F1 2023: Bahrain GP - Sakhir (Mar 5)

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Ferrari sandbaggers too, their middle name

MAX woke up ! With a mind blowing lap ... WOW !

Fliplegend · 03-04-2023, 09:41 AM

The Astons are flying and MERC finally showing their hand

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Nico the Hulk is very impressive !

It's Max,Checo and HAM!

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Less than a second separates P1 and P11!

Q-2

GuidoK · 03-04-2023, 09:55 AM

That pretty much shows MERC has been sandbagging the last week.
As usual.

What Aston Martin does is pretty impressive. ALO picked the right team to switch to.
He said he had good hopes last year for the coming Aston Martin year and it looks like he might be right.

McLaren is the biggest disappointment I guess...

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Q-2

it's a sword fight between Chas and Max!

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

It's Max,Checo and HAM!

MAX P1 with a 1.29.897 !

Q 3 with 6 min. to go...

GuidoK · 03-04-2023, 10:03 AM

Very tidy lap for Max!
But was he within the white lines at that one point?
It was very close.

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX P1 with a 1.29.897 !

Q 3 with 6 min. to go...

Indeed into the 29's.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 10:07 AM

Hulk's lap is deleted by exceeding the track limits ...Too bad Nico !

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Hulk's lap is deleted by exceeding the track limits ...Too bad Nico !

Woohoo Max is on POLE..what a performance and going faster with a 1:29.708.

Fliplegend · 03-04-2023, 10:12 AM

RB in their own league

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Indeed into the 29's.

Q3

MAX is pole with a 1.29.708 !

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:12 AM

Alonso alas was the dark horse and ended up 5th.

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Fliplegend

RB in their own league

When it came to the crunch Max delivered.

GuidoK · 03-04-2023, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Alonso alas was the dark horse and ended up 5th.

We have to wait to see tomorrow what the AM race pace is, but it could be that MERC has a new rival in AM.
And that's then a rival that uses MERC's engines. Has that happened before? (merc being outclassed with a competitor that uses their engines).

I wonder LEC not trying another lap to save tyres was a good decision.
What if it's a trade off to get onto the first row?

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

As usual

Nothing changes

and Checo pushes Charlie back too.
RUS beats LEW as Merc flop back.

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by GuidoK

We have to wait to see tomorrow what the AM race pace is, but it could be that MERC has a new rival in AM.
And that's then a rival that uses MERC's engines. Has that happened before? (merc being outclassed with a competitor that uses their engines).

I wonder LEC not trying another lap to save tyres was a good decision.
What if it's a trade off to get onto the first row?

It's looking like that with AMR v Merc.

M5Rick · 03-04-2023, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

As usual

BTW : MAX' s car wasn't set for qualifying .

MAX ran the pole with a race setup for tomorrow

Remember that blue polo shirt my friend

I've already ordered one.

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

Nothing changes

and Checo pushes Charlie back too.
RUS beats LEW as Merc flop back.

As usual

BTW : MAX's car wasn't set for qualifying .

MAX ran the pole with a race setup for tomorrow !

#UnLeashTheLion !!!

///M Power-Belgium · 03-04-2023, 10:24 AM

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Remember that blue polo shirt my friend

I've already ordered one.

Awesome !

Autobacs · 03-04-2023, 10:25 AM

It's going to be a very interesting to see what everyone's race pace is going to be tomorrow!

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GuidoK #buildnotbought 10834 Rep 4,890 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0i ESS TS2+ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tinkering in the garage iTrader: (0)	That pretty much shows MERC has been sandbagging the last week. As usual. What Aston Martin does is pretty impressive. ALO picked the right team to switch to. He said he had good hopes last year for the coming Aston Martin year and it looks like he might be right. McLaren is the biggest disappointment I guess... __________________ Z4 3.0i \| ESS TS2+ supercharger \| Quaife ATB LSD \| Brembo/BMW performance BBK front/rear \| Schrick FI cams \| Schmiedmann headers+cats \| Powerflex/strongflex PU bushings \| Vibra-technics engine mounts \| H&R anti rollbars \| KW V3 coilovers/KW camber plates \| Sachs race engineering clutch \| tons of custom sh#t
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GuidoK #buildnotbought 10834 Rep 4,890 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0i ESS TS2+ Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Tinkering in the garage iTrader: (0)	Very tidy lap for Max! But was he within the white lines at that one point? It was very close. __________________ Z4 3.0i \| ESS TS2+ supercharger \| Quaife ATB LSD \| Brembo/BMW performance BBK front/rear \| Schrick FI cams \| Schmiedmann headers+cats \| Powerflex/strongflex PU bushings \| Vibra-technics engine mounts \| H&R anti rollbars \| KW V3 coilovers/KW camber plates \| Sachs race engineering clutch \| tons of custom sh#t
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M5Rick General 60011 Rep 19,524 Posts Drives: M5 F10 DCT Gunmetal Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Southern England iTrader: (0)	Alonso alas was the dark horse and ended up 5th.
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