Bahrain Grand Prix - Free Practice One

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:50:50 AM

3rd & 7 37yd

Hello and welcome to ESPN's live coverage of first practice from the Sakhir International Circuit in Bahrain.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:44:10 AM
Hey Nate! So awesome to have F1 races 1 week apart!

by DonovanFroon 4/17/2015 10:50:10 AM
Hi Nate, Any update about Mclaren team upgrades for this
race.

by Mohan 4/17/2015 10:50:56 AM
@Mohan: Hi Mohan. The most significant is that the Honda power unit is being turned up this weekend ahead of an upgraded engine in Spain.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:51:23 AM
Do you think the hot weather in Bahrain will be an advantage for Ferrari?

by James Hunt 4/17/2015 10:54:41 AM
@JamesHunt: It would be if this was a normal day race, but remember, the race starts at 6pm and is run under floodlights this year (as it was in 2014). If anything, temps will be cooler than they were in China. Vettel said yesterday the worst thing about this race for Ferrari is that the sun goes down, and he's right.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:55:21 AM
Hi Nate, good first practice all, I must say that I am quite disapointed with new espn F1 site, I find it quite unclear. I had to say ot

by Nicomaniac 4/17/2015 10:55:26 AM
@Nicomaniac: Sorry to hear that. As with anything, the site is still being updated and improved as the season goes on. Maybe it'll grow on you with time!

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:57:46 AM
@Nate I went through the footages of Lewis-Nico battle last year , Have we lost that Rosberg completely or will we see him again?

by Questionaire 4/17/2015 10:57:49 AM
@Questionaire: I don't think so. You don't just suddenly become a bad driver, Rosberg's problem is he's down on confidence in a big way.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:58:11 AM
Are any of the teams bringing any major upgrades to their package this weekend.

by James Hunt 4/17/2015 10:58:17 AM
@JamesHunt: Nothing huge. With just a week's turnaround between races, changes are usually minimal. Spain is the race where we traditionally see the first big upgrade packages as the teams have three weeks back in their factories.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 10:58:50 AM
Jolyon Palmer is in the Lotus this morning, in the place of birthday boy Romain Grosjean.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:00:00 AM
Agree the new site is not that great.... preferred the old one....

by Wayne Benson 4/17/2015 11:00:02 AM
The lights go green and Hulkenberg leads a long train of cars out onto the track.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:00:36 AM
Hi nate , is Live comentary follower on the rise , better than brfore?

by Questionaire 4/17/2015 11:00:50 AM
@Questionaire: It gets better with every race ;)

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:00:59 AM
Be nice if ESPN would show local session times, in other than Local, GMT or BST (whats that?)

by XK140 4/17/2015 11:01:02 AM
@XK140: The header scoreboard should show the local race time, GMT and your own local time. BST is British Summer Time because us Brits like playing around with clocks twice a year so we can drink more tea.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:01:39 AM
any updates on the red bull-renault love affair ??

by tifosi 4/17/2015 11:01:45 AM
@tifosi: They did a joint press conference in China, probably so both parties couldn't throw each other under the bus after the race. It's all very uneasy, at the moment, and Renault's future is very uncertain.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:02:20 AM
Will Mc Laren win before your new site makes sense and wins approval?

by Hugh 4/17/2015 11:02:59 AM
@Hugh: Haha. That'll be Spain in three weeks, then.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:03:17 AM
I hope Renault get themselves their own proper works team like in the early 2000s

by DonovanFroon 4/17/2015 11:03:24 AM
Jenson Button has spun at the first corner. He's climbing out of the car and we have yellow flags.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:03:54 AM
Button one of the few drivers not to return to the pits after his installation lap but, seeing a replay, it seems the rear just stepped out on him as he rounds the apex.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:04:30 AM
why has Force India struggled in the last few races?

by James Hunt 4/17/2015 11:04:38 AM
@JamesHunt: Force India is still playing catch up from a slow start to the season. Remember, it only introduced its VJM08 in the final week in Barcelona.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:05:03 AM
Hey Nate, offtopic but equally important, why has the espnf1.com portal down and why are we now instead routed to espnf1.co.uk ? (PS: I am from India)

by Abhishek 4/17/2015 11:05:08 AM
@Abhishek: We've been incorporated into the ESPNUK site.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:05:20 AM
Its currently 21:02 in Canberra. Header shows 14:00 as local, 11:00 as GMT and 12:00 as BST

by XK140 4/17/2015 11:05:24 AM
@XK140: Ok. I will pass that on to our product team. At least you know what time it is for us Poms over here, though.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:05:45 AM
Button's car has been recovered and the track is green again. Rosberg is back out on track and on a flying lap.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:06:11 AM
I guess Button Caught out by the increase in Honda power

by RCC 4/17/2015 11:07:17 AM
May I suggest a poll topic: "Who likes the new website." Then, maybe you should not because ESPN will not like the results. This new website is a major step backwards for you guys.

by f1 fan 4/17/2015 11:07:19 AM
@f1fan: I prefer the current poll.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:07:43 AM
I feel that Honda have made a terrible mistake by joining F1 again, hope they prove me wrong next year!

by Anatole d'Ursel 4/17/2015 11:08:02 AM
@AnatoledUrsel: They aren't going to win any races this year, at least not until the very end of the season at the earliest. But that doesn't mean their return is a disaster, if anything they should be praised for taking on such an ambitious long-term project as they have. They'll be back at the front, it's a matter of when not if.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:08:42 AM
Rosberg's 1:40.0777 has put him top of the session early on.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:09:04 AM
I don't feel too good. All I wanted to do is eat up some track :(

by Eric PU22 via twitter 4/17/2015 11:09:18 AM
That's the twitter account for Button's power unit. McLaren is yet to confirm whether the power unit actually tweets for itself.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:09:39 AM
Nate, i think most of team will be working on car setup than analyzing on triers in P1.

by Mohan 4/17/2015 11:10:19 AM
@Mohan: This is a strange session as its the least representative of the race conditions we will have later in the weekend, as the race starts in the evening.

by Nate Saunders 4/17/2015 11:10:51 AM
Nico Rosberg is the first driver to post a time in his @MercedesAMGF1 car. Sets a target of 1:40.077 #BahrainGP #FP1 http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCyhF67UkAA4aIN.jpg

by Formula 1 via twitter 4/17/2015 11:11:12 AM
It will be interesting to see who will come out on top when the weekend is done. A lot of pundits believe Merc have this one in the bag. But I am wondering if they have sorted their tyre deg. We will see ....

by Antony Makanza 4/17/2015 11:11:18 AM

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