[Official] Bahrain Grand Prix 2024: Grand Prix Weekend Thread - Round 1 of 24

[P38 in workshop]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

I never thought he was exceptional.

Remind me where his team mate finished?

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Congrats to Super Max on what I believe is his 85th win.

Won't be long.....

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by P38 in workshop

Remind me where his team mate finished?

5th and he has won 7 WDCs, however one race doesn't make a season and there are 23 races to go.

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by P38 in workshop

Remind me where his team mate finished?

Also worth noting what he said in his interview after the race. He said that he learnt a lot about the car during the race. I suppose that this is because having just one and a half days testing - that's each driver - is not an awful lot of time, especially as the team need to test multiple things during that time as well.

[v8supes]

Im sure the answer is easily out there but why are the races on a Saturday now?

[Aysedasi]

Ramadan, IIRC....

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

Ramadan, IIRC....

Correct.

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-2024-why-bahrain-saudi-gp-on-saturday/10573824/#:~:text=Because%20of%20the%20start%20of,a%20week%20between%20two%20races.

[Mike Harte]

As Ramadan starts next Sunday evening, the Saudi GP was moved to Saturday, so this weekends' race also had to be on Saturday as the rules state that there has to be a 7 day break between races.

[PanozDP01]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

Two years ago I got shot down in flames when I said I thought Russel was average at best. Not great under pressure. I have seen little to change my mind since….

How about 2022


Russell puts the car in P3 and ppl still bash him for getting passed by a faster car. The race isn't the whole season but i guess one corner is. That's funny. While beating hamilton on Saturday and Sunday

[PanozDP01]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

5th and he has won 7 WDCs, however one race doesn't make a season and there are 23 races to go.

Hamilton finished 7th

[Lancsbreaker]

Although it was a bit academic, I felt that if Yuki had followed the team order and swapped immediately, Ricciardo would have had more of a chance of passing Magnusson - he was pushing hard at one point very close to KMag, but of course did lose time pulling to let the lapping Verstappen pass......


Overall not an exceptional race. At one point I was very glad I wasn't Fred Vasseur as contact seemed almost inevitable

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by PanozDP01

Hamilton finished 7th

So he did, it was Russell who finished 5th.

[JHamilton]

This had the feel of a mid-season race which doesn't bode well for the competition at the front for the rest of the season. Usually we get 2-3 races at the beginning of a season to question who made progress but I feel like this race showed where everyone is at for the season. We'll see!

[steve_r]

The more I think about the race, the more disheartened I have been. I am struggling to think of a season in F1 ever (or since the early 80s when I first started to take notice of F1) where the WDC AND the WCC have been less predictable after the opening round.

I guess the Horner situation could lead to a massive split between the team and Max's dad, resulting in on-track repercussions for their no.1 driver. However, Max himself seems to be handing the whole saga quite sensibly and with a straight bat - fair play to him. But really I want that whole silly soap opera to go away so that the dull and predictable racing can continue unsullied by anything of actual interest like a love affair, or a finger pic - perhaps I am a true F1 fan??

[GT6]

Agreed the season is not looking like a great one TBH but if the war inside RBR continues we might see them start to fad a little.