2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, March 03 - 05

[AR3-GP]

Spicy! Max's mistake at final corner probably cost a bit

Car looks terrible though.

[DGP123]

Middle sector under steer and a messy final corner for max. Imagine he has more fuel too

[chrisc90]

This Q3 shootout is going to be absolutely epic.

[InsaneX_Badger]

I will be very happy if Merc are only 3 tenths behind. Looked like it could have been much worse.

[DGP123]

Perez completely messed up T1 and still only 0.1 off

RB have plenty in the bank.

[f1jcw]

I will be very happy if Merc are only 3 tenths behind. Looked like it could have been much worse.

yeah, you can build on that, plus it can be track dependent.

Second behind... erm

[matt_b]

Mercedes just 2 tenths down and Lewis was compromised by Albon in the final corner wow that's a big turnaround from yesterday

[PhillipM]

I can't say I'm a big Alonso fan either, I still don't believe he didn't know about the cheating for his championship - but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy Rosberg insulting him, either.

[chrisc90]

I will be very happy if Merc are only 3 tenths behind. Looked like it could have been much worse.

Theres still a good 2 seconds to come out of these times yet. We were at a 30.3 in testing, so itll likely be closer to 3 seconds to come off the current 32.340 time.

[Spoutnik]

Spicy! Max's mistake at final corner probably cost a bit

Car looks terrible though.

Not enough front end for Max, the sensitivity isn't at 100%

[organic]

Spicy! Max's mistake at final corner probably cost a bit

Car looks terrible though.

They don't set the car up for these conditions & max wasn't complaining after the fast run

[Spoutnik]

I can't say I'm a big Alonso fan either, I still don't believe he didn't know about the cheating for his championship - but that doesn't mean I have to enjoy Rosberg insulting him, either.

Yes, and insulting friend and family in doing so

[InsaneX_Badger]

Me being stupid here. Are sectors 1 and 3 the more power dependent parts? Ham and Alonso being fastest in those sectors definitely show the Merc PU in 1 lap is up to scratch to be competitive.

[InsaneX_Badger]

I will be very happy if Merc are only 3 tenths behind. Looked like it could have been much worse.

Theres still a good 2 seconds to come out of these times yet. We were at a 30.3 in testing, so itll likely be closer to 3 seconds to come off the current 32.340 time.

Let me have hope dammit

[DGP123]

Yeah, these times are way off. I think the engineers are targeting a specific range in the times to match the others