ROUND 1: 🇧🇭 Bahrain

FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

  • First Grand Prix: 2004
  • Number of laps: 57
  • Circuit Length: 5.412 km
  • Race Distance: 308.238 km
  • Lap record: 1:31.447 Pedro de la Rosa (2005)
  • 2023 winner: Max Verstappen

Track Map

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  • regul@lemm.ee
    9·
    9 months ago

    They were on different tire strategies. Yuki held up the swap long enough that Daniel lost his tire advantage.

      • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
        7·
        9 months ago

        Riccardo said at the post race interviewed that it was discussed before the race that he will be on the softs and if he is faster than Tsunoda that order will come in. It seems like BS during the race, but it was discussed beforehand and Tsunoda probably should’ve let him pass before the order.

        • exanime@lemmy.today
          38·
          9 months ago

          Well Daniel was not faster than Yuki in quali or the through the race… So it made no sense to me the call either.

          It was BS during the race anyway because the call came in waaaaay too late to make any difference… Daniel would not have been in the point unless there was a crash in front of him

          • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
            71·
            9 months ago

            Well Daniel was not faster than Yuki in quali or the through the race…

            He literally closed a 4 second gap to Tsunoda from lap 41. He was clearly faster than Tsunoda at the end of the race.

            So it made no sense to me the call either.

            The call was irrelevant because they wouldn’t have scored points, but not nonsensical. Ricciardo could’ve had a real shot at passing KMag if that call had been done at the right time. It was agreed upon beforehand so it’s nonsensical to not agree with the order when it comes.

            • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
              1·
              9 months ago

              He literally closed a 4 second gap to Tsunoda from lap 41. He was clearly faster than Tsunoda at the end of the race.

              Well Yuki was either in the dirty air or struck behind slower cars which allowed Ric to catch up. He might have faster around lap 50 but between verstappen coming to lap them and the softs degrading, it was a stupid swap. By the end of the race, the soft to hard crossover was reached and Yuki was the same pace/marginally faster.

              It was agreed upon beforehand so it’s nonsensical to not agree with the order when it comes.

              Yeah making calls based on pre race agreements without taking the race situation into context is stupidity. It is the kind of stupidity we have mocked repeatedly when we have seen it from ferrari

        • exanime@lemmy.today
          42·
          9 months ago

          Pretty sure it wasn’t… And it would have made no sense to expect Daniel to pass and keep the advantage over Haas with literally 1 lap of tires left

          • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            In the post interview Danny said it was a full lap and that he lost the tire advantage in that lap. He thought he could have gotten around KMag, but not Zhao, so it’s really kinda immaterial as no points were lost.

            • exanime@lemmy.today
              21·
              9 months ago

              You don’t need to take Daniel’s word for it, you can see the race… It wasn’t a full lap

              And more importantly, it made no sense… Even if Daniel could have passed Kmag, which I doubt since he did not show any pace during quali or the race, it would mean nothing. Therefore, it was an incredibly stupid call to make which only serves to drive a wedge in the team