F1 Testing 2021: Bahrain (12th - 14th)

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 10:43

Wow! It's crazy dusty off line.

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 10:52

Looks like Leclerc's gearbox packed in. Red flag, probably it for the morning?

chrismscotland · 12 Mar 2021 at 10:53

Might squeeze in another run if this car gets put away quick

CaptainRAVE · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:08

What do the times look like? Do we have a championship winner yet? It is day 1 of testing after all

Junglist · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:12

Mclaren are top. Thus they are gonna walk the Championship lol

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:16

CaptainRAVE said:
What do the times look like? Do we have a championship winner yet? It is day 1 of testing after all

No clear winner yet, but in a shocking turn up for the Championship, it looks like Mercedes have designed a turkey and they're going to be battling Haas for last place.

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:19

Mr Jack said:
Looks like Leclerc's gearbox packed in.

Engine misfire apparently, rather than a gearbox issue. That's not so good for Ferrari.

Yaayuh! · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:20

CaptainRAVE said:
What do the times look like? Do we have a championship winner yet? It is day 1 of testing after all

Junglist · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:29

Ferrari have a different (read: Better and less-cheaty) engine this year as well, don't they? Or have I imagined that? Assuming I haven't, will Alfa and Haas both benefit from it?

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 11:46

Junglist said:
Ferrari have a different (read: Better and less-cheaty) engine this year as well, don't they? Or have I imagined that? Assuming I haven't, will Alfa and Haas both benefit from it?

Yeah, all the teams with the same engine supplier get the same engine.

Tweaker · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:06

Alex Jacques should take over full time in F1, dump Crofty and Brundle. I wonder how many times they call the teams, Renault, Racing point and maybe even a Force India.

Would thought there would be more urgency to get the cars out as soon as the timer goes off. I know its hot and windy, but there are only 3 days...

Tweaker · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:08

Oh, that sand is atrocious.

Feek · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:20

chrismscotland said:
Its also odd seeing "MSC" listed as initials on the timing screen again!!

Surely it should be SCH, is that just a nod to Michael?

That sand is awful, not the best time to be testing, I bet it's getting in everywhere.

Mr Jack · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:22

Tweaker said:
Oh, that sand is atrocious.

Not much work going to get done this afternoon. I'm surprised they haven't canned the whole thing.

chrismscotland · 12 Mar 2021 at 12:35

Feek said:
Surely it should be SCH, is that just a nod to Michael?

That sand is awful, not the best time to be testing, I bet it's getting in everywhere.

Yeah it was only "MSC" after Ralf joined... maybe they're anticipating David Schumacher joining eventually..... (joking; he's looked dire in F3); Mick used SCH in F2/F3 so assume it is a nostalgic nod to Michael.

Mr Jack said:
Not much work going to get done this afternoon. I'm surprised they haven't canned the whole thing.

I honestly thought they're relocated the testing to a soggy, foggy Silverstone for the afternoon looking at that!

Shimmy · 12 Mar 2021 at 13:09

Lewis just throwing shapes at every corner.

cuke2u · 12 Mar 2021 at 15:39

A car with zero grip...

Junglist · 12 Mar 2021 at 15:45

Red Bull have come out of the gates flying! Could they be a team to finally stop the Mercedes domination

SoliD · 12 Mar 2021 at 15:51

Weren't they pretty tasty last year too?

Junglist · 12 Mar 2021 at 16:06

I can't actually remember but this is just my usual knee-jerk reaction to testing. Expect my opinion to change both tomorrow and Sunday.

end the day top of the time sheets? Confirmed WDC winner in my eyes