F1 2024 - Round 1: Bahrain

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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

Here it is with the tyre type included

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

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

Here we go, come on Charles!!

It will looks very unpredictable.

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

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

Going to be some surprises by the time this is over

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