F1 2009 Bahrain GP

[Bartek S.]

Circuit Map




About the Bahrain GP

Length 5.412 km
Laps 57 (308.238 Km)
Last Year
1. F. Massa
2. K. Raikkonen
3. R. Kubica
Record Lap M. Schumacher - 1'30''252 (2004, Ferrari)
Record Pole M. Schumacher - 1'30''139 (2004, Ferrari)
Last Year Pole R. Kubica - 1'33''096 (BMW Sauber)
Previous winners
Year Driver
2008 F.Massa (Ferrari)
2007 F.Massa (Ferrari)
2006 F. Alonso (Renault)
2005 F. Alonso (Renault)
2004 M. Schumacher (Ferrari)

 

[chonkoa]

I can confidently predict that non of the Ferraris will see the chequered flag.

 

[Gullwing]

As much as it pains me I hope Ferrari will do umm ummm well.
BUT only enough so they don't give up on this years car and start working on the 2010 car.
I wonder if running 2 and 3 until 2 laps to go when Kimi crashes into Massa will work

 

[Remy Zero]

I say Ferrari will get its first points here.

 

[chonkoa]

As much as it pains me I hope Ferrari will do umm ummm well.
BUT only enough so they don't give up on this years car and start working on the 2010 car.
I wonder if running 2 and 3 until 2 laps to go when Kimi crashes into Massa will work

Ferrari's reliability went with Ross Brawn.
I doubt if the 2010 car will be any different.
Ferrari is back to where they were before Michael and Ross Brawn joined the team in 1996.
This is end of the Ferrari era and the start of Brawn era.

 

[Gullwing]

This is end of the Ferrari era

and the start of Brawn era.

Ummm not so fast, it is still early. At least it has a Mercedes engine

 

[chonkoa]

As a Ferrari fan:

Ummm not so fast, it is still early. At least it has a Mercedes engine

He(Ross Brawn) has done it before with other teams so I won't be surprised.
Ferrari was one disorganised team before Brawn, Schumi arrived. 2007 and 2008 were not stellar by Ferrari's standard, I can say the decline started in 2007.

 

[Bartek S.]

FP1

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:33.647 + 19
2. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.907 + 0.260 17
3. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:33.938 + 0.291 17
4. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:34.227 + 0.580 24
5. Button Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:34.434 + 0.787 15
6. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:34.502 + 0.855 24
7. Barrichello Brawn GP-Mercedes (B) 1:34.531 + 0.884 18
8. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:34.589 + 0.942 17
9. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:34.827 + 1.180 21
10. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:34.827 + 1.180 19
11. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:34.880 + 1.233 24
12. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:34.938 + 1.291 21
13. Piquet Renault (B) 1:34.974 + 1.327 21
14. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.021 + 1.374 18
15. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:35.036 + 1.389 22
16. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:35.042 + 1.395 16
17. Glock Toyota (B) 1:35.333 + 1.686 20
18. Alonso Renault (B) 1:35.348 + 1.701 24
19. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:35.353 + 1.706 22
20. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:35.369 + 1.722 15


FP2

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.339 36
2. Alonso Renault (B) 1:33.530 + 0.191 25
3. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:33.616 + 0.277 37
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.661 + 0.322 29
5. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:33.676 + 0.337 32
6. Button Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:33.694 + 0.355 35
7. Sutil Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:33.763 + 0.424 30
8. Glock Toyota (B) 1:33.764 + 0.425 37
9. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes (B) 1:33.885 + 0.546 30
10. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:33.899 + 0.560 36
11. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:33.994 + 0.655 30
12. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes (B) 1:34.025 + 0.686 23
13. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.127 + 0.788 37
14. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:34.366 + 1.027 26
15. Piquet Renault (B) 1:34.411 + 1.072 29
16. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:34.564 + 1.225 34
17. Kubica BMW-Sauber (B) 1:34.605 + 1.266 31
18. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:34.670 + 1.331 28
19. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:34.764 + 1.425 35
20. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber (B) 1:34.790 + 1.451 33

 

[Bartek S.]

