Sebastian Vettel has led the Bahrain GP from start to finish to win his first GP of the season. Kimi Räikkönen brough his Lotus car home in second place after a few unfortunate races. His teammate Grosjean finished third to complete a great result for Lotus.
YES !!! Kimi 2nd, Romain 3rd. Great race for Lotus, but I wonder why didin't Kimi stay for 1 or 2 laps more when Vettel made the pit stop. Maybe he would have had a better chance at P1, but nevertheless, good race for him.
Strange noises coming from Button's car.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985
schumi at the moment on german TV is talking about the tyres.
He said they drive with 70-80% through the corners. He asks if the tyres should have such a majority in the races
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So happy for Grosjeans first podium finish. He looks so happy ...Kimi...not so much...
Mclaren are having major problems in the pits...like Vettel mentioned, small things make the big differences...
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Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
Sebastian Vettel
boyracer94 wrote:McLaren really need to sort their pitstops out. They are throwing points away, and if they carry on like this, the championship will slip away.
Yeah! It's ridiculous! This is the kind of thing that can and probably will end up losing them another WCC.
It looks like Hamilton and Button are having to race and try to win with their team actively hampering them.
raymondu999 wrote:Anyone know details on WHY the McLaren pitstops were so... rubbish? It's SO frustrating to see them losing out in the PITSTOPS, of all places...
Seems they jsut like to throw points away, I havent seen any good stop from McLaren recently, well not even in the last 3 years. I dont udnerstand why they dont take action on this point, Hamilton and button lost a sh*tload of points, only due to pitstops. Havent seen the races, but if I read correctly Hamilton could already won at least 2 races, but were ruined by pitstops.
Hard to say - they were caused by the timing of the pitstops - not really a duff stop, if that makes sense.
Maybe they need to hire a trainer of sorts to whip up their pit crew into their pitstop routines.
Th0R wrote:why should they, one change of the race line is permitted explictly. I think there won't be any penalty.
true, you may change direction once but pushing driver off-road is not allowed.
If Rosberg doent get a penalty, then hamilton must get one - just as in Belgium 2008/9 when he was found to have gained advantage by running off track and overtaking through the next sequence of corners!!
Nice race. Great result for Kimi and Grosjean and Lotus team. I am also happy that Felipe finished in points. Michael started 22 and finished 10. I must say not bad at all, but it could be better, couldn't it?
I have to say that McLaren pit crew sucks! I mean they ruined Lewis' race. Their races have been ruined by their stupid strategies and at the same time a lot of time cost in the pits.
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."~William Shakespeare
raymondu999 wrote:Anyone know details on WHY the McLaren pitstops were so... rubbish? It's SO frustrating to see them losing out in the PITSTOPS, of all places...
Seems they jsut like to throw points away, I havent seen any good stop from McLaren recently, well not even in the last 3 years. I dont udnerstand why they dont take action on this point, Hamilton and button lost a sh*tload of points, only due to pitstops. Havent seen the races, but if I read correctly Hamilton could already won at least 2 races, but were ruined by pitstops.
Hard to say - they were caused by the timing of the pitstops - not really a duff stop, if that makes sense.
Maybe they need to hire a trainer of sorts to whip up their pit crew into their pitstop routines.
if i was Whitmarsh, i'll fired the entire pit stop crew. Setup a new crew.
Th0R wrote:why should they, one change of the race line is permitted explictly. I think there won't be any penalty.
true, you may change direction once but pushing driver off-road is not allowed.
If Rosberg doent get a penalty, then hamilton must get one - just as in Belgium 2008/9 when he was found to have gained advantage by running off track and overtaking through the next sequence of corners!!
I was under the impression that it was Hamilton who was going to be scolded. I hope there's no penalty.
Goran2812 wrote:get ready to mute your tv's.... "that's what i'm talking about!!!"
That's exactly what I did. I just hate that guy's silly words!
Did you see the finger?
4 different winners in the first 4 races...this bodes well for F1...
Generally I don't care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.
Sebastian Vettel
One more observation: Maldonado has a problem, he drives like a troglodyte all over the track when someone is near him.
"...and there, very much in flames, is Jacques Laffite's Ligier. That's obviously a turbo blaze, and of course, Laffite will be able to see that conflagration in his mirrors... he is coolly parking the car somewhere safe."Murray Walker, San Marino 1985