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2016 Bahrain Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: Lewis Hamilton doesn't appear worried, so Nico Rosberg shouldn't feel comfortable.

TRACK: Just because you run it at night does not make the track any better.

EVENT: Outside of the main straight, was anybody actually in the stands?

QUALIFYING: Q3 was a little better, Q2 was horrible, and the whole thing still sucks.

RACE: Quite hectic in the beginning, turned into a strategy affair, with the only suspense being whether Hamilton could get into second.

START: Once again Hamilton balks, then gets whacked; once again the Williams cars shoot through the field, then does the whacking.

ROSBERG: Five in a row. That equals the best Hamilton has ever done.

HAMILTON: Clutch out. Gas in.

MERCEDES: And the beat goes on...

RAIKKONEN: This time, Kimi is the sole Ferrari finisher.

VETTEL: Well, that didn't last long...

FERRARI: Here's a tipster -- you can't catch Mercedes with only one car finishing every race. Just thought we'd let you know.

RICCIARDO: Still not letting the Toro Rosso drivers get any thoughts.

KVYAT: Not the way to show up your teammate.

RED BULL: What, no whining?

GROSJEAN: Ya think Romain made the right move during the offseason? Ya think?!

GUTIERREZ: Is Esteban getting all the new pieces? Oh wait, everything is new...

HAAS F1: Well, well, well. This team is for real. Let the other mid packers get jealous. Heck, let the almost front runners get jealous!

VERSTAPPEN: Still wowing the fans.

TORO ROSSO: Can't wait to see this team progress this season.

MASSA: Beat Bottas again.

BOTTAS: Valtteri, you're supposed to be the wave of the future. Not second fiddle to a soon to be sitting on a rocking chair driver.

WILLIAMS: Will they ever make the next leap forward?

VANDOORNE: No doubt, a star of the future. Anyone following the junior ranks already knew this. Now, Stoffel is showing the world.

ALONSO: Fernando, we don't like to see you hurt, but can you stay on the sideline a bit longer, so we can watch Vandoorne instead?

WEHRLEIN: Another revelation. Bide your time Pascal till a better seat opens.

HARYANTO: We got nothing...

TODT: Jean is so horribly incompetent, it makes you pine for Jean-Marie Balestre.

FIA: The only organization in the world whose solution to shooting themselves in the foot is to shoot themselves in the other foot, so the first foot doesn't hurt as much.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Idiocy.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 0 -- The number of fans in the entire world who are saying, "Wow, this new qualifying system is great!"

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: The most consecutive F1 wins is nine set by Sebastian Vettel in 2013. Two drivers are tied with seven, set many decades apart. Michael Schumacher in 2004 and Alberto Ascari overlapping the 1952-53 seasons. Ascari won the last six races in 1952 and then the season opener in 1953 at Argentina. However, Ascari probably should be credited with nine, because the Indy 500 counted in the World Championship then, which of course he (nor essentially any other F1 driver) didn't run. But, he did win the subsequent 1953 Dutch and Belgian Grands Prix.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: David Hobbs on keeping an open mind on the new qualifying system, "I have an incredibly open mind. It was junk!"

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Romain Grosjean after slapping himself after a fifth place finish, "Yeah, this is real."

SCHEDULE: We can't wait for China because we're so giddy to catch qualifying again...

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Rosberg 57
2. Raikkonen 57
3. Hamilton 57
4. Ricciardo 57
5. Grosjean 57
6. Verstappen 57
7. Kvyat 56
8. Massa 56
9. Bottas 56
10. Vandoorne(R) 56
11. Magnussen 56
12. Ericsson 56
13. Wehrlein(R) 56
14. Nasr 56
15. Hulkenberg 56
16. Perez 56
17. Haryanto(R) 56
NC Sainz 29
NC Gutierrez 9
NC Button 6
NC Vettel 0
NC Palmer(R) 0

Time of Race
1:33:34.696

Margin of Victory
10.282 sec.

Safety Car
None

Lead Changes
3 among 2 drivers

Lap Leaders
Nico Rosberg, Lewis Hamilton

Fastest Race Lap
Nico Rosberg

Pole Position
Lewis Hamilton

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Rosberg 50
2. Hamilton 33
3. Ricciardo 24
4. Raikkonen 18
  Grosjean 18
6. Vettel 15
7. Massa 14
8. Verstappen 9
9. Hulkenberg 6
  Kvyat 6
  Bottas 6
12. Sainz 2
13. Vandoorne(R) 1

  Team Pts.
1. Mercedes 83
2. Ferrari 33
3. Red Bull 30
4. Williams 20
5. Haas 18
6. Toro Rosso 11
7. Force India 6
8. McLaren 1
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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