Bahrain GP 2013 - Race thread

[Greig]

Cmon Ferrari

[Rob]

Avanti Ferrari

Fingers crossed for cracking starts for both our boys. Get jump on them front 2.

[kiwifella]

Go boys........mayby a Ferrari multi 12 or multi 21??? Where did the Lotus pace go yesterday, possibly a late setup change for better race pace??

My guess is that the threat is from Vettel and Raikonen today, hope we dont get tangled up with one another at the first corner, Vettel is not good at giving space to competition, especially into the same corner.

Forza Ferrari

[Forzi]

Gonna be an interesting race and a really good chance to take the WCC lead. Hopping for a lightning start for our boys and Felipe's tactical decision to pay off.


Forza!

[stefa]

Hope we are going to take lead in both WDC and CWC after todays race.

[Hornet]

Good day everyone. I think Vettel will be strong, and maybe even Kimi too if the Lotus is easy on the tires in today's condition. They will be our main competitors IMO.

[OSS EL BOSS]

The start will be crucial today

[OSS EL BOSS]

It would be perfect if we win the 2nd race in a row and go to Europe leading both championships

[Infi24r]

We can do this easily.

I'm a bit worried about felipe being too aggressive with alonso at the start. That could be rather dangerous.

[Kingdom Hearts]

We can do this easily.

I'm a bit worried about felipe being too aggressive with alonso at the start. That could be rather dangerous.

Fernando is very calm about it, there will be no problems, Felipe will reach the podium if he makes the strategy works, not by overtaking Fernando at the start IMHO.

Good luck to the team, a double podium will be fantastic

[Massimo]

We can do this easily.

I'm a bit worried about felipe being too aggressive with alonso at the start. That could be rather dangerous.

I'm sure they understand they're both in a great position and look after each other, and don't forget we have three cars on track, Alonso picked up the dinner bill, so Webber will settle the outstanding bill with Vettel.:twisted

[Greig]

We can do this easily.

I'm a bit worried about felipe being too aggressive with alonso at the start. That could be rather dangerous.

? I imagine with Alonso on the clean side and on mediums all things being equal he will naturally make a better start than Massa, Massa knows his strategy will be the long game and not barrelling into turn 1.

[MykoXD]

We can do this easily.

I'm a bit worried about felipe being too aggressive with alonso at the start. That could be rather dangerous.

I don't think so that Massa will do that. Ferrari's team chemistry is way better than those with the likes of Red Bull.

[Greig]

I can sense forum meltdown if Felipe does too good a start

Come on Felipe you know you have to do good, just not as good as Alonso please

[OSS EL BOSS]

Its not about him doing a better start than Fernando, we only want him to be careful especially in the tight turn1

[Rob]

I can sense forum meltdown if Felipe does too good a start

Come on Felipe you know you have to do good, just not as good as Alonso please

nothing new there. Both our boys stand good for the race and both get good starts.

[OSS EL BOSS]

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I only see Felipe aggressive when his fighting against his team-mate while all the others pass him very easily as we could see in the last race with Vettel as example who passed him so easily as if he was driving for toro rosso and not Ferrari

[Greig]

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I only see Felipe aggressive when his fighting against his team-mate while all the others pass him very easily as we could see in the last race with Vettel as example who passed him so easily as if he was driving for toro rosso and not Ferrari

[Rob]

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I only see Felipe aggressive when his fighting against his team-mate while all the others pass him very easily as we could see in the last race with Vettel as example who passed him so easily as if he was driving for toro rosso and not Ferrari

[Hornet]

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I only see Felipe aggressive when his fighting against his team-mate while all the others pass him very easily as we could see in the last race with Vettel as example who passed him so easily as if he was driving for toro rosso and not Ferrari

In Malaysia, Alonso had a better start and passed Massa down the straight. Massa did move to defend, but it was nothing aggressive. Alonso didn't even have to turn his steering, Massa just move a little closer to Alonso and then he stop, he did not try to push Alonso off line.

They will be fine, no worries there.

[Infi24r]

I can sense forum meltdown if Felipe does too good a start

Come on Felipe you know you have to do good, just not as good as Alonso please

Massa is a monster when it comes to starts. I expect him to get past finger boy at the very minimum.

[Sonic Feathers]

Not the kind of statement one Tifosi would expect from another mate.

PS. Even Vettel was told don't race nFernando last race. Racing has changed, why ruin your tyres / points position if you are aware your tyres vs. the opponents aren't up for the fight & risk ruining the outcome?

[Sonic Feathers]

May the better man win ! So long as it's a Ferrari I have no problems who's Ferrari is 1st into the 1st corner. That said, 2 reasons why we needn't worry is that our drivers work for the good of the team & therefore no Crashjean/Webbo-SV/Sutil-DiResta hen there is Massa who most regard as not being aggressive enough in his racing, who is respectful of Alonso. 'Nando certainly wouldn't ruin the chances of a good race finish with a Malaysia repeat of bashing into anyone. So mes ami please don't worry on this? Be more concerned with Vettle 'almost stopping' to in turn 1 to collect a Ferrari wing again

[Sonic Feathers]

I agree. Felipe isn't confident with the tyre selection too & as such will know he has small chance of beating Alonso, so will be there to assist him if anything & concern himself on his own long run pace.

Forza Ferrari. Forza Fernando. Forza Felipe

[OSS EL BOSS]

I not against Felipe at all i only want him to rise his targets higher than just beating his team-mate
we want both our drivers to be fighting for the championsship because anything can happen like what happened to Fernando last year in Spa and Japan
So if something like that happens again we can count on the other driver for winning the title and not loose all our chances

[Suzie]

I not against Felipe at all i only want him to rise his targets higher than just beating his team-mate

Ah so you want him to beat his team-mate AND the other drivers!
I wholeheartedly agree.

[bonzo]

Rosberg will cut off Seb's starting path which will give clean air to Nando and may be Nando will be leading after turn 3.

[Rishu]

I hope Alonso has learned from Malaysia, race can not be won on Lap 1, he has substantial talent to beat them during the race.

[OSS EL BOSS]

Ah so you want him to beat his team-mate AND the other drivers!
I wholeheartedly agree.

Exactly! I want to see both Ferrari drivers fighting for the win and for the chamionsship

[GamD]

Has he ever been to aggressive? Massa knows the game