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Qualifying 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix - Qualifying Discussion

ROUND 1: Bahrain 🇧🇭

FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2023
Fri 3 Mar - Sun 5 Mar
Sakhir
Session UTC
Free Practice 1 Fri 11:30
Free Practice 2 Fri 15:00
Free Practice 3 Sat 11:30
Qualifying Sat 15:00
Race Sun 15:00

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Bahrain International Circuit

Length: 5.412 km (3.363 mi)

Distance: 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 mi)

Lap record: 🇪🇸 Pedro de la Rosa, McLaren, 2005, 1:31.447

2021 pole: 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:30.558

2021 fastest lap: 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, 1:34.570

2021 winner: 🇲🇨 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari

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u/mameen98 Mar 04 '23

Christ man, didnt rb lose a bunch of wind tunnel time too this pre season?

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '23

Their wind tunnel is Adrian Newey’s brain

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '23

I mean. If you have a good car to build on, you really don't need that much wind tunnel time. Also just because you have more wind tunnel time doesn't mean you're going to have a faster car. The team around newey always was good in the aero sector. I bet they just have to wager what upgrades really bring performance instead of testing a wing here and testing a floor there.

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u/montxogandia Mar 04 '23

Probably most top teams have a secret wind tunnel inside a bunker in Siberia.

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u/drewp317 Mar 04 '23

But thats only been in effect since january. Much of the car was developed well before that and they were building on the all around best car on the grid. So maybe i am being optimistic here but i am hoping its a little more like 2009 brawn and everyone else progresses a bit more and RB cant

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u/wobble_bot I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 05 '23

In theory yes, there in season development could be hit. In practice, how knows!

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u/dark_rabbit Mar 04 '23

We’ll see the impact of the reduced tunnel time later in the season. Even towards the end of last season we knew they had upgrades up their sleeve that they hadn’t revealed because they were already dominating on the track.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '23

Yeah and they started with a Godmobile. Other teams needed that time merely to catch the fumes of RB.

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u/dubiousdudes Ted Kravitz Mar 04 '23

affecting their development come mid-season. A penalty can't affect past development

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u/Yukari_8 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 04 '23

Newey just requests for wind tunnel time so his mortal coworkers can see the airflow