2012 Bahrain Grand Prix result
2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
2012 Bahrain Grand Prix
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OOliver said on 22nd April 2012, 14:43
Mclaren what hath thou done?
infy (@infy) said on 22nd April 2012, 16:03
They have the fastest car and you are complaining? :P
andrew_s (@andrew_s) said on 22nd April 2012, 17:38
mclaren snatched defeat from the jaws of victory… or at the least, 3rd or 4th place.
LexBlair (@lexblair) said on 22nd April 2012, 14:45
seriously McLaren needs to get their act together…..it´s getting ridiculous….
Harry said on 22nd April 2012, 14:45
3 points:
-Mclaren are an absolute shambles
-Great drive by Vettel
-Awful stuff from Rosberg. Has the win gone to his head?
andrewf1 said on 22nd April 2012, 15:07
awful stuff is an understatement. he ran lewis off the road and has the nerve to complain that he got overtaken off-track…that is beyond outrageous!
john barker said on 22nd April 2012, 19:54
What are you talking about? Lewis did NOT like being overtaken by Nico, who (as he was ahead), simply STAYED on the Racing Line. Lewis just run Off-Track (NOT for the 1st time I may add), and rejoined the track AHEAD of Nico. This SHOULD result in a Penalty, as he (Lewis) GAINED a place Off-Track!
He was ALWAYS moaning in the past about cars ahead of him “RUNNING HIM OFF THE TRACK”, when in actual fact they were only staying on the Racing Line. What a little whinger, this Boy-Racer is! (Donuts in Australia!). Come on Fernando!!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 22nd April 2012, 19:57
Hamilton clearly did not go off the track to gain an advantage, he was forced there. Nonetheless he made the move stick, so fair play to him.
Exactly the same thing happened in the GP2 feature race and no penalty was issued, so I have no objection to Hamilton doing the same.
Harry said on 22nd April 2012, 20:53
John barker do you know what the racing line is? I can assure you Rosberg was nowhere near it. lol
Young One said on 22nd April 2012, 21:37
ROS was shown a lesson in how not to behave bad or get punished. When he tried to pull another one aginst ALO, poor ALO wasn’t close enaugh to pass him :)
Dizzy said on 22nd April 2012, 14:47
DRS sucks as usual.
Some ridiculously easy passing today. They seriously need to drop this dumb device, Especially since the tyres are so fragile & we have kers as well. DRS on top of all that just makes things way too easy & artificial.
Mike (@mike) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:21
Sometimes it works, In China it was quite nice. In Aust is was predictably useless.
andrewf1 said on 22nd April 2012, 14:47
i am getting sick and tired of mclaren’s pathetic strategies and pit-stops. i soo wish raikkonen could’ve overtaken finger boy and win.
Lucien_Todutz (@lucien_todutz) said on 22nd April 2012, 16:02
I vote your comment as “comment of the day” ,,, finger boy =))))))))))) good one!!! DDDDDDd
Libellula (@ladyf1fanatic) said on 22nd April 2012, 19:15
Right now, McLaren Mercedes doesn’t deserve two top-class drivers like Button and HAMILTON. A completely joke those pit-stops…
HUHHII (@huhhii) said on 22nd April 2012, 14:56
As a huge Kimi fan and big Vettel fan, I can’t do anything else but smile, smile and smile. Superb entertaining race and fantastic result!
Jo (@musicwordsthoughts) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:06
Likewise, was so, so elated to see them take a 1-2 :D And Grosjean in 3rd was icing on the cake; his smile was so huge!
Guilherme (@guilherme) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:35
@huhhii I must say I follow your sentiment, good sir…
suka (@suka) said on 23rd April 2012, 7:09
I’m not an exactly Kimi fan, but I get a notion that he has already or is becoming most likeable and the coolest driver on the grid.
Too easy for Vettel though, Lotuses had a lot of traffic in the first stint.
McLaren, not surprised. Pits are a joke.
Massa, glad he preformed pretty well.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 22nd April 2012, 14:59
Greatest Bahrain GP ever.
Ed Marques (@edmarques) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:35
By far.
Zecks (@zecks) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:38
i’d trade an exciting race for human rights
W-K (@w-k) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:49
+1
Eggry (@eggry) said on 22nd April 2012, 16:15
It’s shame.
Todfod (@todfod) said on 22nd April 2012, 20:46
No doubting that
Arrrang (@arrrang) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:00
Hope that Rosberg gets a 30 sec penalty…
Eggry (@eggry) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:02
I think 5~10 place grid penalty is much better.
dennis (@dennis) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:07
I’m quite sure Rosberg will get a penalty for blocking quite hard, and Hamilton will get one for overtaking offroad.
Guilherme (@guilherme) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:37
@dennis I don’t think the actually overtake was off the track though. When he rejoied Hamilton’s front wing was still behind Rosberg front tyre.
dennis (@dennis) said on 22nd April 2012, 17:35
@guilherme
While that might be true, I think you could still count that as gaining an advantage for the overtook due to leaving the track. Let’s see what the stewards will do…
nackavich (@nackavich) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:09
Disgusting moves from Rosberg, you wouldn’t even pull stunts like that in karting. I’m glad Hamilton kept his foot down. Had he had an accident it would’ve been completely on Rosberg.
rantingmrp (@rantingmrp) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:09
Rosberg got away with those two infringements? If it had been a certain other driver, a drive-through and a further penalty would have been imposed within 5 laps…
Mike (@mike) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:52
@rantingmrp Haha, I can’t work it out, do you mean Schumacher or Hamilton? :D
Younger Hamii (@younger-hamii) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:11
So for those who elected not to watch Bahrain because of all that’s been happening & it being renowned as a host of a ‘boring’ race – Where are you now? You’ve missed out on a spectacular race, unfortunately it fizzed out slightly come the latter stages of the race but regardless unargubly the best race in Bahrain yet.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:23
@younger-hamii I watched the race and enjoyed it. Boycotting it never crossed my mind. However, for those who chose to do so, the quality of the race won’t affect them and rightfully so. Although I don’t share in their objection to watching the race I do respect their conviction in them sticking to their principals.
Mike (@mike) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:25
I was at work.
Also, protestors are about to march on pearl roundabout… So I wouldn’t count your morality chickens just yet…
Lee north (@northy80) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:13
Rosbergs learning from schumacher about defending I see. & I thing even HRT pit crew are more efficient than mclaren. Please let this not become another vettel steamroller
Fixy (@fixy) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:22
See? I don’t mind seeing Vettel win as long as it’s not every week! He deserved it today, Kimi was superb as was Grosjean, great to see both on the podium!
Both Lotus teams have finished in 2nd and 3rd position in today’s races: Raikkonen and Grosjean in F1, Gutierrez and Calado in GP2.
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 22nd April 2012, 15:31
Another race where the end result looks like it’s been picked out of a hat at random. I’m happy for Vettel and pleased that we have a different winner again in 2012. This time last year we only had 2 different winners, 3 races being won by the same guy!
Don’t get me wrong, I was happy for Vettel to dominate. Given how tight the championship was in 2010 I think 2011 polarised it beautifully so you won’t catch me begrudging Vettel a win and nor will you catch me thinking that he will now run away with this championship.
Good to see both Ferrari and Mercedes with both their drivers in the top 10, notwithstanding any potential post-race penalty for Rosberg.
No idea what happened to Ricciardo. I know he had a wing smashed up but surely that doesn’t translate to losing so many places to the end, what else happened? Terrible luck by the look of things.
We’re a fifth of the way into this season now and you’d expect things would had shuffled into order by now. Not the case. Brilliant.