db_vergne_short and replace the VER with VES on the left side to have the shortened version of Verstappen’s name in the game.

This will only affect the text seen in the game. The audio of the driver will still remain the same, so your engineer will still refer to Verstappen as Vergne. You can avoid this by going to the audio settings of the game and putting engineer verbosity to critical, that way the engineer doesn’t give you any information on other drivers.

If you want, you can also replace the driver pictures with ones you want to use.
To do this you need the Ego PSSG editor from the same link below. Open the file of your driver in the frontend folder of your F1 2014 directory with the editor and replace the pictures with ones you want to use. For example the file for Vergne is b_driver_jean-eric_vergne. The pictures need to be in DDS format. To convert pictures to DDS, you need the Nvidia DDS plugin for photoshop or if you don’t have photoshop, you can download Gimp for free and install a dds plugin for it. You can easily find all of them with google. I haven’t yet figured out how to replace the helmet of the driver, but it is possible too.

Last thing to do is to download the EGO Database editor from the link below and open the database file in the database folder of your F1 2014 directory. The find ”ai_driver” from the left-hand side column and replace the values of the driver you replaced with ones you want your new driver to have. Make sure all values are between 0 and 1 (0 being worst, 1 being best) and don’t make any changes to the names of the drivers. Then find ”f1drivers” from the left-hand side column. Here you can edit the stats of your driver. For example if you replace a world champion with a rookie, you can edit the number of championships, race wins, etc. to 0 or any number your driver has achieved in the past. You can also edit the ”fake_qualifying_ability”. This directly affects the qualifying performance of the driver, no matter the car. If you put 50, the driver will most likely qualify near the top every time. 0, however means the driver will be close to last every time. You can also edit the nationality id for the driver. Nationality id’s can be found in the ”nationality” section on the left-hand side of the database editor a bit below ”f1drivers”.

I hope this helps you. I used to do this on F1 2012 and this is based on the same method, I haven’t actually tested it on F1 2014 but it should work since the games are very similar. If it doesn’t, let me know and I’ll try to figure it out.

Here is the link for all the downloads:
http://petar.outer-heaven.net/downloads/

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There were some really nice entries, but the victory goes to @juicedtin with a very interesting track. I liked that it had a nice varity of low, mid and high speed corners.

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Thanks @philereid

With Haas coming to Formula 1 in 2016, F1 needs more interest in the US. You must create a track to host a second Grand Prix in the Unites States.

Rules:
– It must be purpose built, you can use an existing track, but only if it has hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix in the past. Here is a list of F1 tracks http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_circuits
– It must be between 5 and 7 kilometers long
– At least one long DRS straight for overtaking
– You must design a pit-lane
– It cannot be located in the state of Texas

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Here’s my entry

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6497185

Just over 6.2 km long. It uses the support race paddock, but the pit entry is moved to the inside of the last corner. My favorite section of the original track, which is around the 1 km marker is retained, but other than that, it’s pretty much completely new.

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http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6426121

Tha pit lane is the same as the original, exept for the entry which is on the outside of the last corner. This was an old track that I had previously made for the same exact purpose, but I had to edit it a bit to meet all the rules.

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1. Ricciardo – He has beaten a four-time world champion fair and square, and is the only driver to win a race in something other than a Mercedes.

2. Bottas – Major improvement in the last three races lifts him up to second. A couple of good performances before that as well, notably Australia, despite his mistake, and Spain.

3. Rosberg – Narrowly beating Hamilton. He is only behind Ricciardo and Bottas because, like Hamilton, he has failed to beat his teammate consistenly.

4. Hamilton – The reason he is behind Rosberg is that he has made a few small mistakes, his teammate has not made so often. Still a very impressive season, which you should expect from a driver like Hamilton.

5. Alonso – Quietly impressive in a poor Ferrari. The way he has held the upper hand over Kimi is unbelievable, although I believe it is not fully reflective of the two drivers as Kimi is having much more trouble than Fernando.

6. Hulkenberg – Much like Alonso, he has been very consistent and has brought good results, especially early in the season.

7. Bianchi – Marussia’s first points. Need I say more?

8. Kvyat – The young russian has been faster than Vergne on many occasions and you must not forget how close Vergne and Ricciardo were at Toro Rosso.

9. Magnussen – Podium in his first race is an unbelievable achievement, but since then he has not been quite on par with Button, but for a rookie that is against a world champion, Magnussen has been much closer than I expected.

10. Grosjean – Being twice on points in that Lotus is a very good result from Grosjean. He has beaten Maldonado clearly and you must not forget than Maldonado, despite crashing a lot, is very fast and a race-winner.

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New Zealand GP
4.48 Km, 8 Corners, Pit lane is on the start/finish straigth on the inside
The DRS zones are the pit straigth and the straigth at the 3 Km marker
The stadium section is after the 2 Km marker

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6353287

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If either Rosberg or hamilton would leave Mercedes, Bottas would be the logical choice. However, it most likely will not happen next year, but it might happen at some point later, maybe in 2016 or 2017. Bottas has said that he is happy at Williams at the moment and is not looking elsewhere for next year, but if Williams does not continue improving and a seat opens at Mercedes (assmuning they stay at the top) he will definately be tempted to go there. I have heard Toto wolff say so much good about Bottas, that it would be odd for them not to consider him at some point.

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Ferrari F1-2000, it won both championships

Nigel Mansell’s or Keke Rosberg’s moustache

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Looks like I forgot to pick the winner yesterday. There doesn’t seem to be many entries, but the winner is @philereid because the layout looks interesting and it has some overtaking opportunities as well as some nice, fast corners.

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