2014 Bahrain Grand Prix

[dren]

Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m37.502s 14
2. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m37.733s +0.231s 13
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m37.953s +0.451s 17
4. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m38.122s +0.620s 10
5. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.636s +1.134s 16
6. Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m38.783s +1.281s 12
7. Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes 1m38.949s +1.447s 15
8. Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso-Renault 1m39.056s +1.554s 24
9. Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes 1m39.102s +1.600s 21
10. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m39.389s +1.887s 16
11. Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 1m39.533s +2.031s 11
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Renault 1m39.862s +2.360s 26
13. Felipe Nasr Williams-Mercedes 1m40.078s +2.576s 14
14. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault 1m40.406s +2.904s 19
15. Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.652s +3.150s 20
16. Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault 1m40.793s +3.291s 31
17. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 1m40.$89s +3.387s 20
18. Giedo van der Garde Sauber-Ferrari 1m40.913s +3.411s 20
19. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m41.036s +3.534s 24
20. Max Chilton Marussia-Ferrari 1m41.794s +4.292s 20
21. Robin Frijns Caterham-Renault 1m42.417s +4.915s 35
22. Marcus Ericsson Caterham-Renault 1m42.711s +5.209s 21

[dren]

I'm guessing Merc are running with their PU turned down. Ferrari was close in practice at the last race and not even close in the race.

[Kiril Varbanov]

RBR, STR and Marussia with new ICE (V6) today.

[Shrieker]

Why did they do so few laps ? Preservation ?

[gray41]

Not really much point going out when the track will be so different tonight.

[RZS10]

Why did they do so few laps ? Preservation ?

They all had the "small"/low temp engine covers, didn't they? Those probably weren't suited for longer runs in the temperatures during FP1, just good enough for a few laps and for lower temps in FP2/Quali/Race ...

[SiLo]

Notice that Ferrari and Merc engines frequent almost all the top 10 spaces. Anyone think this will continue for the weekend?

[astracrazy]

don't forget they also had 8 days worth of running here a few weeks ago so its not like they need a load of data and set up work (mixed in with the fact fp1 will be different from any other session this weekend).

The same used to happen with Barcelona when they used to test there no end, they end up not needing to do much in FP

Notice that Ferrari and Merc engines frequent almost all the top 10 spaces. Anyone think this will continue for the weekend?

maybe. I would of expected RBR to be higher up the field really. Maybe Malaysia just suited there car? and in fact they haven't made the gains we thought?

Yes they had new engines so might be taking it easy, but I bet no one else has there PU up full either.

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Also aren't they running some 4 secs slower than testing? front running GP2 cars are going quicker than Catherham

think of the difference in cost between the two though....its not really that funny.

[FW17]

So during testing they were running without the fuel flow meter just to satisfy fans?

[aleks_ader]

maybe. I would of expected RBR to be higher up the field really. Maybe Malaysia just suited there car? and in fact they haven't made the gains we thought?

Yes they had new engines so might be taking it easy, but I bet no one else has there PU up full either.

I dont thinks so. Remember Vettels last couple of seasons. When Vettel feels that the car is comfortable enough, he just first couple of practices (Friday) concentrate on setup work and minor refinements. So I don't think it would be wise to write off Red Bull just yet.

[rich1701]

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This caught my eye, Not going to do Kimi's back any good...

[Xero]

Wow, another foot higher and he's flipping over for sure.

[rich1701]

Wow, another foot higher and he's flipping over for sure.

Without a front wing perhaps

[astracrazy]

maybe. I would of expected RBR to be higher up the field really. Maybe Malaysia just suited there car? and in fact they haven't made the gains we thought?

Yes they had new engines so might be taking it easy, but I bet no one else has there PU up full either.

I dont thinks so. Remember Vettels last couple of seasons. When Vettel feels that the car is comfortable enough, he just first couple of practices (Friday) concentrate on setup work and minor refinements. So don't write off RB its really stupid to say that.

I didn't. I said maybe and used question marks.

[beelsebob]

Wow, another foot higher and he's flipping over for sure.

Without a front wing perhaps

Another foot, and the AoA on the front wing would mean it would not be doing much at all. Meanwhile, the pressure build up under the car, and the drag on the large area of floor exposed would be getting close to exceeding that little work that it does do.