Poll: Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 - Race 1
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Conditions are quite different though, more blustery and much warmer. I wouldn't expect the cars to go as fast as they did last night. They'll go much quicker in Quali.
Merc still seem to be nowhere in the speed trap . Lewis still not using DRS apparently as well.
Either the porpoising is leading to this...or they are heavily underrunning the engine still.
I'd be shocked if they have somehow still not got the fastest engine.
Either the porpoising is leading to this...or they are heavily underrunning the engine still.
I'd be shocked if they have somehow still not got the fastest engine.
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Yes but the stewards are investigating the non-compliant booster seat.
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Is that a Haas in 7th spot?
Not sure why people are so surprised to see Haas doing OK, they were quite clear they weren't bothering last year because they were putting their time into the 2022 car.
They've achieved top 6 race finishes in 4 of their 6 seasons, they've not always been a joke back marker team.
They've achieved top 6 race finishes in 4 of their 6 seasons, they've not always been a joke back marker team.
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Exactly this - I know they had a lot of help from Ferrari initially but they had a decent first few years in the midfield; they certainly as a new entrant in 2016 were a lot better than the previous 3 (HRT/Virgin/Caterham)
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He absolutely used DRS on his fast laps in FP3 you could see it open. It was in FP2 he didn't and so was 0.5s off Russell.
No-one is surprised.
I'm surprised. They peaked at 5th in 2018, and have seemed increasingly dire these past three seasons. The decision making (or finances) that led to hooking with the Mazepins also didn't point to a team on the rise, and I figured two rookies would hamper their chances at development. I expected them to be backmarkers again not fighting for the midfield.
Have to say, with all three Ferrari engined teams looks strong, it does look like Ferrari may have a decent motor for the coming years.
Edit Interesting, the winner of the F3 sprint race has been penalised for track limits and demoted, with the amount we've seen them running over in practice/testing so far I wonder whether that will come into play today/tomorrow.
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At least with qualifying we will now see exactly how far behind merc are, and put to bed the sandbagging nonsense
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It looks that way. Williams, Aston and McLaren all using Merc power plants and look way down the pecking order.
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Sandbagging Mercedes , happens every year .
Eyes are on Russell as far as I’m concerned. I firmly believe he’ll be giving Lulu a run for his money .
Eyes are on Russell as far as I’m concerned. I firmly believe he’ll be giving Lulu a run for his money .
Yup, we all know they'll suddenly appear on the scene after all these predictions that they're 3rd best.
Who is Lulu? If you mean Lewis then at have some respect for another human to refer to him by his name given to him by his parents or are you 5 year old resorting to name calling because you do not like someone because of reasons.
I'm not so sure. It seems a lot of time and effort to go to to "pretend" you are slow... Granted we havnt seen engine turned up properly yet, I'm just not sold that they have been sandbagging this year. Its been pretty evident that they are struggling to get the car in the performance window, seems unstable and unpredictable at the moment.
I dont for a second think they wont get on top of it eventually but I think they will struggle the first few races.
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