2014 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX

[KevC]

2014 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX





Sakhir
Race Date: 06 Apr 2014
Circuit Name: Bahrain International Circuit
First Grand Prix: 2004
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Lap Record: 1:31.447 - P De la Rosa (2005)

UK Times
Fri 04 April 2014
Practice 1 12:00 - 13:30
Practice 2 16:00 - 17:30
Sat 05 April 2014
Practice 3 13:00 - 14:00
Qualifying 16:00
Sun 06 April 2014
Race 16:00

Previous Winners
2013 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Sakhir
2012 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Sakhir
2010 Fernando Alonso Ferrari Sakhir
2009 Jenson Button Brawn GP Sakhir
2008 Felipe Massa Ferrari Sakhir
2007 Felipe Massa Ferrari Sakhir
2006 Fernando Alonso Renault Sakhir
2005 Fernando Alonso Renault Sakhir
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Sakhir


Alonso on board 2013


Start onboard 2006



Ricciardo will have a ten-place grid penalty for the unsafe pit release in Malaysia.
Malaysia was Mercedes first 1-2 since Monza 1955
Lewis Hamilton now has the most pole positions by an Englishman and ties with Jim Clark for British poles with 33.

[harrisv48]

I hope in this race will see the true pace of williams

[alex1369]

This will be a night race!!!

[kals]

I had forgotten that this will be a night race. Should be interesting.

[OwlNation]

I love when F1 does back-to-back races. And the fact, that this is a night race makes it even more interesting.

[Ferrari92]

Press Conference Schedule:

Thursday
Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
Jenson Button (McLaren)
Marcus Ericsson (Caterham)
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)

Friday
Robert Fernley (Force India)
Paddy Lowe (Mercedes)
Adrian Newey (Red Bull Racing)
Pat Symonds (Williams)
Remi Taffin (Renault F1)

[KevC]

[phil1993]

Button celebrates his 250th race, so we take a look back at his 10 best
http://www.f1zone.net/news/top-10-f1-ra ... ton/30859/

[phil1993]

I spot someone familiar

[kals]

Button celebrates his 250th race, so we take a look back at his 10 best
http://www.f1zone.net/news/top-10-f1-ra ... ton/30859/

Some good choices in there but I'd have put 2000 German GP in place of one of those races (not sure which). The mixed conditions which allowed Barrichello to win dominated the headlines, but Button also stayed out on slicks and despite starting 16th was a top 6 contender from early on. He comprehensively outraced Ralf Schumacher and finished 4th, a little over 1 second off a podium spot (Coulthard, who had pitted for wets). A very competent and mature performance for a rookie in only his 11th F1 race.

[phil1993]

Yeah, that was my 11th choice, I came close to putting that in!

Lots of news up on the site:

Button plays down McLaren's chance http://www.f1zone.net/news/button-plays ... ces/30879/
Sutil angry http://www.f1zone.net/news/sutil-hits-o ... ons/30874/
Vergne impressed http://www.f1zone.net/news/vergne-impre ... ess/30872/
Massa says Williams relationship is fine http://www.f1zone.net/news/massa-sure-r ... med/30871/
Perez bored http://www.f1zone.net/news/perez-says-2 ... ing/30869/

[kals]

Of course Perez is bored, I would be too if I wasn't driving in the GP I was supposed to. Watching it on TV just isn't the same.

[kals]

Yeah, that was my 11th choice, I came close to putting that in!

A quick correction for you...

Button didn't inherit the lead at the 2006 Hungarian GP when Alonso's wheel nut came off, he'd already overtaken Alonso through the pit stops.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xv2h88 ... -fail_auto

[phil1993]

Ah thanks, not sure why I thought Alonso was still leading.

[phil1993]

Updates from FP1/2 here!
http://www.f1zone.net/news/bahrain-gran ... ice/30894/