The Official 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread **Spoilers**

[Dr Z]

Hulk is confirming the pace of the Renault here.... Or should I say Hulk is confirming the pace of Hulk. If he keeps this up, it rather confirms the results of the pace analysis from FP2.

[Derek Smith]

Hamilton doesn't seem settled. I reckon both Bottas and Vettel are a threat to him.

Ric all but 2/10ths down on Verstappen. Poor show.

No quoting me, please.

I know I was a bit off.

Edited by Derek Smith on Saturday 15th April 16:53

[Doink]

Alonso; we broke the power unit!

[KaraK]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Well done Palmer.

Agreed... impressive turnaround

[KaraK]

HorneyMX5 said:

KaraK said:

HorneyMX5 said:

Watching in Italy while on holiday. I don't speak any Italian so the commentary is somewhat amusing.

Can you get 5-Live online?

I tried but it says not available in my location.

pain in the arse! is channel4.com restricted?

[FourWheelDrift]

KaraK said:

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Well done Palmer.

Agreed... impressive turnaround

It is only his first real qualifying this year, he damaged his car in Australia and it was a un-setup pig after it was rebuilt for qualifying (he went quicker on his 2nd lap in FP1) and in China he had to back off for Giovinazzi's crash.

[KaraK]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Wehrlein has spanked Ericsson and ahead of Alonso.

To qualify into Q2 is very impressive.

Yes a yellow messed up a few other runners but still impressive.

Still not fussed with him for some reason but well done to him.

Looking past the injury weirdness from this year he showed flashes of impressive pace last year in the Manor - there's no denying that he has got some speed.

[anonymous-user]

Nice lap by Bottas.

Lewis beat that but well done Bottas.

Vettel looks like not getting near

Ferrari you know will be better in the race. They seem to hold the tyres better.

[anonymous-user]

Think Grosjean is maturing very well as a F1 driver.

[anonymous-user]

BOTTAS

[anonymous-user]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

BOTTAS

Great moment for Bottas

[vonuber]

Half a second faster than Ferrari.

Half a second.

[Dr Z]

Bottas on pole! Wow, cracking lap!

[Allyc85]

That Bottas just isn't good enough

[parabolica]

Third time's a charm; hopefully it'll be an interesting race.

[Doink]

From that I'll assume Ferrari aren't using the rubber floor in qualy?

[MiniMan64]

Interesting.

Enter Bottas.

Return of Renault.

Where are Ferrari?

[jas xjr]

to horneymx5 , please check your email

Edited by jas xjr on Saturday 15th April 17:14

[anonymous-user]

Ferrari one lap pace is not as good.

Tyres seem to take longer to come in which will help then during the race.

Clean side start for Vettel so will be a good race.

Well hopefully

[Crafty_]

Good lap by Bottas, Lewis and Vettel slower on their second run than their first.

Kimi continuing an unhappy run.

I thought Alonso was actually going to break out in giggles during that interview - the situation is so ridiculous you couldn't fault him if he did.

Good for Danny, only a tenth and a bit up, but it was enough to put the Ferrari in between him and Max. If he keeps doing that Ferrari will make a call later this year I think...

Nightmare for Sainz and Force Indias, still it let Palmer through to be horribly slow in Q3.

Wehrlein making Ericsson looking less than average.

Grosjean got on with the job after a whinge, nice work by Hass to have that car ready after hitting the wall in FP3.

Stroll starting to get on terms with the car, the onboard we saw looked okay compared to his rather enthusiastic driving in the earlier races.