Bahrain Grand Prix 2012, Sakhir - Race 4/20

arknor · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:53

track temp is slowly falling so the fastest time should be at the end of the session

Skeeter · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:53

Grr, charity bint trying to get me to donate to something and distracting me from Quali!

Mr Men · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:54

Button was 3 tenths behind Lewis, is that embarrassing?

Flibster · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:54

Great camera view of Webber locking up there.

GravyMonster · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:54

Rosberg going for 1 run, confidence high obviously.

Skeeter · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:56

Spunkey said:
Rosberg going for 1 run, confidence high obviously.

Mercedes did this a lot last year too, but that was when they were munching tyres.

Confident? Or are the tyre issues more of a concern than they are letting on?

Merlin5 · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:56

Woohoo, McLaren one two so far.

arknor · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:56

Skeeter said:
Mercedes did this a lot last year too, but that was when they were munching tyres.

Confident? Or are the tyre issues more of a concern than they are letting on?

paul hembrey said there is no tyre issue for mercedes
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99024

"I think people are confusing last year's car with this year's car," he said about the Mercedes situation. "That is our reading of it, because we are a little bit mystified sometimes with the comments made when we are looking at the raw data.

"We do have the benefit of seeing all the data from all the teams, and we felt Mercedes was going to be very competitive this year. I have gone on record as saying I would put money down on Michael Schumacher for victory this year, and I put him down to win in Malaysia, so that cost me £50.

"Clearly there are three cars pretty well close together at the front, and sat here now I would not want to call it between McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull. It would be difficult to say who they think is going to win."

~Mike~ · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:56

Mr Men said:
Button was 3 tenths behind Lewis, is that embarrassing?

0.040 seconds in Q3

Mr Men · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:57

arknor said:
paul hembrey said there is no tyre issue for mercedes

He always says that.

Irish_Tom · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:57

Merlin5 said:
Woohoo, McLaren one two so far.

Rosberg to get pole.

Freakbro · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:58

Mike306 said:
Got it now.

I might start using it, at least fat john isn't auto corrected by this tablet!

Skeeter · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:58

You know what, I'm actually starting to believe that conspiracy theory about Force India...

arknor · 21 Apr 2012 at 12:59

Mr Men said:
He always says that.

maybe because he has the tyre data and should know more than anyone including the other teams and expecially posters on this forum

Mr Men · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:00

arknor said:
maybe because he has the tyre data and should know more than anyone including the other teams and expecially posters on this forum

Or because he does not want to admit their tyres suck?

Flibster · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:00

Skeeter said:
You know what, I'm actually starting to believe that conspiracy theory about Force India...

It's certainly possible that Bernie has issued instructions that they are not to be seen on TV this weekend.

Skeeter · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:00

arknor said:
maybe because he has the tyre data and should know more than anyone including the other teams and expecially posters on this forum

Chill, it was a theory, not an accusation.

Although is it was confidence it was miss placed.

Quint · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:01

Someone just tweeted "I'm pretty sure we haven't had any shots of the Force India's shown so far in qualifying despite di Resta getting through to Q3... #F1" anyone noticed?

Mr Men · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:01

well done Seb what a lap

utajoker · 21 Apr 2012 at 13:01

well, didnt see that happening.

finger time it seems.