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Not always the most exciting race. Remember when they changed to that endurance layout for a year in 2010?

Also reminds me of the scandal around that year when the race was run essentially behind closed doors due to the civil unrest in the country. Force India refused to take part in one of the practice sessions because a car full of their pit crew had been stopped and threatened on their way to the circuit. FOM responded by refusing to show Force India's cars during qualifying so that their sponsors didn't get any exposure. Ridiculous.

Vettel and Hamilton are the only active drivers now who have won at this track. Bottas should be a threat, has finished in the points every year apart from his first visit, for Williams and Mercedes. He was on pole in 2017 and finished 2nd with the fastest lap last year, 0.7s behind Vettel. Leclerc was 12th here last year. Verstappen has only finished the race in Bahrain once, a 6th place with Toro Rosso in 2016.

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I like this track, followed by China and Baku. We have now have 3 tracks where you can overtake, last year was really good. Hamilton flying through the field, doing a 3 car overtake, and Bottas chasing Vettel down. 

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Really hope Renault have more in the tank than they showed last week. Don't want to see Ricciardo and Hulkenberg wasted on a midfield car and they need to show the big wigs that they're moving closer to the top teams else there's a risk of the plug getting pulled again like it was in 2009.

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Yeah it's just FP1 and it's largely unrepresentative but Ferrari definitely look better than they did in Melbourne so that's encouraging.

Stroll kissed the wall and damaged his front wing.
Grosjean broke his front wing on a kerb. 
Hulkenberg and Giovinazzi almost crashed into each other.
And Williams' "pace" ist still nowhere to be found.

That's about all highlights of FP1 xD 

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2 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Using Softs whilst the other top two teams were using Mediums right? Nothing to see here. 

Nope. Mercs started on mediums but later switched to softs and both registered their fastest laps on softs as well. Max ran the whole session on softs too and Gasly started on hards but did his fastest lap on softs as well :) 

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2 hours ago, nudge said:

Yeah it's just FP1 and it's largely unrepresentative but Ferrari definitely look better than they did in Melbourne so that's encouraging.

Stroll kissed the wall and damaged his front wing.
Grosjean broke his front wing on a kerb. 
Hulkenberg and Giovinazzi almost crashed into each other.
And Williams' "pace" ist still nowhere to be found.

That's about all highlights of FP1 xD 

Last season Merc dominated in Australia like they did 2 weeks ago. Then Ferrari took over from Bahrain speed wise, could be same pattern.

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Both Sauber cars with cooling issues/hydraulic leak in FP2... :( RB seemed to be experiencing some problems with power delivery. 

Kubica is driving the car with the previously damaged floor that has been repaired but not replaced and used parts from the testing because Williams don't have/can't afford new parts... Must be so frustrating.

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3 minutes ago, Cannabis said:

Claire Williams saying on Sky that all teams are in the same boat in regards to parts at this stage of the season - not fooling anyone love. 

I do feel for her, but the longer it continues like this, the more damage it brings to the team and its image. Really not sure how they could solve their problems though. Appoint someone else? Would hardly make any difference considering they're falling apart and struggling financially. Sell the team? It would be sad to see another legendary name go. But at this point they are really making a caricature of themselves.

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I know you've got to be careful with practice times but it's not often you see gaps like those Ferrari have had in hand this weekend in all three sessions without it translating into a qualifying advantage as well.

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