Bahrain Grand Prix 2013, Sakhir - Race 4/19

Duke · 14 Apr 2013 at 19:56

Sakhir

The 2004 Grand Prix of Bahrain marked the first ever round of the FIA Formula One World Championship to be held in the Middle East and the official culmination of a multi-million dollar project started back in September 2002 when the Kingdom of Bahrain signed a long-term deal to host the event.

Located at Sakhir, 30 km south-west of the island's capital, Manama, the Hermann Tilke designed circuit contains no less than five track layouts within one complex. Construction began in November 2002 and in the months prior to its March 2004 completion, work was going on around the clock. Over 12,000 tonnes of stone were used in the build, a third of it Welsh granite, chosen for the track surface due to its excellent adhesive qualities.

The original 5.412 km Grand Prix circuit was designed with the spectator in mind, with 50,000 grandstand seats, all providing excellent views. Those spectators (a total of 100,000 over a race weekend) get to see the cars heading into the external desert area, before coming back into the oasis-styled infield. Up to 500 journalists can also witness the action from the venue's purpose-built media centre.

A revised 'endurance' track layout was used for the 2010 event, with an additional complex starting at Turn Four extending the lap to 23 corners and 6.299 km, but the event is expected to return to the original track configuration for 2012. It offers the driver a unique experience in the way the circuit's width varies at the end of the different straights. This allows for diverse racing lines, and the 15-corner design provides at least three genuine overtaking opportunities.

Session Times

Fri 19 April 2013
Practice 1 08:00 - 09:30
Practice 2 12:00 - 13:30

Sat 20 April 2013
Practice 3 09:00 - 10:00
Qualifying 12:00

Sun 21 April 2013
~~Race 13:00~~

All live on Sky Sports F1. For BBC times and info see here.

Track Diagram

Circuit Information

Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit
First Grand Prix: 2004
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Lap Record: 1:30.252 - M Schumacher (2004)

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                  Time      Gap       Laps[/b]
 1. Felipe Massa          Ferrari               1m34.487s            11
 2. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m34.564s  + 0.077s  19
 3. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m34.621s  + 0.134s  22
 4. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1m34.790s  + 0.303s  20
 5. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes  1m34.949s  + 0.462s  17
 6. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m35.069s  + 0.582s  22
 7. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault      1m35.101s  + 0.614s  19
 8. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes  1m35.119s  + 0.632s  19
 9. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault         1m35.345s  + 0.858s  17
10. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m35.611s  + 1.124s  14
11. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes      1m35.640s  + 1.153s  23
12. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault      1m35.783s  + 1.296s  16
13. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m35.792s  + 1.305s  16
14. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m36.014s  + 1.527s  19
15. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m36.485s  + 1.998s  20
16. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault      1m36.498s  + 2.011s  17
17. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari        1m36.755s  + 2.268s  20
18. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m37.214s  + 2.727s  21
19. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault      1m37.850s  + 3.363s  20
20. Heikki Kovalainen     Caterham-Renault      1m38.401s  + 3.914s  20
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth     1m39.445s  + 4.958s  12
22. Rodolfo Gonzalez      Marussia-Cosworth     1m40.215s  + 5.728s   7

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106866

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                   Time      Gap       Laps[/b]
 1. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          1m34.154s             31
 2. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       1m34.184s  + 0.030s   26
 3. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1m34.282s  + 0.128s   29
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                1m34.310s  + 0.156s   28
 5. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   1m34.543s  + 0.389s   35
 6. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                1m34.552s  + 0.398s   34
 7. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          1m34.631s  + 0.477s   33
 8. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               1m34.666s  + 0.512s   37
 9. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   1m34.932s  + 0.778s   33
10. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               1m34.976s  + 0.822s   29
11. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       1m35.356s  + 1.202s   32
12. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m35.506s  + 1.352s   36
13. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       1m35.5$9s  + 1.435s   36
14. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     1m35.761s  + 1.607s   33
15. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari         1m36.133s  + 1.979s   36
16. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       1m36.279s  + 2.125s   33
17. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       1m36.579s  + 2.425s   28
18. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         1m36.616s  + 2.462s   34
19. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       1m37.061s  + 2.907s   32
20. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      1m37.313s  + 3.159s   33
21. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      1m37.363s  + 3.209s   29
22. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault       1m37.970s  + 3.816s   34

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106874

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m33.247s            12
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m33.348s  + 0.101s  15
 3.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m33.380s  + 0.133s  19
 4.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m33.446s  + 0.199s  21
 5.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m33.455s  + 0.208s  19
 6.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m33.464s  + 0.217s  19
 7.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m33.596s  + 0.349s  17
 8.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m33.700s  + 0.453s  15
 9.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m33.764s  + 0.517s  19
10.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m33.922s  + 0.675s  17
11.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m33.949s  + 0.702s  20
12.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m34.117s  + 0.870s  17
13.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m34.282s  + 1.035s  18
14.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.577s  + 1.330s  16
15.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m34.611s  + 1.364s  17
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.678s  + 1.431s  16
17.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m34.833s  + 1.586s  17
18.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m35.816s  + 2.569s  16
19.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m36.731s  + 3.484s  17
20.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m36.939s  + 3.692s  16
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m37.630s  + 4.383s  7
22.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m39.592s  + 6.345s  28

