Sakhir Grand Prix 2020 - Practices and Qualifying

**ferrari1.8t** · 5th December 2020, 17:02

Charles holds P4, Russel 0.026 away from the experienced Bottas. Proving that that car is a machine.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

**IulianFerrari** · 5th December 2020, 17:02

Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6

No new set of tires.

Yup

**MSC Fan** · 5th December 2020, 17:04

Okay, where did that lap come from?! Absolutely unreal, this guy Charles. I hope tomorrow will be like Silverstone.

**Schumiklub** · 5th December 2020, 17:06

What an amazing lap by Charles! I just hope he gets a more competitive car next year!

**alfaromeo** · 5th December 2020, 17:06

I just hope that Ferrari in 2021 and 2022 made good car that leclerk give his talent and win 2021 2-3 races and 2022 years can win championship. Forza Ferrari ��

**PURE PASSION** · 5th December 2020, 17:07

WHAT A LAP from Charles !!!!!!!!!!

Dont know if he could done a bit better with another lap on a new set , but that was something special !!!!
Cant wait to see what he will do in a decent car provided by our team !!!!!!!!

**Warp** · 5th December 2020, 17:10

Jumping in the car this week and he's only 0.026 away from Bottas.. Yes Hamilton is bloody fast and he doesn't make mistakes but the car is outstanding.

On the other hand Charles is doing miracles

**tifosi1993** · 5th December 2020, 17:11

Qualifying:

Bottas: --- 18.597 --- 18.474 --- 16.239 --- 53.377 --- 330

Russell: --- 18.685 --- 18.495 --- 16.222 --- 53.403 --- 329

Verstappen: --- 16.656 --- 18.541 --- 16.212 --- 53.433 --- 325

Leclerc: --- 18.621 --- 18.653 --- 16.339 --- 53.613 --- 325

Perez: --- 18.656 --- 18.733 --- 16.279 --- 53.790 --- 342

Kvyat: --- 18.642 --- 18.821 --- 16.340 --- 53.906 --- 330

Ricciardo: --- 18.702 --- 18.773 --- 16.272 --- 53.957 --- 331

Sainz: --- 18.566 --- 18.737 --- 16.411 --- 54.010 --- 330

Gasly: --- 18.659 --- 18.779 --- 16.467 --- 54.154 --- 328

Stroll: --- 18.731 --- 18.802 --- 16.307 --- 54.200 --- 329

Ocon: --- 18.726 --- 18.875 --- 16.333 --- 53.995 --- 329

Albon: --- 18.827 --- 18.726 --- 16.421 --- 54.026 --- 323

Vettel: --- 18.745 --- 18.940 --- 16.438 --- 54.175 --- 326

Giovinazzi: --- 18.838 --- 19.103 --- 16.399 --- 54.377 --- 330

Norris: --- 18.764 --- 18.855 --- 16.575 --- 54.693 --- 329

Magnussen: --- 18.830 --- 19.125 --- 16.750 --- 54.705 --- 330

Latifi: --- 18.809 --- 19.272 --- 16.615 --- 54.796 --- 333

Aitken: --- 19.037 --- 19.258 --- 16.573 --- 54.892 --- 338

Raikkonen: --- 18.989 --- 19.210 --- 16.762 --- 54.963 --- 334

Fittipaldi: --- 19.256 --- 19.437 --- 16.733 --- 55.426 --- 326

**TTRSMAD** · 5th December 2020, 17:12

Originally Posted by PURE PASSION

WHAT A LAP from Charles !!!!!!!!!!

Dont know if he could done a bit better with another lap on a new set , but that was something special !!!!
Cant wait to see what he will do in a decent car provided by our team !!!!!!!!

Imagine the result with Ferrari having a better engine.

**tifosi1993** · 5th December 2020, 17:13

Originally Posted by MSC Fan

Okay, where did that lap come from?! Absolutely unreal, this guy Charles. I hope tomorrow will be like Silverstone.

It came from his unmatched raw pace and talent. As I've said to the Kimibot guy, never count out Charles.

Hopefully tomorrow will also be good for us.

**MSC Fan** · 5th December 2020, 17:18

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

It came from his unmatched raw pace and talent. As I've said to the Kimibot guy, never count out Charles.

Hopefully tomorrow will also be good for us.

Yep. As good as it is to have that P4 in a car with 40 HP down on power, I hope he can perform just as good tomorrow. Let's hope Sebastian too can score some points for us in his penultimate weekend with Ferrari, with the free tyre choice he has.

**wisepie** · 5th December 2020, 17:20

A brilliant lap from Charles to get P4, but it will be a huge challenge for him to keep the others behind him in the race as they all have more power to play with. Annoying that Sky turned quali into the George Russell show but only to be expected and proof that the Merc is by far the most complete car. I'm not trashing Russell's efforts but I do believe Charles deserves just as much credit.

**tifosi1993** · 5th December 2020, 17:22

Have you guys noticed something? We had a good quali all the noisy doom mongers are missing. Should tell you everything.

**Peter De La Mar** · 5th December 2020, 17:27

Nice to hear Charles took inspiration from Gasley’s onboard footage for turn 7 & 8.

