results from FP2, looks like Alonso is back

I find it hard to believe that Aston Martian went from a stinker of a car in '22 to being this good.
Qualifying will sort this out.
Looks like Williams are still Williams.
I'm interested in seeing Mag vs Hulk.

Q1 started and already a red flag.

well, Alonso in front of the sandbagging Mercedes, Ferrari must hope not to eat up their tires, Hülkenberg better than Magnussen, McLaren with the Clarkson loser-L on their face like Alpine, and RedBull will win both championships

Times from today's qualifying session for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.


Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 1:29.708 134.956 mph
2 Perez Red Bull 1:29.846 0.138
3 Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.000 0.292
4 Sainz Ferrari 1:30.154 0.446
5 Alonso Aston Martin 1:30.336 0.628
6 Russell Mercedes 1:30.340 0.632
7 Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.384 0.676
8 Stroll Aston Martin 1:30.836 1.128
9 Ocon Alpine 1:30.984 1.276
10 Hulkenberg Haas No Time
11 Norris McLaren 1:31.381
12 Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:31.443
13 Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:31.473
14 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:32.510
15 Albon Williams No Time
16 Sargeant Williams 1:31.652
17 Magnussen Haas 1:31.892
18 Piastri McLaren 1:32.101
19 de Vries AlphaTauri 1:32.121
20 Gasly Alpine 1:32.181

Yep. Looks like same ol same ol.
AM made a huge jump. Even Stroll got in the top 10.
Williams are still Williams.
Ferrari complained a lot about practice performance but they usually do well on this track.

RB picking up where they left off last year. Looks like the AM hype could be real - if they stay on top of the car's development. Good showing by SAR. Haas biggest disappointment.

Result of the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix.


Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Verstappen Red Bull 57 1h 33:56.736
2 Perez Red Bull 57 + 0:11.987
3 Alonso Aston Martin 57 + 0:38.637
4 Sainz Ferrari 57 + 0:48.052
5 Hamilton Mercedes 57 + 0:50.977
6 Stroll Aston Martin 57 + 0:54.502
7 Russell Mercedes 57 + 0:55.873
8 Bottas Alfa Romeo 57 + 1:12.647
9 Gasly Alpine 57 + 1:13.753
10 Albon Williams 57 + 1:29.774
11 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 57 + 1:30.870
12 Sargeant Williams 56 + 1 Lap
13 Magnussen Haas 56 + 1 Lap
14 de Vries AlphaTauri 56 + 1 Lap
15 Hulkenberg Haas 56 + 1 Lap
16 Zhou Alfa Romeo 56 + 1 Lap
17 Norris McLaren 55 + 2 Laps
Ocon Alpine 41 Retired
Leclerc Ferrari 39 Retired
Piastri McLaren 13 Retired

Redbull 1-2 in a laugher.
Who's the guenious at AM. Going fron near the back of the grid to 2nd or 3rd team. Somewhere Vettel is ripping his hair out.
Pretty sad when a coustomer engine is beating the factory team.
Kudos to Williams. Didn't see that coming.
Disasterout w/e for McLaren. Even one thier Indy cars crashed out of 1st lap.
Notice Ocon (I think) had a broken end plate and never got flagged for it like Haas last season.
Took the Stewards 12 laps until putting out that Ocon was not line up right at athe start.

kudos to Alonzo. I'm more happy for him to get the podium than I am Aston Martin...although I am glad they got there as it lends to the variety and boosts viewership.

Wonder if/how this will affect the F1 team...

I would laugh my ass of if that would lead to a sellout and Andretti buys Haas

Times from today's qualifying session for the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Team Time Gap
1 Perez Red Bull 1:28.265 156.500 mph
2 Leclerc Ferrari 1:28.420 0.155
3 Alonso Aston Martin 1:28.730 0.465
4 Russell Mercedes 1:28.857 0.592
5 Sainz Ferrari 1:28.931 0.666
6 Stroll Aston Martin 1:28.945 0.680
7 Ocon Alpine 1:29.078 0.813
8 Hamilton Mercedes 1:29.223 0.958
9 Piastri McLaren 1:29.243 0.978
10 Gasly Alpine 1:29.357 1.092
11 Hulkenberg Haas 1:29.451
12 Zhou Alfa Romeo 1:29.461
13 Magnussen Haas 1:29.517
14 Bottas Alfa Romeo 1:29.668
15 Verstappen Red Bull 1:49.593
16 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1:29.939
17 Albon Williams 1:29.994
18 de Vries AlphaTauri 1:30.244
19 Norris McLaren 1:30.447
20 Sargeant Williams 2:08.510

Good chance for Ferrari or Aston Martin to steal a victory.

