2015 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir

stormybadger8 said:

What a finish 🙏🤣

I mean, screw his Renault, wasn't Ricco running a 4-cylinder engine anyway???
A penalty already by race 5 of the season? 🤦

What a celebration crossing the finish line 😬

Didn't you guys hear that Renault is gonna throw a massive party just for finishing? That thing with Verstappen was just a botched attempt at celebrating two laps too early, I guess. 😍

Sky Sports Driver Ratings:
Hamilton 9
Rosberg 8
Kimi 8
Seb 5
Bottas 7.5
Ricciardo, Grosjean, Nasr, Alonso 7

On the bright side, Jenson Button drove a flawless race in Bahrain. The downside? He spent the entire weekend struggling just to find any decent pace at all. 🤣

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/12...driver-ratings

stormybadger8 said:

What a total disaster of a finish 🙏🤣

And honestly, screw Renault—wasn't Ricco basically running a four-cylinder engine anyway???
A penalty already by race five of the season? 🤦

One lap too late.
🕺

We finally have the smoking gun on that 4-time fraud. 🙏 👍

Kimi - Leone. 👍

so look at the kid—Sebastian Vettel was originally on a Kimi-esque strategy, but he totally botched it and shredded his tires during that first stint with those few excursions off track (which turned out to be fatal for the final stint), so they pulled him back onto a more conservative strategy, at least according to Arrivabene

and you could definitely tell there was a point where he started doing laps up to 2 seconds slower in that first stint

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/217937/...n-is-back.html

the Mercedes-Benz guys are complaining that traffic overheated their brakes, which is weird because Kimi didn't seem to feel it at all. It's also kind of strange that Lewis Hamilton's brakes started failing just one lap after Nico Rosberg's, especially since Rosberg is known for being pretty hard on both tires and brakes when he's pushing to the limit, and since the traffic passed Rosberg way earlier, you'd expect his gear to fail before Rosberg's... so I guess the main reason for the failures is just that they were running at full max for longer than usual,
it might actually turn out that those bright reports about Mercedes-Benz having serious car issues were right all along—it just seems like they were masking it with a better engine than everyone else, so they didn't have to push the car as hard for as long, but now it's the kid's first race where they actually have to push the car harder for extended periods, and here come the brake problems

stormybadger8 said:

What a finish 🙏🤣

I mean, screw his Ford engine—wasn't Ricco running a 4-cylinder anyway???
A penalty already by race 5 of the season? 🤦

Christian Horner: "I think that engine will be a coffee table in the future."

Maldonado Pokupil 🙏 🤣 🤣 🤣
We already saw he got penalized for jumping the start...

But the kicker is he actually started 18 spots back when he was supposed to be on 16. 🤣🤣🤣
What a genius. 🙏🤣

Pastore 🙏🙏🙏

He’s got talent, there’s no denying that.🙏

🙏 🙏 🙏

Edit: http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

So, if Mercedes really wants to go toe-to-toe with Ferrari when it comes to tire degradation, they’re probably going to have to lean hard into braking—it'll be quite interesting to see how that plays out in the upcoming races.

stormybadger8 said:Kimi had an incredible race, while Vettel was just... well, terrible...
But one good run doesn't make the whole season--😉

Plus, there's a huge difference when Vettel manages to limp home in fifth instead of missing out on points entirely or finishing tenth...

It looks like the sabotage continues until the end. I mean, haven't we seen enough of how Vettel handles pressure by now?

Tyler Ross56 said:It's either win big or go home, but he's just driving like a coward out there.

Honestly, he's one of the most spineless guys to ever hit the grid—alongside Flavia. Luckily, people will probably just remember him as someone who was overrated for a long time.

I see everyone piling on the praise for Lewis Hamilton; the Americans are absolutely losing their minds. Especially since Vettel finished all the way down in 5th.

That said, seeing Kimi's current form actually makes me pretty happy, particularly when things get gritty during a race.
He fought his way up to the podium, grabbing a solid 2nd place. Honestly, he could have at least cracked a tiny smile for once.

