#bahrain sprint 2017

[petit-papillion]

Alex Jacques about that iconic 2017 F2 Bahrain Sprint Race.

The whole article is a fascinating read.

Source: Motorsport Broadcasting

[scuderiacanucks]

guys i am severely hopeful rn and no one is helping i fear i need to be put down

IM hopeful im VERY hopeful. like genuinely. forza ferrari never give up the car is good NEVER give up

[sillystappen]

The Daniel Ricciardo Race Watchlist

Want to watch the best of Daniel Ricciardo on F1TV (or whatever 'totally legal site' you use), then here below the cut is a complete guide to the best most awesome races by Daniel Ricciardo! Please read the IMPORTANT before selecting races!

Daniel's Career Path

2011 - HRT

2012 -> 2013 - Toro Rosso

2014 -> 2018 - Red Bull Racing

2019 -> 2020 - Renault

2021 -> 2022 - McLaren

2023 - Alpha Tauri

2024 - Visa Cash App RB

IMPORTANT: Races in which he was on the podium with Max Verstappen are in blue. Races he was on the podium without Max are in pink. Races in which he did not podium are in red. Races that he won are in green.

2011 Season - 27th

Great Britain - this is Daniel's first ever F1 race!

2012 Season - 18th

Australia - Daniel scores his first ever points!

Japan - Daniel has said this is one the races he's most proud of.

2013 Season - 14th

China - one of the best results this season

Italy - one of the best results this season

2014 Season - 3rd

Australia - though this is listed as a podium race, Daniel was later disqualified due to fuel flow reasons.

Bahrain - recommendation from @f1oatingaway

China - recommendation from @f1oatingaway

Spain - this is Daniel's first podium!

Monaco

Canada - Daniel's first win!

Great Britain

Germany - this another race Daniel has said he's proud of

Hungary - this race got my friend into F1

Belgium

Italy - recommendation from reddit

Singapore

USA

Abu Dhabi - recommendation from reddit

2015 Season - 8th

Hungary

Singapore

USA - recommendation from reddit

2016 Season - 3rd

Australia - home race points!

Bahrain - recommendation from me

China - recommendation from reddit

Spain - recommendation from me

Monaco - while this is a podium, it is incredibly frustrating to watch so keep that in mind

Austria - recommendation from me

Hungary

Germany

Belgium

Singapore

Malaysia - this is also a win for Daniel as well as the first time he podiums with Max!

USA

Mexico

2017 Season - 5th

Spain

Monaco

Canada

Azerbaijan

Austria

Great Britain - big recommendation from me

Belgium

Italy - recommendation from @rickybaby

Singapore

Malaysia - maxiel podium with a p1 for Max

Japan - maxiel podium with a p2 and p3

2018 Season - 6th

China

Azerbaijan - well done, baku.

Spain - recommendation from me

Monaco - AND ITS REDEMPTION DAY FOR DANIEL RICCIARDO

Hungary - recommendation from me

Japan - recommendation from me

2019 Season - 9th

Italy - recommendation from me

Mexico - recommendation from me

USA - recommendation from me

Brazil - recommendation from me

2020 Season - 5th

Great Britain - recommendation from me

Belgium - recommendation from me

Tuscany - recommendation from reddit

Eifel - maxiel podium with a p2 and p3

Emilia-Romagna

Sakhir - recommendation from me

2021 Season - 8th

France - recommendation from me

Austria - recommendation from me

Great Britain - recommendation from me

Italy - Daniel's most recent win

Russia - recommendation from me

USA - recommendation from me

Saudi Arabia - recommendation from me

2022 Season - 11th

Australia - recommendation from me

Emilia-Romagna Sprint - recommendation from me

Azerbaijan - recommendation from me

Austria - recommendation from me

Singapore - recommendation from reddit

Mexico - recommendation from reddit

2023 Season - 17th

Hungary - recommendation from me

Mexico - recommendation from me

Abu Dhabi - recommendation from me

2024 Season - 17th

Miami Sprint - recommendation from me

Canada - recommendation from me

Austria - recommendation from me

Belgium - recommendation from me

Singapore - his final race

If you have any race recommendations leave them in the comments or reblogs and I will add them! For now this is my DR3 Race Masterlist. I hope you find this useful!

