F1 2013: Bahrein GP.

[Ferry_vO]

Q1 just finished and these guys are out:

17: Maldonado
18: Gutierrez (Will loose five positions due to his crash in China)
19: Pic
20: Bianchi
21: Van der Garde
22: Chilton

 

[Ferry_vO]

Q2 results:

11: Grosjean
12: Perez
13: Ricciardo
14: Hulkenberg
15: Bottas
16: Vergne

 

[Ferry_vO]

Top ten results:

1: Rosberg
2: Vettel
3: Alonso
4: Hamilton (Will loose five places due to a gearbox change after pratice session 3)
5: Webber (Will loose three places due to his crash with Vergne in China)
6: Massa
7: Di Resta
8: Sutil
9: Raikkonen
10: Button

 

[wombat666]

Be interesting to see how the top four teams handle their rear tyre degradation!
The 'Iceman' could be the dark horse.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Full results; note how close each session was!

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33.364	1:32.867	1:32.330	14
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:33.327	1:32.746	1:32.584	12
3	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.878	1:33.316	1:32.667	11
4	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:33.498	1:33.346	1:32.762	13
5	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:33.966	1:33.098	1:33.078	13
6	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33.780	1:33.358	1:33.207	13
7	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:33.762	1:33.335	1:33.235	14
8	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:34.048	1:33.378	1:33.246	16
9	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:33.827	1:33.146	1:33.327	13
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.071	1:33.702		11
11	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:33.498	1:33.762		7
12	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.310	1:33.914		9
13	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:34.120	1:33.974		14
14	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.409	1:33.976		14
15	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	1:34.425	1:34.105		13
16	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:34.314	1:34.284		13
17	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:34.425			6
18	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:34.730			9
19	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	1:35.283			6
20	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	1:36.178			6
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	1:36.304			7
22	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	1:36.476			6
		Q1 107% Time		1:39.379

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Note - Webber, Gutierrez qualified P5 and P18, dropped 3 and 5 grid places respectively for collisions at previous round. Hamilton qualified P4, dropped 5 places for unscheduled gearbox change




Massa will start on the harder tyres tomorrow, Button has a free choice, the rest of the top ten will start on the soft compound. Would love to see Raikkonen up front but with most cars on the same strategy it will be difficult for him. I just hope Rosberg's car will make it to the end of the race!

 

[Cazzie]

Finally, an F-1 event I can see live on "my" time, starts at 8:00 AM EDT USA. Is the Iceman holding back?

Caz

 

[Panther_99FS]

Great to see Nico on the pole!!

 

[wombat666]

Finally, an F-1 event I can see live on "my" time, starts at 8:00 AM EDT USA. Is the Iceman holding back?Caz

And 21:30 AEST for us Caz.
The MotoGP coverage begins at 02:30 AEST and runs through to 06:00.
Good thing there's time for a few hours sleep between events.

 

[Panther_99FS]

Flash back to last year!
Anyhoo......I wonder if Renault lays down the power in a way that is more conducive to the Pirellis....:ques:

Good runs by Kimi & Hamilton....
Sergio Perez.....:isadizzy:
More tough luck for Webber....

Alonso's situation demonstrates why I don't like DRS....

 

[Ferry_vO]

Sergio was told to show more agression in the race by Whitmarsh last week but this may have been a bit too much..

Good job by Lotus, getting both drivers on the podium. Mercedes need to work on their race pace, looks like their car is eating tires like it did last season.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	57	1:36:00.498	2	25
2	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	57	+9.1 secs	8	18
3	8	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	57	+19.5 secs	11	15
4	14	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	57	+21.7 secs	5	12
5	10	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	57	+35.2 secs	9	10
6	6	Sergio Perez	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+35.9 secs	12	8
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	57	+37.2 secs	7	6
8	3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	+37.5 secs	3	4
9	9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	+41.1 secs	1	2
10	5	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+46.6 secs	10	1
11	16	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	57	+66.4 secs	17
12	11	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber-Ferrari	57	+72.9 secs	14
13	15	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	57	+76.7 secs	6
14	17	Valtteri Bottas	Williams-Renault	57	+81.5 secs	15
15	4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+86.3 secs	4
16	19	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	13
17	20	Charles Pic	Caterham-Renault	56	+1 Lap	18
18	12	Esteban Gutierrez	Sauber-Ferrari	56	+1 Lap	22
19	22	Jules Bianchi	Marussia-Cosworth	56	+1 Lap	19
20	23	Max Chilton	Marussia-Cosworth	56	+1 Lap	21
21	21	Giedo van der Garde	Caterham-Renault	55	+2 Laps	20
Ret	18	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	16	Accident damage	16

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Note - Webber, Gutierrez qualified P5 and P18, dropped 3 and 5 grid places respectively for collisions at previous round. Hamilton qualified P4, dropped 5 places for unscheduled gearbox change