 

[NarutoRamen]

Damn, you guys are writing Ferrari off so easily. Sure, they have had a few tough years, but you're talking about a team who have been here for 60 years. They have had a few position shake ups too, don't forget. Brawn, and Schumacher single handedly picked pretty much all the people who make a difference on the car. The new squad needs to work in harmony, and they'll eventually get their sh!t together.

 

[siko]

QUALS

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:32.779 1:32.671 1:33.431 20
2 10 Timo Glock Toyota 1:33.165 1:32.613 1:33.712 20
3 15 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:32.680 1:32.474 1:34.015 18
4 22 Jenson Button Brawn-Mercedes 1:32.978 1:32.842 1:34.044 20
5 1 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.851 1:32.877 1:34.196 18
6 23 Rubens Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 1:33.116 1:32.842 1:34.239 20
7 7 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:33.627 1:32.860 1:34.578 20
8 3 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:33.297 1:33.014 1:34.818 19
9 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:33.672 1:33.166 1:35.134 21
10 4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:33.117 1:32.827 1:35.380 19
11 2 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.479 1:33.242 14
12 17 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:33.221 1:33.348 13
13 5 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:33.495 1:33.487 13
14 6 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:33.377 1:33.562 13
15 8 Nelsinho Piquet Renault 1:33.608 1:33.941 18
16 20 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:33.722 10
17 12 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:33.753 9
18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 1:33.910 9
19 14 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:34.038 8
20 11 Sebastien Bourdais STR-Ferrari 1:34.159 9


... looks like Toyota might finally have their day!

 

[VroomVroom]

Much better performance from Hamilton!

Hes on the prowl

 

[NarutoRamen]

I want to see the weight figures for the fuel.

 

[Zonda]

1. Jarno Trulli, Toyota, 648.5 kg
2. Timo Glock, Toyota, 643
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, 659
4. Jenson Button, Brawn GP, 652.5
5. Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, 652.5
6. Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP, 649
7. Fernando Alonso, Renault, 650.5
8. Felipe Massa, Ferrari, 664.5
9. Nico Rosberg, Williams, 670.5
10. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 671.5
11. Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren, 678.5
12. Kazuki Nakajima, Williams, 680.9
13. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 698.6
14. Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber, 696.3
15. Nelson Piquet, Renault, 677.6
16. Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso, 678.5
17. Giancarlo Fisichella, Force India, 652
18. Mark Webber, Red Bull, 656
19. Adrian Sutil, Force India, 679
20. Sebastien Bourdais, Toro Rosso, 667.5

 

[Centurion]

Ferrari are done and dusted and thus Massa will never win a championship. They should write this year off and focus on next years car. Mclaren have made a major leap forward in the development on their car. In Australian they had the second worst car on the grid but have improved their qualifying performance with every race. In Spain or Monaco Hamilton will probably be in the contention for pole.

Brawn's honey moon is over and we'll now see some very tight battles at the top. Heiki better stand on the podium at least one or twice this year or else he'll be swapped about for Vettel who will be an excellent mule for raising Mclaren's profile in Germany.

Is it me or does Nakajima and Rosberg suck very hard? They have an excellent car and had a decent one last year as well but they always manage to f*** up every race. Williams are throwing money in the toilet by not demoting either of them. Grosjean and Senna are hungry for F1 racing.

 

[VroomVroom]

Hamilton had the most fuel in his car whilst qualifying, 42.2kg.

Everyone else had less so Hamilton would have been fastest on the track if he had less fuel.

But everyone is within 10 tenths of a second near each other...This should be a good race!

 

[klier]

And we're OFF!!!!!!!!

 

[VroomVroom]

Great move from Hamilton at the start

 

[Centurion]

Great move from Hamilton at the start

Yeah, that was an astounding start. If Mclaren get the aero sorted out in the next 4 weeks then Hamilton will completely dominate the second half of the season. KERS is terrific for getting off the line quickly. All that's missing now is pace because the MP24 is clearly slower than the Red Bull and Brawn car.

 

[mc_blue]

Pretty boring race for me, not much action there and I don't like JB either, he seems to moan if he isn't dominating. Can only hope LH gets more competitive and gives him a challenge. Found Vettel being stuck behind Trulli very irritating because he would have been in up there with a chance of victory.