Bahrain Grand Prix 2013, Sakhir - Race 4/19

Qualifying head-to-head

Code: 
Vettel         4 - 0      Webber
Alonso         2 - 2      Massa
Button         4 - 0      Perez
Raikkonen      4 - 0      Grosjean
Rosberg        1 - 3      Hamilton
Hulkenberg     4 - 0      Gutierrez
Di Resta       3 - 1      Sutil
Maldonado      2 - 2      Bottas
Vergne         1 - 3      Ricciardo
Pic            3 - 1      Van der Garde
Bianchi        4 - 0      Chilton
 
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Qualifying
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[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
 
Flibster said:
Just saying that if it was one of Merc's own components that failed, then yes, it's fair.

A tyre failing and taking out suspension and possibly driveshaft, and that all the teams have to run that component, then it's not that fair.
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How do we know he didn't cut it over a kerb or something?

I don't think I've seen a slick delaminate since they were reintroduced unless it's been damaged (usually due to a lockup).
 
Mr Men said:
Massa gains the most from those penalties I guess, Ferrari will be hoping he does not pass Alonso at turn 1 though lol :D
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If Massa passes Alonso at the start, Alonso will pass Massa and then open up a huge gap during the course of the race.

Massa's one lap pace is now equal to that of Alonso's. But during the race Alonso drives with superior intelligence, managing his tyres better. In some instances, he actually drops behind the slower car and when the pit-stops arrive, he posts considerably faster lap-times and leap-frogs the cars which were ahead of him. And with DRS, there is no longer any excuse for any driver to get stuck behind a considerably slower car.

My race predictions:
1=2 Vettel/Alonso (nothing to choose between these 2)
3. Kimi/Massa (again, nothing to choose between these 2)

I'm not expecting a good race tomorrow.
I think its going to be a borefest, with the positions being sorted well before 50% race distance. I hope I'm wrong.
 
Duke said:
Qualifying head-to-head

Code: 
Vettel         4 - 0      Webber
Alonso         2 - 2      Massa
Button         4 - 0      Perez
Raikkonen      4 - 0      Grosjean
Rosberg        1 - 3      Hamilton
Hulkenberg     4 - 0      Gutierrez
Di Resta       3 - 1      Sutil
Maldonado      2 - 2      Bottas
Vergne         1 - 3      Ricciardo
Pic            3 - 1      Van der Garde
Bianchi        4 - 0      Chilton
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Duke, if you get the time, can you do a similar table for the Race?
 
Irish_Tom said:
Consdering everyone thought the Mercs were lacking pace that's an awesome lap for Nico!
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Given the fact that Merc have 2 poles on the trot, I don't think they lack 1-lap pace. Their problem is that they wear out their tyres faster than their rivals.

What this means is that they are able to compete for 1st place during qualifying. But are unable to compete for 1st place during the race.
 
Why did Hamilton run in q3. At best he would end up 7/8th. He's put laps on a fresh set of tyres and starts 1 place better than if not running. And he would have been behind a mclaren he would have passed quickly.
 
utajoker said:
Why did Hamilton run in q3. At best he would end up 7/8th. He's put laps on a fresh set of tyres and starts 1 place better than if not running. And he would have been behind a mclaren he would have passed quickly.
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Could have got Pole and then he'd be starting 6th but totally agree with you given the outcome.
 
sunama said:
Given the fact that Merc have 2 poles on the trot, I don't think they lack 1-lap pace. Their problem is that they wear out their tyres faster than their rivals.

What this means is that they are able to compete for 1st place during qualifying. But are unable to compete for 1st place during the race.
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Yes, but throughout free practice they were nowhere to be seen both on long and short runs. Everyone seemed surprised by Nico's performance in Q2 and Q3.
 
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