2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, March 03 - 05

[johnny comelately]

What has happened to the AWS data?

[search]

Is the FAston Martin pace real?

according to Sam Collins (I don't know how he gets those kind of info) they are runing around 9 kgs more fuel than RB

He said 9kg less fuel than rb

if true, that's 3 tenths. 1kg means 0,034s per lap on this track, according to the test analysis I saw the other day.

but even that could still be enough to get a podium

[Zynerji]

FP1 shakedown complete.

FP2 dial up imminent.



PS: Q1 to be a knife fight!

[Zynerji]

... then pray for it.

I honestly dont want that. I would like margins much larger and more mixed field instead trough whole season. Nothing is worse than 5 drivers which are eliminated because of 0.0xx slower lap.

I think that is the opposite, that is utterly brutal and that is how quali should be... 0.001 slower, you lose. How breath-taking would it be that Q1 is as crazy as Q3?

I've thought alot about this. The single metric that I've found that would determine the excitement of a season would be how close the qualifying times are. Q3 covered by 2 tenths would have 10 winners that season!

[willmesquita]

Pole: 29 low?

[Zynerji]

Pole: 29 low?

I'd agree. 29.0 seems achievable.

[Juzh]

Last year RB improved 3s from fp1 to Q3. I think low 29s is pushing it.

[F1Krof]

So Aston Martin is a real deal this season. Noicee, finally get to see Verstappen vs Alonso.

[Mezger]

So Aston Martin is a real deal this season. Noicee, finally get to see Verstappen vs Alonso.

More exciting than a Max-Lewis duel

[willmesquita]

So Aston Martin is a real deal this season. Noicee, finally get to see Verstappen vs Alonso.

Not gonna happen, I see more Alonso causing problems to any split strategy situation for Ferrari or Mercedes (and Perez)

[DGP123]

So Aston Martin is a real deal this season. Noicee, finally get to see Verstappen vs Alonso.

Not gonna happen, I see more Alonso causing problems to any split strategy situation for Ferrari or Mercedes (and Perez)

Exactly.

[AR3-GP]

Interesting that Alonso only did 311 km/h down the main straight on his best lap.

[dren]

I'm sure all the cars were running their PUs in lower power modes. We won't see the high modes until tomorrow.

[mendis]

Top speeds on the best laps.
1. Max - 317 (Softs)
2. Checo - 317 (Softs)
3. Alo - 310 (Softs)
4. Str - 314 (Softs)
5. Ham - 313 (Mediums)
6. Rus - 314 (Mediums)
7. Lec - 312 (Mediums)
8. Sai - 312 (Mediums)

[ringo]

How's the AMR looking? I missed FP1. But going by the results, Alonso is in the mix. He may be fighting Perez, Leclerc, HAM and Russel throughout the season. Things look ominous for Verstappen. Drop 3 tenths to any time Perez is capable of doing and you know the true gap to the second team.