Bahrain GP 2013 - Race thread

[anuragiyer8989]

Don't worry guys! In Barcelona we'll see a new, charged up Fernando! Wait n watch! He's not gonna give up easily......

[FA fan]

Same was said in 2010 and same was said in 2012. Sadly, those guys has to be hungry now. I still am able to believ tho.

[redkid]

My Heart really go to our Boys...bad luck and all but they showed that never say never attitude. Nando fought so hard and overtaking even without DRS...near to perfection drive though massively disadvantaged. As for Felipe, something might be wrong with his set-up or maybe it was the effect of that damaged front wing.Despite this not so Ferrari standard result, I still tip my hat off to our Boys. They did everything they could.

May this be the last of the bad luck for us. Happy days should be ahead for us...starting in 3 weeks time.

Forza Ferrari!

[FA fan]

Don't worry guys! In Barcelona we'll see a new, charged up Fernando! Wait n watch! He's not gonna give up easily......

Who said he's giving up,he never does!!

[Infi24r]

awful result

[Alessandra]

The horror! The horror! Thanks very much all for responses to my question on previous page.
Sounds like it was a good day to be out of contact with live race
Look forward to reading the team comments later.

[anuragiyer8989]

Who said he's giving up,he never does!!

I said it in the context of people in this forum who have already bid goodbyes to the championship. I know he won't give up. He's the best driver this sport has seen!

[bonzo]

I cant believe some of you are saying season over. Thats just ridiculous! Fernando will win this championship, of that i have no doubt. All those on a negative trip will eat your words.
Sempre Forza Ferrari!

+10

[Nero Horse]

What's with all the 3 weeks break?

I remember we used to have those during summer break. Now it's almost every other race

Yea I know, it's so frustrating. Why 3 weeks for crying out loud? 2 weeks would be more than enough!

Now we have to think about this sad race for the next 3 weeks.

[gvera]

I really want to know what happened to Massa's tyres.
Two punctures on the same right rear?
Or was the setup and Massa's driving so off that they simply destroy the right rear?

[bonzo]

Let's forget this race. Chins up guys!!

[FA fan]

I said it in the context of people in this forum who have already bid goodbyes to the championship. I know he won't give up. He's the best driver this sport has seen!

[71dino]

when we pitted Fernando the third time I was thinking, "this is ridiculous, just tape the damn thing closed"; then I turned off the "race" and went back to sleep.
now another 3 week break... didn't we just do that?

[qb_marukochan]

DRS is only worth while overtaking. We don't know how fast he would have been compared to Vettel, if he were driving on the second / first place.

you can see this gap chart, and laptimes chart, 2nd stint didnt represent our pace, because he climbed from 16/17 all away from back. thats why me and the others believe that fernando can won if drs wasnt broken. he got his pace

1st pictureis gap chart, 2nd is laptime chart,

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[Stormsearcher]

What a disaster!
Cant believe the amount of bad luck that struck us once the race started. I thought we were in for a good shout for a 1-3 result.

Am just hoping our seasons bad luck is now over with and we can continue for the rest thrashing the finger boy and his kind.

Even heavily disadvantaged, Nando finished 8th. Truly commendable.

But this race hurt! These 3 weeks cant get over soon enough.

[prancing horse]

difficult to draw any conclusions, other than the old saying that to win WDCs u need reliability. vettle and kimi have that now and we dont

[scuderiafan]

What's with all the 3 weeks break?

I remember we used to have those during summer break. Now it's almost every other race

It is because Bernie would rather have 2 back to back races.

It used to be:

Aus

Malaysia

China

Bahrain or similar.

Now, it is:

Aus
Malaysia


China
Bahrain

same period, yet 2 3 week breaks.

[albert]

Im disgusted. We cant get get a flap to open and close properly, and lost massive points and that finger boy bitch wins again. Already 30 points behind, the season is almost over already the redbull will only get faster. An utter disaster. Im sick of this.

[Hornet]

Ted said:

Alonso's DRS flap went above the stopper, and so got stopped in the open position.

