Formula 1 2016: Round 2 - Bahrain Grand Prix

HighLine

First proper race track of the season and Mercedes look worryingly fast. :mad:

Times from FP1 - http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/results/2016-race-results/2016-bahrain-results/practice-1.html

Merc just the 1.2 seconds ahead in Q2. To McLaren. Can't help but feel they're holding back a bit. :pac:

lolie

Deleted User wrote: »

Merc just the 1.2 seconds ahead in Q2. To McLaren. Can't help but feel they're holding back a bit. :pac:

Doubt it, button looked like he was pushing hard

lolie

https://twitter.com/C4F1/status/715120811309404161

Looking forward to seeing Murray again and Eddie Jordan interviewing Bernie aswell.
Also Williams are flying out their new shorter nose to run on massa's car in fp3 tomorrow.

Jordan 199

lolie

Apparently Alonso still wants to race this weekend and mclaren lobbied the fia this morning to let him but they were told 'no'.

Andrew76

Anyone watching FP3 on Sky Sports now? Alonso just came up to Johnny Herbert on air, shook his hand and basically said you're not a world champion and that's why you ended up commentating, then walked off. In reference to Herbert saying he thinks Alonso should retire or sounds like he's talking about it. Classic.

HighLine

Awkward...

https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/716236223921135616

Myrddin

Dreadful question to ask someone, "Are you not gonna retire?" What a muppet

HighLine

Myrddin wrote: »

Dreadful question to ask someone, "Are you not gonna retire?" What a muppet

Wondering what happened before the above to prompt what Fernando said? He looked like he was gunning for Johnny as he was walking up to him. Had Johnny talked about Fernando retiring previously?

lolie

HighLine wrote: »

Wondering what happened before the above to prompt what Fernando said? He looked like he was gunning for Johnny as he was walking up to him. Had Johnny talked about Fernando retiring previously?

This http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/10225138/fernando-alonso-should-retire-says-sky-sports-f1s-johnny-herbert

Myrddin

HighLine wrote: »

Wondering what happened before the above to prompt what Fernando said? He looked like he was gunning for Johnny as he was walking up to him. Had Johnny talked about Fernando retiring previously?

I felt the opposite, that Fernando looked fine at the beginning. Strange one, but it's Sky so expect muppetry

HighLine

lolie wrote: »

This http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/10225138/fernando-alonso-should-retire-says-sky-sports-f1s-johnny-herbert

Wow... what a load of bullsh*t from Johnny. Completely justifies Fernando's actions today then.

Ghost Train

Wonder is it worth watching Qualifying live today, finding it hard to have much interest in this weekend

lolie

HighLine wrote: »

Wow... what a load of bullsh*t from Johnny. Completely justifies Fernando's actions today then.

Bull****e alright but it's sky so I'm not surprised one bit.
Lol at him after Alonso is gone, 'i wasn't world champion'.

Both ferrari's on top in fp3, Mercedes might not have it all their own way tomorrow.

bnt

Qualifying coverage of Qualifying now on. So far the only new thing is Suzi Wolff: if you're wondering about her accent. she's from Oban in the west of Scotland. :cool:

skipper_G

bnt wrote: »

Qualifying coverage of Qualifying now on. So far the only new thing is Suzi Wolff: if you're wondering about her accent. she's from Oban in the west of Scotland. :cool:

Some pretty dismissive comments from Bernie about the drivers there on the C4 coverage

Myrddin

skipper_G wrote: »

Some pretty dismissive comments from Bernie about the drivers there on the C4 coverage

I get the impression that's regarding their letter. There's a major power struggle going on unseen in the background I feel

skipper_G

Myrddin wrote: »

I get the impression that's regarding their letter. There's a major power struggle going on unseen in the background I feel

Absolutely agree, now I can't wait to see EJ's interview with Bernie.

Edit: on C4 now

Jordan 199

This is the first time I watched the coverage on C4 and I do like it.

