2016 Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain, April 01-03

[Sevach]

Bottas made a mistake but the 2 Mercedes took T1 slow as F...

Massa braked more or less on the same point and did the corner just fine, i get the feeling that once Bottas got boxed by the Mercs he had nowhere to go.

[Jordan44]

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?
And once again, the Mercedes of Lewis got a slow start.
Bottas, the evil of the night.
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.

Well if the power unit overheated due to Ferrari packaging on the formation lap, they must have serious issues.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Lewis was trying to go wide on the outside on turn 1, to then dive inside thinking Rosberg will take a tight apex and go wide at the exit.



It would be stupid to come from that far behind to try to dive in.


When Bottas ran in, look at where his car is pointing, nowhere looking to clear the apex.


Totally Bottas' fault. He was too far behind and could have seen what Lewis was trying to do and could have stayed out of that tight turn.

[komninosm]

Nice gift from Bottas. Fvcking idiot. He ruined the only fight that would matter and save the race from being a borerain.

Yeah, I sort of fell asleep twice after Botta dive bomb. I seem to have gaps in my memory of the race. Either that or nothing happened or too many ads on TV.
Strange tire choices by Hamilton? Or did the harder tyre just not last at that level of pushing? Then at the end saving the car for next race or collision damage? Rosberg phoned it in again. Last race he pushed Ham off the track and escaped unscathed.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

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

Ha... Provided they maintain a 100% NO-FAILURE record for the next 19 Races!!! The season is barely started and Mercedes is already leading by 50 points in constructors and the Ferrari best bet for Championship, Vettel is trailing by 35 points !!!
Given the current situation, Ferrari has more worries on their own part, than to hope for Mercedes failures to help them in championship.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Once again, Ferrari would be unable to show their true pace, as the farce set to continue.

F1 forced to keep elimination qualifying for Bahrain GP

Anyway getting back on topic.
Mercedes will not be let off easy this time.
Again they will cock up the start but this time Ferrari will not make a strategy mistake.
One Merc will retire from the race.

Looking forward to all the GPRA calculations showing Merc should have / could have won the race, but they never showed their pace, kept those 2sec per lap back by carrying bags of sand. Why?

Too bad, the Ferrari FIRE WORKS and BOTTAS BOMB didn't allowed me to enthrall you. As a consolation, all I could say is, even with a damaged car, Lewis kept doing better times than Kimi, even when Lewis was on Mediums and Kimi on softs !!!

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7 K. RAIKKONEN	44 L. HAMILTON
LAP TIME 	 LAP TIME
1 18:05:27	1 18:05:28
2 1:38.079	2 1:39.207
3 1:38.934	3 1:38.786
4 1:39.062	4 1:38.029
5 1:39.727	5 1:39.272
6 1:39.146	6 1:39.895
7 1:39.114	7 1:39.917
8 1:38.995	8 1:38.992
9 1:38.647	9 1:39.098
10 1:38.981	10 1:39.054
11 1:38.914	11 1:39.437
12 P 1:42.136	12 1:39.592
13 1:58.781	13 P 1:43.018
14 1:36.814	14 1:58.580
15 1:36.761	15 1:37.826
16 1:37.263	16 1:38.811
17 1:37.496	17 1:37.076
18 1:37.313	18 1:37.681
19 1:37.661	19 1:37.428
20 1:37.732	20 1:37.647
21 1:38.096	21 1:37.782
22 1:38.040	22 1:37.844
23 1:37.816	23 1:37.892
24 1:38.020	24 1:37.906
25 1:38.348	25 1:38.293
26 1:38.294	26 1:38.407
27 1:38.345	27 1:38.283
28 1:38.464	28 P 1:41.221
29 P 1:41.332	29 1:56.898
30 1:57.499	30 1:34.721
31 1:35.539	31 1:35.232
32 1:35.564	32 1:35.562
33 1:35.383	33 1:35.797
34 1:35.936	34 1:36.111
35 1:36.283	35 1:36.824
36 1:36.467	36 1:36.784
37 P 1:39.476	37 1:37.040
38 1:56.268	38 1:37.483
39 1:35.158	39 1:37.856
40 1:35.315	40 1:38.176
41 1:35.487	41 P 1:42.181
42 1:35.454	42 1:55.927
43 1:35.620	43 1:34.677
44 1:36.348	44 1:34.946
45 1:35.967	45 1:35.754
46 1:36.272	46 1:35.844
47 1:35.990	47 1:36.327
48 1:36.315	48 1:35.537
49 1:36.166	49 1:35.558
50 1:36.621	50 1:37.154
51 1:36.388	51 1:37.201
52 1:36.551	52 1:37.547
53 1:36.955	53 1:38.297
54 1:37.519	54 1:38.444
55 1:37.683	55 1:38.398
56 1:37.045	56 1:38.769
57 1:41.619	57 1:42.038

[Shrieker]

Nice gift from Bottas. Fvcking idiot. He ruined the only fight that would matter and save the race from being a borerain.

