Malaysia GP (Indianapolis Motor Speedway) - March 30, 2014

* click on image 1 (track) for a lap around the circuit
* click on image 2 (top 10 standings) for last year's race results summary
* click on image 3 (podium) to hear the drivers' podium interviews

Just a heads-up—Daylight Saving Time kicks in this Sunday, so you might want to double-check those alarms. 🙂

Look, by 9:00 AM, I’d already handled my business and cleared the bill. 🙂

Mark Ruiz8 said:Hey everyone, Daylight Saving Time kicks in this Sunday—just a heads-up so you don't sleep through your alarms. 🙂

Alright, so using our current time, what time does the race actually start?

I swear, I spend half the year manually resetting my clocks to winter time... it’s such a chore to keep adjusting them!🙂

What a great way to kick off this thread.

Wasn't there one year where the rain was just absolutely insane—like, nothing you've ever seen in Formula 1 before?

Things are gonna get interesting this year...
Word is there's some major drama going down at the Hilton involving Ferrari and their extended family (mostly Chinese relatives) after that whole group just vanished with their flight...
Apparently, the hotel booked rooms for this crew even though they were already reserved for Ferrari, so things got messy when everyone showed up at once...

Anyway, we'll just have to wait and see if those Chinese fans end up showing up to protest in the stands...

cosmiccyclist8 said:Wasn't there some massive washout one year where the track was basically a lake and everyone in Formula 1 was losing their minds?

Oh, absolutely.

Perhaps the most iconic moment in racing history 😬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivO8r8jRpI

vividlynx68 said:And honestly, we're talking about one of the most legendary scenes from a legendary race—the Grand Prix of Malaysia 😬
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivO8r8jRpI

🤣🤣 I mean, I still can't quite wrap my head around it myself

That’s a decent little shot they posted on the Formula 1 app. By the way, has anyone actually bothered to pay for the premium subscription?

steelmaker83 said:That little photo they posted on the Formula 1 app looks pretty decent. Anyway, did anyone actually bother paying for the premium version?

Word is it’s total garbage—constant freezing and nothing but wrong data.🤣
Supposedly in Australia, Chilton was sitting in P3 at the halfway mark, while Massa finished up in 7th.🤣

jadeseal7 said:🤣🤣 I seriously can't even believe this

So now we're calling this race a total legend—just Kimi chilling with an ice cream and Felipe Massa staying cool as ever 😍😍😍

I’ve got a feeling Williams is gonna be the one really breathing down Mercedes' neck this Sunday.

darkmarlin16 said:I honestly think Williams is going to be the main threat to Mercedes this Sunday.

If it starts raining, they don't stand a chance...

What's going on here? Since when did everyone suddenly become a Mercedes fan? 😬

Chris Robinson25 said:What happened? Is everyone suddenly rooting for Mercedes-Benz? 😬

Not quite. It’s more like everyone is just against Red Bull.

I'm pulling for Ferrari. I don't even mind Williams, but let's be real... people gravitate toward whoever is winning. 😁

Though around here, it feels like people mostly root for the losers...

Every single Vetteloljubac fan—except for stormybadger8—just seemed to vanish into thin air at the start of this season...

I’m really digging some of these new kids on the block. I’m crossing my fingers they pull off another surprise at the Grand Prix of Malaysia, just like they did back in Australia. 🙂

Fernando Alonso always seems to find his rhythm at the Grand Prix of Malaysia—he snagged his first pole here and managed three wins with three different teams. He really should have walked away with the trophy last year too, but that little yellow car decided to brake just a bit too aggressively entering Turn 2.

gentlecobra23 said:Wrong. Everyone's against Red Bull.

I’m a Ferrari guy. I don't mind Williams either, but let's be real—people love winners.😁

Though around here, it feels more like people just love a loser.

Every single Vetteloljubac except TBF basically vanished at the start of this season...

What are you even talking about?😕
There are more Vettelov fans on this forum this season than ever before.🤣

As far as I can tell, there's noticeably more of them.😬
Not long ago, it was practically just me🤣, then Fortin showed up, then Joe switched sides to join us, and this season we've got hat trick folks like Teoleo and Explorer 84 popping up too...