Formula 1 CFA Comments
2014 Bahrain GP - Race
by Cato Batista, 05/04/2014 19:57:47
Ladies and Gentlemen,
One small mistake and ROS beat HAM for pole after the ‘08 Champ had dominated every practice session. The surprise this time came from RIC out-qualifying the much powerful Williams and Force Indias in 3rd place and full 8 positions ahead of teammate VET. The World Champion didn’t even make it to Q3. Great battle between BOT and PER for 4th & 5th to confirm their podium potential. RAI had the better of the 2 Ferraris as ALO kept losing top speed in the straights. McLaren with both cars and MAS’s Williams completed the top 10. It was the first QF dry session of the year and by the looks of it the new format has been a great improvement over the past, drivers had to push harder in both Q2 & Q3, no more tyre saving games.
2014 Bahrain GP - QF
by Cato Batista, 04/04/2014 19:58:57
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mercedes superiority appears to have increased in Sakhir. The fastest laps came early as all the teams dedicated most of both sessions to dial their cars for the changing track conditions expected during the race. This year the Bahrain GP will have a late afternoon start to end the race under artificial lighting with track temperatures dropping drastically as the sun sets (up to 10 degrees cooler!). Both Nico & Lewis needed just a few runs early on both sessions to top the charts on soft compound to show everyone how much faster they are, over a second over their closest pursuer ALO. The second Ferrari wasn’t even close, RAI struggling again with brake issues. RIC was consistently faster than VET. Next came Williams and McLaren, but the Force India cars were in the mix thanks to their superior top speed (327 kph by PER, a bit faster than even the Mercedes). As usual this season, the surprising rookie KVY in the Toro Rosso keep making ...
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