[ecrireverie]

some notable charles performances i'm watching/rewatching during break bc i am deprived

monza 2024

spa 2024

bahrain 2022

brazil 2022

silverstone 2021

silverstone 2020

turkey 2021

turkey 2020

portugal 2020

bahrain sprint 2017

baku pole lap 2023

spain pole lap 2022

spa pole lap 2019

if anyone has any more suggestions pls drop them 🙏🏻

[sedicisantidote]

I will NEVER shut up about how charles is not only one of the fastest drivers ever be it quali or race, but he is also one of the most intelligent drivers, like this is all just 3d chess for him, he can gauge his opponents car placements, think of his moves one-two laps ahead, and figure out others' strategies and come up with a plan instantly

Like we saw today, he guessed what fernando was doing, managed his tyres accordingly because he knew fernando was going to push at the end, never let him get close enough, all of which resulted in him being on the podium, in a car with worse tyre degradation and against one of the best drivers.

He is just so brilliant and like i get it, he's a bit of no thoughts head empty guy sometimes off track but he is NOT an idiot!! he is so underrated it makes my head hurt sometimes.

He is a fucking mastermind and a genius, he can react to challenges as they happen on the spot without losing time, you can't learn that, you either have it or you don't and he has it in spades!!

some other examples include (2017 bahrain sprint - he was thinking of what he was gonna do in two laps time while doing overtakes and then pulling off the later overtakes exactly how he planned, bahrain 2022- he read max and his moves like a nursery poem and had back up strategies planned in case max tried something different, jeddah 2022 - he would have won the drs chicken game were it not for the late safety car ruining it, etc etc etc) (also sorry i have terrible memory and am too lazy to list other 738282 instances of his genius)

he's like if alain prost and ayrton senna had a lovechild kjsksn

[boxboxblog]

Ex-Driver Profiles: Zhou Guanyu

Updated December 2024

Name: Zhou Guanyu

Age: 25

Nationality: Chinese

Years in F1: 3 (Alfa Romeo/Kick Sauber 2022-2024)

Number: 24

WDCs: N/A

Driving Style: Zhou is a precise and measured driver, often leaning away from aggressive styling. He seems to prefer for consistency over risk, and due to this has strong tire management. He also keeps his composure during races, a boon when fighting in the midfield. However, this cautious nature leads him to not often be able to fight with the more aggressive racers. He tends to hold his position for entire races, and does not do that much overtaking.

History:

Zhou was born to an extremely wealthy Chinese family, and started karting when he was 8 years old (2008). He won multiple local karting championships (including one named after him) and showed a talent for racing from a young age. In 2012 he moved to the Uk in order to get more involved with competitive karting. In 2013 he won both the Super 1 National Rotax Max Junior Championship and Rotax Max Euro Challenge, with standout performances that meant drawing more senior level attention. For his final year of karting, Zhou finished 2nd in the Rotax Max Senior Euro Challenge and participated in selected rounds of WSK Champions Cup and the KF2 European Championship, with middling results.

(Zhou during his karting days)

He debuted in F4 for the Italian F4 Championship. He had a fantastic year, and finished 2nd in the standings. This also meant he was the most successful rookie that year, and so he won the rookie championship. 2016 he joined F3, and finished 16th in the European Championship, a less than positive result. He stayed in F3 for 2017 and improved to 8th place. His last year in F3 was 2018, and it was the year he achieved his maiden F3 win. He would go on to win another race and gain 3 pole positions, but finish 8th in the standings once more.

(Zhou during Italian F4)

2019 Zhou graduated up to F2, and had a positive rookie year. He won one sprint race, and finished in high points often. He finished the season in 7th place as the highest ranked rookie. 2020 would be a similar year in F2, but he would end the year in 6th, a slightly better result. During the winter break before the start of the 2021 Formula 2 season, Zhou participated in the 2021 F3 Asian Championship and won the championship after achieving 4 wins and 11 podiums. 2021 was his best year in F2, and he would win 4 races and 9 podiums. He finished that season 3rd in the standings, his best results yet.

