F1 season opener Bahrain.....Spoiler Alerts
 

Free practice 3 and Mercedes looking a bit more 'on the pace'

A few hours to go before qualifying when we shall find out who has the pace for the first round of 2022:}

Ferrari take the Pole today.

Mercedes looking a bit more competitive in qualifying but still a lot to do to catch Ferrari and Red Bull.

Roll on tomorrow :}

Looks like it's going to be an interesting race

Can't help but feel Lewis was robbed last season.

George Russell must be a bit peeved. Waited to get into a winning car to find out (at the moment) its almost a midfielder, especially being beaten by an Alpha driven by the man he replaced!

I think that he drove like that "on porpoise"! :D:getmecoat:

Lights out and its Go Go Go :bowdown:

Wow.......

Didn't see that result coming for third and fourth.

Well done to the Scuderia :bowdown:

Wouldn't want to be Verstappen's teddy bear, I'll bet it got a kicking :eek:

From what my son was telling me ( he works for Alpina at Enstone) they were expecting a lot more problems. Apparently this E10 fuel is a big problem, overheating , pump caviation and generally a pain the proverbial.



Apparently they are even considering A/C systems to cool the fuel. It is not technically allowed but they are working on ways to find a way of cooling the fuel system within the regulations, its benefit will be increased power as well as better reliabilaty. The lift pumps are going to be a thing we hear a lot about if they dont come up with a way of getting around the problem.


The scary thing is we are expected to use this E10 fuel in our cars, no wonder there are people who are having problems.