2010 Bahrain F1 GP

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Exclusive Q&A with McLaren’s Jenson Button


Not many drivers have been able to defend their title. Jenson Button’s bid to join that small but illustrious group starts this weekend in Bahrain. Just to add to the challenge, he will have to race against two drivers who’ve done it: Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. And with the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg and Mark Webber also chasing his crown, this season promises to be a mouth watering affair…
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First race of the year :D. Hopefully it will be a real dog fight for the championship title.
 
killadoob said:
I won't even think of picking anything until quali is done :D.
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Absolutely!!! Impossible to tell anything on pre season hype and rumor. Qualies normally separates the men from the boys. Interesting to see how the pit stop will influence the race. I think the petrol issue is a bit of a farce but I guess shorter pit stops will mean more over taking on the race track rather then in the pits... or will it... The time taken for a pit stop will be reduced from 9 to 4 seconds but the total time taken IE entering and exiting the pit lane will still mean around what 18 seconds as opposed to 22 seconds roughly on average??!! So pit stops will still play a defining role in the outcome of the race. I would like to see no pit stops unless weather enforced tyre changes were required. So if you going to win a race you have to do it on the race track. But that could make F1 very boring if your p1,2 and 3's are consistently 1,2, and 3 over all... Lots to consider....
 
sandmanm34 said:
Absolutely!!! Impossible to tell anything on pre season hype and rumor. Qualies normally separates the men from the boys. Interesting to see how the pit stop will influence the race. I think the petrol issue is a bit of a farce but I guess shorter pit stops will mean more over taking on the race track rather then in the pits... or will it... The time taken for a pit stop will be reduced from 9 to 4 seconds but the total time taken IE entering and exiting the pit lane will still mean around what 18 seconds as opposed to 22 seconds roughly on average??!! So pit stops will still play a defining role in the outcome of the race. I would like to see no pit stops unless weather enforced tyre changes were required. So if you going to win a race you have to do it on the race track. But that could make F1 very boring if your p1,2 and 3's are consistently 1,2, and 3 over all... Lots to consider....
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Can one set of tyres last an entire race?
 
AirWolf said:
Can one set of tyres last an entire race?
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Not sure but I don't see why not. It might mean they radically change the current tyre format, design and composition but if it were standard for all teams I don't foresee a problem...
 
cr@zydude said:
They tried that back in 2005 if I remember correctly.
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Hmmm i highly doubt that but cannot say for sure you are wrong. The way F1 cars are made is not conducive to tyre's lasting for so long. What motor sport do they travel so fast and so far with no tyre change? I cannot think of any apart from offroad stuff.
 
killadoob said:
Hmmm i highly doubt that but cannot say for sure you are wrong. The way F1 cars are made is not conducive to tyre's lasting for so long. What motor sport do they travel so fast and so far with no tyre change? I cannot think of any apart from offroad stuff.
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It was 2005, just checked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Formula_One_season#Tyres

I remember that it was seen as one of the main reasons why Ferrari did so badly that season.
 
Pratice 1, from formula1.com

Force India’s Adrian Sutil caused something of a surprise here at Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit on Friday morning, when the 2010 Formula One season finally kicked off properly with the first practice session of the year.

After the McLarens had set the early pace Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso redefined it with 1m 56.909s until the young German took his car round in 1m 56.583s. This was a fine effort, and remained fastest as everybody else focused on other issues having had brief goes at setting fast times.

Alonso later improved to 1m 56.766s, while the other main surprise was Robert Kubica’s third-fastest time of 1m 57.041s for Renault which dislodged Felipe Massa, who earlier had lapped the other Ferrari in 1m 57.055s.

Jenson Button was the faster McLaren in 1m 57.068s with team mate Lewis Hamilton next up on 1m 57.163s. They were the first ones to find speed, before switching working strategies.

Vitantonio Liuzzi was close to Sutil when 1m 57s laps were the ante, and was seventh overall on 1m 57.194s before working in other directions, and his Force India headed Nico Rosberg in the faster of the two Mercedes on 1m 57.199s. On his return to active duty Michael Schumacher was 10th, on 1m 57.662s and was the only driver to run off track.

Mark Webber equalled Sutil’s fastest first sector time towards the end but lost the lap to traffic and settled for 1m 57.255s, which left him ninth.

Jaime Alguersuari was 11th on 1m 57.722s in the lead Toro Rosso, heading Nico Hulkenberg who was Williams’ (and Cosworth’s) fastest runner with 1m 57.894s for 12th. Sebastian Vettel never really went for a quick time and was 13th on 1m 57.943s in his Red Bull, with Sebastien Buemi 14th in the other Toro Rosso on 1m 58.399s.

Rubens Barrichello was 15th for Williams on 1m 58.782s, ahead of Vitaly Petrov on 1m 58.880s in the second Renault. The session was a disappointment for BMW Sauber with Pedro de la Rosa 17th on 2m 00.250s, as Kamui Kobayashi lapped his C29 in 2m 01.388s.

Then came the big jump to the new teams, where Timo Glock jumped ahead of the two Lotuses late in the session with 2m 03.680s for Virgin Racing. That left Heikki Kovalainen 20th on 2m 03.848s ahead of team mate Jarno Trulli, who had been the first runner on track, on 2m 03.970s. Glock’s team mate Lucas di Grassi ran two installation laps and did not set a time, while there was a cheer when Bruno Senna managed three laps as the HRT sprang to life late in the morning.

The Brazilian did not, however, record a time. Team mate Karun Chandhok did not get out as his car was still being worked on after consuming its hydraulic system at 4am. The fact that the team managed a few laps was a great tribute to their determination and endless work.

So, the season is finally underway, but don’t read too much into the order just yet.
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Come on Schumi, mebbe i should give him my 1.4 Corsa Utility:)
 
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