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Pick the Podium - F-1 - Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain, 2019

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This week the F-I series is in Bahrain for the Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. After two practices, Ferrari has come out dominant. Vettel and LeClerc followed by the Silver Arrows of Hamilton and Bottas. Is this the race that we will see the touted dominance of Ferrari? Maybe so.
 

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Wow, Ferrari is making it stick. Leclerc takes the pole followed by Vettel, Hamilton, and Bottas with Mad Max in fifth. This is interesting.

1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:27.866
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:28.160
3 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:28.190
4 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:28.256
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:28.750
 

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Complete change from two weeks ago. I honestly don't know

Leclerc
Hamilton
Vettel
Bottas
 

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I am going to go with LeClerc for the win, followed by Hamilton, Vettel,and Bottas.
 

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Interesting to see it look like Vettel is showing cracks so early. Very frustrated by everything and his teammate goes and stuns everyone.

I will go with
LEC
BOT
HAM
VER

Think Vettel is going to make a mistake trying to wrestle the lead from Leclerc.
 

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I'm trying to imagine the ways Ferrari can fuck Leclerc. They know how to fuck Plan B.

Vettel
Leclerc
Bottas
Hamilton
 

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Wow, LeClerc falters and Hamilton takes advantage with the huge win at Bahrain. Bottas was second, LeClerc limped-home in third, Verstappen took fourth, and Vettel ended-up a disappointing fifth.
 

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Here's How We Did:

BoiseStateFan27:
0 points- Skunked
forty_three:
5 points- Correctly selected Bottas for second, Verstappen for fourth
Hank Kingsley:
0 points- Skunked
Retroram52:
0 points- Skunked

2019 Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27:
0 points
forty_three:
5 points
Hank Kingsley:
0 points
Retroram52:
0 points

Next Race: In two weeks, April, 12-14, 2019, Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai, China
 

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Congrats Forty_three for the coup in points. You are off to a fast start!
 

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Congrats Forty_three for the coup in points. You are off to a fast start!

I feel like Hamilton - I had nothing right up until Leclerc's MGU-H went up. :thumb:

That race had a bit of everything. Intra team battles, a Vettel mistake, bad strategy calls that ultimately worked and a guy who dominated on a biblical level and got almost nothing for it.

So insane that both Renaults died on the same corner of the same lap.

Props to Lando Norris, wrestling some performance out of that McLaren
 

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Yea. It looks like there are less and less "sure things" about F-1 outside of Hamilton this year. It is apparent that selecting finishing orders may be more like the IndyCar series so I am going to have to do some things a little differently this year because there are more and more competitive teams than ever this year than in years past.
 

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We're off to about as hot of a start as Ferrari is lol

It seems early on that Leclerc could get the best of Vettel

Vettel keeps making mistakes, overall Ferrari has already made a mess of their season

What's more amazing is that there's been only 5 cars to choose from and we can't seem to pick the right order LOL

Pierre Gasly is off to an awful start at Red Bull so far
 

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Gentlemen, we have a turtle derby on our hands, I mean our pool here. Tough picking. I think this might be a year where a lot of folks get a pôdium. I'm really liking McLaren and Norris.

Vettel is apparently not a pressure player. Internally or externally. Losing both battles for now anyway.

Ferrari obviously has a hot shit fast car. Might they have 2 versions of it?

Let Leclerc run amok and drive the bejeezus out of it and see what happens, and let Vettel drive the less out there version which still appears solid enough for #2, driver initiated SNAFUs aside....

That Bottas Aussie fast lap has him ahead. By 1.

21 of those right? F1 change for sure isn't chump change and that is a big chunk of points just for being fast.
 
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