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Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix after a very close battle with Max Verstappen in the closing stages of the race. Verstappen finished furiously in second after having to give up first place for exceeding track limits. Bottas completed the podium for Mercedes.
Yeah. When you're living in your own little world where double-waved yellow flags don’t exist.JordanMugen wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:07Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, Honda, Newey, Mongahan, Wache, Tanabe, Yamamoto! Great job!
The grid position tells the story. Stroll has the edge on Vettel as many expected, myself included.aMessageToCharlie wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 17:49Vettel had to slow down for yellow flags. That's not what I call "outperform".
Just_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:253/10s in Q2 between them. Perez would have been top 4 had he got through Q2. Q2 was odd and I think caught out RBR.grubschumi13 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:21One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:16
Four tenths. Purple in all sectors. High top speed. Balanced poise through the corners.
I smell dominance.
Oh, I’m awareJust_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:27It's how it was handling, not the lap time.214270 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:23lol, 1:27.2s v 1:28.9sJust_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:19
Max's pole lap onboard looked just like a Mercedes onboard from last year. Red Bull have got a cracking car there.
All of the cars are slower because of the floor changes - that's why the floor changes were introduced.
Yeah I agree. Give him couple of races he'll be there with max. He had 2 laps in Q2 (one deleted) that were both 0.3s off verstappen and that's not all that bad. They should have just sent him out on softs and be done with it.NathanOlder wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:30Just_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:253/10s in Q2 between them. Perez would have been top 4 had he got through Q2. Q2 was odd and I think caught out RBR.grubschumi13 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:21
One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.
Exactly. Dont be hard on Perez, If he was in Q3 with the same gap he had to Max in Q2, he would be on the front row.
time will tell. but i doubt if he would do better than albon. his long run pace wasn't anywhere near max. he has some really fast cars ahead of him to make any great progress.NathanOlder wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:30Just_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:253/10s in Q2 between them. Perez would have been top 4 had he got through Q2. Q2 was odd and I think caught out RBR.grubschumi13 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:21
One driver is not even in the top 10. Both Mercs are both top 3. It's only Max that made that pole.
Exactly. Dont be hard on Perez, If he was in Q3 with the same gap he had to Max in Q2, he would be on the front row.
Sigh. The point was that the Red Bull looks settled and Max was able to put it where he wanted it to. That is just like the Mercedes was last year where last year's Red Bull certainly wasn't like that and was a handful for much of the season.214270 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:30Oh, I’m awareJust_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 18:27It'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.
Let’s not get too carried away comparing the cars though.
I did, and still support my earlier statement. Not because of his speed, but because I don't want to watch the same people for 20 years straight
All we should care about as race fans is Top 20 drivers in world , fighting it out on race track going side by side. Age is just another bias people have like Race and Religion
. resting my case here. enjoy the season 
Of course not. Don’t be foolish. More that it’s tailored very much to the needs and style of the lead driver.aMessageToCharlie wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 17:58Implying what? RBR sabotaging their own car?