2014 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix

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SilverArrow
Did we see that last season?
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I gave up on that one mid last year and didn't watch anymore, wasn't a fan of finger boy and his magical RBR :lol:
 
SilverArrow
Did we see that last season?
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Only in a handful of races and those were mainly the slow tracks that allowed Mercedes to shine. In other words not really and it is still much of the same formula as 94' which were supposedly some glory years...
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
I can ensure you with the matched speeds of Nico and Lewis this weekend they'll be fighting for this win. And if they royally screw it up (knock on wood). Then we could see another Turkish GP like in 2010.
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I sure hope that's the case. Last week in the malaysian Grand Prix we had both Mercedes on the front row and no battle at all.
 
MasamuneDate
At least at the beginning of the season, we had victories from Ferrari and Mercedes.
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Now you're just splitting hairs for the sake of trying to win an argument that has more than amply been explained opposite of your ideals.
 
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It's much more prominent to have one guy win by 30+ seconds than it is to have the margin of victory be about 10% or less of that 30 seconds.
 
SilverArrow
You didn't say victories, you said battles for the lead.
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I suppose we won't be seeing those battles so soon in F1, then. Unless a major change in regulations really balance the cars out. Anyway, are you enthralled by F1? Why do you watch it?
 
Quickly, admit nothing much has changed @MasamuneDate otherwise there's another page of he says/she says before i can start reading again.

You can do it! :D
 
MasamuneDate
I sure hope that's the case. Last week in the malaysian Grand Prix we had both Mercedes on the front row and no battle at all.
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Do you actually follow the practices and not just quali and race?? Last week is vastly different than this week, Nico hasn't been too far off of Hamilton and built up more and more over each FP and then finally beat out Hami in quali. He beat him by a few tenths which means if Rosberg wants to he can match Lewis here, the fact it is at night and he isn't using the same over dramatic tire set up works in his favor. Since Lewis has shown in this package he can conserve and be dominant, well so can Nico in the right situation and night time is the best for this.

Last weekend was quite different, Lewis was on another level and usually is there and Nico to try and play catch up had quite a different pressure set up and track setup to make ground. Instead it hurt him and almost cost him an assured second place, well that is until the last pit stop where he made room between him and the rest. Nico is actually fast in Bahrain and I'd say he is as good as Vettel is here, Lewis can adapt and with all this info it's easy to see the making of a battle. For how long it will last, we'll have to wait and see.
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
Do you actually follow the practices and not just quali and race?? Last week is vastly different than this week, Nico hasn't been too far off of Hamilton and built up more and more over each FP and then finally beat out Hami in quali. He beat him by a few tenths which means if Rosberg wants to he can match Lewis here, the fact it is at night and he isn't using the same over dramatic tire set up works in his favor. Since Lewis has shown in this package he can conserve and be dominant, well so can Nico in the right situation and night time is the best for this.

Last weekend was quite different, Lewis was on another level and usually is there and Nico to try and play catch up had quite a different pressure set up and track setup to make ground. Instead it hurt him and almost cost him an assured second place, well that is until the last pit stop where he made room between him and the rest. Nico is actually fast in Bahrain and I'd say he is as good as Vettel is here, Lewis can adapt and with all this info it's easy to see the making of a battle. For how long it will last, we'll have to wait and see.
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If Hamilton wouldn't have locked up in the first corner, i bet he would have snatched pole again though.
 
LMSCorvetteGT2
Perhaps it would have probably been close.
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Looking forward to tomorrow though, good chance they will battle it out whereas Hamilton indeed left Rosberg no chance in Sepang.
 
MasamuneDate
I suppose we won't be seeing those battles so soon in F1, then. Unless a major change in regulations really balance the cars out. Anyway, are you enthralled by F1? Why do you watch it?
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I think this year we have at least 2 fighting for the championship, last year Webber was nowhere near Vettel in the races and we knew the drivers' championship was over half way through.
 
MasamuneDate
Oh, really? At the time we had Schumacher battling toe to toe with Damon Hill and Villeneuve's Williams. And then we had Mika Hakkinen with the McLaren against both Ferrari. You didn't often see a race leader being more than a second faster than the chaser.
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First two races of 1998...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Australian_Grand_Prix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Brazilian_Grand_Prix
mister dog
Also a fellow West Flemish has won his first GP2 race today; Stoffel Vandoorne! :bowdown:
He's from Kortrijk so i bet he started indoor karting over there were i always went if i did karting with a mate; hope he's gonna shine when he arrives in F1 :cool:
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Thanks for the spoilers. :irked: I haven't watched the race yet.

Shouldn't we have a separate (seasonal long) GP2 thread?
 


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Seems his father designed the karting track we always went to.
 
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Atleast we were seeing all cars in Q3 not save tires and run, which is a nice little change.

Hoping for a Williams podium tomorrow.
 
Also the punishment of Ricciardo is quite harsh, got penalized enough in Sepang with the faulty pit stop and the 10 second penalty, to not have this race jeopardized also with a 10 place grid penalty IMO.
 
mister dog
Also the punishment of Ricciardo is quite harsh, got penalized enough in Sepang with the faulty pit stop and the 10 second penalty, to not have this race jeopardized also with a 10 place grid penalty IMO.
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I heard he got the grid penalty because they never actually took the pit penalty. It's either that. or the standard for an unsafe release now is 10 second stop/go + 10 grid spots.
 
GTPorsche
I heard he got the grid penalty because they never actually took the pit penalty. It's either that. or the standard for an unsafe release now is 10 second stop/go + 10 grid spots.
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Yes that is the standard penalty for unsafe release now.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2014/3/15640.html

mister dog
Also the punishment of Ricciardo is quite harsh, got penalized enough in Sepang with the faulty pit stop and the 10 second penalty, to not have this race jeopardized also with a 10 place grid penalty IMO.
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But I also think it is way way to harsh.
 
pyrates
How many points can a driver actually collect on his license before he faces consequences?
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If a driver accumulates twelve points, they get a one race ban.
 
mister dog
Also the punishment of Ricciardo is quite harsh, got penalized enough in Sepang with the faulty pit stop and the 10 second penalty, to not have this race jeopardized also with a 10 place grid penalty IMO.
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An unsafe release could easily kill someone. Stand outside with a trolley and get a friend to brake his car from 60mph to zero right in front of you. You may need spare pants and/or legs. The FIA are super-harsh about it because it simply cannot happen. IRBR released a car in an unsafe condition while a mechanic was still working on it.

They penalised themselves and, fortunately, didn't injure anyone in the process.
 
TenEightyOne
An unsafe release could easily kill someone.
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That's very true, and often times these poor bystanders that get killed at motor races go basically unremembered, like that guy that died at Canada last year.

A driver dies, even if its a test driver and its liable to get a reaction from the pope and or the president of their country.
 
I think I may have woken Perez up, and cursed Hulkenberg :( I really wanted to see hulk on the podium.

@LMSCorvetteGT2 I'll reply to your post when I'm not half asleep
 
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