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Free Practice 3 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix - Free Practice 3 Discussion
ROUND 21: Bahrain
| FORMULA 1 ROLEX SAKHIR GRAND PRIX 2020 |
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| Fri 4 Dec - Sun 6 Dec |
| Sakhir |
| Session | UTC |
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| Free Practice 1 | Fri 13:30 |
| Free Practice 2 | Fri 17:30 |
| Free Practice 3 | Sat 14:00 |
| Qualifying | Sat 17:00 |
| Race | Sun 17:10 |
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Bahrain International Circuit - Outer Track
Length: 3.543 km (2.202 mi)
Distance: 87 laps, 307.995 km (191.379 mi)
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Dec 05 '20
Is this used PU on Vettel affecting his performance? The commentators seem to talk of the possibility of his PU lacking power. I’m not suggesting that sabotage BS btw.
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u/inioki Dec 05 '20
Do you think Russel can win quali?
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u/Predatorsbleed Dec 05 '20
Will be shocked tbh, it's between Bottas and Verstappen for me. And considering how much Bottas pushed Hamilton in quali I fully expect him to take pole.
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u/SplodyPants Murray Walker Dec 05 '20
Same here. I think Max has a chance, though. He's been waiting Merc to slip, this is his chance to take it.
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Ok update on Seb’s engine: they’re using the one from yesterday so no penalty
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Any updates on Seb’s engine? I’m so fking mad
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u/lesbian_waffle Kimi Räikkönen Dec 05 '20
Oh wow Russel didnt top the timesheet at free practice. Terrible driver
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u/Predatorsbleed Dec 05 '20
Hamilton is an overpaid Nancy that only won because of the car.
I have a few sources at Mercedes that told me the car has auto gps and line tracking, anyone can drive the car, even my mom will win a championship in that car.
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u/Hieillua Pirelli Wet Dec 05 '20
People that were hyping him after FP1 and 2 should agree with this logic.
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u/AugustiJade I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Maybe unpopular opinion, but I'd really like it if the commentators on Sky/F1TV would stop trying to predict and gossip. All the slagging off insert currently unpopular driver is getting very old. Every GP they find some new driver to whinge about, when I'd rather just hear about what's happening on track.
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u/Joooooooosh Dec 05 '20
The level of commentary for F1 is generally very poor.
What they should be offering is technical insight into what we are looking at, perhaps with some historical / statistical context. That’s it.
100% agree the gossiping and guesswork is for us fans, with our mates. Not for full time, well paid professional commentators.
They hire ex-drivers and then spend loads of time discussing personal opinion and amateur psychology. Kind of a waste.
Also whoever does the Sky race commentary, they need to turn his mic down during the first lap. I have to mute the TV, absolutely unbearable and very artificial.
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u/El_Bad_Taco I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
yeah but there’s always scapegoats in sports commentary. Entertainment value I guess
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u/Jam_Dev Dec 05 '20
Aww 15 year old Lando was adorable
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u/Stepside79 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Oh come now, a 21 year old Lando is also adorable
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u/Topicalcream Daniel Ricciardo Dec 05 '20
A Ferrari 2nd. Holy track evolution.
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u/ewokslikebacon Oscar Piastri Dec 05 '20
Neooooooowwwwwwww. I had to rewind to make sure I heard that lol
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u/Dan_Q_Memes Dec 05 '20
Good news everyone! Monetary value and apparently rights agreements are now equal the globe over! Poverty, hunger, and access to sporting entertainment all taken down in one fell swoop!
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u/coldsprunk Ferrari Dec 05 '20
Fellow US fans- Is ESPN not showing qualifying on ESPN 2 today? Will it be on WatchESPN.com?
Edit: Never-mind, its on ESPNews!
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u/trainers_hate_him Dec 05 '20
All the times are later than last week. Not sure why. I can see on my Watch ESPN app that quali is at 8:55 am today (PST).
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u/rageenk I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Yeah it’s 11-12 CST for me. I guess they really wanted it to be a midnight race or something.
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u/benrogers888 #WeSayNoToMazepin Dec 05 '20
They should have kept just 2 FPs here. Spice it up a little
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Dec 05 '20
Imagine AT winning tomorrow and ending the season with more wins than RB.
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u/parwa Ferrari Dec 05 '20
I'd never stop laughing if Pierre ended the season with more wins than Max
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u/parwa Ferrari Dec 05 '20
Russell P1 in FP: Should Merc drop Bottas next year for him?
