Russell as he was already working with the team and more easily available ... I would certainly be looking if Norris could be available when lewis retires though
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lets see what the punishment is for forcing people over the white lines then
I hope a 10 sec stop and go. I really wish to never see "give the place back" again as a "penalty".
Given how they've gone about things these past years I have no hope though.
Ocon's side pod just exploded on the straight. The whole right side of the car has been obliterated. 
We're going to have a few more retirements than usual on Sunday, aren't we?Ocon's side pod just exploded on the straight. The whole right side of the car has been obliterated.
That was astonishing to see. Seems like it was an upgrade, so untested.Ocon's side pod just exploded on the straight. The whole right side of the car has been obliterated.
Ocon's side pod just exploded on the straight. The whole right side of the car has been obliterated.
be a few other teams trying to take a look inside there i bet
Does not look like Mercedes have solved their proposing problem, Russel losing some of his body work.
They wont be ready for this race. But its never stopped them before.
This is true, Russell saying its worse than in testing.
Looked pretty bad on Lewis' run as well. Can't imagine the headache after going through that for 2 hours.
Not sure but is the Merc bobbing up & down a lot more than others? Lewis and George will need to wear mouth guards at this rate.
Mercedes does look terrible in fairness, Red Bull already dialled in.
And the Ferraris
just FP1 and already it looks like a nailed on pole for Max.
On saying that Russell has gone faster, but on softs with Max on mediums
On saying that Russell has gone faster, but on softs with Max on mediums
ferrari match red bull on the mediums
both teams looking good for the season.
About tine Ferrari had a decent car.
Think Mercedes might be in a bit of bother for the first few races.
i would love a Ferrari front row.
i would love a Ferrari front row.
Hamilton posts fastest lap... goes seventh
That's right, a 1:34.941 from Hamilton is seven-tenths down on Gasly and is seventh on the timesheets.
Hmm. Surely some more performance in that car.
Sky being a tad sarcastic I think.
That's right, a 1:34.941 from Hamilton is seven-tenths down on Gasly and is seventh on the timesheets.
Hmm. Surely some more performance in that car.
Sky being a tad sarcastic I think.
I would salivate at the prospect of a Leclerc vs Max championship, would be so spicy.
Mercedes still sandbagging or have you lot come to realisation that the car is not in a great place at the moment?
I will be honest I am not sure, the car does not look good, the proposing is a huge problem, Russell seems to have got a slight hang of it, posting a few decent laps, Lewis is way off the pace.
I would be worried if I was him and Toto.
three tenths down on russell so for sure there is performance in the car
russell could not beat the ferrari's on the softs....but i think he hit some traffic.
Gasly fastest in FP1, did not see that coming.
Clearly some cars are holding back, only to be expected, but how much is the question.
Clearly some cars are holding back, only to be expected, but how much is the question.
expect faster times in FP2, teams with upgrades from testing will have more information from FP1.
I think they are worried and have said as much.
Paul check the times, such a varying degrees of times set on softs & mediums. Hard to call anything at this stage.
I can see that, just a name you would not expect at the top.
FP2 will be more of a indication I think.
Going off what Andrew Shovlin saying at the moment, Mercedes are genuinely having issue.
It's the same every year. Ferrari amazing, Mercedes "struggling"...until q3. Then Wolff's evil smile.
I would normally agree with you, but not this year, there is something not right with the Mercedes.
Bahrain GP FP1 time sheet
Bahrain GP Practice One Timesheet
| Driver | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1) Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:34.193 |
| 2) Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | +0.364 |
| 3) Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | +0.418 |
| 4) George Russell | Mercedes | +0.436 |
| 5) Max Verstappen | Red Bull | +0.549 |
| 6) Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | +0.621 |
| 7) Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | +0.750 |
| 8) Fernando Alonso | Alpine | +0.807 |
| 9) Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | +0.835 |
| 10) Sergio Perez | Red Bull | +0.857 |
| 11) Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo | +0.860 |
| 12) Esteban Ocon | Alpine | +0.958 |
| 13) Nicholas Latifi | Williams | +1.451 |
| 14) Nico Hulkenburg | Aston Martin | +1.622 |
| 15) Alex Albon | Williams | +1.730 |
| 16) Lando Norris | McLaren | +2.111 |
| 17) Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | +2.209 |
| 18) Mick Schumacher | Haas | +2.343 |
| 19) Kevin Magnussen | Haas | +2.611 |
| 20) Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo | No time |
i don’t want to take over old graves but could f1 survive a frenchman winning the championship after the debacle of the final race last year?
Would love for that to happen if the runner up was disqualified from a win for cutting a chicane
On a more serious note: Seriously impressed with Zhou. Not bad first practice that. Also I don't believe Merc's are sandbagging. It's new cars with new regulations, there's no automatism that dictates that they will be among the fastest.
Interesting!
more info on this.
The qually runs and long runs in FP2 should guve us a clearer picture of the pecking order. Mercedes do look like they are struggling alot.
Jesus the onboard from Hamilton's car is so bad. His head his bouncing up and down. Thats awful and must feel terrible to experience over one lap never mind a whole gp.
Merc car seems not very fun to drive at all right now.