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Bahrain final test thread

Final week of testing this week before the cars are packed up and transported to Melbourne, Australia.

According to Force India's Facebook page Sergio Perez is in the car today for them .

In the cars today are:

Red Bull - Daniel Ricciardo
Mercedes - Nico Rosberg
Ferrari - Kimi Raikkonen
Lotus - Pastor Maldonado
McLaren - Kevin Magnussen
Force India - Sergio Perez
Sauber - Adrian Sutil
Williams - Valtteri Bottas
Toro Rosso - Daniil Kvyat
Caterham - Kamui Kobayashi
Marussia - Max Chilton

Follow it all from here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/26306607

posted on 1/3/14

Hamilton did 89 laps and they had a gearbox problem.

posted on 1/3/14

Another disastrous day for RedBull

comment by AndyB (U3649)

posted on 1/3/14

Looks like they've got a lot of work to do. In a way I hope they get a functioning car as otherwise I get a feeling that if they do come strong at the end of the season as is probably inevitable then the 2014 champ would be tainted by accusations of 'well they only won because Vettel had a dodgy car'.

Be good to see 3 or 4 in with a genuine chance through the year

posted on 2/3/14

man devil

goes from bad to worse for red bull -- only glimmer of hope for them it is not the engine at fault as caterham , toro rosso and to a lesser extent lotus normally run trouble free so the problems can only be car related problems to red bull so i would imagine are eventually fixable --

i have a funny feeling that red bull have attempted to design something so flucking complex and revolutionary that it is going to take half the season to get it to run reliably by which time alonso and co will be out of sight

posted on 2/3/14

i have a funny feeling that red bull have attempted to design something so flucking complex and revolutionary that it is going to take half the season to get it to run reliably by which time alonso and co will be out of sight
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Agree completely, they have lost the diffuser which gave them so much downforce and may have tried a packaging system to give them more downforce which is backfiring.

They will get it right but it may be too late by then.

posted on 2/3/14

1) Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1:33.278 - 69 laps

2) Valtteri Bottas (Williams) 1:33.987 - 108 laps

3) Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 1:34.280 - 74 laps

4) Nico Hulkenberg (Force India) 1:35.577 - 74 laps

5) Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso) 1:35.701 - 74 laps

6) Adrian Sutil (Sauber) 1:36.467 - 91 laps

7) Max Chilton (Marussia) 1:36.835 - 61 laps

8) Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber) 1:37.303 - 86 laps

9) Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) 1:37.468 - 77 laps

10) Jenson Button (McLaren) 1:38.111 - 22 laps

11) Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham) 1:38.391 - 106 laps

12) Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 1:39.302 - 32 laps

posted on 2/3/14

man devil

another good day for hamilton - will be amazed if a merc engined car does not win melbourne ,

if you have any sneaky money that the wife does not know about put a little bit on bottas to win , the williams looks just about the most reliable of all the teams and you will get brilliant odds on
bottas to win --

posted on 2/3/14

Bottas and Massa will be the surprise package this season.

posted on 2/3/14

I'm actually gonna stick my neck out and back Felipe Massa to win the championship.

Williams have got a car that's not only quick but also very reliable, which I think will be the deciding factor this year, and I can see Massa well and truly thriving outside of the Alonso love-in he was trapped in for the last 4 years.

posted on 2/3/14

T AND A

massa is a good shout for the WDC unless the williams turns out to be slow in which case they will have trouble keeping up with the development side as the season progresses ,
i have a feeling that bottas will turn out to be as good as massa this year which will mean massa losing points to bottas -

however i am with you on this one , i have alot of time for frank williams and his achievements over the yrs, in fact i think he is one of the greatest people that any sport has ever produced in any time frame -
would be just a fraction of what frank deserves if one of his drivers wins the WDC before he drops off his perch -

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