F1 2013 Bahrain GP

[Bartek S.]

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Race Date: 21 Apr 2013
Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit
First Grand Prix: 2004
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Lap Record: 1:30.252 - M Schumacher (2004)

Bahrain Grand Prix: Pirelli decide against using soft tyres

Formula 1 tyre suppliers Pirelli will not use their soft tyres at the Bahrain Grand Prix this weekend after concerns about how quickly they wear out.
No driver managed more than seven laps on soft tyres in China last week.
The decision to bring the hard and medium compounds was made after the Malaysian Grand Prix, a similar track.
"Bahrain is one of the most demanding tracks because of high ambient and track temperatures," said Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery.
Soft and medium tyres were used in last year's Bahrain Grand Prix. All drivers are required to use both tyre compounds during a dry race.
"We expect about three stops per car," Hembery added.
Tyre degradation is expected to be reasonably high during the race in Bahrain, the fourth grand prix of the 2013 season.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel leads the driversstanding after three races, with Lotus driver Kimi Raikkonen second and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, who won in Shanghai last week, third.

http://www.bbc.co.uk

Pirelli's decision to switch its compound choice for the Bahrain Grand Prix was made several weeks ago and was not a reaction to what happened in China, AUTOSPORT has learned.
Formula 1's tyre supplier has brought the medium and hard compound to this weekend's race at Sakhir, having originally intended to use the soft and hard compound for round four of the 2013 Formula 1 world championship.
However, having seen how its new more aggressive compounds reacted in the opening two grands prix, the Italian company elected to change its plans in the days after the Malaysian race.
It believed that with teams having experienced high degradation at Sepang, it would be better at the abrasive Bahrain circuit to use its most conservative choice.
The decision to use the medium instead of the soft was communicated to the teams before the Chinese Grand Prix - a race that fuelled intensecdebateabout the impact tyres are having on F1 racing this year.
News of the change of compound choice was only made public earlier this week.
Pirelli is also awaiting a decision from the FIA and teams over its proposal for teams using rookies in free practice to get an extra set of tyres, as revealed by AUTOSPORT.
It is hoped the matter will be voted on over the Bahrain GP weekend

http://www.autosport.

 

[Bartek S.]

FP1
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m34.487s 11
2. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.564s + 0.077s 19
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m34.621s + 0.134s 22
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.790s + 0.303s 20
5. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m34.949s + 0.462s 17
6. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.069s + 0.582s 22
7. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m35.101s + 0.614s 19
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m35.119s + 0.632s 19
9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m35.345s + 0.858s 17
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m35.611s + 1.124s 14
11. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.640s + 1.153s 23
12. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m35.783s + 1.296s 16
13. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m35.792s + 1.305s 16
14. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m36.014s + 1.527s 19
15. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m36.485s + 1.998s 20
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.498s + 2.011s 17
17. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.755s + 2.268s 20
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m37.214s + 2.727s 21
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m37.850s + 3.363s 20
20. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m38.401s + 3.914s 20
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m39.445s + 4.958s 12
22. Rodolfo Gonzalez Marussia-Cosworth 1m40.215s + 5.728s 7

FP2
Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps
1. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m34.154s 31
2. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m34.184s + 0.030s 26
3. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m34.282s + 0.128s 29
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m34.310s + 0.156s 28
5. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m34.543s + 0.389s 35
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m34.552s + 0.398s 34
7. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m34.631s + 0.477s 33
8. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m34.666s + 0.512s 37
9. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m34.932s + 0.778s 33
10. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m34.976s + 0.822s 29
11. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.356s + 1.202s 32
12. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m35.506s + 1.352s 36
13. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m35.5$9s + 1.435s 36
14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m35.761s + 1.607s 33
15. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.133s + 1.979s 36
16. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m36.279s + 2.125s 33
17. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m36.579s + 2.425s 28
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m36.616s + 2.462s 34
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m37.061s + 2.907s 32
20. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.313s + 3.159s 33
21. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.363s + 3.209s 29
22. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m37.970s + 3.816s 34
FP3
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap Laps
1. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m33.247s 12
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m33.348s + 0.101s 15
3. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m33.380s + 0.133s 19
4. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m33.446s + 0.199s 21
5. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m33.455s + 0.208s 19
6. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m33.464s + 0.217s 19
7. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m33.596s + 0.349s 17
8. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m33.700s + 0.453s 15
9. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m33.764s + 0.517s 19
10. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.922s + 0.675s 17
11. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m33.949s + 0.702s 20
12. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.117s + 0.870s 17
13. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m34.282s + 1.035s 18
14. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.577s + 1.330s 16
15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m34.611s + 1.364s 17
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.678s + 1.431s 16
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m34.833s + 1.586s 17
18. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m35.816s + 2.569s 16
19. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.731s + 3.484s 17
20. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m36.939s + 3.692s 16
21. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m37.630s + 4.383s 7
22. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m39.592s + 6.345s 28

 

[Bartek S.]

Qual.

Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap
1. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m32.330s
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m32.584s + 0.254s
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m32.667s + 0.337s
4. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1m32.762s + 0.432s
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m33.078s + 0.748s
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m33.207s + 0.877s
7. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m33.235s + 0.905s
8. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1m33.246s + 0.916s
9. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m33.327s + 0.997s
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Q2 cut-off time: 1m33.702s Gap **
11. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m33.762s + 1.016s
12. Sergio Perez McLaren-Mercedes 1m33.914s + 1.168s
13. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m33.974s + 1.228s
14. Nico Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari 1m33.976s + 1.230s
15. Valtteri Bottas Williams-Renault 1m34.105s + 1.359s
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m34.284s + 1.538s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m34.425s Gap *
17. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m34.425s + 1.547s
18. Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari 1m34.730s + 1.852s
19. Charles Pic Caterham-Renault 1m35.283s + 2.405s
20. Jules Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.178s + 3.300s
21. Giedo van der Garde Caterham-Renault 1m36.304s + 3.426s
22. Max Chilton Marussia-Cosworth 1m36.476s + 3.598s

107% time: 1m39.379s
* Gap to quickest in Q1
** Gap to quickest in Q2

 

[mini_cooper4]

This could be Ferrari's weekend now that Massa is right behind Alonso. I expect them to do a phenomenal start

 

[LaArtist]

I hope they crash both of em in to each other

MB FTW!

 

[mini_cooper4]

I hope they crash both of em in to each other

MB FTW!

The most intelligent post I've ever seen

 

[LaArtist]

Since when has bias in sports been intelligent?

You need to look somewhere else for that

 

[mini_cooper4]

Since when has bias in sports been intelligent?

You need to look somewhere else for that

Damn man you're starting to sound a bit stupid now...

OT: It's a sure win for Alonso!

 

[LaArtist]

^Not if he crashes lol

 

[Zonda]

I'd say this belongs to Vettel, who had the pace in China, but now has more consistant tyres.

 

[Bartek S.]

PROVISIONAL RACE RESULTS

The Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain, Bahrain;
57 laps; 308.405km;
Weather: Dry.

Classified:

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 57 laps
2. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 9.1s
3. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 19.5s
4. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 21.7s
5. Hamilton Mercedes + 35.2s
6. Perez McLaren-Mercedes + 35.9s
7. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 37.2s
8. Alonso Ferrari + 37.5s
9. Rosberg Mercedes + 41.1s
10. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 46.6s
11. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 1m06.4s
12. Hulkenberg Sauber-Ferrari + 1m12.9s
13. Sutil Force India-Mercedes + 1m16.7s
14. Bottas Williams-Renault + 1m21.5s
15. Massa Ferrari + 1m26.3s
16. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
17. Pic Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
18. Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari + 1 lap
19. Bianchi Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
20. Chilton Marussia-Cosworth + 1 lap
21. van der Garde Caterham-Renault + 2 laps

Not classified/retirements:

Driver Team On lap

Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16

Fastest lap: Vettel, 1m36.961s

 

[Bartek S.]

World Championship standings, round 4:

Drivers:
1. Vettel 77
2. Raikkonen 67
3. Hamilton 50
4. Alonso 47
5. Webber 32
6. Massa 30
7. Grosjean 26
8. Di Resta 20
9. Rosberg 14
10. Button 13
11. Perez 10
12. Ricciardo 6
13. Sutil 6
14. Hulkenberg 5
15. Vergne 1

Constructors:
1. Red Bull-Renault 109
2. Lotus-Renault 93
3. Ferrari 77
4. Mercedes 64
5. Force India-Mercedes 26
6. McLaren-Mercedes 23
7. Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7
8. Sauber-Ferrari 5

 

[JHF]

Hyvä KIMI, not bad race.

 

[LaArtist]

OT: It's a sure win for Alonso!

 

[Sunny]

First few laps were really interesting. After that the kind of quite on the front, but still very interesting wheel to wheel racing in the mid field. Pity Alonso had car issues, otherwise it would have been an interesting fight with Vettel. Kudos to Lotus and also Di Resta.

Rosberg would probably be faster if he raced in a straight line instead of being more interested in putting people into walls. He pulled the same stunt last year... it is dangerous and I hope he gets penalized before something bad happens. Same with Webber. And that was a dick move on his part turning into Massa(?). Don' know why he didn't get penalized for it.

ps. Anyone else feel the open interview on the podium is cringe-worthy? I wish they would just scrap the whole thing.

 

[Zonda]

I can't see why Alonso was so anxious to use DRS immediately after his first pit stop. Why not be safe and try it the final lap before his next planned stop? His race was already compromised.

 

[Monster]

The first 5 or 6 laps was great to watch and there were good battles in the mid fields through out the race to keep us entertained while Vettel goes about to do he usual thing. The biggest criticism goes to Mercedes, it is the same pattern all over again, they were competitive for the first two races of last year with great qualifying pace, but then they started to fall back quickly during the race and also lost out on the development race by the middle of the season, so they end up in no mans land again.

 

[mini_cooper4]

Not even a single Mercedes-engined car on the podium
I guess we both had our professional opinion and predictions to share

 

[LaArtist]

^No ferrari engined either.

Both lotus and Redbull have Renault engines

 

[mini_cooper4]

^No ferrari engined either.

Both lotus and Redbull have Renault engines

Indeed, Renault engines are best Lotus is my favorite team and I'm happy that they had both cars on podium