Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice Two

3rd & 7 37yd

;-) is there any by clause for how many smartphone we could use during the year :P

by F1world 4/17/2015 4:14:16 PM
@F1world: Four but I'm pushing for a fifth.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:14:23 PM
Button has started a flying lap on the soft tyre. He's got team-mate Alonso circling right behind him.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:14:42 PM
McLarens' pace seems promising....Q2 seems realistic?

by Jonathan Rubuubi 4/17/2015 4:14:45 PM
@JonathanRubuubi: Promising indeed. At this rate, yes, it's certainly a possibility.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:15:00 PM
The long runs between @MercedesAMGF1 and @ScuderiaFerrari look very close. Early days, but we should be in for a good race! #BahrainGP

by Pirelli Motorsport via twitter 4/17/2015 4:15:17 PM
Button passes Grosjean through Turn 13 but the Lotus driver flies past him again on the exit of the corner and Button seems to bail out of the lap. Alonso passes his team-mate on the start/finish straight.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:16:19 PM
Question: Why don't we see times in the chart to the left?

by Don Hopings 4/17/2015 4:18:25 PM
@DonHopings: We don't have access to the live times. We can automatically enter them in but tragically I was only born with one pair of arms so concentrate on the live comms.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:18:52 PM
Where do you think McLarens' strengths are if they're any....?

by Jonathan Rubuubi 4/17/2015 4:19:34 PM
@JonathanRubuubi: I think it's definitely designed a good car. The tightly-packaged rear has all the hallmarks of Red Bull (courtesy of Peter Prodromou) but we won't know until the Honda engine is running closer to full power how that translates to downforce etc.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:20:18 PM
While the straights are a big issue in Bahrain, braking is just as important and engine maps are crucial to lap time.

by Renault Sport via twitter 4/17/2015 4:20:46 PM
Cylinders are cut into the corners, so their temperatures drop and getting them firing again correctly while colder is incredibly important

by Renault Sport via twitter 4/17/2015 4:20:47 PM
Seems Vettel got some contact from Perez. Seems he slowed down coming down the inside of Turn 1 and Perez, who had already committed to the corner, collected him as he passed.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:21:32 PM
Doesn't look like Perez knew much about that one. A later radio message suggests Vettel has a brake failure coming into that corner. It also seems he used some rather colourful language about Perez.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:22:20 PM
Put Ferrari in the same position as McLaren, it would have been destroyed with negative comments. Congratulations McLaren Fans.

by bart 4/17/2015 4:22:41 PM
Vettel seems a bit irked by that one. That incident will be investigated after the session.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:23:08 PM
Absolutely not Perez fault but Seb would not agree

by RCC 4/17/2015 4:23:11 PM
Says Vettel and Perez are being investigated, and usually the first man named is the man being investigated. Mika Salo the race steward this weekend.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:23:37 PM
"I had a failure. I had a braking failure and f**king Perez took my wing off. Unbelievable!"
-Sebastian Vettel, April 17, 2015

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:24:16 PM
@bart: they are just being British...stiff upper lip in public, slagging off Ron Dennis in the pubs...

by mfbull 4/17/2015 4:24:21 PM
We're into the final five minutes of this session.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:24:56 PM
ROS scampers back out as soon as possible on the Prime to get some laps on the tyre #BahrainGP

by Mercedes-AMG F1 via twitter 4/17/2015 4:25:23 PM
Followed by HAM with 6 mins remaining in the session #BahrainGP

by Mercedes-AMG F1 via twitter 4/17/2015 4:25:24 PM
Those tweets slightly out of date to my last comment.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:25:39 PM
Hey Bart - Ferrari would never be in that position... But if it makes your lows at McLaren feel better by taking shots at Ferrari go ahead. We are big boys over here.

by Ivo Arena 4/17/2015 4:26:11 PM
I should point out there was a brief red flag for that Vettel moment, while they cleared the damaged part of his front wing from the track.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:26:54 PM
Confirmation that stewards will look at that incident after the session #FP2 #BahrainGP

by Formula 1 via twitter 4/17/2015 4:27:15 PM
Rosberg complains about his "diff entry" - his braking differentials - and Mercedes tells him to box as they've seen something on the telemetry they don't like.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:28:27 PM
Sorry but I am a Ferrari fan and have been since 1968. Win or loose I stay behind them. Ferrari has been in these tough situations before. Let not joke. 2013, 2014.

by bart 4/17/2015 4:28:31 PM
20 seconds left.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:29:51 PM
@bart: never withold the privilege of cursing your own team...as a NY Jets fan I am well practiced...

by mfbull 4/17/2015 4:29:56 PM
Seems Raikkonen and Hamilton are under investigation for "failing to leave the pit lane correctly."

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:30:12 PM
Chequered flag is out now.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:30:20 PM
Vettel has just told TV he went down to Force India to apologise for that moment.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:31:06 PM
The cars are peeling back into the pit lane. Rosberg tops the session ahead of Hamilton, but those Ferraris will be hot on the heels of Mercedes tomorrow if the long run pace is anything to go by.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:31:54 PM
As always, thanks for joining me for this session. We'll be back to do it all again tomorrow, first with FP3 and then with the all-important qualifying under the lights in Sakhir. Please do join me again on Saturday.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 4:32:23 PM

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