Bahrain Grand Prix 2015 - Race Thread

[Ferrari_fan89]

The only clear thing about this is the following: Last year we had two drivers and one of them executed and humiliated the other one (jeez, even he nearly overlapped him with the same car in China). Today, this driver finishes 2nd just 3 or 4 seconds away Hamilton.

Can't we think about what would have happened if Ferrari had the top driver who was here for the last 5 years?

Just a question, a simple one.

And, let me add this, it says nothing about us, about Ferrari, the treatment we´ve doing to the very only man who had keeping Ferrari in decent positions giving the absolutely CRAP we made on this years.

Nobody cares except you so could you simply stop talking about this now plz? Alonso is gone and he won't come back

[ALO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWpXVqhIYEE

Great to see this! Maurizio is awesome.

that looked a bit awkward for KIMI

but gotta love a leader like that

[IulianFerrari]

So you are not really a Ferrari fan then

Putting words in people's mouth again, are you Greig ?

[darkchild]

You people just dont get it...Merc is still comfortaby faster. They cant run that way for more then few laps, but these few laps is enough to drop us like a bad habbit and keep their position. Our drivers today were great at pushing them, unfortunately Seb fell out but he will be there in Barcelona. Kimi was subllime but he had by far the best strategy and most hassle free race of all front 4. Not to undermine his great result, but to point out that we are still not on equal footing and need more df and more power to really take a fight to them.

[Ed Harley]

that looked a bit awkward for KIMI

but gotta love a leader like that

Well, being hugged by hairy men is actually not a very popular pastime of the grown men in the northern parts of the Europe. Perhaps in Sweden but not in Finland.

[IulianFerrari]

that looked a bit awkward for KIMI

but gotta love a leader like that

Maurizio has the stuff, it is clear to see. He could easily be our next LdM, has the same charisma and his employees react to him really well and so do the fans

[darkchild]

Our traction must have been pretty bad with these top speeds. How is this possible?

[Greig]

Putting words in people's mouth again, are you Greig ?

Your words not mine. If you base your support on who they hire then you are not a real Ferrari fan.

[ALO]

Well, being hugged by hairy men is actually not a very popular pastime of the grown men in the northern parts of the Europe. Perhaps in Sweden but not in Finland.

awe come on, who can resist a hug like that I would have jumped up and wrapped my legs around....

[subfire91]

good race today but a bit disappointed for Seb, but all good he is allowed a bad day and not only 1 tbh! I will disagree with those saying that we are very close on the Mercedes on race pace as 3 times today they were behind us they pulled out that damn ace from their sleeves, caught us and passed us wayyyy to easily.

we need those aero parts coming next race BADLY. We need at least 0.5 sec per lap to be confident that we caught them in race pace and 1 second or more to go over them. Of course all these are a speculation as clearly Mercedes will improve through the year too.

[Ed Harley]

awe come on, who can resist a hug like that I would have jumped up and wrapped my legs around....

Are you sure? I'm 6'2" and built like a brown bear at 250 lbs on a good day. Dial 1-800-WANT-A-HUG

[IulianFerrari]

Your words not mine. If you base your support on who they hire then you are not a real Ferrari fan.

Hiring Hamilton will not happen, I am sure Ferrari has an idea on what kind of drivers they employ and I am sure Lewis is not on the list. That is one of the reasons I am a Ferrari fan. Don't get me wrong I think he is a top 4 driver easily but there are others that can do a great job and they act differently.

[Greig]

Hiring Hamilton will not happen, I am sure Ferrari has an idea on what kind of drivers they employ and I am sure Lewis is not on the list. That is one of the reasons I am a Ferrari fan. Don't get me wrong I think he is a top 4 driver easily but there are others that can do a great job and they don't act like a monkey on drugs.

be careful

[IulianFerrari]

Are you sure? I'm 6'2" and built like a brown bear at 250 lbs on a good day. Dial 1-800-WANT-A-HUG

:D you 2 need to go on private chat

[IulianFerrari]

be careful

Seriously Greig would you want "2 Chainzz" in a Ferrari ?

[ALO]

Are you sure? I'm 6'2" and built like a brown bear at 250 lbs on a good day. Dial 1-800-WANT-A-HUG

well since were celebrating our "almost win" why not,

brace yourself for the weight of "6ft 225lbs" x 32.17417ft/s^2

[ALO]

be careful

the ice is getting thin there IulianFerrari

"monkey on drugs"

[steelstallions]

I have to agree with this as well. If anything, it showed that he was pushing the car to its limits, which indicates that Ferrari is still not quite there yet.

