2017 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand PrixFormula 1

[SVT Cobra GT]

F1 had a more entertaining race in Shanghai thanks to a combo of wet weather and the nature of the circuit. Mercedes fought back from their loss in Australia and won rather comfortably which has left many watering at the mouth with the prospect of a two team race for the title. Hamilton achieved his 3rd grand slam of his career in China which will certainly raise spirits at Mercedes but with Vettel's fighting talk and good overtakes, they aren't in the clear. Now we head to the desert of Bahrain where the temperatures will be much warmer than the previous two races and with a short turnaround time everyone will be working non stop to get the best results. Hopefully the teams further down the grid can provide some good action. Here we go for the Bahrain Grand Prix.

BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT

FIRST RACE
2004

NUMBER
OF LAPS
57

CIRCUIT LENGTH
5.412KM (3.363 Miles)

RACE DISTANCE
308.238KM (191.530 Miles)

LAP
RECORD
1:31.447, Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren-Mercedes, 2005

TYRE ALLOCATIONS
Super Soft, Soft & Medium



SKY SPORTS CLASSIC RACE SCHEDULE
Tuesday - Monaco 1983
Wednesday - Monaco 2003
Thursday - Bahrain 2007
Sunday - Brazil 2008

2016 RESULT

1 Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

2 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)

3 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

2016 Fastest lap - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) 1:34.482 (lap 41)​

 

[GroupB]

They're keeping it quiet, but for US viewers, NBC is tape-delaying qualifying by 90 minutes.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

And it probably says live right? Any way to watch it proper?

 

[GroupB]

And it probably says live right? Any way to watch it proper?

I would assume you can stream it live, but no confirmation.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Wehrlein's back
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/wehrlein-to-make-f1-return-in-bahrain-892659/
(That's Wehrlein is back, rather than Wehrlein's back which he's had problems with)

 

[mwoodski]

NIGHT RACIN'

 

[IforceV8]

They're keeping it quiet, but for US viewers, NBC is tape-delaying qualifying by 90 minutes.

It will be on Univision Deportes HD live at 10:55am ET Sat., DirecTV ch. 464 if you cant wait and speak Spanish or have a mute button if you dont.

 

[GroupB]

It will be on Univision Deportes HD live at 10:55am ET Sat., DirecTV ch. 464 if you cant wait and speak Spanish or have a mute button if you dont.

Interesting that they show qualifying live yet tape-delay the race itself by 5 hours.

 

[Bram Turismo]

F1, WEC, and the Ardennes cycling classics all in a single weekend?

Please, my body isn't ready for this!

 

[IforceV8]

Interesting that they show qualifying live yet tape-delay the race itself by 5 hours.

Both networks have the taped race at 4pm and the same problem it seems, too much soccer. The difference is NBC has a extra channel to dump the F1 onto, CNBC.

 

[NW48]

With Wehrlein back, I'm predicting he'll finish in the points this weekend as a way to "stick it" to his critics.

 

[zed300]

Kimi has a good record here, but has failed to win.......yet. 8 podiums.
Comon Kimi.....

 

[NW48]

God dammit once again. Stoffel stopped on track.

 

[psychoazubi]

According to RTL, Ferarri said Kimi "only" has to change the turbo, not the whole PU

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

For our UK friends and those having access to channel 4, don't forget that they show all sessions this week-end live.
Suzie Wolff back on channel 4 in Monaco.

