2014 Bahrain Grand Prix

[gray41]

Lewis made his overtakes stick.

[Emerson.F]

Wow what a race. this is my second post of the day. Damn that race was so full off epicness. Everybody was on it. I could not even keep up with all the overtaking. One thing that seemed to bother me was the director.

The intrteam battles where just on another level today. Great drives all acros the field. Shame for JB and Kmag to dnf. The W05 will now offically be called "The Kraken" .

The Maldonado vs Guittierez crash was the whiskey Tango Foxtrot moment off the day.


And Fred was crazy happy too cross the line before Kimi.

[iotar__]

The funny thing is.. i don't think that's the case. Rosberg had the better car this weekend. And if Lewis wants to avoid having those barnstomer battles he needs to get on top of what Rosberg did this weekened.
Hamilton won on grit, intelligence, and raw skills this weekend. He didn't win on pace. And on the other side of the coin Nico should be worried as well. Because if you are faster than you teammate over a weekend car wise, and even tyre wise for the last stint, what the heck do you do when he gets everything right? How do you fight back for what 17 races?!!

Come on, he had pace and don't forget strategy.
I didn't know that beating one driver (plus your team-mate) in ridiculously dominant car is a superhuman achievement that takes some extraordinary effort - no, it was slightly better start and avoiding getting overtaken on couple of occasions. Rosberg is not a world beater wheel-to-wheel and was the more careful one. They can slap each other on the backs and amplify duel with some colourful language but that's what it was. IMO several other drivers would have coped with Hamilton grit or no grit.

It's probably partly expectation bias but I'm jumping on Red Bull has bestest traction/high speed bandwagon - the way Ricciardo got past Raikkonen .

[Godius]

Was there any on-board footage from Maldonado during the crash? Was it the wheel or the nose that caused the flip-over?

The nose lifted the car partially from the ground, the hit from the tire while Guitterez was partially off the ground then caused the extreme flip-over.

[multisync]

For me Maldonado and Perez are cut from the same cloth (apart from the inherently dangerous nature of Maldonado). They are both pay drivers, but both can show moments of quality. Thats in contrast to say, Chilton, who is just sh**. Unfortunately they cant be relied upon.

For you are bring unfair. Perez had a very good solid race and held his own against Hulk. You could tell in the PRI Hulk was well and truly gutted about not getting the podium. He tried to gain praise by suggesting he should be thanked for holding up the RB's/ (which he did)

fantastic result for SHI and I hope this eases up the bank account as I know for certain staff were paid late last month and suppliers are on slow/hold

[zonk]

Was there any on-board footage from Maldonado during the crash? Was it the wheel or the nose that caused the flip-over?

The nose lifted the car partially from the ground, the hit from the tire while Guitterez was partially off the ground caused the extreme flip-over.

No. It was the whells

[Emerson.F]

The Ham vs Ros fight was the most exciting fight since Villeneuve vs Arnoux. Classic.

[ecapox]

Was there any on-board footage from Maldonado during the crash? Was it the wheel or the nose that caused the flip-over?

The nose lifted the car partially from the ground, the hit from the tire while Guitterez was partially off the ground caused the extreme flip-over.

No. It was the whells

I posted this earlier.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/136 ... fdde_o.jpg

That is the moment of impact. Notice both the front and rear are lifting off the ground at the same time. Eventually the rear mounts Maldonado's tire, but the initial impact was the small tusk under the chassis.

[Frafer]

Was there any on-board footage from Maldonado during the crash? Was it the wheel or the nose that caused the flip-over?

The nose lifted the car partially from the ground, the hit from the tire while Guitterez was partially off the ground caused the extreme flip-over.

No. It was the whells

Nope, nose first and front left after

[mikeerfol]

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[Darknight]

Was there at the race today. Was absolutely a blast to watch!!! So much overtaking. Teammate fights! Car flips! Safety car. Was close to turn one and the action was intense! Season is looking good!

[zonk]

I posted this earlier.

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/136 ... fdde_o.jpg

That is the moment of impact. Notice both the front and rear are lifting off the ground at the same time. Eventually the rear mounts Maldonado's tire, but the initial impact was the small tusk under the chassis.

just check the video in this link:
http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... lip-video/

No damage on Guitierrez sidepod
No damage on Maldonado nose only the front left endplate

[Frafer]

And Fred was crazy happy too cross the line before Kimi.
http://37.media.tumblr.com/29f8ad91ed1b ... o1_500.gif

I truly believe that fred already acknowledged inside himself some sort of lack at human-factor handling, so he's trying to keep high the moral of the team (even 5 laps before the checkered flag, when he was catching bottas, he shouted via team radio incitements to his engineer). This can be the only move to avoid a real and deserved moment of depression inside SF

[zoro_f1]

[ringo]

To be fair to maldonado it was a racing indicent upon initial contact, however maldonado was wrong where he didn't pull in his car. He just let it runout into estaban. I think this is frustration of being hit. It's like throwing down a golf club or tennis racket. In this case he just let the steering go and the car rolls outwart into the sauber.
Looking at the accident, it's the wheels that made contact.The cars have more torque this year, so it's easier for the rear tyre to climb up the tyre of another car.