(Zhou on podium during F2 days)

Throughout all of this Zhou had been involved with the Ferrari Driver Academy (since 2014) and then the Renault Sports Academy (starting 2019) which allowed him to get his foot in the door in F1. After a successful final F2 season, late 2021 it was announced that he had been signed with F1 team Alfa Romeo to partner Valterri Bottas. Through this he became the first Chinese F1 driver in history. He had a negative first year with Alfa Romeo, experiencing several mechanical problems, and 8th was his highest finish. He ended the season 18th in the drivers championship.

(Zhou in his 2021 Alfa Romeo)

2023 was pretty much an identical year to 2022 for Zhou. He did have a few races where he achieved fastest lap, but his highest finish was 10th place. A more positive aspect to his year was that he qualified much better than 2022, making it up into Q3 a few times. His highest race start was 5th place. He ended the season with the same number of points and in the same position as the previous year. 2024 he was retained to the newly named Kick Sauber team, and so far it has been an even worse year for Zhou. He has not finished in the points yet so far (neither has his teammate). As of right now he does not have a seat for 2025.

Major Races:

2022 Bahrain GP - His debut race, Zhou pulled off a good performance by finishing the race in 10th place. A remarkable result for a rookie in one of the slowest cars on the grid.

2022 Canadian GP - Zhou's highest finish to date, his calm approach in wet-dry conditions allowed him a leg up over faster cars and let him get higher in the points than normal.

2024 Australian GP - While not a points finish, Zhou showed he could fight with drivers to establish a higher result. He navigated a rather chaotic midfield and avoided any trouble throughout the race.

2024 Canadian GP - This race was marred by the typical mechanical problems that Kick Sauber has been experiencing, but Zhou showed resilience and was able to work around any difficulties to finish the race.

Cheers,

-B

[babysharl]

Feel like I'm always arriving late to these, sorry @epylonia for this arriving a couple days late and so many thanks for tagging me! 🥰🥰 🥰 You already know everything I'm working on rn 🤭, I'm gonna share a snippet of the 5+1 fic I told you about the other day (Snippet under the cut)

I'm tagging @fabbyf1, @drivestraight @celientjeee & @landoom (if you feel like it of course, no pressure! ^^)

Bahrain. 2017.

The first time Max watches it, it's not out of his own volition. Daniel shoves his phone in Max's face after dinner on a race Sunday with a glint in his eye, urging him to watch some onboard from the Formula 2 sprint. 

"From P14 to P1 in 8 laps, mate." Daniel says, grinning as he waits for Max to take his phone, expectantly.

"It's just the sprint." Max says, not understanding why Daniel has all of a sudden taken an interest in Formula 2. He didn’t even care that much for Max – or Carlos – when they were in Toro Rosso, still doesn’t care about either Daniil now or Pierre, and it’s supposed to be their sister team. But here Daniel is, holding his phone out to Max, waiting for him to take it. After a couple more seconds of being on the receiving end of Daniel's encouraging stare, Max relents. "Who is it, anyway?" Max asks as he presses play.

The start is nothing to write home about. Whoever put together the onboard video agrees, because it jumps to lap 14 after the start.

"Prema rookie.” Daniel answers. Max looks up, frowning a bit at Daniel’s tone. But then Daniel adds, “Jules knew him”, and that's when it clicks. Max understands. And he knows who he’s talking about. “I think his name’s Leclair?" 

"Leclerc." Max corrects him, gaze now focused on the screen as he watches his karting nemesis pit for softs and knows the comeback Daniel gushed about is about to start. It's a compilation, obviously half the turns being cut out – probably for effect and to make it seem even more impressive –, but Max knows even the best editing can't change a narrative if the backdrop of it didn't have the material to make this comeback meteoric. The end result is the same. The overtakes keep coming, and coming, and now Max can’t look away. It’s weird, watching it just from the onboard camera. He doesn’t even know how Daniel got access to this footage. Max didn’t even know F2 had onboard cameras fitted this year.

[j-emini]

charles i need you to pull a 2017 f2 bahrain sprint race rn

[petit-papillion]

If you are in need of some delightful racing this Winter Break, may I recommend doing what I just did and (re-)watching this Leclerc Overtaking Masterclass. Never fails to make me happy. 😊

Special appearances by Alex Albon, Antonio Fuoco, Norman Nato, Nyck de Vries & Nicholas Latifi.

