Bahrain Grand Prix 2015 - Free Practice Thread

[zike]

That is not good.

What penalty he (Ferrari) is getting? Maybe 5/10 places down?

probably

[Winter]

Mika Salo on the stewards in this weekend. No penalties coming to Ferrari

E: Oh, loose wheel, that's not good

[Ilsan]

It'd be really sad if the impressive pace gets wasted by a grid penalty.


Anyway, Second Practice Lap Times

http://www.fia.com/file/26766/download?token=GmOUgaxP

Both our guys' long run were done on Soft.
Nico from Soft to Medium. Lewis from Medium to Soft

[SilverSpeed]

Soft is the tyre to be on for more then 60% of the race and soft is the tyre where we smack the taxi's in da face with so bring it on toto!

[KimiBot]

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[Winter]

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Rocket!!

[gjoko-mkd]

Ferrari changed V6 turbo Vettel and Raikkonen
Replacing the only heat engine to power unit of the Horse: reliability problems or simple rotation?



The Ferrari has replaced heat engines to cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen , while he kept the other components of the power unit 059/4. According to Auto Motor und Sport the decision would be taken by the presence of some cracks in the basement , a fact which was denied by Alberto Antonini , head of communications of the Horse, who spoke instead of the rotation provided.

The first V6 Turbo , according to men in Maranello, has not completed its life as it will still utilizzatro in the next rounds of free practice. The unit that is used in Bahrain has the same specifications as the one removed, so is not equipped with tokens development : Ferrari, therefore, will not be able to introduce changes to the combustion for the next five Gp,and can act with new solutions on other components of the power unit.

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/527...el-e-raikkonen

[Nero Horse]

The meeting between #Vettel and the steward at 20:00 [local time]

Hopefully no penalties coming...

[fronaldo]

No penalty for Vettel or Perez

[Winter]

Hopefully no penalties coming...

That would be second time us having loose tire after pitting, not good.

But indeed, hopefully no penalties.

[Winter]

No penalty for Vettel or Perez

confirmed?

[Ilsan]

Soft is the tyre to be on for more then 60% of the race and soft is the tyre where we smack the taxi's in da face with so bring it on toto!

Presumably that's why we didn't bother doing any long run on mediums!


- 2015 Bahrain - FP2: Hamilton and Raikkonen 'failing to leave the pitlane correctly'
https://vid.me/oay7

- 2015 Bahrain - FP2: Incident involving Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez
https://vid.me/0u3p

- 2015 Bahrain - FP2: Sebastian Vettel apologises to Sergio Perez
https://vid.me/WnZs

[Ilsan]

confirmed?

YES! Pheww...

https://twitter.com/F1/status/589122444574597121
"Vettel/Perez collision: Stewards decide no driver wholly or predominantly to blame, no further action should be taken."

[wickedf1]

YES! Pheww...

https://twitter.com/F1/status/589122444574597121
"Vettel/Perez collision: Stewards decide no driver wholly or predominantly to blame, no further action should be taken."

Wonderful!!


Now what about Kimi's penalty?

[Black Adder]

I would like to see the long run stints time sheet on Softs for Kimi, Vettel and Rosberg. Where can we find this?

[subfire91]

Ferrari changed V6 turbo Vettel and Raikkonen
Replacing the only heat engine to power unit of the Horse: reliability problems or simple rotation?

http://www.omnicorse.it/img/articoli...-raikkonen.jpg

The Ferrari has replaced heat engines to cars of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen , while he kept the other components of the power unit 059/4. According to Auto Motor und Sport the decision would be taken by the presence of some cracks in the basement , a fact which was denied by Alberto Antonini , head of communications of the Horse, who spoke instead of the rotation provided.

The first V6 Turbo , according to men in Maranello, has not completed its life as it will still utilizzatro in the next rounds of free practice. The unit that is used in Bahrain has the same specifications as the one removed, so is not equipped with tokens development : Ferrari, therefore, will not be able to introduce changes to the combustion for the next five Gp,and can act with new solutions on other components of the power unit.

http://www.omnicorse.it/magazine/527...el-e-raikkonen

so if you change engine you are not allowed to bring updates? did not get that one...

so why they changed the engine then ?

[Ilsan]

Black Adder, the link is in #183 post.

Now what about Kimi's penalty?

https://twitter.com/MikeWise71/statu...31708609515520
"Kimi Raikkonen gets a reprimand for passing cars queueing at the end of the pitlane at the end of P2"

I thought a reprimand would be the harshest possible penalty. :( At least no impact on his race.

[darkchild]

so if you change engine you are not allowed to bring updates? did not get that one...

so why they changed the engine then ?

You are not allowed to to update existing part after you introduce it. Therefore we can update everything beside ICE in Barcelona.

[subfire91]

You are not allowed to to update existing part after you introduce it. Therefore we can update everything beside ICE in Barcelona.

isnt it ICE that ferrari expects most gains from ?

[FFFerrari]

isnt it ICE that ferrari expects most gains from ?

Likely. But finishing a race is better than a DNF because of a blow engine.

[subfire91]

Likely. But finishing a race is better than a DNF because of a blow engine.

since im not expected to win a WDC or WCC my opinion is that it should be ok to sacrifice a race in order to bring the updates as planned. 5 races without an ICE upgrade is major drawback in update timeline

[darkchild]

isnt it ICE that ferrari expects most gains from ?

Might be but its also most complex part of PU and the one that gets locked first so we better perfect it.

[subfire91]

Might be but its also most complex part of PU and the one that gets locked first so we better perfect it.

yeah but the upgraded pu that we were expecting at barcelona/canada now moves 3 races up

[Alonso14]

Black Adder, the link is in #183 post.


https://twitter.com/MikeWise71/statu...31708609515520
"Kimi Raikkonen gets a reprimand for passing cars queueing at the end of the pitlane at the end of P2"

I thought a reprimand would be the harshest possible penalty. :( At least no impact on his race.

How many reprimands result in a penalty? Three?

At least Kimi is a clean driver so chances are that this reprimand won't hurt him.

[fratelliferrari]

Iam really happy to hear that! Can't wait for tomorrow!

[Gianlu27]

No penalties for Kimi & Seb :)

The statement: https://twitter.com/Gianlu_DAle/stat...42298761506816

[SinanOzerS]

Why they aren't give a word about Hamilton ?

[ferrari4life]

kimi gets a reprimand and ham gets a pass...floddy MercIA guys.

[Kyss4k]

yeah but the upgraded pu that we were expecting at barcelona/canada now moves 3 races up

That's not necessarilly true. We can bring new, updated ICE, if it will be ready for Barca and use it there. The engine, we will race this weekend then can be used on tracks, which are not so engine dependant. You can swith between power units as you wish.

[wickedf1]

Black Adder, the link is in #183 post.


https://twitter.com/MikeWise71/statu...31708609515520
"Kimi Raikkonen gets a reprimand for passing cars queueing at the end of the pitlane at the end of P2"

I thought a reprimand would be the harshest possible penalty. :( At least no impact on his race.

Not happy for the reprimand, but since no penalty I'm happy. The other poster is right and Kimi will not make a lot of reprimands so its good.