Poll: Official 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread - International Circuit, Sakhir - Round 1
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Also happened in 2008 when Torro Rosso had the decent Ferrari engine and RB had the boat anchor Renault.
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Bottas investigated for pitlane infringement, going past the line before the green light i believe
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On the alleged qualifying sim runs, Lewis is half a second ahead of Max.
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Very much colder than previous years, I wonder if that's a factor.
Are the times close to what the ultimate times were in testing? What Zak has just stated is interesting...
Are the times close to what the ultimate times were in testing? What Zak has just stated is interesting...
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Fastest time in testing was a 1:29.9 by Sainz on day 2. No idea how the weather compares from then to now though.
If Zak Brown is right then Red Bull and Ferrari have yet to turn up their engines, while Merc have.
If Zak Brown is right then Red Bull and Ferrari have yet to turn up their engines, while Merc have.
I can't believe Merc are this fast.compared to RB so this likely is the case. Don't know how much turning the engines up would add though.
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Compared to last years' FP2, Lewis is half a second faster than Alonso who finished top last year in the equivalent session. Compared to testing, Lewis' time is almost the same as Russell's fastest time from testing (which was quite a bit faster than Hamilton's). Sainz set a faster time, but he did it on tyres that aren't available for the race weekend.
I don't see much difference in their speed trap speeds. But the Live Timing only gives current lap values as they come up.
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IIRC from when this has been mentioned before, turning the engine down affects acceleration more than top speed, so it wouldn't be super obvious from the speed trap. It normally adds around 0.5-0.75s per lap from turning the engine up, assuming the driver is giving it 100% in both cases.
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Yes, I’m not sure Zak Brown definitively said they had turned their engine up, it was suggested to him and he mumbled around it.
They used faster tyre compound in testing
Like a lot of us said in the last few days, it won't be until Q3 that we really see some of these come out to play
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Well I guess we'll need to now wait for qualifying to see how everything pans out...
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Hopefully it is closer than expected, I was thinking red bull would the best part of a second faster.
They probably are. We'll find out tomorrow.
It does get to the point where it does seem to be a bit pointless sandbagging and not showing your true speed. I mean what are teams realistically going to do overnight ffs? It's not like teams are going to see Red Bull be 2 seconds a lap faster and then suddenly only then do their best work to fix it and come back with a car 3 seconds a lap faster. Showing other teams that you are actually fast a day before quali is not really going to hamper ay strategy or anything. What do you guys think?
Its early in the season, and there's a lot of "saving" done these days to things like the engine and other parts given the component limits.
Some teams (and I say teams because I suspect Ferrari have done the same) will do any little thing to eek out an longer term advantage.
Totally true yeah. Good point. Component life span and engine limits. I guess each time they send the engine full beans they take away irrepairable life from engine internals as they stretch/contract/expand.
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