Bahrain Grand Prix 2012, Sakhir - Race 4/20

[Mr Men]

As they expected, maybe the protesters can get the race cancelled, Massa will be out back with petrol bombs soon

 

[Nismo]

Merc and Red Bull looking quick, Mclaren struggling with setup so far, Jenson not liking his balance

 

[Flibster]

Ferrari have just announced that following Force India sitting out FP2 today, Fellipe Massa will be sitting out Q3 tomorrow.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

Still don't see how people supposedly protesting against the violence to them by inflicting violence against others deserves my sympathy in any way?

I agree. They don't deserve sympathy at all. Behaving like animals isn't the greatest way to get a point across.

Still not sure if I'll watch quali live this weekend. Bahrain track, bleeeeuuuuuuuuuuugggghhhh!!!!! Will only be worth the watch to celebrate the triumphant lap from Alonso*, propelling the Ferrari far higher up the grid than it deserves.


*This will definitely happen, and is not just the innacurate ramblings of a lunatic.

 

[PinkFloyd]

Ferrari have just announced that following Force India sitting out FP2 today, Fellipe Massa will be sitting out Q3 tomorrow.

 

[sunama]

Still don't see how people supposedly protesting against the violence to them by inflicting violence against others deserves my sympathy in any way?

Exactly, I have no sympathy for the people who commit violence against others (just because their rights are being violated by their Government).

 

[Glaucus]

I'm fairly happy about merc, not so happy about RBR speed, new exhaust seems to be working well and sealing the diffuser. Very unhappy about mclarens lack of speed. Still this isn't q3.

 

[Flibster]

I'm Lundy of happy about merchant, not so happy about rbr speed, new exhaust seems to be working well and sealing the diffuser. Very unhappy about mclarens lack of speed. Still this isn't q3.

Ha! I beat your ninja!

Lundy of happy...

 

[Glaucus]

 

[Irish_Tom]

On the tyre situation: "Michael Schumacher tried one flying lap on the soft tyres, but hit traffic. Then he tried it again and was one second slower than his team-mate. It just shows that if you don't do your fastest lap time on your first run you don't get the time. The tyre gets so hot that you can't do it again."

Going to be a rush to get out at the start of Q3 then.

 

[Flibster]

Apparently the Crown Prince will be making a statement outside of Red Bull in a few minutes.

 

[Duke]

Nice mixed up positions so far

 

[~Mike~]

What was McLaren's race pace like?

 

[Goates]

Going to be close again by the looks of it. Don't think we saw McLaren's true pace as Hamilton was 2 tenths slower on the softs than he was on mediums in P1.

 

[Duke]

What was McLaren's race pace like?

Not fantastic, but hard to tell. We'll get a clearer pictures in P3 I expect. Going to be another tough one to call on the predictions game. P1 & 2 times in OP now.

 

[~Mike~]

^ Thanks.

 

[Glaucus]

Said in fp2, that two FI employers had actually left and gone home.

But of course just a few hoodies not targeting f1, despite planned protests at the circuit. Well if that's not targeting f1 what is.

I'm going Ros then Ham, no idea after that, tempted with Vet or Msc
Ros to win, after that again no idea.

 

[GravyMonster]

Race is going to be interesting with the soft tyres lasting 1 lap in Q, and maybe 5-10 in the race depending on how light your car is on it's tyres. 3 stops could be the order of the day again.

 

[arknor]

merc only managed 15laps on the soft tyre so its not looking good for them

 

[sunama]

I'm going Ros then Ham, no idea after that, tempted with Vet or Msc
Ros to win, after that again no idea.

You think that a Merc car can win in such hot weather?