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.
Max looks like he has time in his pocket in that car. The Mercedes, on the other hand, looks like it needs a lot of careful handling. A swap around from last year, in effect. Max must be odds on for pole today.
Not bad... but surprising that they've decided to go on Mediums instead of Softs; Saving them for qualifying I guess or used a lot on Friday?
He said Alfa Romeo and you answer with Alpha [Tauri]
And no, it's not possible for Alfa Romeo to be that good 
Logic dictates so. Oooor maybe the people running with the Merc concept (including Merc themselves) lost a huge chunk with the floor rule change. I mean, when you look, it does make sense. The cars who adopted the Merc philosophy in the past season are absolutely nowhere. Renault and Aston, namely.
Either they are gauging if they can go through Q2 on mediums or saving as many softs as they can.Schippke wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 15:02Not bad... but surprising that they've decided to go on Mediums instead of Softs; Saving them for qualifying I guess or used a lot on Friday?
A bit more interesting to see Sainz ahead of Leclerc again... but again, just Free Practice at the moment. Come Qualifying if that ends up being the same however...
Several people would lose their minds right now if both drivers did the same thing this year!
And that new Honda PU seems to be quite good too. It might end up being closer come race day, but even then I suspect Red Bull will slowly run away with it with superior cornering and tyre management.Just_a_fan wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 15:00Max looks like he has time in his pocket in that car. The Mercedes, on the other hand, looks like it needs a lot of careful handling. A swap around from last year, in effect. Max must be odds on for pole today.
Yes, when you look at those sector two times especially, it appears that the new regs have really affected downforce on the low rake cars.Shrieker wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 15:11Logic dictates so. Oooor maybe the people running with the Merc concept (including Merc themselves) lost a huge chunk with the floor rule change. I mean, when you look, it does make sense. The cars who adopted the Merc philosophy in the past season are absolutely nowhere. Renault and Aston, namely.
edit: and yeah, talking about the alfa romeo and not toro rosso, as Morteza said. Thanks for the heads up man. Didn't register that he replied with alpha : D
