DOTD Bahrain

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In no particular order: PDR, Grosjean, Perez, Hamilton, Alonso, Bottas

[longisland]

Guys, be nice. Seb deserves an honorary mention. It was vintage Vettel after he regained the 2nd spot and has the race bagged having taken the lead from Rosberg.

[truefan72]

Guys, be nice. Seb deserves an honorary mention. It was vintage Vettel after he regained the 2nd spot and has the race bagged having taken the lead from Rosberg.

He had the race in control from the begining, the only thing he did was overtake Alonso, after Alonso overtook him from the start, then overtook a sitting duck Rosberg

Then went on an easy sunday drive in the best car, pushing when he wanted to and setting any lapt time he desired. All while running in clean air and under zero pressure the entire race.
This race says more about Webber than Vettel IMO

Vintage Vettel indeed. Cruising to victory in the best car. with no challengers behind

[henners88]

Di Resta, Grosjean, Alonso and Hamilton for me. I was gutted for Fernando early on but he really got his head down for some valuable points some really good duels today and done exciting racing. An enjoyable race.

[faster69]

Vettel - took the lead early on and never looked back.

Grosjean (who has yet to cause a collision in 2013) and DiResta (who would have deserved a podium today) also deserve to be mentioned, as does Alonso, who salvaged P8 in spite of four pit stops and having no DRS throughout most of the race.

but that ferrari was the best car in terms of pure race pace today (and should have been on pole) and he effectively on had one extra pit stop because one was for tyres.

vettel set it up early with that incredible pass on alonso. flawless drive.

[faster69]

He had the race in control from the begining, the only thing he did was overtake Alonso, after Alonso overtook him from the start, then overtook a sitting duck Rosberg

Then went on an easy sunday drive in the best car, pushing when he wanted to and setting any lapt time he desired. All while running in clean air and under zero pressure the entire race.
This race says more about Webber than Vettel IMO

Vintage Vettel indeed. Cruising to victory in the best car. with no challengers behind

lotus was quick but kimi and grosjean shot themselves in the foot with their poor qualifying. the ferrari had quicker race pace than the red bull. vettel just gets it done.

f1 is so close at the front of the field. you guys talk like vettel is in a 96 williams. never been closer and the best man is winning.

[tfp]

Vettel was clearly on another planet today, even though he has a huge advantage by having by far the quickest car on the field. It still takes a good driver to keep it togethor and not make any mistakes.
Di Resta and grosjean were brilliant aswel.

[DexDexter]

Vettel, Kimi, Di Resta. A good performance from Grosjean as well, but let's remember he came home some 10 seconds after his teammate.

[dj_bytedisaster]

He had the race in control from the begining, the only thing he did was overtake Alonso, after Alonso overtook him from the start, then overtook a sitting duck Rosberg

Well, getting past Alonso is an achievement in itself. It's not like Fernando made it easy. Too bad the DRS broke. I would have liked those two to hunt each other down. With Fernando applying pressure, the RB may have cooked the tires, but with Ferrari falling apart, he could run his usual conservative race.
I agree with this race being a desaster for Mark. He was simply nowhere and if there ever was a question why he is the #2 at RB, this race is all the explanation you need.

[faster69]

Vettel was clearly on another planet today, even though he has a huge advantage by having by far the quickest car on the field. It still takes a good driver to keep it togethor and not make any mistakes.
Di Resta and grosjean were brilliant aswel.

all weekend the lotus and ferrari demonstrated slightly better pace. ferrari and lotus had strong pace in the race. even grosjean got it on the podium. kimi did poorly in qualifying so couldn't challenge for the win. ferrari should have been on pole but alonso screwed up pushing too hard.