2018 Bahrain Grand Prix - Sakhir, April 6-8

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The drag and increased downforce in the cars have become a hindrance on this track for everyone except Ferrari it seems. Very strong showing from Honda, I don't know if this new engine in Gasley's car is an upgrade or what. Maybe they're just running the engines aggressively whereas others are saving them.
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Ferrari is doing great.

I still wonder how drivers know where the border of 'doing the pedal to the metal' is without spinning. I would say every driver would spin 4-5 times a free practice to see where they go over the edge. Is a simulator really that good?
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Ferrari legit faster, or Merc sandbagging ?
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I'm just tuning into P2. Whats going on, i was not expecting Ferrari to be ahead and definitely not by that much?
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Looking a bit one sided but remember the 7 tenths just two weeks ago. The question is was it party mode or was it a monster lap? Ferrari had the pace here last year so maybe the evolution has carried over.

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Shrieker wrote:
06 Apr 2018, 18:11
Ferrari legit faster, or Merc sandbagging ?
All teams are going easy on the engines in practice I guess, at least the top ones. But how much of a sandbagging would you want to do in the longruns?

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Does anyone else agree that the harder tires are the preferred race tires? It just confirms what I saw in testing, the gap between the compounds is just a few tenths, only the ultra and hyper soft tires are a significant enough step. The super soft is barely faster in ultimate performance but wears faster, these new tires are definitely throwing up headaches for the teams
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Honda!

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LM10 wrote:
06 Apr 2018, 18:14
Shrieker wrote:
06 Apr 2018, 18:11
Ferrari legit faster, or Merc sandbagging ?
All teams are going easy on the engines in practice I guess, at least the top ones. But how much of a sandbagging would you want to do in the longruns? Ferrari is faster than Mercedes in the longruns too.
I'm curious about what's gonna happen tomorrow. We will see.

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There's very little difference between the soft and super-soft here. Soft looks more consistent, and just as quick, looks to be the better race tyre. The SS are struggling a bit out of heavy traction zones.

Ohh... Kimi just stopped out on track.

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Ferrari having Haas issues

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Loose wheel for Kimi.

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Yeah, HAAS really buys parts from Ferrari. Even the poor ones. :)

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proof that Haas copied ferraris car, ferrari having the same issue.........

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