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106906

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team/Car              Time       Gap[/b]
 1.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m32.330s
 2.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m32.584s  + 0.254s
 3.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m32.667s  + 0.337s
 4.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m32.762s  + 0.432s
 5.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m33.078s  + 0.748s
 6.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m33.207s  + 0.877s
 7.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m33.235s  + 0.905s
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m33.246s  + 0.916s
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m33.327s  + 0.997s
10.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m33.702s                                      Gap **
11.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m33.762s  + 1.016s
12.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m33.914s  + 1.168s
13.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m33.974s  + 1.228s
14.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m33.976s  + 1.230s
15.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m34.105s  + 1.359s
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m34.284s  + 1.538s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m34.425s                                      Gap *
17.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m34.425s  + 1.547s
18.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m34.730s  + 1.852s
19.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m35.283s  + 2.405s
20.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m36.178s  + 3.300s
21.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m36.304s  + 3.426s
22.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m36.476s  + 3.598s

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106908

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver         Team                       Time/Gap[/b]
 1.  Vettel         Red Bull-Renault           57 laps
 2.  Raikkonen      Lotus-Renault              +  9.1s
 3.  Grosjean       Lotus-Renault             +  19.5s
 4.  Di Resta       Force India-Mercedes      +  21.7s
 5.  Hamilton       Mercedes                  +  35.2s
 6.  Perez          McLaren-Mercedes          +  35.9s
 7.  Webber         Red Bull-Renault          +  37.2s
 8.  Alonso         Ferrari                   +  37.5s
 9.  Rosberg        Mercedes                  +  41.1s
10.  Button         McLaren-Mercedes          +  46.6s
11.  Maldonado      Williams-Renault        +  1m06.4s
12.  Hulkenberg     Sauber-Ferrari          +  1m12.9s
13.  Sutil          Force India-Mercedes    +  1m16.7s
14.  Bottas         Williams-Renault        +  1m21.5s
15.  Massa          Ferrari                 +  1m26.3s
16.  Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari        +  1 lap
17.  Pic            Caterham-Renault          +  1 lap
18.  Gutierrez      Sauber-Ferrari            +  1 lap
19.  Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth         +  1 lap
20.  Chilton        Marussia-Cosworth         +  1 lap
21.  van der Garde  Caterham-Renault         +  2 laps

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/106952

Guerrilla · 14 Apr 2013 at 20:25

Thanks Duke

Not the best race track in the world but one week breaks are nice... guess you can't have it all.

Skeeter · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:26

Second DRS is between turns 10 and 11.

Really not excited by this track. But hopefully we might have a good race, as long as the tyres don't melt.

Tenzo · 15 Apr 2013 at 09:27

Better than nothing I guess

deuse · 15 Apr 2013 at 11:07

Thanks Duke

Duke · 15 Apr 2013 at 12:29

If I remember correctly last years race was quite good. Here's hoping again

El_Watcher · 15 Apr 2013 at 12:39

Maybe it will rain

smr · 15 Apr 2013 at 15:08

Woooohooooooo back to back Formula 1 Weekends!!!

Thanks Duke

englishpremier · 15 Apr 2013 at 17:21

Tyres will be interesting due to how dusty the track is.

ObixConstant · 15 Apr 2013 at 17:30

englishpremier said:
Tyres will be interesting due to how dusty the track is.

Which team would perhaps benefit most from this do you reckon ?

Glaucus · 15 Apr 2013 at 17:33

yay back to back and more sensible times.

Deleted member 651465 · 15 Apr 2013 at 18:05

I think it's top early to call which team are best in the hotter track temps, but the Ferrari seems to be the best on its tyres. That said, I hope the merc doesn't eat it's own tyres, simply so we have more people in contention for the win

It's a track I like to drive on F1 2012, but don't really enjoy watching...

Duke · 15 Apr 2013 at 20:22

Here we go again - http://benissattontrack.wordpress.c...ons-rock-bahrain-as-f1-circus-arrives-for-gp/

pingwing · 16 Apr 2013 at 11:54

Cheers duke!

I always love the optimistic "provides unique challenges for drivers" here which really translates to "spend the weekend sitting with sand in your overalls"... Hardly a classic track but at least they got rid of that horrific "endurance" section

Guerrilla · 16 Apr 2013 at 12:12

Duke said:
Here we go again - http://benissattontrack.wordpress.c...ons-rock-bahrain-as-f1-circus-arrives-for-gp/

Uncertainty and this GP seem to go hand in hand.

Duke · 16 Apr 2013 at 12:37

Hopefully it'll be killed off soon as there are several others like Russia and South American ones wanting to join the calendar.

JeditOjanen · 16 Apr 2013 at 12:46

pingwing said:
Cheers duke!

I always love the optimistic "provides unique challenges for drivers" here which really translates to "spend the weekend sitting with sand in your overalls"...

I thought it translated to "avoid thrown rocks and bottles and pray there's a race"?

~Mike~ · 16 Apr 2013 at 14:33

Duke said:
Hopefully it'll be killed off soon as there are several others like Russia and South American ones wanting to join the calendar.

Let's hope, I'm not a fan of this race.

smr · 16 Apr 2013 at 15:11

Duke said:
Hopefully it'll be killed off soon as there are several others like Russia and South American ones wanting to join the calendar.

Yeah I'm not a fan of the place or the politics going on in the country...

it can't be too relaxing for all the personnel involved going over there either.

I'm happy because it's b2b F1 weekends but I would happily have this race wiped off the calendar for a better place next year...

Skeeter · 16 Apr 2013 at 15:32

The major thing that annoys me about this race is that there's nobody there! One large grandstand down the straight, another after turn 2, and then nothing for the rest of the lap.

F1 should go to countries where the 150,000 seats sell out, not where the 5,000 seats are filled with the Royal family and their mates.

Bahrain Grand Prix 2013, Sakhir - Race 4/19

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