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The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:55 pm

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 16th round of the 2020 season taking place in Sakhir, Bahrain between the 4th and 6th of December.

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The event timetable for the Sakhir Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 16:30 local time - 13:30 GMT
2nd Practice 20:30 local time - 17:30 GMT

Saturday
Practice 18:00 local time - 15:00 GMT
Qualifying 21:00 local time - 18:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 20:10 local time - 17:10 GMT

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Tue Dec 01, 2020 8:57 pm

It was announced today that Lewis Hamilton will not be competing at the Sakhir Grand Prix this weekend as he has failed a COVID-19 test. Mercedes are yet to announce who their reserve driver will be for this event.

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:55 pm

It was announced today that George Russell will be given the Lewis Hamilton Mercedes drive.
Jack Aitken has then been given the Williams drive.
This will be for the Sakhir and possibly Abu Dhabi races.
Pietro Fittipaldi has also been given the Haas drive for the injured Romain Grosjean.

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:19 am

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time	Driver		   Team
1	54.546	George Russell	   Mercedes
2	54.722	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
3	54.811	Alexander Albon	   Red Bull Racing
4	54.868	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
5	55.011	Daniil Kvyat	   AlphaTauri 
6	55.166	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
7	55.273	Esteban Ocon	   Renault
8	55.281	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
9	55.379	Daniel Ricciardo   Renault
10	55.449	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
11	55.558	Lance Stroll	   Racing Point
12	55.716	Sergio Perez	   Racing Point
13	55.757	Carlos Sainz	   McLaren
14	55.783	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
15	55.858	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
16	56.078	Lando Norris	   McLaren
17	56.130	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
18	56.764	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
19	57.077	Pietro Fittipaldi  Haas
20	57.187	Jack Aitken	   Williams
George Russell is fast. He seems to have adapted to the Mercedes like a duck to water. Yes, there is room for improvement however he is doing everything right.
Drivers were testing the boundaries. There appear to be a couple of problem areas that they still have to master.

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sat Dec 05, 2020 6:27 am

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time	Driver		   Team
1	54.713	George Russell	   Mercedes
2	54.841	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
3	54.866	Sergio Perez	   Racing Point
4	54.940	Esteban Ocon	   Renault
5	55.036	Alexander Albon	   Red Bull Racing
6	55.068	Daniil Kvyat	   AlphaTauri
7	55.104	Lance Stroll	   Racing Point
8	55.124	Daniel Ricciardo   Renault
9	55.133	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
10	55.258	Carlos Sainz	   McLaren
11	55.321	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
12	55.484	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
13	55.533	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
14	55.738	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
15	55.784	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
16	55.830	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
17	56.031	Lando Norris	   McLaren 
18	56.110	Pietro Fittipaldi  Haas
19	56.260	Jack Aitken	   Williams
20	No Time	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:29 am

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time	Driver		   Team
1	54.064	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
2	54.270	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
3	54.427	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
4	54.453	Esteban Ocon	   Renault
5	54.606	Lando Norris	   McLaren
6	54.629	Alexander Albon	   Red Bull Racing
7	54.664	George Russell	   Mercedes
8	54.678	Sergio Perez	   Racing Point
9	54.693	Lance Stroll	   Racing Point
10	54.720	Carlos Sainz	   McLaren
11	54.845	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
12	54.850	Daniil Kvyat	   AlphaTauri
13	54.854	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
14	54.857	Daniel Ricciardo   Renault
15	54.858	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
16	55.171	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
17	55.347	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
18	55.493	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
19	55.666	Pietro Fittipaldi  Haas
20	55.670	Jack Aitken	   Williams

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:35 am

Qualifying

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Pos	Time	Driver		   Team
1	53.377	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
2	53.403	George Russell	   Mercedes
3	53.433	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
4	53.613	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
5	53.790	Sergio Perez	   Racing Point
6	53.906	Daniil Kvyat	   AlphaTauri
7	53.957	Daniel Ricciardo   Renault
8	54.010	Carlos Sainz	   McLaren
9	54.154	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
10	54.200	Lance Stroll	   Racing Point
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11	53.995	Esteban Ocon	   Renault
12	54.026	Alexander Albon	   Red Bull Racing
13	54.175	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
14	54.377	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
15	54.693	Lando Norris	   McLaren
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16	54.705	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
17	54.796	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
18	54.892	Jack Aitken	   Williams
19	54.963	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
20	55.426	Pietro Fittipaldi  Haas

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Re: The 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix Thread

Post by cmlean » Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:29 pm

Results

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Pos	Driver		   Team
1	Sergio Perez	   Racing Point
2	Esteban Ocon	   Renault
3	Lance Stroll	   Racing Point
4	Carlos Sainz	   McLaren
5	Daniel Ricciardo   Renault
6	Alexander Albon	   Red Bull Racing
7	Daniil Kvyat	   AlphaTauri
8	Valtteri Bottas	   Mercedes
9	George Russell	   Mercedes
10	Lando Norris	   McLaren
11	Pierre Gasly	   AlphaTauri
12	Sebastian Vettel   Ferrari
13	Antonio Giovinazzi Alfa Romeo Racing
14	Kimi Räikkönen	   Alfa Romeo Racing
15	Kevin Magnussen	   Haas
16	Jack Aitken	   Williams
17	Pietro Fittipaldi  Haas
DNF	Nicholas Latifi	   Williams
DNF	Max Verstappen	   Red Bull Racing
DNF	Charles Leclerc	   Ferrari
Wow! Who saw that coming?
Mercedes totally made a mess of their race strategy and denied George Russell a deserved victory. I hope that has has another chance this weekend as he really deserved the win, even if it means Lewis sitting out another Grand Prix.

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