[forelsketparadise]

stats after the season

Ferrari scored their first 1-2 finish since Singapore 2019 at Bahrain.

Ferrari led the every single lap of a GP at Bahrain since Spa 2018.

Zhou Guanyu scored his first F1points of his career and for Alfa Romeo in Bahrain by getting P10 (1 points).

Nico Hulkenberg is still the driver with most points scored without a podium. 

Valtteri Bottas scored his first points for Alfa Romeo at Bahrain by getting P6 (8 points).

Daniel was outqualified by a teammate for the first time at Bahrain. He had previously outqualified all his teammate at that circuit. 

Charles is the first Monegasque to lead the championship.

58 pit stop at Bahrain was the most since 2016 Germany grand prix.

Lewis got out in Q1 for the first time since Brazil 2017 in Saudi Arabia.

Sergio Perez scored the first pole of his career in Saudi Arabia. He is also the first Mexican driver to ever take a pole in F1. Also the 103th driver to get pole.

Saudi Arabia was the first race without a Schumacher or Vettel since Portugal 1994.

Saudi Arabia marked Lewi’s 180th race with Mercedes. The most by any driver with any team. It surpassed Michael Schumacher 179 races with Ferrari. 

Charles got the first pole for ferrari in australia since Kimi 2007 15 years ago. 

Valtteri’s record of 103 Q3 appearances broke in Australia where he failed to get into Q3 by qualifying P12.

Carlos loses a 33 race finish streak in Australia where is the first one to retire. Eifel 2020- Saudi Arabia 2022

Carlos also lost a 17 point scoring streak in Australia. Styria 2021- Saudi Arabia 2022.c

Alex got his first points for Williams in Australia by getting P10 (1 points)

Charles scored his first grand slam in Australia. The first for Ferrari since Alonso in Singapore 2010.

Charles the first driver to win from pole in Australia since Lewis Hamilton in 2014.

George’s first podium for Mercedes comes in Australia where he got P3.

Zhou first DNF at a race came in Miami though he had one in sprint race at Imola the weekend before.

Charles’s took Ferrrari’s first pole in Cota.

Abu Dhabi was Lewis’s 200th race with Mercedes.

this year is the first time since 1979 that most drivers (Checo, Carlos, George and Kevin) scored their maiden pole in a single year. it has been 43 years since then.

It took Haas 142 Grand Prix to get their first pole.

Kevin’s pole put Denmark as the 24th Nation on pole.

[f1]

FACTS AND STATS: A first front row in Baku for Verstappen but the wait for a Red Bull pole here continues

Friday qualifying yielded plenty of drama, with Charles Leclerc grabbing a first pole position of the season for Ferrari despite stiff competition from the Red Bull drivers. That was only half the story though, with two red flags disrupting proceedings in Q1 as both Nyck de Vries and Pierre Gasly came a cropper at Turn 3. Here are all the best facts and stats from a very busy Friday in Baku… Leclerc made it three consecutive poles at a venue for the first time in his F1 career. The Ferrari man has led one lap in each of his last two starts from pole here. Max Verstappen was second, and while Red Bull have never taken pole here, Ferrari have never won at this track. READ MORE: Leclerc beats Verstappen in qualifying thriller for third straight Azerbaijan GP pole It is the Dutchman’s first ever front row start in Azerbaijan. Sergio Perez made it two Bulls in the top three for the first time since Bahrain. Third is where Verstappen won the race from in 2022. Leclerc might have started on pole here twice - but he has yet to win in Baku Carlos Sainz was fourth, meaning that the grid order is Ferrari, Red Bull, Red Bull, Ferrari for the second straight year. Lewis Hamilton’s P5 means he outqualified George Russell for the first time this year. Hamilton has only ever won from fifth once in his career – in Singapore in 2017. Fernando Alonso was sixth in his worst qualifying of the year. FORMULA WHY: What makes F1 Sprint weekends harder – your questions answered in our new podcast Lando Norris managed seventh for his first Q3 appearance of the season. Yuki Tsunoda was eighth, in not just his, but also his team’s, first Q3 showing. The AlphaTauri man has never qualified lower than eighth in Baku in three appearances. Lance Stroll was ninth, for his highest start in Baku since 2017, when he finished on the podium. Oscar Piastri in P10 set an identical time to the Canadian. It did mean that both McLarens made Q3 for the first time this season. Russell was 11th, missing out on Q3 by just 0.004s. Tsunoda made Q3 for the first time this season Alex Albon’s P13 was the best qualifying for Williams in Baku since 2018. Valtteri Bottas was 14th leaving Alfa Romeo as the only team without a Q3 appearance in 2023. Logan Sargeant became the first American to reach Q2 since Scott Speed at Silverstone in 2007. This was the first time Williams managed to get both cars into Q2 since Russia 2021. WATCH: Nyck de Vries and Pierre Gasly crash out of Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying Zhou Guanyu missed out on Q2 by just 0.020s. Both Haas cars went out in Q1 for the first time since Austin last year. Kevin Magnussen was outqualified by a team mate here for the first time in his sixth visit. Pierre Gasly missed out in Q1 as he did in Bahrain. Nyck de Vries suffered his third Q1 elimination in four races. The Dutchman’s accident was identical to his team mate’s from qualifying here in 2021. via Formula 1 News https://www.formula1.com