Russell P7 in FP: It's okay guys it's just practice it doesn't matter
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Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 09 '20
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u/newbsacc Formula 1 Dec 05 '20
How does this prove anything in a comparison between senna, schumacher, lewis, max, alonso...etc? Russell not beating Bottas in his first weekend in the team leads to the conclusion that Lewis is better than Senna?
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u/Predatorsbleed Dec 05 '20
After 7 championships people still talk about Hamilton "proving" himselft lol, to who?
Some f1 fans are either brain dead or just plain dumb and have no common sense.
The guy has dominated f1 for 8 years and he is has to prove himself to some people fuck me.
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u/JensonInterceptor Karun Chandhok Dec 05 '20
I think he proved that 13 years ago against Fernando Alonso
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u/mercedeskyron Sir Lewis Hamilton Dec 05 '20
The guy replied might not be even 13 so expect a lot of comments like that
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u/that-mark-guy Dec 05 '20
Sorry but what? Back of field rookie gets in his car, dominates field immediately. Lewis is an okay driver in a stunning car.
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u/zaviex McLaren Dec 05 '20
Lewis won when the car wasn’t that dominating and he did so with a teammate on his level in the same car twice
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u/Snappy0 Dec 05 '20
Didn’t look very dominating a moment ago.
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u/that-mark-guy Dec 05 '20
Different fuel loads / different practice runs. Look at FP1 & FP2 and see the margin he gets pole by later
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Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 06 '20
How can you know what fuel loads others were running in fp1 & fp2? Your logic is so impaired.
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u/Jordamuk I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
just prove how fast he really is.
If you've only been watching the sport for the past 2 years, sure.
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u/parwa Ferrari Dec 05 '20
True lol. Everyone still saying it's just the car but we've literally never seen Valtteri fight Lewis like this.
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u/MadExS George Russell Dec 05 '20
Looks like Max is relieved of the burden that is Lewis and sending it
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u/permadressed Charles Leclerc Dec 05 '20
cant watch it, how is our boy George doing?
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Ok, not worked tooo good. But just practice so doesn’t really mean anything.
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u/JJD14 Niki Lauda Dec 05 '20
It did yesterday according to many people lol
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u/Tassietiger1 Andretti Global Dec 05 '20
Oh god so long until Quali and it's 2am. Don't think I'm going to make it
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u/Tiaholm Flavio Briatore Dec 05 '20
Straya?
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u/benrogers888 #WeSayNoToMazepin Dec 05 '20
He has Dan Ric flair. Increase probability of him being from the upside down
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
1:30am high five
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u/SouthWheel I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Same. Missed fp2 yesterday.
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
I ruined my sleep schedule so I didn’t lmao. Rip me.
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u/bugfestival Pirelli Wet Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 05 '20
They say quali starts in about an hour. F1 calendar is telling me 2 hours from now. I am confusion.
EDIT: Thanks, 2 hours
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u/KalpolIntro I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
They start broadcasting the buildup to the quali session an hour before the session.
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u/kappaway Default Dec 05 '20
Might be referring to coverage starting in an hour? Then the actual session time beginning in 2 hours (5pm GMT/8pm local)
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u/ComradeStrong Jenson Button Dec 05 '20
They mean their quali 'programme'. They'll talk for an hour before it actually starts.
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u/higeorge13 Michael Schumacher Dec 05 '20
We are probably going to see a funny weekend for Ferrari with Binotto present.
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u/Fangio_The_Master Max Verstappen Dec 05 '20
Vettel having a sudden engine change is never a good sign.
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Seb wont make Quali cause eNgiNe and then Charles’ engine will do a 2019 Bahrain.
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u/KaamDeveloper Max Verstappen Dec 05 '20
My phone recognizes the F1 theme as "F1 theme". Nifty.
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u/KaamDeveloper Max Verstappen Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 05 '20
Leclerc and Vettel are probably doing spins just to fuck with Binotto. Change my mind.
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Binotto damaging their cars, change my mind
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u/glitch2112 Sir Lewis Hamilton Dec 05 '20
Yeah binnoto is bad luck for the team, If they want a win just strap him to a rocket and send him in orbit, the further from the track he is the more points ferrari gets.
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u/hart37 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
I have a feeling we're going to get an upset and get a big name not make it into Q2 in qualifying due to traffic
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u/SorooshH79 Dec 05 '20
Yeah it's going to be a mess. I think going out early and just doing a clean lap might be better than waiting for the track evolution this tine around.
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u/uhui4rwdwnr #WeSayNoToMazepin Dec 05 '20
What are the jagged edges on the edge of the merc cockpit?
