Bahrain GP Chat and Predictions

[SgtBhaji]

Gone

 

[SaintsForTheWin]

Ah bottas seriously......hamilton would have ate him alive there

Was just gonna say the same.

 

[SgtBhaji]

Ah well. Was exciting for a while.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

Those softs lasted a hell of along time.

 

[ched999uk]

Lewis only 5 sec behind!! Merc calcs/communications an issue I think.
Gasly gets 4th

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

Minor drama. Verstappen v hamilton the main action.

 

[SgtBhaji]

Bottas wasted that chance. Just not on the same level as Vettel or Hamilton.

 

[Smithers]

That was a fukin good drive!

 

[eddie_squidd]

Can’t help feeling Bottas did not do enough.

 

[Julius Caesar]

The difference in driving quality won the race for Ferrari there. Great from Vettel, Bottas toothless.

 

[Julius Caesar]

Toro Rosso beat McLaren-Honda's best finish in only two races...

 

[SgtBhaji]

The difference in driving quality won the race for Ferrari there. Great from Vettel, Bottas toothless.

Yup. Really good drive from Vettel there. Faultless really.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

Ferrari mechanic leg must be shattered.

Seems very unsafe release system as tyre never came off at all.

 

[ched999uk]

Good race. I get the feeling that Merc coms and calcs are still not good. If Bottas was getting similar info to Lewis then Merc let them both down.

Finally we have a race that had different tyre strats that actually made racing good.

 

[SgtBhaji]

Wish that had been a Vettel/Hamilton battle at the end there.

 

[ched999uk]

Toro Rosso beat McLaren-Honda's best finish in only two races...

I wonder if the difference is McL were telling Honda how they wanted things and TR were happy to get what they were given and work with it?

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

Have to give it to vettel. Drove it without error on a time... yawn.

Bottas didn't cut through traffic fast enough and should have ate vettel alive. He should have got him with 2 laps to go but only got there at end of penultimate lap peeped out and then hid.

Disappointing.

 

[moreinjuredthanowen]

I wonder if the difference is McL were telling Honda how they wanted things and TR were happy to get what they were given and work with it?

I don't think so.

I think Honda had an awful engine last year. Vibrated itself to death.

 

[ched999uk]

I don't think so.

I think Honda had an awful engine last year. Vibrated itself to death.

It does sound so much better this year but then again it was coupled to a McL gearbox. What gearbox are tr using?

 

[SgtBhaji]

Hamilton calling Max a d***head did make me chortle.