Poll: Official 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Race Thread - Sakhir Circuit - Race 1/23

[englishpremier]

Meh. Couldn't get f1tv working via vpn

Which country? You need to use somewhere like Mexico, USA, Bulgaria etc.. where there isn't a TV agreement. AirVPN US servers work (not all of them, but a good number).

 

[cuke2u]

Stroll seems to be driving entirely normally in FP3. Wild theory, maybe he was just trying not to overdo it too quickly yesterday.

Exactly that, as he stated..

 

[Kenai]

Hamilton and Russell currently P1 and P2.

World Championship 8 for Hamilton incoming. Mercedes are back baby. Stop the count, dish out the titles now.

 

[Psycho Ned]

I think it'll be interesting to see with AM if this becomes a real breakout season for them (obviously not beating Red Bull but challenging the top 3 status quo) or they're doing a Haas from last year and turning up with an out of the box special that'll disappear back into the midfield as the updates progress.

Imagine they've got more money to throw at it than Haas though.

 

[MissChief]

So either the FIA/Liberty have relaxed the COVID vaccination rules for the paddock, or Nico got vaccinated. Or could be the commentary box in Bahrain is outside the central paddock area.

 

[Kanpai]

So either the FIA/Liberty have relaxed the COVID vaccination rules for the paddock, or Nico got vaccinated. Or could be the commentary box in Bahrain is outside the central paddock area.

Lol

 

[Kenai]

So either the FIA/Liberty have relaxed the COVID vaccination rules for the paddock

They have

 

[cuke2u]

The Aston Martin pace does seem quite genuine, of course once the serious stuff starts we need to wait and see..

 

[SDK^]

An interesting FP3 - can’t wait for qualifying

 

[Kenai]

Letting a little more hope creep in now that Alonso might actually have enough of a car under him to have a good go at things again this year.

 

[Mesai]

The Aston Martin pace does seem quite genuine, of course once the serious stuff starts we need to wait and see..

Definitely does give me some hope because this is typically where you'd see them drop off. I still think RB has the most in reserve.

 

[Jono8]

All look pretty close at the top there at the end. Few more hours to go until we truly know where everyone stands.

 

[chrismscotland]

McLaren haven't seemed quite as bad as they looked in testing

 

[Locky]

If Alonso is in a fight with Max. You can bet he won't back down and Max will have a problem..

 

[Jono8]

If Alonso is in a fight with Max. You can bet he won't back down and Max will have a problem..

Lewis or Leclerc to win the title because Max and Alonso keep taking each other out?

 

[413x]

So really, everything is as expected. Except Aston Martin.

Alpine close with mclaren again, rbr in front.


Really. If it wasn't for AM it basically looks no different to last year.

 

[413x]

Sweet. Think f1tv is working.

 

[Mr Jack]

Fun F2 race, I see trouble ahead for the F1 teams line-ups.

If Pourchaire wins, are Alfa kicking out Zhou or Bottas for him? Surely Red Bull must promote someone, so what do they do with de Vries and Tsunoda if they have impressive seasons? If Martins can take the season, do Alpine risk throwing away another future talent by sticking with their current drivers?

 

[413x]

Fun F2 race, I see trouble ahead for the F1 teams line-ups.

If Pourchaire wins, are Alfa kicking out Zhou or Bottas for him? Surely Red Bull must promote someone, so what do they do with de Vries and Tsunoda if they have impressive seasons? If Martins can take the season, do Alpine risk throwing away another future talent by sticking with their current drivers?

Alpines driver management is the worst outwardly visible aspect of that team.

To end up with gasley and Ocon when it could have been alonso and piastri is criminal. Or at the worst piastri and Ocon.

 

[Psycho Ned]

Fun F2 race, I see trouble ahead for the F1 teams line-ups.

If Pourchaire wins, are Alfa kicking out Zhou or Bottas for him? Surely Red Bull must promote someone, so what do they do with de Vries and Tsunoda if they have impressive seasons? If Martins can take the season, do Alpine risk throwing away another future talent by sticking with their current drivers?

Seen nothing from Tsunoda so far to think he's anything special, always seems a proper stroppy **** on the radio as well, would be a terrible partner for the OG stroppy **** Max . He'll be on the chopping block after this season if he gets beat by De Vries.