2014 Bahrain GP Thread

[steveaki13]

Back to back races for Round 3 and so its time to open the Bahrain GP thread right now.

So its 2 rounds down and plenty still to go, but its looking like an all Mercedes affair at the moment, and with the cars and teams coming straight from Malaysia I cant see anything stopping Mercedes here, with the long straights.

Drivers Championship after 2 Rounds
1. Nico Rosberg ----- 43 pts
2. Lewis Hamilton --- 25 pts
3. Fernando Alonso - 24 pts
4. Jenson Button ---- 23 pts
5. Kev Magnussen -- 20 pts
6. Nico Hulkenberg - 18pts
7. Sebastian Vettel - 15 pts
8. Valteri Bottas ---- 14 pts
9. Felipe Massa ----- 6pts
10. Kimi Raikkonen - 6 pts
11. JE Vergne ------- 4 pts
12. Danii Kyvat ------ 3 pts
13. Sergio Perez ----- 1 pt

Constructors Championship after 2 Rounds
1. Mercedes --------- 68 pts
2. McLaren -----------43 pts
3. Ferrari -------------30 pts
4. Williams -----------20 pts
5. Force India --------19 pts
6. Red Bull -----------15 pts
7. Toro Rosso --------7 pts

2014 Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit.

4th-6th April

Times are Local and (UK times). (Sorry about that )
FP1: 4th April -14:00pm -15:30pm - (12:00pm-13:30pm)
FP2: 4th April -18:00pm - 19:30pm - (16:00pm-17:30pm)

FP3: 5th April - 15:00pm - 16:00pm - (13:00pm-14:00pm)
Quali:5th April - 18:00pm- (16:00pm)

Race: 6th April - 18:00pm - (16:00pm)

Race Length: 57 Laps


Previous Winners
2004: Michael Schumacher
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Felipe Massa
2008: Felipe Massa
2009: Jenson Button
2010: Fernando Alonso
2011: Cancelled
2012: Sebastian Vettel
2013: Sebastian Vettel


Most Wins
Fernando Alonso - 3 wins
Felipe Massa - 2 wins
Sebastian Vettel - 2 wins
Michael Schumacher - 1 win
Jenson Button - 1 win


Ferrari - 4 wins
Renault - 2 wins
Red Bull - 2 wins
Brawn - 1 win

I cant see past a Merc win to be honest.

What about you guys.

[steveaki13]

So Ricciardo has a 10 placed grid penalty.

Also Van der Garde has been given a Friday Practice drive this weekend for Bahrain

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Is this a night race?

[Tazio]

Yep!

[henners88]

Also Van der Garde has been given a Friday Practice drive this weekend for Bahrain

Kimi will be having the Friday off then.

[steveaki13]

Kimi will be having the Friday off then.

VDG is the test driver for Sauber, but they now have a thing where drivers can share duties on Friday I think don't they?

[henners88]

VDG is the test driver for Sauber, but they now have a thing where drivers can share duties on Friday I think don't they?

They do yeah, I was just joking that Kimi will be sitting out that practice session not to risk VDG crashing into him like Abu Dhabi last year

[steveaki13]

They do yeah, I was just joking that Kimi will be sitting out that practice session not to risk VDG crashing into him like Abu Dhabi last year

Sorry I never remember details enough to get jokes like that

How does the driver share work? I mean it must take a while to change settings for each driver which would waste time. Would it 45 and 45 minutes or 30/60?

[Tazio]

How does the driver share work? I mean it must take a while to change settings for each driver which would waste time. Would it 45 and 45 minutes or 30/60?

Giedo van der Garde will replace Esteban Gutierrez at Sauber for the first practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend, as the team’s new reserve driver is given his first run in the Ferrari-powered C33.

90/90

[steveaki13]

90/90

Sod that. That's dull.