The Official 2015 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**
Discussion
Derek Smith said:
S0 What said:
I dunno, i had finaly decided he was as good as a lot of people thought and not just a one car dominated driver when he goes and has a race like this, dam him, every time i decide he can drive in any car he does this too me !! FFs Seb it windy up here on this fence help me get off it !!!
I am with you there. I underrated him in the past, then he puts in a superb drive, and then drives like today.REALIST123 said:
Absutely, fairly and squarely beat him by lucking into a better tyre strategy and Nico's brake failure.
Yeah, nothing to do with using is tyres smarter earlier in the race - managing to go faster than the leaders on the hard tyre when they were on the softs... and then at the end managing to go faster on the soft tyre than Rosberg & co could manage in the hard. Kimi also set fastest lap of the race, so pure pace was good too. Only have to look at where Kimi finished compared to Seb to see what a good job he did. I was a big supporter of Rosberg last year but this year his attitude is weak and bitter. Kimi was 1 sec a lap faster and was very likely to pass regardless of the brake issues.
REALIST123 said:
SPR2 said:
Good to see Kimi on the podium.
Absutely, fairly and squarely beat him by lucking into a better tyre strategy and Nico's brake failure. 
Gaz. said:
Statistically he is the 4th greatest F1 driver in the history of the sport, behind Schumacher, Fangio & Prost. Now tell me, when you watch him do you really feel like you are watching the 4th best of all time?
There's 2 drivers on the grid today I rate well above sea, 4 others on his level.. Seb always has some off days, lots in 2009 and 10 I can remember, the car was so good in 2013 it was impossible to spot them.
Gaz. said:
Derek Smith said:
I am with you there. I underrated him in the past, then he puts in a superb drive, and then drives like today.
Statistically he is the 4th greatest F1 driver in the history of the sport, behind Schumacher, Fangio & Prost. Now tell me, when you watch him do you really feel like you are watching the 4th best of all time? VolvoT5 said:
Yeah, nothing to do with using is tyres smarter earlier in the race - managing to go faster than the leaders on the hard tyre when they were on the softs... and then at the end managing to go faster on the soft tyre than Rosberg & co could manage in the hard. Kimi also set fastest lap of the race, so pure pace was good too. Only have to look at where Kimi finished compared to Seb to see what a good job he did.
I was a big supporter of Rosberg last year but this year his attitude is weak and bitter. Kimi was 1 sec a lap faster and was very likely to pass regardless of the brake issues.
This. Kimi is a demon when he's happy with the car. He showed that last weekend, when he was faster than Vettel for much of the race albeit losing out through Seb having pit stop priority. I was a big supporter of Rosberg last year but this year his attitude is weak and bitter. Kimi was 1 sec a lap faster and was very likely to pass regardless of the brake issues.
Crikey, bit of a nail biter.
Merc need to go away and work hard on upgrades. Ferrari are getting closer all the time. I think Lewis had to work for that one, again carried out with some style though.
Merc also need to work on pit stops, they look tardy.
Lewis still riding high, pretty much faultless.
Nico's attitude today much improved, he drove well and can take some positives from that.
It was quite interesting watching real time comments (not here) of kimi getting screwed etc with strategy, just a little reminder us armchair experts don't know it all !
Vettel, oddly scrappy once he made his mistake and ended up behind Bottas. All a bit odd.
Good race for Williams given Massa's problem and then damage from Pastor. When you actually get to see him racing Bottas impresses doesn't he, no wonder Frank likes him.
Lotus - Grosjean had a quiet but decent enough race, hopefully they can start edging towards Williams. If they can grow themselves as a business they can attract revenue and get a proper driver in the other seat.
Red Bull - oh dear. Kvyat not looking at home still is he. Danny trying but the le grenade in the back isn't helping.
Was a good run for Sainz until retirement, good and properly handed it to Max this week.
McLaren, slow progress. The problem on Button's car has thwarted the entire weekend and they haven't been able to resolve it, which is a bit worrying. They'll get there but we're a long way from top 6 still.
Manor still plugging away, good for them. 2015 car not here until August, which is too long but I guess thats what happens when you put a team together a week before the first race.
Merc need to go away and work hard on upgrades. Ferrari are getting closer all the time. I think Lewis had to work for that one, again carried out with some style though.
Merc also need to work on pit stops, they look tardy.
Lewis still riding high, pretty much faultless.
Nico's attitude today much improved, he drove well and can take some positives from that.
It was quite interesting watching real time comments (not here) of kimi getting screwed etc with strategy, just a little reminder us armchair experts don't know it all !
Vettel, oddly scrappy once he made his mistake and ended up behind Bottas. All a bit odd.
Good race for Williams given Massa's problem and then damage from Pastor. When you actually get to see him racing Bottas impresses doesn't he, no wonder Frank likes him.
Lotus - Grosjean had a quiet but decent enough race, hopefully they can start edging towards Williams. If they can grow themselves as a business they can attract revenue and get a proper driver in the other seat.
Red Bull - oh dear. Kvyat not looking at home still is he. Danny trying but the le grenade in the back isn't helping.
Was a good run for Sainz until retirement, good and properly handed it to Max this week.
McLaren, slow progress. The problem on Button's car has thwarted the entire weekend and they haven't been able to resolve it, which is a bit worrying. They'll get there but we're a long way from top 6 still.
Manor still plugging away, good for them. 2015 car not here until August, which is too long but I guess thats what happens when you put a team together a week before the first race.
Crafty_ said:
It was quite interesting watching real time comments (not here) of Kimi getting screwed etc with strategy, just a little reminder us armchair experts don't know it all!
Yup, I thought they had left him out too long but then when James Allison (what a lovely guy) told Eddie (the obnoxious prick) that they have software running and this is what they spend most of the race thinking about, it reminded me that I do in fact know nothing about F1 strategy!I do wonder if Kimi could have got past if Rosberg hadn't gone wide, I reckon the way he was driving that Rosberg could have kept Kimi behind him for the lap and a half he needed to.
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