2021 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, March 26 - 28

[godlameroso]

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Some poor person back in the motor home kitchen probably spent time making that and thought it was going to be on TV. Well, it was but not in the way they thought.

Cakes aren't hard to make if you're not decorating them.

[MKlaus]

congratulations to max and red bull. great job!

perez, as expected, was not upto the mark.
leclerc, gasly and ricciardo showed the trade of q3 to their team mates. they held back long enough to outqualify their team mates.

mercedes has lost over 2 seconds to the spec and tyre change whereas red bull lost over 1.5 seconds. so it was the best of who could claw back the lost performance.

[maxxer]

MERC not bad in aggregate. VER has to run and hide tomorrow

Max will miss Perez being up there to help him. Mercedes at least have the chance to use both drivers to pressure Red Bull's pit strategy.

This

That's the reason Perez was brought in wasn't it, to give them some statergy options to help Max.

This result wasnt better then with albon , if they want the championship there cant be such a difference between the 2

[Just_a_fan]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

Max's pole lap onboard looked just like a Mercedes onboard from last year. Red Bull have got a cracking car there.

[grubschumi13]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.

[214270]

I feel the only person that can match Verstappen in the Bull is Russell.

Single lap, I guess it’s possible. He’d be demolished on race day though.

[Just_a_fan]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Exf5ws5XIAI ... name=large

Some poor person back in the motor home kitchen probably spent time making that and thought it was going to be on TV. Well, it was but not in the way they thought.

Cakes aren't hard to make if you're not decorating them.

I didn't say they were. But it's still time to make it and the cook probably hoped/expected it would be enjoyed with coffee, not smeared over DC's face.

[foxmulder_ms]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.

Sure.

[Juzh]

So what do we think Pole will be?

Low 1.28s?

Last year hamilton improved 1.4s from fp3 to q3. Verstappen improved only 7 tenths. I think low 28s is too low an estimate. It seems hig 28s or maybe even low 29s are more probable.

Pretty much bang on the money

[214270]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

Max's pole lap onboard looked just like a Mercedes onboard from last year. Red Bull have got a cracking car there.

lol, 1:27.2s v 1:28.9s

[maxxer]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

dominance would be getting p1 and p2 not p1 and p11

[HPD]

I feel the only person that can match Verstappen in the Bull is Russell.

And Sainz

[Just_a_fan]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.

3/10s in Q2 between them. Perez would have been top 4 had he got through Q2. Q2 was odd and I think caught out RBR.

[Just_a_fan]

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

Max's pole lap onboard looked just like a Mercedes onboard from last year. Red Bull have got a cracking car there.

lol, 1:27.2s v 1:28.9s

It's how it was handling, not the lap time.

All of the cars are slower because of the floor changes - that's why the floor changes were introduced.

[LM10]

This is what we want to see a good fight. 3 tenths is the closest we have seen in years. Clearly Mercedes is still the fastest their 2-3 suggests. Max dragged that lap out of the bag. Leclerc also in the hunt.

2 manufacturers fighting again.

Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.

I smell dominance.

Well, a few days back you were smelling a rocket ship from Mercedes. So let's see how all that will pan out.

I can smell dominance by RBR as well and had that feeling in testing already. The atmosphere is simply a different one this time and has been since testing. They seem to be seriously sure about their package and you can sense that.