I agree, Mercedes PU has a little bit extra and they can use it when they have to. It was depressing too see Vettel defenseless against Rosberg 3 times during the race. I also think we also might have run too much wing today(visible during the race, Vettel unable to defend or to attack) ...

Also surprising too see Vettel having such poor degradation on the softs(maybe a setup issue ?).

They are having to push and they broke their brakes on the last lap, one more lap and it was ours to win. They may have the extra HP on the engine but they don't have the full package, which will show when we get our engine upgrade in Canada.

[Ed Harley]

Oh dear...I was counting on physical deterrent. I have this rule I just invented ie. absolutely no hugging unless Ferrari wins.

[Winter]

Well, to be fair to Vettel, he was on the same tire/pit strategy as the Merc. So his entire game plan only involve pushing crazy as hell on track. He did not have any strategical advantage. A driver is more likely to make mistake when he have to push harder on track.

Bad race especially bad for Sebs standards. But Kimis strategy was some way from optimal also, pitting him couple laps earlier from both stints would've give him a change to wight with Mamsta.

[Greig]

Seriously Greig would you want "2 Chainzz" in a Ferrari ?

Does not matter what I want, I will support Ferrari regardless.

[ALO]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CC9eegHVIAEkhVY.jpg

holy moly someone looks off

[Ed Harley]

So, there is now a break of three weeks, yes? Any idea of what development areas the team will concentrate on?

[IulianFerrari]

the ice is getting thin there IulianFerrari

"monkey on drugs"

Stating an opinion, nothing wrong with that, no swearing involved, others are talking trash about a Ferrari driver (Vettel) and you are all about defending poor little Hamilton...

[ALO]

They are having to push and they broke their brakes on the last lap, one more lap and it was ours to win. They may have the extra HP on the engine but they don't have the full package, which will show when we get our engine upgrade in Canada.

pretty soon well be kicking their ashes aside regualrly

[ALO]

Stating an opinion, nothing wrong with that, no swearing involved, others are talking trash about a Ferrari driver (Vettel) and you are all about defending poor little Hamilton...

nope i could care less about HAM just that your comment can be interpreted as racial, hence the warning not to be banned

[Winter]

Got to say, in Vettel's defense, team puts him in very tricky position. He is able to put monster laps in qualis, and then has objective to push Mercs as hard as he can and then undercut them. That way he is driving more on the edge and can't really take a care of his tires...Kimi drives his own race though. He gets into clean air more and he was pitted few laps after Vettel when it was optimal to pit, while Vettel had to sacrifice still good tires to undercut the Mercs which we did, but then Rosberg turned their quali mode or whatever and dropped 1 second lap advantage on one lap fresher tires.

Still a long way to go but what an amazing turnaround for the team! Bravo to everyone and congrats to Kimi, brilliant race! Good thing its Barcelona next in few weeks time because this car is yearning for some upgrades!

You must know that if Kimi would have pitted first, he would've(under cut) passed Vettel. Before first pit stops Kimi were slightly faster and I kind of expected Kimi to pit first.

[Marino]

The only clear thing about this is the following: Last year we had two drivers and one of them executed and humiliated the other one (jeez, even he nearly overlapped him with the same car in China). Today, this driver finishes 2nd just 3 or 4 seconds away Hamilton.

Can't we think about what would have happened if Ferrari had the top driver who was here for the last 5 years?

Just a question, a simple one.

And, let me add this, it says nothing about us, about Ferrari, the treatment we´ve doing to the very only man who had keeping Ferrari in decent positions giving the absolutely CRAP we made on this years.

......where you man up and admit you joined the forum just to be a troll. Now, please go back under the bridge you came out from.

[IulianFerrari]

nope i could care less about HAM just that your comment can be interpreted as racial, hence the warning not to be banned

It has nothing to do with racism I can assure you that. If it was Rosberg acting like that I would have said the same thing

[Rob]

Hiring Hamilton will not happen, I am sure Ferrari has an idea on what kind of drivers they employ and I am sure Lewis is not on the list. That is one of the reasons I am a Ferrari fan. Don't get me wrong I think he is a top 4 driver easily but there are others that can do a great job and they don't act like a monkey on drugs.

you better watch what you say!!! wide it in abit i think.