Formula 1

Hi, anyone watching the Qualification for Bahrain GP?

Sort of.
Son is watching it so I’m catching bits and pieces of it.

Me I’ve subscribed again to F1 TV. Love the coverage there.

That what we’re watching it on too.

I wanted to watch in the bar but woke up today sneezing and not feeling well, so SRF zwei at home

I avoided F1 news over the winter, so interesting to see 1 new driver and 2 new new drivers. Alfa Romeo car looks cool. Alonso’s times yesterday were not a fluke, good times also today.

So, Redbull 1st row, Ferrari 2nd row. Hope this year Ferrari puts up a fight

Race tomorrow at 16h00 CET.

Me too!

I’m supporting anyone but Max this season!

Hoping for safe races for all drivers above all this year; besides some good competition ! Today’s close qualifying portends some tight races !

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F1 TV is well worth the money. I only subscribed because I was tired of waiting to watch C4 highlights, but it’s really great!

Watched the last round, for all the talk building up to it about it being more of a level playing field; we have exactly the same lineup as most of last season.

Alonso & Hulkenberg showing that they still got it though was nice.

interesting! I was not aware such tv existed. Who is commenting the race? I like very much sky sports

They’ve got a big team. David Coulthard just joined them from channel 4. You can choose between the F1 TV commentators or the UK SKY commentators - but I’ve grown to love the F1 TV guys.

https://www.crash.net/f1/news/102124…d-f1tv-lineups

Cool! Thank you.

It looks like the business grew significantly in the last couple of years.

Me
I had to delay a wine tasting in Alsace to watch it all
I am so looking forward to a new season…and Sky F1 does a great job!

I’ve subscribed to F1 TV for the first time. I used to subscribe to Sky F1, but while OK, I prefer the English presenters and it was only available in German. (I tried VPN, but it didn’t work)

My only concern was that I wouldn’t be able to watch it on my TV, but with Airplay it works fine.

Looking forward to following Hulkenberg and Alonso. Regarding Hamilton, I can’t see him winning another championship. Mercedes is too far behind and I believe that it would take them more years than Hamilton has left in his career to get back to the front.

I don’t understand how Mercedes have still not got that car sorted. They need to put that sidepod-less shitbox in the bin and start again!! Can’t believe they still ā€œbelieve in the concept!ā€

It will certainly be interesting for Hamilton as Aston Martin is half Merxedes :upside_down_face:
Hamilton:

ā€œThey have pretty much the whole back end of our car, they have half our car,ā€ Hamilton said. ā€œSo it’s definitely not great for us.ā€

ā€ž Mercedes have chosen this year to stick with their so-called ā€˜zero-sidepod’ design philosophy, with very narrow bodywork beside the driver.
This makes them alone on the grid - most teams have chosen to follow Red Bull’s very different approach to engineering the airflow around the car between the wheels, which features larger sidepods with a pronounced undercut to channel the air to the rear of the car.
Aston Martin have switched to a Red Bull-style approach this season and appear to have made a leap in competitiveness to be close to the front of the field.ā€œ

Pretty much what I said

Qualification in Jeddah.

Verstappen car broke down. I wish Perez getting the pole position, but I’m also curious for other team to be starting in first position.