2013 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread

i was wondering how ferrari were going to deal with the potential threat of massa out-qualifying the spokesman for santander.

so let me get this straight. in melbourne they killed massa by giving alonso the undercut despite massa being the leading driver, in china massa is on alonso's tail so they make him go around an extra lap on trashed tyres rather than pit them back to back, then they feed him hard tyres for qualifying in bahrain.

solid lap by massa to be only half a second behind alonso on hard tyres. vettel whips webber by half a second on the same tyres, rosberg whips hamilton for 0.4 second on the same tyres.

you guys have been busy trying to tell me that alonso is best on the grid because he doesn't make mistakes. he made TWO big mistakes on that final qualifying run!!! the pressure is on and alonso didn't deliver despite having the quickest car.

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Originally Posted by Knock-on

one swallow does not a summer make

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as the Taz said to Billy's missus :andrea:

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Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster

Rubens was faster than Michael on so many occasions, like in Spielberg 2002. Guess who won anyways. So much for the team not deciding your destiny. Ferrari have always blatantly preferred one driver over the other for almost two decades and they never made a secret of it.

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barrichello was rarely quicker than schumacher. in fact austria 2002 was the first time that conflict arose due to schumacher almost always being ahead of barrichello whether qualifying or the race. ferrari handled it poorly by being blatant. they should have been subtle by saying "rubhino, michael is faster than you." i joke. it's no different to making coulthard pull over for hakkinen either. in fact that's worse because a championship wasn't at stake in that instance. it was just horrible favoritism by ron dennis.

going into that austria race schumacher had 44 points to barrichello's 6, and with the near misses of 97, 98 and what could have been in 99 if schumacher didn't break his leg, they weren't going to take any risks in terms of the championship. schumacher ended up giving barrichello indy and some other wins after the championship was won, so get over it!

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Originally Posted by webberf1

Lol WHY do you need to keep making excuses for Massa? You're hilarious. He's getting consistently whooped by a far superior teammate - deal with it. Pitting 1 lap after your teammate is NOT an excuse for finishing 40 seconds down. And whoopdeedoo that he managed to match Alonso in one race.

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no-one's trying to say massa is a better driver than alonso. it's the way ferrari go out of there way to ensure massa is behind alonso no matter what.

massa was right on alonso's tail. massa has to go around another lap on trashed tyres (which everyone agreed was terrible and they should have pitted them one after another) which meant when he came out in the pack behind hamilton and raikkonen. it was race over for massa and he was looking at 4th at best.

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Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster

He's racing for Ferrari and since 1996 with the exception of 2008 only one driver is allowed to win. If Fernando conks out, maybe, but else, he won't. Just remember Germany 2010.

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schumacher used to outqualify irvine by up to 1.5 seconds a lap. irvine never got in front of schumacher! same with barrichello until 2002. barrichello hooked it up well at the a-1 ring for some reason. schumacher is sporting and gave barrichello the win back at indy so no harm was done. has alonso repaid massa for germany 2010?

Are you done trolling this thread? Please some mod - separate this discussion.

just debate me on the facts you disagree with. feel free to correct me.

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Originally Posted by faster69

just debate me on the facts you disagree with. feel free to correct me.

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You don't have any...

Qualifying radio communications

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Originally Posted by pino

Sorry but cannot split threads as I am using my iPhone at the moment, so lets just stick to topic :)

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not Android?

lol, trying to start another intra-post battle ;)