 

[twitcher]

did Ted actually just say Massa was having BBW issues

 

[Infinital-NG]

Free Practice 2 Results

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128967/vettel-stays-on-top-in-fp2-despite-hutdown

POS DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m31.310s - 29
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m31.351s 0.041s 35
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m31.376s 0.066s 28
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m31.478s 0.168s 34
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m31.594s 0.284s 35
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m31.883s 0.573s 37
7 Felipe Massa Williams 1m32.079s 0.769s 37
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1m32.245s 0.935s 18
9 Romain Grosjean Haas 1m32.505s 1.195s 34
10 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m32.707s 1.397s 35
11 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1m32.854s 1.544s 33
12 Esteban Ocon Force India 1m32.875s 1.565s 38
13 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m32.876s 1.566s 38
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m32.897s 1.587s 31
15 Sergio Perez Force India 1m33.319s 2.009s 34
16 Lance Stroll Williams 1m33.361s 2.051s 36
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m33.944s 2.634s 34
18 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1m34.072s 2.762s 5
19 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber 1m34.117s 2.807s 29
20 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1m34.230s 2.920s 8

 

[EDK]

Free Practice 2 Results

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128967/vettel-stays-on-top-in-fp2-despite-hutdown

POS DRIVER CAR TIME GAP LAPS
1 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1m31.310s - 29
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1m31.351s 0.041s 35
3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1m31.376s 0.066s 28
4 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari 1m31.478s 0.168s 34
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m31.594s 0.284s 35
6 Nico Hulkenberg Renault 1m31.883s 0.573s 37
7 Felipe Massa Williams 1m32.079s 0.769s 37
8 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1m32.245s 0.935s 18
9 Romain Grosjean Haas 1m32.505s 1.195s 34
10 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso 1m32.707s 1.397s 35
11 Kevin Magnussen Haas 1m32.854s 1.544s 33
12 Esteban Ocon Force India 1m32.875s 1.565s 38
13 Jolyon Palmer Renault 1m32.876s 1.566s 38
14 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1m32.897s 1.587s 31
15 Sergio Perez Force India 1m33.319s 2.009s 34
16 Lance Stroll Williams 1m33.361s 2.051s 36
17 Marcus Ericsson Sauber 1m33.944s 2.634s 34
18 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso 1m34.072s 2.762s 5
19 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber 1m34.117s 2.807s 29
20 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren 1m34.230s 2.920s 8

Bottas being just 41 hundredths off of Vettel does not bode well for Ferrari in qualifying tomorrow.

You have to believe that means Hamilton has something left up his sleeve, and then there are the qualifying engine modes of the Mercedes.

 

[Peter.]

Mercedes can't rely on magic oil burning qualifying engine modes all season. The Ferrari is faster in race trim. I would say they should be more worried than Ferrari.

 

[EDK]

Mercedes can't rely on magic oil burning qualifying engine modes all season. The Ferrari is faster in race trim. I would say they should be more worried than Ferrari.

I would just like to see a genuine battle in qualifying at some point.

It's much, much closer. But I would like to see it going one way or ther other across teams, much in the way as it did between Hami and Rosberg before.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Mercedes can't rely on magic oil burning qualifying engine modes all season. The Ferrari is faster in race trim. I would say they should be more worried than Ferrari.

There still is no proof to show this is true.

 

[GroupB]

First official acknowledgement of this that I've seen:

 

[andrea]

Free Practice 3 Results

 

[Robin]

Catching a bit of the track cycling world championships on TV before qualifying starts...

Announcers say "here comes Maldonado..."

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Gonna watch FP3 and then Qualifying live because NBC sucks

Every god damn time I click on Practice 3 from the app and my TV is connected with chromecast, it shows the loading screen then just does't, and the app on my phone goes back to the main menu. This is really pissing me off because I don't think I'll get to see Qualifying live. It works for the Formula 2 Race 1 but not FP3. What the literal you-know-what

 

[DesertPenguin09]

Don't delete this because it's a new topic and the last post was over an hour ago.

Q3 done, glad to Alonso into Q2

 

[andrea]

Ricciardo getting Webber'd at this rate.

 

[IforceV8]

Don't delete this because it's a new topic and the last post was over an hour ago.

Q3 done, glad to Alonso into Q2

Do you have Univision? They are showing it live.

 

[DesertPenguin09]

NBC Sports app is showing live

 

[05XR8]

The Renaults look good.