RB probably got this in the bag. Rather Alonso get the win because Ferrari is Ferrari. Looks like Alpine is picking up steam and hope they knock MB down a few spots.

Forgot Leclerc get 10 place penalty for engine change.
Alonso has a good shot at this.

Forgot Leclerc get 10 place penalty for engine change.
Alonso has a good shot at this.

Pretty boring race at the front, but, good going Alonso! Just squeaked that out. Of course RB being RB and Ferrari... meh. Honestly thought Alpine would do better.

Result of the STC Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

Pos Driver Team Laps Gap
1 Perez Red Bull 50 1h 21:14.894
2 Verstappen Red Bull 50 + 0:05.355
3 Russell Mercedes 50 + 0:25.866
4 Alonso Aston Martin 50 + 0:30.728
5 Hamilton Mercedes 50 + 0:31.065
6 Sainz Ferrari 50 + 0:35.876
7 Leclerc Ferrari 50 + 0:43.162
8 Ocon Alpine 50 + 0:52.832
9 Gasly Alpine 50 + 0:54.747
10 Magnussen Haas 50 + 1:04.826
11 Tsunoda AlphaTauri 50 + 1:07.494
12 Hulkenberg Haas 50 + 1:10.588
13 Zhou Alfa Romeo 50 + 1:16.060
14 de Vries AlphaTauri 50 + 1:17.478
15 Piastri McLaren 50 + 1:25.021
16 Sargeant Williams 50 + 1:26.293
17 Norris McLaren 50 + 1:26.445
18 Bottas Alfa Romeo 49 + 1 Lap
Albon Williams 27 Retired
Stroll Aston Martin 16 Retired

Max some way some how gets 2nd.
Alonso get a 10 sec penalty for violating the 5 sec penalty.
Ferrari can't finish ahead of Mercedes?
Is McLaren and Williams going to battle for last place?

Aww, crap. Didn't know Alonso got the extra time slapped on there.

Just got reversed. Alonso keeps 3rd.
These idiot Steward don't know their own rules.
It said that you can't work on the car during the 5 sec penalty buy it doesn't say anything about touching the car.

the FIA and Niels Wittich as race director are still complete and utter idiots

Yep.
The so called incident happen on lap 19.
They gave the 10 second penalty after the race.
Guess they had to take their nap.
Oh yeah, the safety car was a joke too. Stroll pulled in behind the fence out of harms way.

F1 in Atlantic City anyone?
At least its not a street track.

https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/10...de-track-plan/

The United States of America already hosts three F1 events but could this number be set to rise once again?

F1's surge in popularity has been evident in the US with the Circuit of the Americas joined on the 2022 calendar by Miami, with Las Vegas set to make its long-awaited comeback in November.

But there could soon be another facility available that could host F1, with the former Bader Field airport given the green light by the city council on Wednesday to be converted into a stunning race track.



The track would be four kilometres long and it is reported that is would tick all the boxes required to host F1.

The project is reported to cost $2.7 billion with construction to take place across the next six-nine years.

WATCH: 6 weirdest Formula 1 tracks in history | GPFans Special

Is there space on the calendar?
The F1 calendar has bloated in recent years with the current season set to be the longest in the sport's history with 23 races.

This total was expected to be 24 but was reduced after the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix, an axing that created an unexpected 'spring break' between events in Australia and Azerbaijan.

F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has previously gone on record stating that 24 is the 'maximum' number of races that could fit on a calendar, but there are suggestions the sport could consider rotating races between years in order to fit more destinations onto the roster.

But given there has previously been interest from China and Saudi Arabia in hosting a second race and South Africa is looking to make a comeback, it is unclear whether there would be space for a fourth US event.

Just want to say, Thanks for keeping us updated. I've been a F1 fan since 1984, funny I come here to get the news.

Thank You MrH.

Just want to say, Thanks for keeping us updated. I've been a F1 fan since 1984, funny I come here to get the news.

Thank You MrH.

Porsche rules out F1 return

https://www.pitpass.com/74770/Porsch...-out-F1-return

Meh, the "my way or the highway" attitude didn't help their case for partnering with a current team. Not really surprised.