Pirelli said Massa's tire was a puncture, not delamination

[Nero Horse]

Pettel's run of luck is just unbelievable. When was the last time that little a-hole had some mechanical problem on his car or any bad luck at all? Even in last year's Brazilian GP he had a crash that certainly would've retired 9 drivers out of 10 but he still managed to keep going without any problems whatsoever. Disgusting! *smh*
The day that brat runs out of luck can't come soon enough.

[FranksterGM]

Pettel's run of luck is just unbelievable. When was the last time that little a-hole had some mechanical problem on his car or any bad luck at all? Even in last year's Brazilian GP he had a crash that certainly would've retired 9 drivers out of 10 but he still managed to keep going without any problems whatsoever. Disgusting! *smh*
The day that brat runs out of luck can't come soon enough.

Valencia last year?
Need more of those alternator failures.

[F1NAC]

one more mechanical failure like this and finger win and the championship is over (be realistic)

[Massimo]

Ted said:

Alonso's DRS flap went above the stopper, and so got stopped in the open position.

Pirelli said Massa's tire was a puncture, not delamination

Why did he use the DRS again after the failure, i was screaming in front of the tv, don't use it, don't use it, but he did use it again to overtake the Marussia, and it got stuck again

[FA fan]

Why did he use the DRS again after the failure, i was screaming in front of the tv, don't use it, don't use it, but he did use it again to overtake the Marussia, and it got stuck again

well I'm sure if they knew before it was going to get stuck again,they would have advised Alonso to continue the race without opening it!!

[qb_marukochan]

Bahrain GP: Fernando Alonso sure his rivals' luck will turn
By Sam Tremayne Sunday, April 21st 2013, 14:46 GMT

Fernando AlonsoFernando Alonso is sure his Formula 1 title rivals will also have to deal with the kind of misfortunes that have blighted his start to the 2013 season.

The Spaniard's DRS flap jammed open in the early stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix, while he was in the hunt for the lead.

He was forced to make successive emergency stops before the problem was rectified, meaning that by lap nine he was 19th and no longer had the use of the DRS to make his way back through the field.

Despite that Alonso eventually came home eighth, although he had been running seventh, and on the tail of the fight for fifth, until the final lap.

Having also retired from the Malaysian Grand Prix when his damaged front wing collapsed, Alonso acknowledged that it had been a messy start to his season.

But he is sure his luck - and his opposition's - will turn around.

"We were very, unlucky," Alonso said.

"In four races we've had two very unlucky moments.

"But it will come for the others and in that moment we will take our opportunity."

Alonso, who has won and finished runner-up in his two clean races of 2013, said his DRS woes massively compromised his race.

"It was very difficult," he added.

"I stopped two times in two laps so was at the back of the group, with no DRS to pass.

"The race became very, very difficult."

[Kyss4k]

Why did he use the DRS again after the failure, i was screaming in front of the tv, don't use it, don't use it, but he did use it again to overtake the Marussia, and it got stuck again

Same here

[radosav]

Without that second DRS pit stop Alonso would be 21 seconds closer to Vettel.
He would be third !

[qb_marukochan]

so fernando able to did 3/4 laps with drs opens, well cars have great downforce, to be able being not passed by diresta for 3 laps.

i can feel how tricky and hard fernando took the corners with opened drs. AFAIK the downforce is gone when you entering the corner with opened drs

Without that second DRS pit stop Alonso would be 21 seconds closer to Vettel.
He would be third !

yes if i saw from laptimes analysis it could be third, but i think its too hard overtook mercedes, rbr and force india without drs .

[AfterLife]

Our pace was good. But DRS let us down. Sometimes crashing, sometimes wheel nut, Sometimes DRS and sometimes ... . We did what we could do to maximize points. That's it.

[Massimo]

well I'm sure if they knew before it was going to get stuck again,they would have advised Alonso to continue the race without opening it!!

Don't you think it's a little bit naive, after having closed the DRS manual, with force, to expect it will work just fine after that?
After the Malaysia front wing accident i thought it was good to see Ferrari was willing to take a risk, a sign of confidence, but this in my opinion was plain stupid.