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Pick the Podium - F-1 - Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, November 2020

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After a two weeks hiatus and a surprise win by Hamilton, the F-1 boys are in Bahrain for the Grand Prix. I think Hamilton is so focused that he is not going to let anyone beat anymore this year but we shall. A couple of races remain for this re-worked season and it should be fun to see who ends-up with the championship on our thread for this year.
 

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The goof in timing in Q2 probably cost Stroll another front row or at least to 4 start. He was on it all weekend so far. I think he recovers to fifth.

Crazy that RIC and OCO were only .002 apart.
 

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I'll go with Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen, Albon.
 

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JFC GRO is so fortunate. I’ve never seen such a brutal accident involving an F1 car. Without the halo, he likely would have lost his head
 

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Also really fortunate the Mercedes was following off the start. I’m not sure he would have gotten out without the fire extinguishers on the scene virtually immediately
 
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Here's How We Did:

BoiseStateFan27:
0 points-No Show for the fifth time; He goes to quiescent status permanently
forty_three: 6 points-Correctly selected Hamilton for the win
Hank Kingsley: 10 points-Correctly selected Hamilton for the win; Verstappen for second
Retroram52: 6 points-Correctly selected Hamilton for the win
YourTEAMreallySUCKS: 0 points- No show for the first time


2020 Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27:
48 points
forty_three: 82 points
Hank Kingsley: 72 points
Retroram52: 76 points
YourTEAMreallySUCKS: 4 points;


Next Race: Abu Dhabi, December 11-13, 2020, last race of the season.
 

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Also really fortunate the Mercedes was following off the start. I’m not sure he would have gotten out without the fire extinguishers on the scene virtually immediately
This crash and Stroll's on the restart show why they follow every standing start. The likelihood of a crash out of a standing start is through the roof.

I just can't believe it went up in flame like that. Paul DiResta and Karun Chandhok both suggested that the fuel cell didn't get punctured, but that fireball was created by the fuel collector unit which is in place to keep a small amount of fuel in reserve to deliver it consistently to the motor. That fireball was likely 3 litres of fuel. The car holds 75 or more..

He is unbelievably lucky.
 
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