2023 - Race 1 Bahrain

[Tazio]

Brilliant move by Fred on the boss

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[Tazio]

Lec'!!!!! Oh my!

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[Tazio]

Fred on for a Mc'Podium?

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[Tazio]

Fred: "bye bye"
Fred: "bye bye"

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[Nitrodaze]

Never mind the Redbulls, Fernando Alonso was the star of this race. Aston Martin has real pace and could be a thorn in Redbull's side if he gets among them. Noticeably is that the Aston is faster than the Ferraris in race trim. It could be an interesting season afterall.

[Mia 01]

I was very glad to see Aston and Alonso take the podium on merit.

[pino]

Very disappointed, not seeing a Ferrari on the podium. Still lots of work to do to compete vs Red Bull…

[F1nKS]

Unfortunately, you are comparing 2021 times with 2023 times, of course, you would see massive improvements.

Nope, I am comparing gap times between drivers. Which is what the rules were meant to do which is narrow the gap. In Q1 all the announcers were remarking how from the top to bottom that gap was almost second.

Besides, it is race times that really matter here.

The observations from people in f1, the drivers and all the media pundits that "following" is much easier and there was some great battles last year during the races that would not have occured prior to the rule changes. We also saw it today with Alonso. His tire pre-rule change would have been eaten up, but he was able to fight with Hamilton and Sainz, lap after lap. Pre-rule change you had one lap to get past, or you tires would be ruined.

2021 Bahrain - 75 overtakes
2022 Bahrain - 131 overtakes

And Verstappen would rocket off from the lines leaving the Ferraris to battle with Alonso in the Aston.

Has nothing to do with the rules. RBR nailed their design, and Max is just a special driver. Mercedes continues double down on failed design. Aston Martin and Alonso are closing the gap.

[F1nKS]

Many thought the same about ferrari at this point last year.

I think I heard that nobody that has won the Bahrain race went on to win the championship. Ferrari will bounce back and are a threat. Aston Martin is clearly have some good pace, Alonso race got a little disrupted when his teammate hit him on the first lap.

[Nitrodaze]

Nope, I am comparing gap times between drivers. Which is what the rules were meant to do which is narrow the gap. In Q1 all the announcers were remarking how from the top to bottom that gap was almost second.



The observations from people in f1, the drivers and all the media pundits that "following" is much easier and there was some great battles last year during the races that would not have occured prior to the rule changes. We also saw it today with Alonso. His tire pre-rule change would have been eaten up, but he was able to fight with Hamilton and Sainz, lap after lap. Pre-rule change you had one lap to get past, or you tires would be ruined.

2021 Bahrain - 75 overtakes
2022 Bahrain - 131 overtakes




Has nothing to do with the rules. RBR nailed their design, and Max is just a special driver. Mercedes continues double down on failed design. Aston Martin and Alonso are closing the gap.

Sorry you are missing the point and statistics is just numbers.