[still-we-rise]

Since the GODDAMN link in the GODDAMN description just refuses to work, because fuck Carol am I right gamers, I decided to pin my ✨masterlist✨ for y'all. It really needs updating but a) i am not very feeling like it or anything rn and b) at this point i don't even know what's missing and what's not because i can't remember the stuff i did myself so it izz what it izz

ANYWAY ENJOY! 💖💖💖 Lots of love from your Bono fanclub proud leader

facts i gathered about Bono: x

interview audio with Bono parts only (for therapeutic purposes): x

gifsets:

my first Bono gifset What Happens at the Engineering Station in an F1 Garage? Curry night in Singapore Bono being tiny Bahrain 2021 + Bono x Lewis hug ���hugs✨+ happy Bono Bono during various practice sessions Portuguese GP 2021 Romain Grosjean + Mercedes Spanish GP 2021: quali + race 'My job in F1: Andrew Shovlin' Baku 2021 French GP 2021 Testing W12 with Anthony Davidson James Vowles and Lewis Hamilton at Imola, 2021 British GP 2015 Sky Sports interview with Bono Turkish GP 2020 Turkish GP 2009 British GP 2017 Spanish GP 2018 Austrian GP debrief Portuguese GP 2020 Ted's Notebook: Silverstone sprint race British GP 2021: 1 2 3 Hungarian GP 2021: 1 2 Belgian GP 2021: 1 2 Zandvoort 2021

fancams

Bono + 'Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For' mini-Mercedes fancam + 'Not Afraid' Mercedes + 'Sex Type Thing' Mercedes + 'Don't Worry 'Bout a Thing' Formula 1 + Zitti e Buoni Bono/Lewis + 'Hear Me Now'

[gulflaren]

pierre gasly watching the 2017 formula two bahrain sprint race

[gresiniracing]

2017 BAHRAIN SPRINT RACE | for @uni-virtuosis

[ryo-hirakawa]

i just watched charles' 2017 bahrain sprint race and holy smokes that really was something...

[formula365]

Everyone loves an underdog - Portuguese GP preview

The midfield battle in 2020 was one of the most fascinating stories of the season. From the pink Mercedes controversy to the podium opportunities and unlikely wins, the fight behind Mercedes and Red Bull was far more enticing than the title battle (such as it was). The three teams that ended the season still with a shot of supremacy all had moments throughout the year in which they had the fastest car, so the difference was in who could take the best advantage of their package overall.

Of those three, McLaren was definitely not the one with the best pace for most of the year. The Woking team, limited in their development for 2021 due to the change to Mercedes power, was hard at work in improving their front wing to have it homologated for this season, and that cost them in terms of the car development compared to Renault and Racing Point. Ultimately, it didn’t matter, as they managed to consistently maximise their results at almost every race, while their rivals squandered opportunities on occasion.

