Monthly Archives: Nov 2020

A huge crash for Romain Grosjean on the first lap, where he made contact with Daniil Kvyat on the exit of Turn 3, and penetrated the armco barrier, splitting his Haas in half, was the big story of the race. All credit to the FIA, as the survival cell was more or less in tact,Continue reading “Bahrain GP: Hamilton wins as Grosjean escapes horror crash”

Robert Shwartzman took reverse grid pole yesterday and never looked back. Despite a safety car for Theo Pourchaire stopping on track reducing his gap he was untouchable throughout the race to take a dominant victory by 5 seconds, his first victory since the Sprint Race in Spa and keeping himself in title contention. Whilst itContinue reading “Bahrain F2: Shwartzman dominates frenetic Sprint Race”

The initial runs in Q3 saw Lewis Hamilton lead the way by a tenth and a half back to Max Verstappen in second, and 2 tenths back to Valtteri Bottas in third. Lewis then became out of reach when he set an incredible 1.27.264. Valtteri Bottas was able to get into second place ahead ofContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Hamilton takes pole with a stunner”

It was not a very relevant final practice session due to the different track conditions but it was Max Verstappen who topped the session ahead of the two Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. However there was concern as Lewis Hamilton had an issue that resulted in him stopping at the end of theContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Verstappen tops whilst concern at Mercedes”

It was an incident packed session that saw two red flags. One after Alexander Albon crashed his Red Bull at the final corner, heavily damaging his Red Bull car and surely damaging his confidence. And then immediately as the green flag came on, a stray dog managed to make its way onto the track bringingContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Hamilton in fine form on dog day in Bahrain”

In the early flurry of runs it was Callum Ilott who had provisional pole ahead of Felipe Drugovich and Dan Ticktum, these early runs were interrupted by Yuki Tsunoda spinning at Turn 13. He tried to bump start but his qualifying was over and the red flag was out. Callum would maintain that margin, asContinue reading “Bahrain F2: Ilott takes convincing pole”

The Bahrain GP weekend is underway and Lewis Hamilton topped FP1 for the first time since Hungary ahead of his team-mate Valtteri Bottas in second. Whilst Sergio Perez in what could be his third to last race in Formula One set the third fastest time. Carlos Sainz was fourth fastest for McLaren ahead of PierreContinue reading “Bahrain GP: Lewis Hamilton hits the ground running”

After another 2 week break, Formula One kicks off the season closing triple header by heading to the Bahrain International Circuit for Round 15 of the 2020 season. The Bahrain International Circuit is built on the island desert that is home to the kingdom of Bahrain, playing host to its first grand prix in 2004.Continue reading “Bahrain GP: Race Preview”