Official 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix Thread **SPOILERS**

[Piginapoke]

Round 15 and Bahrain.

Here’s Schumacher’s lovely 2004 pole lap, just because I miss engines that rev to 19K RPM: https://youtu.be/aduBQsmNNcc

Date(s): Friday 27 November 2020 - Sunday 29 November 2020

UK Broadcast Timings (and local time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1; Channel 4 showing highlights of Race and Qualifying:





Live timing for all sessions available here:

https://www.formula1.com/en/f1-live.html

Lap times, PU component use, technical reports and Stewards' decisions for the weekend will appear here:

https://www.fia.com/events/fia-formula-one-world-c...

Weather forecast:
https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/today/l/26.23,50...

Tyre options:





2019 race highlights:

https://youtu.be/0VjWY--QdMA

[Piginapoke]

Adrian W said:

You sort of want to boycott it as a matter of principle but know you won’t

I know what you mean

[Piginapoke]

I suppose we at least ought to try to talk about the race

[Piginapoke]

TheDeuce said:

Simplistic thinking, basic in the extreme. If other cultures influence stays away why on earth would they ever question their own?

It's been well proven for millennia that transport and introduction of culture drives change and new ways of thinking. seeing how other cultures operate sets off 'what if' questions in the minds of the upcoming generations. It's plain selfish to avoid a region and justify it as boycotting.

Alright Boutros Boutros Ghali, you've made your point.

[Piginapoke]

TheDeuce said:

Noted that you were first to question if it was a point needing to be made, and also the first to state it had been made. No actual comment from you on the subject itself

Like me you probably just want to be an F1 fan, but that is tricky when the sport goes to questionable places. I prefer to actually look at the cause and effect potential of that decision, not simply deride the decision and watch the GP anyway..

Yes, you won, well done.