2009 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Wido Rossen · Apr 22, 2009

Race Date: 26 Apr 2009
Number of Laps: 57
Circuit Length: 5.412 km
Race Distance: 308.238 km
Lap Record: 1:30.252 - M Schumacher (2004)

The track

Saturday 25 April - Practice 10:00 - 11:00
Saterday 25 April - Qualifying 13:00
Sun 26 April 2009 - Race 14:00

(Time converted to CET time)

Damian Henderson · Apr 23, 2009

Bahrain Pictures:

Damian Henderson · Apr 23, 2009

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Damian Henderson · Apr 23, 2009

Damian Henderson · Apr 23, 2009

Sandstorms on the way

http://www.bahrainweather.com/FiveDayForecast.aspx

Code:

Forecast For: Sunday    Date: 4/26/2009
Weather    dust haze with rising sand in places
Wind    n'ly 15 to 20kt reaching 22 to 27kt at times during the day.
Sea State    2 to 3ft inshore and 4 to 6ft offshore.
Max. Temp    32 ºC
Min. Temp    23 ºC

Resi Respati · Apr 24, 2009

Bahrain Slot Car Track (if you want to make your own at home)

123456789aa · Apr 24, 2009

:rotfl:

Gareth Hickling · Apr 24, 2009

All nice shots, Just the one with the driver on fire is a little disturbing.

Damian Henderson · Apr 24, 2009

Gareth Hickling said:
All nice shots, Just the one with the driver on fire is a little disturbing.

I find the one with Sutil and the Dolphin more disturbing myself! :chuck:

Gareth Hickling · Apr 24, 2009

Hmm yes I agree that is not a nice sight aswell. Poor thing.

Hans Sneep · Apr 24, 2009

Interview by David Coulthard

Must be difficult to interview Sebastian Vettel ,his successor by Red Bull after his win in the Chinese GP and the second place by Mark Webber:

http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/videos/dc-interviews-mark-webber-and-sebastian-vettel_85/

By GP Update

Hans

Emerald Emblem · Apr 24, 2009

The Brawn cars test with heavy fuel loads according to the BBC F1 website. I wondered why they were so far down the board today in practice.

Steven Palmer · Apr 25, 2009

Great Quali session and good to see another team on pole. This season is shaping up very nicely, and the BBC coverage just gets better.

Ben Tusting · Apr 25, 2009

Here are the weights of the cars

Pos Driver Team Weight (kg)
1. Trulli Toyota 648.5
2. Glock Toyota 643.0
3. Vettel Red Bull-Renault 659.0
4. Button Brawn-Mercedes 652.5
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 652.5
6. Barrichello Brawn-Mercedes 649.0
7. Alonso Renault 650.5
8. Massa Ferrari 664.5
9. Rosberg Williams-Toyota 670.5
10. Raikkonen Ferrari 671.5
11. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 678.5
12. Nakajima Williams-Toyota 680.9
13. Kubica BMW-Sauber 698.6
14. Heidfeld BMW-Sauber 696.3
15. Piquet Renault 677.6
16. Sutil Force India-Mercedes 679.0
17. Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 678.5
18. Fisichella Force India-Mercedes 652.0
19. Webber Red Bull-Renault 656.0
20. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari 667.5

It looks like Vettel is the quickest again. Also Hamiltons McLaren-Mercedes seems quick now

Ryan Callan · Apr 25, 2009

Shows what an awesome lap Trulli did over Glock then. Rosberg also did a great job. But that looks very promising for Mr Vettel.

Emerald Emblem · Apr 25, 2009

Gah! Rubens, what happened?

Ross Balfour · Apr 25, 2009

Webber what happened more like, Stupid Sutil

James Johnson · Apr 25, 2009

Seems Mclaren (Lewis) is at same pace as the Brawns.

Emerald Emblem · Apr 25, 2009

It's really beginning to bunch up at the front now. Brawn, Toyota, Red Bull, Mclaren (Hamilton anyway) and Renault (Specifically Alonso) seem to be around the same pace in Bahrain anyway.