Bahrain GP 2013 - Race thread

[Massimo]

Man, it is going to be a long three weeks.

Maybe Rossi can ease the pain at your home circuit

[Greig]

Nice quote from Stefano

"But stay focused, the championship is long, there is no point in crying."

[Kyss4k]

Maybe Rossi can ease the pain at your home circuit

Oh, it's not looking great for him there. I wouldn't count on him beeing the painkiller

[Massimo]

Oh, it's not looking great for him there. I wouldn't count on him beeing the painkiller

Pfff....then I'll have to rely on my trusty Grappa or Single malt, or both, they never disappoint me

[shamim179]

It was a very bad mistake to try and use the DRS when it didn't work the first time. No harm in trying again but we should have waited and tried it closer to the time of our 2nd planned pitstop. We went for an extremely risky strategy. Alonso could have finished 3rd to 5th without that mistake. When you go for risky strategies the odds are always going to be against you. Seems we never learn and instead blame it on bad luck.

[Kyss4k]

Pfff....then I'll have to rely on my trusty Grappa or Single malt, or both, they never disappoint me

[Giallo 550]

It was a very bad mistake to try and use the DRS when it didn't work the first time. No harm in trying again but we should have waited and tried it closer to the time of our 2nd planned pitstop. We went for an extremely risky strategy. Alonso could have finished 3rd to 5th without that mistake. When you go for risky strategies the odds are always going to be against you. Seems we never learn and instead blame it on bad luck.

I think that's a great point. Why not just hang out until the next stop and then try it right before pitting again? It was a huge gamble. Sure we're talking about it several hours after the fact, but I'm surprised the team didn't think of that at the time.

[Greig]

There was no guarantee he would be within DRS zone before his 2nd stop. Not like he can use DRS when he pleases just to try it.

[WS6TransAm01]

From the highs of last week to the lows of this one.

The most biter pill is that when we have major issues or a DNF Vettel wins, but when we win, he is also right there.

We will never make up the gap that way.

There are still many races to go and I hope our hard times are behind us.

[Ferrari Man]

This is like malaysia all over again. A disappointing race with a 3 week gap after it.ly

[REDARMYSOJA]

This is like malaysia all over again. A disappointing race with a 3 week gap after it.ly

Well, hopefully then that means Barcelona will be like China all over again.

[Kyss4k]

Well, hopefully then that means Barcelona will be like China all over again.

And then the tape will jam and it will be China untill the end... oh dreams, sweet dreams

[F1NAC]

And then the tape will jam and it will be China untill the end... oh dreams, sweet dreams

go to sleep :D

[stefa]

It hurts a lot..
We have to shake it off,and hope for better weekends...

You are right. Let' forget it, put it behind us and move on. Things like this happens. That life, and that is sport. Sometime you have luck and sometimes you don't have. This weekend unfortunately we didn't had.

[Rosso Corsa]

Just got to take the rough with the smooth. I thought Fernando and the team did a brilliant job to salvage a few points after our DRS failure. It was like having one hand tied behind our backs. I also think Ferrari were right to give Fernando the option to try the DRS again too. It didn't work out, but then, life's like that. A good old fashioned human decision that just sadly didn't work out. Our car is fantastic, and while it's a shame we haven't collected the number of points equal to the cars performance/potential, I fancy we can do great things and win this championship.

[Katu]

if there's one thing that makes me happy about this race is that Ferrari without DRS is as good as Macca with DRS

[Nero Horse]

"I guess that with all these great minds here on the forum giving pointers to the team, Ferrari would never lose a single race."

Captain Hindsight to the rescue!

Really what's the point of arguing about the DRS anymore? What happened, happened. All this complaining and arguing won't change anything. Just let it go!

[Massimo181]

You are right. Let' forget it, put it behind us and move on. Things like this happens. That's life, and that is sport. Sometimes you have luck and sometimes you don't have luck. This weekend unfortunately we didn't.

I think that is the best thing that anyone has said for a long time on TSN, It will only be a long three weeks if people here start carrying on about an unlucky day.

Move on Fernando and the team have too and focus on the next race and just hope our Karma turns around now.

[Ferrari Man]

In 2010 pettle never led the championship till de last race. All is not lost. It, s a long year and we have a car that can beat the bulls in a straight fight. You have to take the rough with the smooth. We l be on the top step again sooner than later.

[Poltergeistes]

I know it was far from what we expected, but i still beleive this is the year we are nose to nose, the prancing horse and the red bull.

Imho Pat Fry has finally caught up with them, we have built a contender.

It's this bad luck that we seem to have more often than the redbulls that keeps bringing me down. Alonso front wing was a gamble in sepang, but this DRS today simply destroyed a race that he was going to charge for the win. so 2 pitstops for fernando, for that same problem, then felipe pitting for a flat tyre, not once but twice.

a friend made a funny comment at the time, but now it feels like what do we have to lose? the idea was that, you know those shows when they run the ferrari F1 around a closed street circuit for the crowd to see? do you think next up they should have both cars do a few burnouts on st peter's square? ( please no offenses in this, just trying not to feel depressed for 3 weeks, we could do in jerusalem too, anything goes)

[Muhammad Ansib]

dont worry,we will get them and its been years since our luck ran out and left us .But Fernando Alonso never gives up and will be rewarded with championships aswell.

[Nero Horse]

It was a very bad mistake to try and use the DRS when it didn't work the first time. No harm in trying again but we should have waited and tried it closer to the time of our 2nd planned pitstop. We went for an extremely risky strategy. Alonso could have finished 3rd to 5th without that mistake. When you go for risky strategies the odds are always going to be against you. Seems we never learn and instead blame it on bad luck.

[Sha1]

Alonso has 4 more points than he did at this stage last season, but Vettel has 24 more.

And this is the most Vettel has scored after four rounds besides 2011. Tough times.

[REDARMYSOJA]

if there's one thing that makes me happy about this race is that Ferrari without DRS is as good as Macca with DRS

We do have that going for us.

[Dino]

There was no guarantee he would be within DRS zone before his 2nd stop. Not like he can use DRS when he pleases just to try it.

Does anyone here know if the DRS system could be overridden and tried during Alonso's first pit stop??
Could have saved around 16/18 seconds if we where allowed to do that !

[Giallo 550]

There was no guarantee he would be within DRS zone before his 2nd stop. Not like he can use DRS when he pleases just to try it.

That's true, but I would think he would have a bunch of opportunities since he dropped back so far and had a bunch of cars to overtake.

[FranksterGM]

Everyone pray Red Bull dont get that development edge this year...

[Jas]

Disapointing race after the high of yesterday...we'll get our turn...we gave the machine, we have the driver...we will have the championship! What surprised me however was how early massa pitted on his first stint?!?!

[Uzair Ahmed]

It was a very bad mistake to try and use the DRS when it didn't work the first time. No harm in trying again but we should have waited and tried it closer to the time of our 2nd planned pitstop. We went for an extremely risky strategy. Alonso could have finished 3rd to 5th without that mistake. When you go for risky strategies the odds are always going to be against you. Seems we never learn and instead blame it on bad luck.

Exactly!!
I was thinking alonso would try it again on the last lap of 2nd pit stop..there wasnt any harm trying it before everytime he boxed to check if it was working properly

[shamim179]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but that doesn't mean that there isn't a bigger underlying problem within the team. SF have a winning mentality and because of that we choose to make decisions if it helps us to win even if it means bringing in more risk. I don't think we judge the magnitude of risk accurately enough when we're presented with a certain situation. Of course bad luck plays a role but taking on too much risk or the wrong risk just compounds the problem.