F1 2025 - Round 4 - Bahrain - Sakhir 🇧🇭

Captain_Crash

Just tuned in at the end on the phone but had no sound (at a family event), is there a reason they left it so late?

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350424#Comment_123350424

Yep, going to be a painful time for me. 😁 Hopefully Max can just bag some decent points until things turn around.

Andrew76

Move the mic further away from your mouth James.

Itssoeasy

reg flag.

PsychoPete

Big hit for Ocon

Hijpo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350427#Comment_123350427

Track limits. Tsunoda and Max in the last corner.

Max locked up Before he even turned the wheel and Tsunoda looked to have understeer.

Andrew76

Strange one Max abandoning that lap, seemed to be on for a decent time. McLaren’s are flying!

Itssoeasy

the red bulls not great.

Itssoeasy

yuki is blessed.

PsychoPete

Grim viewing for RedBull

Andrew76

Doohan almost pipped Yuki to get into Q3.

Jordan 199

Nice job Gasly.

Jacovs

Sainz getting more comfortable in the Williams. Top 10 at least.

Wanderer78

rb's are nowhere

Andrew76

Some lap from Russell. Max will be in that seat soon enough at this rate. 😂

Hijpo

Verstappen giving out about brakes. Are the redBulls down on all sectors or is it getting progressively difficult to drive as the lap develops?

Extremely late track limits call puts Albon up to 15th which if it came in time would have seen him into Q2. That's sh1t luck.

Itssoeasy

good qualifying from the Mercs. The red bulls look poor. Norris being P6 is not what he’d want.

Andrew76

Yes!! Norris only 1 position ahead of Max. Well done Piastri, put the McLaren where it should be. Norris cracking under pressure again, what is the story with him at crunch times. Russell great lap. Antonelli doing great and where did that pace come from with Gasly?

Jordan 199

Gasly fifth. Woohoo!

dulpit

Let's go Oscar!

Jacovs

Sainz beat Hamilton…

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350553#Comment_123350553

I'll be genuinely shocked if Norris can stand a season long battle with Max & come out on top, he seems to always find a way to falter. Piastri got the job done, delighted for him, he seems a great lad. Antonelli impressive so far, give him a few more races & I wouldn't be surprised to see him trading blows with George (not a fan of George since the Bottas helmet slap incident, but to be fair, he's killing it this season.)

dulpit

Norris showing (perhaps?) that he lacks that edge to be consistently best in the best car. Still think Piastri is going to take the team away from him. Be delighted if it happens.

Poor Lawson needs to recover after his 2 race stint in red bull.

For Petes Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350553#Comment_123350553

You as an (apparant) Verstappen fan should be more worried about Piastri than Norris imo.

CFlat

Norris was a bit of a dick there.

For Petes Sake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350560#Comment_123350560

His interview in the media pen just now was someone who has already been beaten.

Andrew76

That interview with Norris… yikes. Always too hard on himself but he seems mentally more fragile than others around him. This is the time he should be maximising the car advantage but isn’t.

dulpit

George Russell seems to have kicked on a bit too this season.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350569#Comment_123350569

Apparent? You must be new here. 😁 Yes I’m a big Verstappen fan and yes I agree that Piastri is looking more a champion in waiting than Norris right now. He’s a calm head on young shoulders and mega fast, getting on top of his tyre management issues he had in previous years too. He would’ve had a proper go at Max in Japan if he was in second.
Still a bit disappointed for Norris, he’s a nice lad.

Andrew76

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123350559#Comment_123350559

It’s very early days but Antonelli looks to have massive potential, definitely the most impressive of the rookies. George is no slouch so to be keeping up with him in only his 4th outing is very impressive. Seems to be improving all the time and comes across very humble in interviews. Maybe Toto has finally found his Max.