Ghost Train

interesting to see top 2 teams wanting to get on to track first

Mike Litoris

Sounds like a much better mic set up than Aus. Cars sound quite good. Sparks is good too.

Harika

lolie wrote: »

This http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24184/10225138/fernando-alonso-should-retire-says-sky-sports-f1s-johnny-herbert

Herbert was amazed that Alonso did not fight harder to drive in Bahrain after the doctors declared him unfit.

Wow, no wonder that Alonso reacted that way.

On quali> Sauber are really on the decline, now already beaten by Manor in qualifying.

Mike Litoris

Button :eek:

Zaph

This is even worse than Melbourne, over 3 minutes of Q1 to go and nobody fighting for a place in Q2. What a ridiculous system.

Ghost Train

Perez out early

Bit of a delay with the Q2 traffic light?

Looked like we lost 1minute of session

skipper_G

Zaph wrote: »

This is even worse than Melbourne, over 3 minutes of Q1 to go and nobody fighting for a place in Q2. What a ridiculous system.

It really is stupid, it's typical F1 style they take something that worked and replace it with something that's overly convoluted and doesn't work

Ghost Train

Button could be in trouble now

skipper_G

Mega lap from Grosjean there P8 :eek:

Harika

yup Button is gone. Stupis system keeps him from second shot.

hotwhiskey

I'm sorry but this is horse sh*t.

Mike Litoris

This is utter bollox.


Great lap by Grosjean indeed!

Andrew76

Max is going to be sitting in Kyvat's seat next year I reckon. Good job from Vandoorne.

And yep, this is boring as hell.

Harika

wow ridiculous Vandorme with enough time celecrates instead of another lap.

flazio

None the less, getting 2 McLarens into Q2 Is a major improvement.
6 minutes left and Q2 is nearly over.

HighLine

Actually ridiculous how much of a farce this system it. 6 minutes left and nearly an empty track.

Ghost Train

Hulkenberg has track to himself

flazio

So..... how's your weekend so far?

bnt

There's the problem with the system right there: Hulkenberg moved up to P8, Sainz dropped from P10 to P11 ... not enough reason to risk the car or tyres for a place or three.

skipper_G

This is awful, nobody can possibly defend this format as being good for the sport

Faugheen

Red Bull really picked the wrong driver in Kvyat didn't they? Always rated Vergne higher than him.

Myrddin

Horrendous system, it's soooo boring Bring back old quali, get rid of FP2 & FP3...sorted.

RobertKK

Qualifying is on the boring side so far.

Would work better if the "countdown" didn't apply for the last 5 minutes or so, then the bottom 3 or 4 at the end would be eliminated. But hey, why do something that'd make sense.

Harika

Faugheen wrote: »

Red Bull really picked the wrong driver in Kvyat didn't they? Always rated Vergne higher than him.

Verne was in the run for the seat but Vettel seemed to stay so they told him he needs to find a different cockpit. Basically firing him, then Vettel jumped to Ferrari and RedBull didn't want to backpaddle and give him the cockpit.

Ghost Train

Definitely felt like a quiet Q2, not good

Would be nice to see something different in Q3, maybe somebody could delay their first run a bit or do something different but I'm not hopeful

smellslikeshoes

Faugheen wrote: »

Red Bull really picked the wrong driver in Kvyat didn't they? Always rated Vergne higher than him.

Did you miss Kvyat outscoring Ricciardo in his second F1 season?

Faugheen

Andrew76 wrote: »

Max is going to be sitting in Kyvat's seat next year I reckon. Good job from Vandoorne.

And yep, this is boring as hell.

Carlos Sainz might have other plans. He's just as good as Max imo.

Andrew76

Faugheen wrote: »

Carlos Sainz might have other plans. He's just as good as Max imo.

Yeah Sainz seems very handy but doesn't get the exposure for some reason.

Cmon Vettel!!

Ghost Train

Wonder could Hamilton lose his lap time for going wide?

Andrew76

Ghost Train wrote: »

Wonder could Hamilton lose his lap time for going wide?

He'll go again and go faster no doubt.