2016 Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain, April 01-03

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Hass has the 2015 unit, that was very reliable. Just not powerful like the Merc. No wonder they can put in a solid performance.

A real disaster for Vettel, could have been an easy double podium for Ferrari. Hopefully this can be sorted come the Barcelona GP.
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Italiano wrote: A real disaster for Vettel, could have been an easy double podium for Ferrari. Hopefully this can be sorted come the Barcelona GP.
Or a double DNF if Bottas had speared them.
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Italiano wrote:Hass has the 2015 unit, that was very reliable. Just not powerful like the Merc. No wonder they can put in a solid performance.
Haas has the 2016 Ferrari PU just like Sauber. Only Torro Rosso run the 2015 spec.
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Tauri_J wrote:weird strategy for hamilton
They knew they didn't have the pace to challenge Ferrari, lost 1 second due to damage. So the mediums were a gamble on the safety car.

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Gothrek wrote:First point of the season for McLaren scored by a rookie :)
He has to be in that car next year, McLaren would be crazy to let him go like they did Kevin.

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As effed up as F1 is these days, with the sh!tty qualifying and all, how the hell have drivers and teams managed to overcome all that crap and put on two pretty dang good races so far? They have definitely surprised me with the races they've had.
“To be able to actually make something is awfully nice”
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“I've got to be careful what I say, but possibly to probably Juan would have had a bigger go”
Sir Frank Williams after the 2003 Canadian GP, where Ralf hesitated to pass brother M. Schumacher

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Pierce89 wrote:I've NEVER been a Vettel fan, but I just have a hunch he would've been awesome in this race.
This is a good Raikkonen track... but we'll never know.

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Grosjean keeps shining.
Wehrlein impresses.
Vandoorne drove like a professional.
Congrats to Rosberg.
Hamilton should pull himself together.
Ferrari can fight with Mercs if they don't mess up reliability.
Hope Mclaren will keep rising.

It was a nice race to watch overall.

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jetho wrote:
Italiano wrote:Hass has the 2015 unit, that was very reliable. Just not powerful like the Merc. No wonder they can put in a solid performance.
Haas has the 2016 Ferrari PU just like Sauber. Only Torro Rosso run the 2015 spec.
Yep...my bad. Totally slipped my mind. Probably just some luck and less aggressive engine modes.
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The race was ok i guess... the first half...Kimi with a clunker of a start lol then having to pass three cars gave Rosberg the window to pull out 12 seconds and then game over. only surprise was the strategy which i didnt think would be SS-S-SS-S

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matt_b wrote:
Gothrek wrote:First point of the season for McLaren scored by a rookie :)
He has to be in that car next year, McLaren would be crazy to let him go like they did Kevin.
Well, he doesn't have a lot of sponsors and he has the same management as Button, so I am afraid that it will not happen, which is too bad since he really drove excellent.

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It's rare you see an engine blow up before the start though - that's quite a big reliability issue.

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Really hope Ferrari can sort out their reliability problems quickly. Their pace at the moment is decent enough to keep Mercedes honest and push them but if they lose more PU parts they will be on their back foot and at some point have to take penalties.

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jetho wrote:Really hope Ferrari can sort out their reliability problems quickly. Their pace at the moment is decent enough to keep Mercedes honest and push them but if they lose more PU parts they will be on their back foot and at some point have to take penalties.
there are 19 races left and the teams have 5 engines this year..... its possible it may not even be an issue

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So, the Ferraris are cooking the PU. The issues were evident in Winter Testing and now the issues are badly impacting them in races. 2 Failures in 2 Races. The Haas doesn't have any issues, which means, the Ferrari packaging is sucking.
And what happened to the LIGHTENING Ferrari starts? :D
And once again, the Mercedes of Lewis got a slow start.
Bottas, the evil of the night. :twisted:
What the hell is wrong with Force India and Williams? Are they using a 2015 Merc PU?
That Haas is flying in the hands of Grosjean.