2013 Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

[Diego Lopez]

Shame that there was racing everywhere but the fight for 1st but what a race, Mclaren amazed didn't play the team game after they hit a few times but staying true to the words we let our team race

Yeah there was definitely a race going until Lap 3.

IM surprised no1 picked up the DRS open on Alonso on Lap 3, it was like lap 5 or 6 when Sky even noticed. and Im literally surprised he didn't go off in the corners during 3 laps.

oh well, this race is meaningless in the end. Barcelona next week, all car performances resets to 0.

 

[Diego Lopez]

Ya Remember Valencia 2012 Where Alonso only won due to Vettel Failure ?? When you see a winner congratulate him or be calm. Trolling when Vettel wins is became part of you.

difference being Alonso finished.

 

[Metalfreaky]

oh well, this race is meaningless in the end

Are you drunk or something?

 

[Diego Lopez]

Alonso 30 points behind Vettel -.-

better than a DNF points. 0. He did what he had to as much as Vettel would of tried to take as much points.

 

[Ho3n3r]

difference being Alonso finished.

The only reason he finished was due to the nature of the track, and indeed the type of failure. If same thing happened in Valencia, Alonso could easily have ended up in the wall. In a way Alonso was actually very lucky to even finish.

 

[Tom]

Are you drunk or something?

Alonso doesn't win = race doesn't count for Diego.

 

[Bradley Vanian]

That was such a boring race because Alonso had a DRS Problem. If Alonso won and Vettel had a DRS Problem, the race would of been awesome!

Lopez Logic.

 

[Shane Butler]

Racing was great today. DRS was great I thought.. much much better than China. Driver of the day for me was Perez. He looked like a Mclaren driver today.

If there was a better battle for the lead, then this race would have been even better. Nevertheless, it was very enjoyable.

 

[Astra]

difference being Alonso finished.

Yes, Alonso with his magic abilities could finish a race even with an engine failure.

 

[Ivan Mills]

Yesss!!! Dominant drive by the 3xWDC golden boy Vettel...oh it was good to see the golden finger again! Yesss!!!

 

[My993C2]

Congrats to Vettel and Red Bull for their win. Congrats also to Lotus. They may not be doing everything right on Saturday, but they sure are doing something right on Sundays and that should keep the Iceman in the hunt. Good hard racing all around throughout the entire pack, the medium/hard tires were just right at this track.

 

[Andrew Ford]

Don't hate him. I think he's a good driver in a brilliant car. Just not my favourite person. Would have rather seen Kimi take that one.

i agree. he's always seemed a nice guy but ...that's when he's winning. Even though this is often, you really see the other side of a personb when they lose or get criticised. He lied through his teeth after malaysia so I no longer have time for him. Raikkonen is straight forward and honest. hulkeburg is german and very likeable. i think a lot of us would just like to see vettel drive in a good car rather than a great one. hes obviously a cut above webber but would be nice to see a level playing field.

regarding this season, it seems you either have to get well clear of the field (and out of the fight) early on to dominate and save tyres in clean air or, take your medicine and do a late charge.
rosberg did everything he could do defend and was out of it from 1st to 9th? hamilton chose to take his medicine early on and ease his way in. this is what raikkonen did and vettel last week.

i wish hamilton would get a little more credit. he's usually the fastest qualifier (comparitively speaking) and is usually very consistent in races - yet alonso, vettel and raikkonen get all the credit.

 

[Ho3n3r]

That was such a boring race because Alonso had a DRS Problem. If Alonso won and Vettel had a DRS Problem, the race would of been awesome!

Lopez Logic.

Somebody's been reading my mind

 

[Markus Neumann]

Wow, the gloves really came off today. It's a minor miracle there was only one retirement due to crashes.

Nice touch by Red Bull to send a woman on the podium in a Muslim country. Shame on those dinosaur sheikhs for not even shaking hands with her.

 

[Ketnix]

Brundle coining a new term, what was it, "The drunken Rosberg defence"?

 

[wajdi]

hahaha the hate on Vettel is growing year after year!
If Alonso wins it's a fantastic race, but if Vettel wins it's a boring race!
Give me a rest please!

 

[My993C2]

this race is meaningless in the end.

Meaningless? Winning here may not be as prestigious as winning at a place such as Monaco, but every race offers the same number of points to the teams/drivers and the points won/lost at this race are certainly not meaningless.

 

[Jordi Casademunt]

Okay, there wasn't a fight for 1st, but there wasn't one in Australia or China either, so why is this race so bad compared to them? Mind you, I'd rather have someone else win the race, but Vettel did exactly his job, and he actually fought his way to first in the opening laps.

Behind him, it was a good race. Lots of wheel-to-wheel action, some overly aggresive moves (like Button on Pérez, and later Pérez on Alonso in the same spot, pushing people out of the track), Webber turning into Rosberg and almost spinning him, Massa getting a flat RR tyre twice, Grosjean getting back to the podium and leaving behind his problems with the car, Räikkönen being Räikkönen, Alonso getting back to 8th without DRS, Hamilton doing a smart race to make up for the lack of a proper setup (they couldn't get it balanced after FP3), Di Resta almost, but only almost, getting his first podium, and whatever else I've forgotten to mention.

If you focus only in the 1st position, it was somewhat boring. But if you look at everything that happened, it was quite eventful.

 

[Astra]

hahaha the hate on Vettel is growing year after year!
If Alonso wins it's a fantastic race, but if Vettel wins it's a boring race!
Give me a rest please!

the hate on Diego is growing race after race...

 

[Ketnix]

Im sure some will try and justify it.