Poll: Bahrain Grand Prix 2017, Sakhir - Race 3/20

[Flibster]

And there goes Alonso.

54 laps though... who know a Honda could last that long?!

 

[el_dazza]

Cracking race all in all.

 

[jonneymendoza]

And there goes Alonso.

54 laps though... who know a Honda could last that long?!

I thought Honda make the most reliable engines

 

[utajoker]

ham dropped his pace. settled for 2nd.

 

[Flibster]

Just show a finger back at the TV. Generally makes me feel better.

Of course, it's not the same one that Vettel uses, close, but not he same one.

 

[jonneymendoza]

Cracking race all in all.

People who say f1 is boring is Clueless Imo

 

[Glaucus]

well hams fault
didnt get pole so on slow side of track.
lost a place
got a 5 second penalty.

still think mercs/hams mistakes are making ferrari look better than they are.

 

[Housey]

People who say f1 is boring is Clueless Imo

Why, it more often than not is.

 

[Flibster]

Was an interesting race, wouldn't say it was cracking.

Pamler, Kvyat and Alonso made it substantially more interesting tbh.

 

[englishpremier]

I'm suprised McLaren even dare show their faces with such a terrible car (read engine). It's an embarrassment.

 

[drunkenmaster]

Like I said, A, no chance he can make up a 20 second gap, B, Merc were utterly stupid to wait so long to put him on another set of softs. These tires can do probably 35 laps at a push, 25 comfortably, they had him losing 2 seconds a lap just to get him to what, a 15 lap or 17 lap stint? He lost at least 6 seconds in that last few laps on the last set for absolutely no reason at all.

 

[utajoker]

decent recovery from ham after how much he lost.

 

[Flibster]

Was Merc's race to lose, and somehow they did.

 

[UTmaniac]

Lewis cost himself a chance of the race with with that holdup of Ricci Lake in the pits.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Like I said, A, no chance he can make up a 20 second gap, B, Merc were utterly stupid to wait so long to put him on another set of softs. These tires can do probably 35 laps at a push, 25 comfortably, they had him losing 2 seconds a lap just to get him to what, a 15 lap or 17 lap stint? He lost at least 6 seconds in that last few laps on the last set for absolutely no reason at all.

This.

You have to wonder how much time Ham actually lost by artificially slowing in the pit lane too. Without the 5 second penalty and (assuming 1 second for slowing) he could have nicked this today.

 

[drunkenmaster]

well hams fault
didnt get pole so on slow side of track.
lost a place
got a 5 second penalty.

still think mercs/hams mistakes are making ferrari look better than they are.

Pretty much, if Bottas had pitted instead of Vettel, then he'd have been ahead for the safety car and had more of a chance to control the race. Ham made a huge error in not just moving over out of Ricciardo's way, he was losing that position regardless due to the stacking up, he cost himself an extra 5 seconds.

Merc got Bottas's supersoft call wrong as well.

 

[el_dazza]

This.

You have to wonder how much time Ham actually lost by artificially slowing in the pit lane too. Without the 5 second penalty and (assuming 1 second for slowing) he could have nicked this today.

Only one person to blame there though and that's himself. That slight error in qualifying made a huge difference.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Only one person to blame there though and that's himself. That slight error in qualifying made a huge difference.

Forget qualli, his own stupidity cost him at a critical moment.

 

[steve45]

Quite enjoyed that, not a memorable race but not terrible either and yeah that was lost due to the silly pit antics, which also denied us what could have been a good scrap between Vet and Lew, but oh well wasnt to be.
championship is going to be close one if this keeps up.
Disappointed by Bottas' performance, I think this race has pretty much cemented his No2 status.

 

[Mr Men]

Well done Seb, great drive. He had the pace today, SC helped Lewis and Bottas.