April 05, 2014
F1 Quals: Bahrain 2014
It didn't rain. I mean, duh, of course, it's Bahrain, but I needed to make sure the weather situation was known and understood before I showed you the grid for tomorrow's race. Because, y'know what? It's a doozy! Let's take a look at the starting lineup for the 2014 Grand Prix of Bahrain:
Okay, let's go over this. Red Bull's Unlucky Ricciardo is taking a 10-spot penalty after his travails at Malaysia, so he'll be 13th. This makes the second row of the grid Williams - Force India. This is the greatest season ever. Meanwhile, 4Time Vettel, Mr "I've been on pole every race for the past 17 years", couldn't even make it out of Q2. Greatest. Season. Ever.
The only way it could get better would be to have either Caterham or (ugh) Marussia score their first points. It'll happen. It'll happen, probably Marussia.
Then again, I'd really like to see Williams or FIndia win on Sunday. It won't happen, of course... the Mercedes boys have too big an advantage... but it'd be nice. Here's how bad it was: during Q1 4Time turned a 1:35.549 on the soft tires, which have about a 1.5 second advantage over the hards here this race. Shiv Hamilton in Q1 went 1:35.323.
Using the hard tires.
Make no mistake, my friends: tomorrow's race is going to one of the Mercedes drivers, barring malfunctions. The race is going to be for third, and I SO want to see Williams on that podium.
Anybody but Red Bull, actually.
Race is at 10am Pond Central... bring the bagels and lox and make a morning of it!
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Okay, let's go over this. Red Bull's Unlucky Ricciardo is taking a 10-spot penalty after his travails at Malaysia, so he'll be 13th. This makes the second row of the grid Williams - Force India. This is the greatest season ever. Meanwhile, 4Time Vettel, Mr "I've been on pole every race for the past 17 years", couldn't even make it out of Q2. Greatest. Season. Ever.
The only way it could get better would be to have either Caterham or (ugh) Marussia score their first points. It'll happen. It'll happen, probably Marussia.
Then again, I'd really like to see Williams or FIndia win on Sunday. It won't happen, of course... the Mercedes boys have too big an advantage... but it'd be nice. Here's how bad it was: during Q1 4Time turned a 1:35.549 on the soft tires, which have about a 1.5 second advantage over the hards here this race. Shiv Hamilton in Q1 went 1:35.323.
Using the hard tires.
Make no mistake, my friends: tomorrow's race is going to one of the Mercedes drivers, barring malfunctions. The race is going to be for third, and I SO want to see Williams on that podium.
Anybody but Red Bull, actually.
Race is at 10am Pond Central... bring the bagels and lox and make a morning of it!
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The Mercedes engines sure seem to be kicking butt. I couldn't believe it when I saw how well Williams (who?) did.
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 05, 2014 04:58 PM (+rSRq)
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How much Mercedes is Williams using? I would normally guess only the engine and transmission...but I'm wondering how different the Williams car is from the Silver Arrows.
Posted by: Ben at April 05, 2014 05:18 PM (Oftf2)
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It appears to be just the "power unit." That is, the petrol engine and the two different Energy Recovery Systems.
Or, as we here at F1U! will continue to call them, "engines."
Or, as we here at F1U! will continue to call them, "engines."
Posted by: Wonderduck at April 06, 2014 12:15 AM (ecz6z)
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