Poll: Bahrain Grand Prix 2021, Sakhir - Race 1/23

[chrismscotland]

Tsunoda definitely got the best seat of the newcomers this year. Going to be depressing as Schumacher to have won F2 and now waste a year driving that Haas around the back of the field

I reckon if he performs well v Mazepin this year Ferrari will find a way to get him in an Alfa next year; probably in place of Giovinazzi

 

[Kenai]

Be surprised to see Hamilton pick up the win from here - seems doubtful the hards will go all the way and I can't see him pulling back an extra pit stop worth of time

 

[Participant]

HAM VER could be an epic battle this year fellas.

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Lol Mercedes.

 

[el_dazza]

Well that's Bottas screwed.

 

[Flibster]

Front right wheel issue for Bottas in the pits there...

10.9s stop.

 

[spook2575]

Poor bottas, cmon lando

 

[Kenai]

That's thrown away any hope of a clever strategy

 

[Flibster]

Hamilton pit radio - Still safe to Verstappen, so let's just keep that gap. It's 2.5s inside the window.

 

[Flibster]

Alonso radio - The deployment issue is quite big.

Pit - Yup, copy that Fernando. We're aware, unfortunately nothing we can do. Let's keep pushing.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Max easily has the win now. Sticks on fresh tyres, catches and flies past.

 

[RoboCod]

Yep agreed, this season already looks set to be more interesting since Lewis has some competition now.

 

[Flibster]

And that's Alonso retiring

 

[Flibster]

Hamilton pit radio - We'll increase that target laptime to the low 34's

Hamilton - If I do that I'm not going to make it to the end.

 

[Flibster]

Russell P10....

 

[CaptainRAVE]

‘This is nice and tasty’. God I hate Crofty.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

38 laps, tracks limits no problem. Now they decide they are. Useless as ever. Enforce them from lap 1!

 

[Bazzards]

Why can’t track limits be track limits. Vagueness does not help.

 

[Flibster]

Normally, there's stewards info that appears when cars go over the white line at the limited corners, had nothing this race. There was some during qualifying, but nothing during the race.

So, yeah....

 

[Kenai]

Why are track limits so difficult for race control?

Don't make it turn specific, don't make it track specific, just say if all 4 wheels go past the white line, you're off track. Done. No confusing briefings, no interpretation.

 

[Psycho Ned]

This track limits nonsense just seems like the stewards giving themselves work for nothing!

"you know those white lines at the edge of the tarmac? Yeah keep 2 wheels inside them!"