It was consistency - shown by how close their two drivers finished on the standings compared to the distances between Ricciardo and Perez and their teammates - not pace that delivered McLaren the third place in the constructors championship. In such close battles, to have pace is important, of course, but you need to know how to take advantage of it, and that wasn’t always the case with their rivals.

This is a lesson that AlphaTauri is learning the hard way. The AT02 has shown some remarkable pace, to the point that after practice in Bahrain there seemed to be a consensus that the Faenza squad was on par with McLaren and Ferrari at the front of the midfield. Their qualifying results seem to confirm this, and their race pace, when not hampered by other factors, does as well. So it ends up being a disappointment that they have only collected eight points so far.

This still puts them fifth in the championship, ahead of Aston Martin and Alpine, who were significantly ahead of them last year, but given the promise and potential of the car, it feels like underachieving. Driver errors in both races, and bad strategy at Imola have cost them much better results, and although this is enough for a place in the top half of the table - Franz Tost’s goal for the team - it was a lost opportunity at a time when they have a significant pace advantage over the teams immediately behind them.

Their rivals will be working hard to close the gap, and with the resources at their disposal it wouldn’t be surprising to see that happen. Not taking the most out of the opening two weekends might hurt AlphaTauri in the long term, and when teams are beginning to bring some more significant updates to their cars as the European season progresses, they might be left ruing these missed opportunities. That pace advantage might not always be there.

This is a team that is easy to love. Everyone loves an underdog, of course, but the origins of this team hark back to the humble Minardi, that struggled as back marker for most of its existence but was endearing to fans as they always seemed to do their best in tough circumstances and hung around for decades as other squads, with far more money and ambition, tumbled out of the sport. That, and also they had some really beautiful liveries.

Add to that an exciting driver line-up, with Gasly continuing to write his redemption story and Tsunoda coming to the sport like a comet, and it’s easy to see why so many fans want to see them do well. The car has pace, the drivers have promise and, as an outfit, they continue to deliver more than is expected of them, just like in the Minardi days. As the races will start coming thick and fast now (three GPs in the next four weekends), they need to deliver on this promise in Portugal to create momentum. 2021 can be another fairytale underdog year for them, but they need to learn that at the sharp end, if you don’t take your opportunities, others will.

Talking points

* It’s all everyone seems to be talking about. Who will come out on top this weekend? The Hamilton-Verstappen battle has already captured everyone’s imagination and the battle promises to be one for the ages. The last few seasons had plenty of great stories and moments of awe, but they lacked a fight at the front. Even the Vettel challenge in 2017 and 2018 petered long before the end, so the last time we had a real fight was Rosberg’s title year. It’s high time we had a battle taken to the bitter end.

* Sprint qualifying was announced this week, and the reaction among fans has been mixed, at best. Under the context of increasing the interest for the casual fan watching on TV or those who might want to go watch it live but will only care about the Sunday ticket, this format becomes understandable. On a sporting context, though, it seems to add little, and might even detract from the overall product quality, as drivers will not be particularly keen to take chances in overtaking on a qualifying race knowing it might ruin their entire weekend. One upside is that drivers will go into Friday qualifying with only one hour of practice session. Benefit of the doubt for now, but it doesn’t look promising.

* Speaking of not very promising things, the Miami GP track layout seems very… meh. Maybe it’s a bias against car park tracks, but I am not looking forward to see a race there. Then again, Baku didn’t feel too inviting either and we have had some crazy races, so… Again, benefit of the doubt, for now.

* At the time of writing, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have announced that they will be joining a social media boycott over the weekend, protesting the lack of action from platforms against racism and hate by users. It’s an important message to send, but I am not sure that absence for a short period of time is the right way to send it.

* Speaking of Russell, the controversy around his crash with Bottas and, in particular, the way he reacted to it keeps rumbling on. Scolded by Toto Wolff in the immediate aftermath, and very much aware of the long-term implications, the Brit did issue an apology on the Monday after the race - but he only apologised for his reaction, not for the crash. Also, he did say he would call Bottas, but the Finn said Russell tried to call him early on Monday morning, while Bottas was sleeping, and did not try again. It’s clear there will be a continued animosity between these two, given how intertwined their futures are. Let’s hope that the next time they meet on track, the ending won’t be filled with car parts like in Imola.