F1 2010: Bahrein GP. It's on again!

[Ferry_vO]

First seven cars out of qualifying:

18: Alguersuari (STR)
19: Glock (Virgin)
20: Trulli (Lotus)
21: Kovalainen (Lotus)
22: Di Grassi (Virgin)
23: Senna (HRT)
24: Chandok (HRT)

No surprises yet!

[Ferry_vO]

Results of the Q2 session:

11: Barrichello (Williams)
12: Liuzzi (Force India)
13: Huelkenberg (Wiliams)
14: De La Rosa (Sauber)
15: Buemi (STR)
16: Kobayashi (Sauber)
17: Petrov (Renault)

[Ferry_vO]

Q3 results:

1: Vettel (RBR)
2: Massa (Ferrari)
3: Alonso (Ferrari)
4: Hamilton (McLaren)
5: Rosberg (Mercedes)
6: Webber (RBR)
7: Schumacher (Mercedes)
8: Button (McLaren)
9: Kubica (Renault)
10: Sutil (Force India)

[Ferry_vO]

Full results:

1. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 54.101s
2 Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 54.242s
3 Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 54.608s
4 Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 55.217s
5. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 55.241s
6 Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 55.284s
7 Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes 1m 55.524s
8 Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1m 55.672s
9 Robert Kubica Poland Renault-Renault 1m 55.885s
10 Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1m 56.309s

11Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1m 55.330s
12 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes 1m 55.653s
13 Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth 1m 55.857s
14 Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 56.237s
15. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 56.265s
16 Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1m 56.270s
17. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault-Renault 1m 56.619s

18. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m 57.071s
19. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1m 59.728s
20. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 1m 59.852s
21. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth 2m 00.313s
22. Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth 2m 00.587s
23. Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth 2m 03.240s
24. Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth 2m 04.904s

[Panther_99FS]

I find it interesting that Brawn's diffuser last year was deemed legal but now McLaren's new diffuser isn't....
http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-fia-tells-mclaren-to-scrap-bahrain-spec-diffuser/

[Panther_99FS]

Addendum:
I wonder how long Alonso will tolerate Massa out-performing him before he throws another tantrum.....

[Cazzie]

Well, I am excited, will be at the TV for the GP2 race, then the F-1 event in the morning. No NASCAR whatsoever, anywhere, this weekend, but hey, Bristol's next week and this ol' boy will be up the road in two weeks for Martinsville, where they will rid the COT of that hideous wing. :ernae:

Caz

[Wing_Z]

Rubens is really well placed, starting on hard tyres within striking distance from 11th spot, while everyone ahead will pit early to drop their softs.
And there's a real race on between grid slots #4-#9, look at the gap, less than half a second on that long lap!

As far as race strategy is concerned, it's all about tyres.
Red Bull tends to eat theirs, so are we looking at a red car?
It's the most-developed Ferrari in years.
Alonso is Mr. Cool on the track, and I think a likely World Champion.

Biggest loser of the year is Heikki Kovalainen - what was his manager thinking?
Other than my man Heidfeld, that is, who is just...gone.

[Panther_99FS]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimiraikkonen/

[Ferry_vO]

Rubens is really well placed, starting on hard tyres within striking distance from 11th spot, while everyone ahead will pit early to drop their softs.

Sutil is the only one in the top ten that qualified on the harder tyres. :)



Biggest loser of the year is Heikki Kovalainen - what was his manager thinking?

He blew it at Renault and at McLaren; guess he's happy to have a seat..

[Ferry_vO]

A somewhat boring race, with a present for Alonso and Ferrari. Shame about Vettel.

1. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 49 laps 1hr 39m 20.396s
2. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 16.0s
3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 23.1s
4. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault +00m 38.7s
5. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 40.2s
6. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes-Mercedes +00m 44.1s
7. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes +00m 45.2s
8. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault +00m 46.3s
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy Force India-Mercedes +00m 53.0s
10. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth +01m 02.4s

11. Robert Kubica Poland Renault-Renault +01m 09.0s
12. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes +01m 22.9s
13. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari +01m 32.6s
14. Nico Hulkenberg Germany Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Cosworth +2 laps

Rtd Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 46 laps completed
Rtd Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Cosworth 46 laps completed
Rtd Pedro de la Rosa Spain BMW Sauber-Ferrari 28 laps completed
Rtd Bruno Senna Brazil HRT-Cosworth 17 laps completed
Rtd Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 16 laps completed
Rtd Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault-Renault 13 laps completed
Rtd Kamui Kobayashi Japan BMW Sauber-Ferrari 11 laps completed
Rtd Lucas di Grassi Brazil Virgin-Cosworth 2 laps completed
Rtd Karun Chandhok India HRT-Cosworth 1 lap completed

Fastest lap:

Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 58.287s lap 45

[lefty]

Switched off after half an hour. If the rest of them are like this, the audience figures will plummet.

[Panther_99FS]

After thinking about the past few seasons, I'm a bit saddened that Jean Alesi never got to drive a better Ferrari.....

[Ferry_vO]

Switched off after half an hour. If the rest of them are like this, the audience figures will plummet.

Let's hope the next one will be better; at least the last few Aussie GPs have been a lot more interesting to watch..

[Wing_Z]

Switched off after half an hour. If the rest of them are like this, the audience figures will plummet.

Yep...it's out of time zone for me, so mercifully watched recorded.
I find x6 on the remote best - x12 causes blurries :d
What a dreadful track, too.
Quote of the day from Hamilton: "...I couldn't follow that train..."
and best commentary from Brundle, as the HRT pulled off smoking: "The new Cosworth V7..."

Australia will produce a real race...the Red Bull with Vettel inside, plus an energised Mark Webber, will be really quick.

[demorier]

I'm with some others...pretty much just a procession.

[Cazzie]

Modern day flat track, Made so fans can see all, Crap! Crappy race, crappy track. A road course should go uphill and downhill, have many off camber turns, I hate the new tracks, that is what makes racing as boring as anything else. Flat circuits just make for boring racing.

Caz

[wombat666]

Yep...it's out of time zone for me, so mercifully watched recorded.
I find x6 on the remote best - x12 causes blurries :d
What a dreadful track, too.
Quote of the day from Hamilton: "...I couldn't follow that train..."
and best commentary from Brundle, as the HRT pulled off smoking: "The new Cosworth V7..."
Australia will produce a real race...the Red Bull with Vettel inside, plus an energised Mark Webber, will be really quick.

Despite the pre-season hype this was so bad ..... my wife looked some of the recorded 'highlights' as she was passing by and remarked that it looked like a 'Sim'!
Boring circuit with boring racing, the one bright spot was Alonso sticking it right up his detractors!
I received my usual Albert Park 'Package' ("Please bring your Porsche for the Shannon's Classics Pavilion") and I'll go along to 'support' Mark Webber of course, but I'm far more interested in the GT and F5000 'supporting' races .....:sleep:

[demorier]

Those F5000's were great to watch last year...no slacking about, slipping and sliding all over the track.