Yeah, I sort of fell asleep twice after Botta dive bomb. I seem to have gaps in my memory of the race. Either that or nothing happened or too many ads on TV.
Strange tire choices by Hamilton? Or did the harder tyre just not last at that level of pushing? Then at the end saving the car for next race or collision damage? Rosberg phoned it in again. Last race he pushed Ham off the track and escaped unscathed.

The floor was damaged and Hamilton was losing 1 second / lap the team was saying said David Croft.

[PlatinumZealot]

Hamilton did OK considering he had lost 1 second of pace due to damage. Nico can enjoy his moment for now but normal service will resume soon and very soon.

[GPR-A duplicate2]

Once again, Ferrari would be unable to show their true pace, as the farce set to continue.

F1 forced to keep elimination qualifying for Bahrain GP

Anyway getting back on topic.
Mercedes will not be let off easy this time.
Again they will cock up the start but this time Ferrari will not make a strategy mistake.
One Merc will retire from the race.

Looking forward to all the GPRA calculations showing Merc should have / could have won the race, but they never showed their pace, kept those 2sec per lap back by carrying bags of sand. Why?

Too bad, the Ferrari FIRE WORKS and BOTTAS BOMB didn't allowed me to enthrall you. As a consolation, all I could say is, even with a damaged car, Lewis kept doing better times than Kimi, even when Lewis was on Mediums and Kimi on softs !!!

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7 K. RAIKKONEN	44 L. HAMILTON
LAP TIME 	 LAP TIME
1 18:05:27	1 18:05:28
2 1:38.079	2 1:39.207
3 1:38.934	3 1:38.786
4 1:39.062	4 1:38.029
5 1:39.727	5 1:39.272
6 1:39.146	6 1:39.895
7 1:39.114	7 1:39.917
8 1:38.995	8 1:38.992
9 1:38.647	9 1:39.098
10 1:38.981	10 1:39.054
11 1:38.914	11 1:39.437
12 P 1:42.136	12 1:39.592
13 1:58.781	13 P 1:43.018
14 1:36.814	14 1:58.580
15 1:36.761	15 1:37.826
16 1:37.263	16 1:38.811
17 1:37.496	17 1:37.076
18 1:37.313	18 1:37.681
19 1:37.661	19 1:37.428
20 1:37.732	20 1:37.647
21 1:38.096	21 1:37.782
22 1:38.040	22 1:37.844
23 1:37.816	23 1:37.892
24 1:38.020	24 1:37.906
25 1:38.348	25 1:38.293
26 1:38.294	26 1:38.407
27 1:38.345	27 1:38.283
28 1:38.464	28 P 1:41.221
29 P 1:41.332	29 1:56.898
30 1:57.499	30 1:34.721
31 1:35.539	31 1:35.232
32 1:35.564	32 1:35.562
33 1:35.383	33 1:35.797
34 1:35.936	34 1:36.111
35 1:36.283	35 1:36.824
36 1:36.467	36 1:36.784
37 P 1:39.476	37 1:37.040
38 1:56.268	38 1:37.483
39 1:35.158	39 1:37.856
40 1:35.315	40 1:38.176
41 1:35.487	41 P 1:42.181
42 1:35.454	42 1:55.927
43 1:35.620	43 1:34.677
44 1:36.348	44 1:34.946
45 1:35.967	45 1:35.754
46 1:36.272	46 1:35.844
47 1:35.990	47 1:36.327
48 1:36.315	48 1:35.537
49 1:36.166	49 1:35.558
50 1:36.621	50 1:37.154
51 1:36.388	51 1:37.201
52 1:36.551	52 1:37.547
53 1:36.955	53 1:38.297
54 1:37.519	54 1:38.444
55 1:37.683	55 1:38.398
56 1:37.045	56 1:38.769
57 1:41.619	57 1:42.038

It tells the story that, Ferrari was going for cover against a damaged Mercedes.

[TheGkbrk]

1 second a lap sounds extreme. Merc dramatizing things.

[Juzh]

1 second a lap sounds extreme. Merc dramatizing things.

There was time loss but 1s seems excessive, yep.

[dans79]

1 second a lap sounds extreme. Merc dramatizing things.

That's what happens when you destroy aero bits, specially important ones. I would not be surprised if it was actually more than a second.

[Sniffit]

Don't get why some of you says it was a boring race, sure the outcome was given but there were lots of good midfield action and some decent battles.

[giantfan10]

Bottas made a mistake but the 2 Mercedes took T1 slow as F...

Massa braked more or less on the same point and did the corner just fine, i get the feeling that once Bottas got boxed by the Mercs he had nowhere to go.

He didnt....Hamilton in the press conference said it was a racing incident and Bottas was in his blind spot, too bad for Bottas the stewards didnt see it that way

[AliMadsen]

Does anyone know the reason for Palmers retirement?