He managed to overtake the Mercedes-Benz in the race, even though they had him beat in qualifying.
And he wasn't even that far off from the runner-up (that one everyone keeps raving about).
All this while driving a car that’s half a second slower on a single fast lap.
Bravo, really. I'm thrilled. :klap:

stormybadger8 said:Maldonado : s:rof l::ro fl::ro fl:
Maldonado Pokupil got a penalty because he pulled off from the wrong spot on the grid, which we all saw...

But the real kicker is that he actually started 18 spots ahead when he should've been stuck at 16 🤣🤣🤣
What an absolute genius : s:r ofl:

Pastore 🙏

honestly they should just give him a trophy for starting in a better spot next race instead🙏

I mean, even those starting positions were totally messed up anyway, since there should've been big numbers on every single one of them. ☕


Pastorally 🙏

Roger Wright94 said:I see everyone’s going absolutely wild over Lewis Hamilton lately, just total euphoria from the Americans. It’s honestly hilarious watching them celebrate like this, especially since Sebastian Vettel ended up sitting at fifth.

I gotta say, though, seeing Kimi in this kind of form really gets me hyped, especially when he's actually out there grinding through race conditions.
He climbed onto the podium, snagged a decent second-place finish, and honestly? Not even a tiny little smirk. Not a single grin. He could've at least cracked a smile, for crying out loud.

So, basically, he just blew right past that Mercedes-Benz on the track, even though the guy was sitting pretty ahead of him during qualifying.
And honestly, that other guy wasn't even that far off—you know, the one everyone won't shut up about.
And they’re doing all that in a car that's basically a rolling snail, trailing the leaders by half a second on a single fast lap.
Hell yeah, bravo! I am seriously loving this! 👏

Look, it’s because that other Mercedes-Benz had those massive brake issues—you aren't actually thinking about that start, are you? Seriously. And then once the race actually got moving, that Mercedes just cruised right past him like it was nothing.

Maldonado is better off taking up space like this than actually hitting someone...

darkmarlin16 said:That’s just because that other Mercedes was struggling with its brakes (you don't mean the start, surely). And during the race, that Mercedes easily overtook him.

He would've caught him regardless...

Besides, who's actually blaming Mercedes for having bad brakes? It’s just another car component—just like any other part that might give them a 0.5-second advantage per lap during a race...

Mercedes gains ground there, then loses it on the brakes...

Meanwhile, those Ferrari mechanics are absolutely crushing it... averaging 2.4-second pit stops... compared to Mercedes at 3.4...

darkmarlin16 said:Purely 🙏 pastoral

Way to go, man!!! 👍👍👍

jadeseal7 said:So if Mercedes wants to match Ferrari when it comes to tire wear, they’ve gotta cook those brakes. Definitely interesting stuff to watch for the upcoming races.

Honestly, the statement doesn't make much sense. They claim the brake-by-wire switched from "active to passive"—what is this, did they switch over to Windows XP safe mode? And what exactly does switching a potentiometer to "passive mode" even mean? Does passive braking just mean you hit the pedal and the car slows down via rolling resistance?
Did he burn the brakes, or did he not...

The whole overheating issue was blamed on "driving behind slower cars and overtaking them," as if nobody else dealt with that. Then, in the end, he failed while trying to pull away from Kimi—ironic, since he had clean air right when things fell apart...

The best part of the race was Kimi's drama with the pit wall. He actually asked if they even had a strategy for the second stop, because his harder tires were feeling great...
And then there's the excuse that Sebastian Vettel couldn't get past Bottas because the car exits corners so well. Like, has anyone even tried the basic tactic everyone else used? Just open the DRS, floor it, and dive into the inside of the corner... What "bad exit" are we talking about when Vettel didn't even attempt an overtake once?

He tried making a move in the first turn once, and he nearly slammed right into the back of Bottas's diffuser.