[Formula 1] Bahrain Grand Prix : 6 Apr '08
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Venue: Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Track length: 5.412 km
Race distance: 308.238 km (57 laps)
Flag-off: 1930 hrs (Singapore time)Bahrain hosts what is currently the only round of the World Championship in the Middle East. The Tilke-designed track is set in the middle of a desert island and is characterised by long straights punctuated by tight corners. This, combined with the usually hot weather, makes the circuit notoriously tough on the brakes and engines, even more so than at Montreal. Traction will be at a premium initially due to the dust that the winds bring in from the surroundings, but the grip on the racing line will improve rapidly as the weekend progresses.
The drivers will expect to use a medium-to-high speed set up to provide speed down the straights, but just enough downforce to negotiate turns 11 to 13. There is an gradient of arounds 7%, so ground clearances will not be at their lowest. Expect overtaking at turns 1, 4 and 15, and lots of lock-ups due to the lack of traction control.
Last year's winner and pole-holder Felipe Massa goes into this round with no points to his name and an urgent need to kickstart a title challenge. Lewis Hamilton leads from Kimi Räikkönen by 3 points in the championship, and the top 3 teams are within a shout of victory. FIA President Max Mosley, embroiled in a sex scandal this week, will not be attending the race.
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Bahrain Grand Prix free practice session one times
1. MASSA Ferrari 1m32.233s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m32.350s
3. ROSBERG Williams 1m32.415s
4. HAMILTON McLaren 1m32.705s
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m32.868s
6. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m33.121s
7. KUBICA BMW 1m33.333s
8. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.539s
9. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m33.788s
10. ALONSO Renault 1m33.815s
11. GLOCK Toyota 1m33.929s
12. WEBBER Red Bull 1m33.950s
13. PIQUET Renault 1m33.981s
14. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.106s
15. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m34.235s
16. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m34.321s
17. FISICHELLA Force India 1m34.892s
18. BUTTON Honda 1m34.915s
19. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m35.174s
20. SUTIL Force India 1m35.429s
21. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m36.145s
22. SATO Super Aguri 1m36.536s
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Bahrain Grand Prix free practice session two times
1. MASSA Ferrari 1m31.412s
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m32.327s
3. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m32.752s
4. HAMILTON McLaren 1m32.847s
5. KUBICA BMW 1m32.915s
6. ROSBERG Williams 1m33.022s
7. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m33.048s
8. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m33.098s
9. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m33.197s
10. PIQUET Renault 1m33.247s
11. BUTTON Honda 1m33.710s
12. ALONSO Renault 1m33.755s
13. WEBBER Red Bull 1m33.782s
14. TRULLI Toyota 1m33.822s
15. GLOCK Toyota 1m33.856s
16. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m33.966s
17. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.023s
18. FISICHELLA Force India 1m34.388s
19. SUTIL Force India 1m34.405s
20. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m34.787s
21. SATO Super Aguri 1m35.288s
22. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m35.712s
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Hamilton plays down practice smash
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=42211Lewis's damaged MP4-23 is taken back to the McLaren garage
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Bahrain GP Saturday practice times
1. ROSBERG Williams 1m32.521s
2. MASSA Ferrari 1m32.726s
3. WEBBER Red Bull 1m32.742s
4. TRULLI Toyota 1m32.901s
5. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m32.918s
6. NAKAJIMA Williams 1m33.020s
7. KUBICA BMW 1m33.024s
8. PIQUET Renault 1m33.074s
9. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1m33.237s
10. KOVALAINEN McLaren 1m33.367s
11. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso 1m33.372s
12. FISICHELLA Force India 1m33.392s
13. ALONSO Renault 1m33.445s
14. BARRICHELLO Honda 1m33.551s
15. GLOCK Toyota 1m33.595s
16. BUTTON Honda 1m33.600s
17. VETTEL Toro Rosso 1m33.651s
18. HAMILTON McLaren 1m33.659s
19. SUTIL Force India 1m33.857s
20. HEIDFELD BMW 1m34.074s
21. DAVIDSON Super Aguri 1m34.591s
22. SATO Super Aguri 1m34.952sKubica is on pole! Massa, Hamilton, Raikkonen and Kovalainen will start behind him.
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Provisional starting grid for the Bahrain GP
1. KUBICA BMW
2. MASSA Ferrari
3. HAMILTON McLaren
4. RAIKKONEN Ferrari
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren
6. HEIDFELD BMW
7. TRULLI Toyota
8. ROSBERG Williams
9. BUTTON Honda
10. ALONSO Renault
11. WEBBER Red Bull
12. BARRICHELLO Honda
13. GLOCK Toyota
14. PIQUET Renault
15. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso
16. NAKAJIMA Williams
17. COULTHARD Red Bull
18. FISICHELLA Force India
19. VETTEL Toro Rosso
20. SUTIL Force India
21. DAVIDSON Super Aguri
22. SATO Super Aguri -
lap 38 fastest lap .. massa 1:33.600
button and vettel out of race
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kubica BMW leading on lap 40 .. but not for long .. he's expected to pit
pits in at lap 41
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piquet retires on lap 42
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lap 49 top 3
massa
raikonen
kubica
fastest lap .. heidfeld (in P4) ... 1:33.565
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lap 50
fastest lap kovalainen .. 1:33.193
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massa wins the race
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Bahrain GP result - 57 laps
1. MASSA Ferrari
2. RAIKKONEN Ferrari +3.3s
3. KUBICA BMW +4.9s
4. HEIDFELD BMW +8.4s
5. KOVALAINEN McLaren +26.7s
6. TRULLI Toyota +41.3s
7. WEBBER Red Bull +45.4s
8. ROSBERG Williams +55.8s
9. GLOCK Toyota +69.5s
10. ALONSO Renault +77.1s
11. BARRICHELLO Honda +77.8s
12. FISICHELLA Force India +1 lap
13. HAMILTON McLaren +1 lap
14. NAKAJIMA Williams +1 lap
15. BOURDAIS Toro Rosso +1 lap
16. DAVIDSON Super Aguri +1 lap
17. SATO Super Aguri +1 lap
18. COULTHARD Red Bull +1 lap
19. SUTIL Force India +2 laps
R. PIQUET Renault +17 laps
R. BUTTON Honda +38 laps
R. VETTEL Toro Rosso +57 lapsFastest lap: KOVALAINEN 1m33.193s
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the race like no one there like that..
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i wouldn't go watch a race in the middle of the desert.
it looks hot just to watch it from tv.
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Those BMWs just don't have the race pace to compete with the Ferraris just yet. 2 front row starts and 3 podiums from the first 3 races isn't a bad start though.
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ya ... but at least the BMW drivers r showing some good results .. which i think is gonna improve in time to come ...
we might see a BMW driver winning 1 of the races ...
1 big disappointment is renault .... they dont seem to be at their best yet ...3 disappointing results in 3 races
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Not sure if you guys had the ITV coverage, but the "Hamilton can do no wrong" brigade was happily chanting "brake test". As it turns out, Ronnie's boy toy hit Alonso, broke his front wing, and then hit Alonso AGAIN.
Hamilton is WAY overrated, and by himself. FFS, the little turd turns up on the grid and releases his goddamn autobiography as if he'd won 20 WDCs already. What a wanker. Now his ptitful little book's going for two quid at stores that can't get rid of them quickly enough - they need the precious shelf space for more worthy causes like Danielle Steele novels.
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In fact it's being sold for 99p at Home Bargains, according to Planet-F1.