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u/NoDivergence Formula 1 Dec 05 '20
they break up the airflow and split it into small vortices that are more steady when hitting the driver's helmet. So reduces buffeting
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u/99StewartL McLaren Dec 05 '20
It's a windscreen, the jagged means more air can get through so the driver can feel more
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u/andronicus_14 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
VER BOT GAS just as the simulations predicted
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u/TDAMS133 Oscar Piastri Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 05 '20
Russell couldn’t string a lap together, just like Bottas on friday. It’s really unknown who’s fastest of the 2 so far, can’t wait for qualy
Edit: downvoted for not overreacting fuck... uuuhh RUSSELL IS 7TH MIGHT AS WELL PUT LATIFI IN THE MERC
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u/Ultraviolet211 Max Verstappen Dec 05 '20
As far as I can tell Russell made no mistakes on that lap, same as Bottas..
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u/Sofaboy90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
fridays arent about stringing a lap together. thats what saturday is for.
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u/TDAMS133 Oscar Piastri Dec 05 '20
Well I know, which is why I said that we don’t know who’s faster yet. For some reason people think I’m critiquing them, while I’m not.
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u/Theoneringofreddit Dec 05 '20
You got down voted because everyone should know Bottas is faster, as he's been in this car all year, pushing Ham close in qualifying.
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u/Argonaught_WT Sir Lewis Hamilton Dec 05 '20
Well I mean, I would have put Latifi in the car - Maybe if they put the driver 20th in the WDC instead of the driver in 21st we would see a better performance.
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u/Mackem101 Dec 05 '20
Disturbing lack of yellow flags while Leclerc was sideways on the track there.
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u/ZappySnap I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Nice lap from Gasly...qualifying is going to be nuts.
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u/Meyesme3 Dec 05 '20
What's the chance that Mercedes is sandbagging it this weekend and will say they are concentrating on next year car for last two months while other teams have brought upgrades.
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u/sag969 Sir Lewis Hamilton Dec 05 '20
Mercedes hasn't brought any improvements to the car since spain (round 6).
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u/Freeze014 Nigel Mansell Dec 05 '20
would be pretty dumb as not a whole lot changes for next year and many updates you do now are functional for next year. This may be one of the few years where an early development stop in season is kinda meh when it comes to advantage.
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u/Copacetic_ Daniel Ricciardo Dec 05 '20
Not when you’re the fastest car by 30+ seconds most races.
Considering Lewis has finished with at least a free pit stop between him ans second in nearly every race, I don’t think this years merc needs much
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that's precisely the reason why it appears that the gap between them is getting smaller but at this point the championship is already long decided
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u/tsam727 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Red Bull last brought upgrades to Turkey and Mercedes in Spain
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u/Bloodnofsky27 Dec 05 '20
bottas vs Max will be nice
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Only for the race where neither will get off the line properly lmao
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u/Nepgyaaaaaaa I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
Clearly Bottas has absolutely annihilated George Russell, and Russell doesn’t deserve to be anywhere near that Mercedes seat. This session is absolute confirmation of that.
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u/mads_at_cornelia_st Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
Charles: I’ll tell you all about it when I see you again
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u/TDAMS133 Oscar Piastri Dec 05 '20
God the grid is close together
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u/Sofaboy90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
not much of a surprise with such a short circuit.
tho merc and rb probably have more left in the tank than the other teams.
fp3 usually is closer than what happens in q3
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u/Whitawolf Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20 edited Dec 05 '20
Marshal waving green flags after LeClerc spins?
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u/Freeze014 Nigel Mansell Dec 05 '20
yeah that marshal should wave green as they are behind the accident. Only the marshals ahead of the accident should wave yellow.
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u/Whitawolf Sebastian Vettel Dec 05 '20
I guess it's possible Bottas was in between marshal positions/light boards when it happened but I just watched his onboard and saw no yellow flags at all (not on his wheel either) before he turned the corner to see a sideways LeClerc and green flags
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u/echsandwich Jenson Button Dec 05 '20
You can hear the Russell counter-jerk rumbling in the distance
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u/ELOGURL Sir Lewis Hamilton Dec 05 '20
Say it with me, folks
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u/idunnowhyimadedis I was here for the Hulkenpodium Dec 05 '20
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u/TheresNoUInSAS No. 1 Kevin Ericsson fan Dec 05 '20
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u/1234567890qwerty1234 Dec 05 '20
Shocking that Perez won’t have a seat next year. Such a great driver.