F1 2024 - Round 1: Bahrain

rameire

This is it.

Formula 1 2024 starts this week.

Schedule:

Thursday Feb 29th

Practice 1 - 11.30 - 12.30

Practice 2 - 15.00 - 16.00

Friday March 1st

Practice 3 - 12.30 - 13.30

Qualifying - 16.00 - 17.00

Saturday March 2nd

Race Day 15.00

Tyres and Track Details.

rameire

Le Teams.

Le Drivers

CONSI

Why doesnt Haas just sell his team to Andretti and be done with it..

Jordan 199

Thanks for setting up the thread Rameire 🙂

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121818381#Comment_121818381

Maybe they have not approached him or maybe he is too proud to do that and give in to what might be a rival. Who knows.

ELM327

Why are Piastri and Stroll listed as driver 1?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121822798#Comment_121822798

I was going to say the order was by driver height per team but Hulk wrecks that theory. 😂

Not sure what the order is in the constructor pic either. Unless @rameire knows?

rameire

Honestly do not know,

The images are from Formula1.com

I cannot work it out myself.

gryfothegreat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121822798#Comment_121822798

Each pairing is in T-cam order, black then yellow.

Traditionally the driver who finishes ahead in the championship gets the black T-cam but Hamilton and Norris both requested the yellow T-cam so they could match their helmets. I'm not sure about Alonso but it probably has to do with Stroll Sr - in 2019 Stroll Jr inherited the yellow t-cam from Ocon, but when Perez got the boot and the team was rebranded to AM Stroll Jr took over the black t-cam and Vettel was given the yellow t-cam, which Alonso inherited.

Edit: it's also interesting that they're still using the neon green for Russell's driver number. He started out using it on his livery last year but switched to blue at some point. I prefer the blue, the green was too close to Hamilton's yellow. I miss the neon numbers and colour patches they had on the W14, it made it very easy to distinguish them, but they've gone with no colours on the numbers or halo on the W15.

Andrew76

Cheers @gryfothegreat, mystery solved.

I was watching the Autosport race preview on YT and they said this will be the 20th anniversary of the race! Had to Google it to make sure and yep the first Bahrain GP was in 2004. That is depressing! 😁

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121824078#Comment_121824078

There has not been 20 Bahrain GPS do has there? Remember some years back before Covid there was protests there over something and it did not go ahead or did it?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827754#Comment_121827754

Yeah in 2011 there was no GP because of civil unrest.

dmakc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827754#Comment_121827754

On the other hand weren't they one of the countries with double races during covid so maybe nets off

Burkie1203

Horner decision to be announced at 8pm apparently.

AMKC

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827955#Comment_121827955

It's done. He is in the clear. It's in the General thread.

Andrew76

F2 free practice on now, these cars don’t look too bad actually. Think it’s that Harry Benjamin chap commentating along with Alex Brundle, good combo.

Andrew76

FP1 for the big boys starting now in a minute. Will be interesting to see if there are any new parts on the cars since testing.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121831980#Comment_121831980

List of changes seen so far this morning.

https://www.planetf1.com/news/fia-update-list-2024-bahrain-grand-prix

Longing

Everytime I see Sauber staff with there team kit all I think of is Asda employees :(

PsychoPete

FP1 results

muckwarrior

Here it is with the tyre type included

Harika

Haas in a world of pain, Alpine between heaven & hell and the rest within a second.

rameire

I hope Haas are really not that far off, pointless running if they are.

Captain_Crash

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121832549#Comment_121832549

Especially with the reasons given for Andretti not being accepted…! If they’re not bringing something to the sport then wtf to the FIA think Haas are doing 🤷🏻‍♂️

artanevilla

The only hope for them is if they're carrying enough sandbags to fill the Sahara. I don't think so though.

Andrew76

Results from FP2. Merc looking in good shape unless they running in a higher engine mode. RBR were looking better in the longer runs though. Quali going to be fascinating tomorrow afternoon.

Jordan 199

Its going to be a long and hard year for this Alpine fan.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121833552#Comment_121833552

Rumoured to be 10kg overweight...

Long runs looked terrifying from Red Bull, and the data suggests they didn't turn up the wick, along with cooler temps. The Sky broadcast team were creaming themselves with a Merc 1-2

duffman13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121834245#Comment_121834245

Actually crazy the reaction from the Merc performance yesterday. I think they'll definitely be more competitive this year but it's FP2 and people losing the run of themselves.

If Hulkenberg being within a tenth of Verstappen doesnt give them a clue as to yesterday's times then I don't know what to say.

Alpines pace is probably the only team consistent in terms or performance seen through testing and free practice. It'll be interesting to see how this season goes after dumping Ottmar mid season but it's a poor start for them

Burkie1203

Read elsewhere Alpine are 10-15kg over the weight limit. That's nuts

Andrew76

Marko said it was the much cooler temps and gusty wind that might have been the cause of the lack of pace from the RBR. I doubt they had the engines turned up full beans either, the suggestion being that Merc had. Probably add into the mix that the Red Bull is kinder on its tyres which hurts them in quali compared to the race, same as last year.

Whatever the reasons, it does look like quali will be tighter which will make the race a bit more interesting, for the first few laps anyway. Come on Max!! 😁😁

Andrew76

FP3 coverage on Sky just started, green light at 11.30. Quali not til 4pm.

Andrew76

The sooner Croft gets replaced by Benjamin the better.

Longing

The Flex on that Mercedes front wing seems excessive.

Andrew76

There’s going to be a bunch of deleted laps in quali for track limits coming out of turn 4.

Andrew76

Anyone else going to be watching quali or still looking at WhatsApp messages? 😁

Finally back to proper F1 action, no more sandbagging.

This is it

Here we go, come on Charles!!

dulpit

Let's go quali

Andrew76

Alpine will struggle to get out of Q1 I think.

MadYaker

We don't need this shite talking from Brundle and Crofty before the session, we all know tyres need to be warm to work. I wish they'd just give us the ambient sounds from the pitlane.

Longing

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121838242#Comment_121838242

It will looks very unpredictable.

Ferrari paint looks very dull. Earlier it was hard to make them out at a distance on track.

Itssoeasy

Great to be back. Testing and FP is great and it’s a sign we are near to the start of the season but qualifying of the first race weekend is where it starts.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121838248#Comment_121838248

Well they are doing all the stuff for new viewers. Not us.

Longing

1.29.708 last years pole time for reference.

Andrew76

Bunch of cars coming out now. Come on Max!

Vicxas

Mercedes off the pace so far

Longing

Going to be some surprises by the time this is over

Andrew76

Wonder did Lewis have an issue of some sort, miles off.

This is it

I'm sure Max /Red Bull will rip it up in race trim, but good to see Ferrari, McClaren and AM in the mix so far

Itssoeasy

The first race weekend is the most exciting as even though we know that max will win the championship when it’s all said and done but yeah potential for surprises big this weekend.

Andrew76

Jesus, Alpine paddy last atm.