**jgonzalesm6** · 5th December 2020, 17:30

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

Have you guys noticed something? We had a good quali all the noisy doom mongers are missing. Should tell you everything.

yep....I was very surprised with Leclerc. He keeps beating my expectations in that "donkey" of a car and has a great attitude about it.

On the W11 and past variants of this turbo hybrid era, it just goes to show Bottas, and others, would be a 7 time WDC WITHOUT Lewis.

**SilverSpeed** · 5th December 2020, 17:43

Mighty epic lap from Charles the king!!!

**tifosi1993** · 5th December 2020, 18:10

Originally Posted by jgonzalesm6

yep....I was very surprised with Leclerc. He keeps beating my expectations in that "donkey" of a car and has a great attitude about it.

. Charles has always been special. And with more experience he will get better, which is a scary prospect for his potential rivals and teammates.

**tifosi1993** · 5th December 2020, 18:15

**nani_s23** · 5th December 2020, 18:22

Good lap from Charles.

**alfa84** · 5th December 2020, 18:39

Really special Charles

**Tifoso Svedese** · 5th December 2020, 18:56

Great stuff

Tomorrow will be a challenge but that we're close on top speed with many other cars around this layout since our car behaves well around hairpins so that we've been able to trim off downforce hopefully can help. If we can get a top six it would be special.

Also, let's hope Russell beats the Bottler off the line tomorrow and then the usual meltdown ensues.

**Senna4Ever** · 5th December 2020, 19:04

Originally Posted by tifosi1993

. Charles has always been special. And with more experience he will get better, which is a scary prospect for his potential rivals and teammates.

I think this was close to Sennas Magic Lap in Monaco 88
Of course not a pole but in this season it feels like a pole already ...

**paolo lalli** · 5th December 2020, 19:38

Charles lap simply magic.Ferrari give him a racing weapon and no doubt he will nail hamilton.Lewis knows that charles is no butler.Lewis can thank his lucky stars that charles has an under achieving ferrari.The conversation and the headlines in media would have been totally different .

**Tifoso Svedese** · 5th December 2020, 21:44

Originally Posted by paolo lalli

Charles lap simply magic.Ferrari give him a racing weapon and no doubt he will nail hamilton.Lewis knows that charles is no butler.Lewis can thank his lucky stars that charles has an under achieving ferrari.The conversation and the headlines in media would have been totally different .

That the whining crybabies stole our engine also meant they stole the 2020 season. Charles would've been second in the WDC for sure and probably competed for or having won several races (like Austria, Silverstone x2, Sochi, Algarve, Imola, Turkey and Bahrain) if not FIA and Mercedes had cheated.

**330 p4** · 5th December 2020, 22:20

Originally Posted by Warp

Jumping in the car this week and he's only 0.026 away from Bottas.. Yes Hamilton is bloody fast and he doesn't make mistakes but the car is outstanding.

On the other hand Charles is doing miracles

Great lap, if Vettel had scrapoed through he could have done similar very close all sessions between them until Q2.

Russel shows Merc will be 1 2 no matter the line up BUT never no what future holds in terms of performance gaps, Hamilton maximises the gap to the rest, Merc .maximise every part of the team so they stick with Hamilton so win by larger marginsvor if becomes tight he gets the maximum points. I really think Russel is special though and in a few years the new era is shaping up to be a 3 way battle of LeClerc, Russel and Verstappen.

**ferrari1.8t** · 6th December 2020, 00:47

Originally Posted by Tifoso Svedese

Great stuff

Tomorrow will be a challenge but that we're close on top speed with many other cars around this layout since our car behaves well around hairpins so that we've been able to trim off downforce hopefully can help. If we can get a top six it would be special.

Also, let's hope Russell beats the Bottler off the line tomorrow and then the usual meltdown ensues.

A Russell, Verstappen, Leclerc podium would be a dream!

**330 p4** · 6th December 2020, 02:23

Originally Posted by ferrari1.8t

A Russell, Verstappen, Leclerc podium would be a dream!

Without this bandaged up engine Ferrari would be on pole. They probably already have an engine they could bolt straight in and dominate this weekend. Stupid rule to freeze engines. Maybe a blessing in disguise? Has enabled them to restructure, chassis developments must have been good, chassis wise are very close to Merc and RB just the engine which will be fixed for next year no problem.

**ntukza** · 6th December 2020, 03:26

LECLERC, WHAT A BEAST!
That P2 after the first runs was quite special. It was quite satisfying to see most of those second runs fail to beat him. The decision to sit the 2nd runs out was just epic in itself (after all he confirmed he still had new tyres).

Brilliant effort from Russell. I wish LH a speedy recovery, but not in time for next week. It would be great to have Russell in that Merc again. Bottas should be very worried.

**ntukza** · 6th December 2020, 03:27

Originally Posted by Warp

Jumping in the car this week and he's only 0.026 away from Bottas.. Yes Hamilton is bloody fast and he doesn't make mistakes but the car is outstanding.

On the other hand Charles is doing miracles

+1