F1 Zorg & Badger GP Fantasy Grand Prix 2017

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Posted at 18:02
Lewis Hamilton can't beat Valtteri Bottas' time! He does a 1:28.792, 0.023s slower than Bottas.

Stunning by Bottas, he's on pole!

 

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Qualifying top 10
Posted at 18:05

1) Bottas 2) Hamilton 3) Vettel 4) Ricciardo 5) Raikkonen 6) Verstappen 7) Hulkenberg 8) Massa 9) Grosjean 10) Palmer

Qualifying - the rest
Posted at 18:06

11) Kvyat 12) Stroll 13) Wehrlein 14) Ocon 15) Alonso 16) Sainz 17) Vandoorne 18) Perez 19) Ericsson 20) Margnussen

 

[Brian H]

Great lap by Bottas, this will give him a real boost, lets see how he gets on tomorrow.

 

[Paul Rice]

Good result for Bottas could see me climb off the bottom of the table?

 

[andyglym]

I hade a mare

 

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I hade a mare

I got 1) Bottas 2) Hamilton the wrong way round...and did not see 3) Vettel doing that either....

 

[andyglym]

I got 1) Bottas 2) Hamilton the wrong way round...and did not see 3) Vettel doing that either....

Ham, Vet, Bot were my running order. These guys just don't get it FFS, this is serious business

 

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Ham, Vet, Bot were my running order.

I had Ham, Bot and (6th place) Verstappen in 3rd.

 

[andyglym]

I had Ham, Bot and (6th place) Verstappen in 3rd.

Shaping up to be an interesting race/season.

 

[Paul Rice]

Vandoorne out already (got that bit right, first retirement)

 

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Bahrain Grand Prix build-up​

Summary

1. Race starts 16:00 BST
2. Bottas on pole, Hamilton 2nd, Vettel 3rd - McLaren's Vandoorne will not start
3. 57 laps

 

[andyglym]

Vandoorne out already (got that bit right, first retirement)

I pick Palmer every week

 

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Mark Gallagher

BBC Radio 5 live Formula 1 analyst

Posted at 17:10
At this early stage of the race, you can absolutely see that Ferrari has got the pace to try and stick with the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.

And Max Verstappen has just set the fastest lap of the race so far!

This is a vital part of the race for Hamilton.

 

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Sod it.....

Crash!
Posted at Lap 12/57

Max Verstappen is into the wall!

Moments after pitting for more super-softs his brakes fail and he goes straight on at Turn 4.

"Brakes failed," he fumes. That's his race over.

 

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Crash!
Posted at Lap 13/57

It's all happening!

Carlos Sainz and Lance Stroll have both come to a stop. Stroll has stopped at the exit of Turn 1 with debris behind his Williams. It looks like there was a collision between Sainz and Stroll.

The safety car is deployed.

 

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FFS......

Lewis Hamilton has been handed a five second penalty for his part in that incident on the entry to the pits with Daniel Ricciardo.

 

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Mercedes might have to think about swapping Bottas and Hamilton here. Bottas won't win at this rate. Hamilton can.
That looks to be the case as Lewis Hamilton passes Valtteri Bottas into Turn 1 and sets about closing in on race leader Sebastian Vettel, who is 6.3 seconds up the road.

 

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Mercedes confirm Bottas instructed to let Hamilton through. Obviously realising victory was being put in jeopardy.

 

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Summary

1. Hamilton leads, but being chased down by Vettel
2. Hamilton has time penalty for obstructing Ricciardo
3. Verstappen suffers brake failure
4. Vandoorne, Magnussen, Verstappen, Sainz, Stroll out

 

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Oh dear, one totally pished off Alonso......

Team Radio
"He was, what, 300m behind us on the straight?" says Alonso. "We're considering Plan B. How are the tyres?" "Do what you want, man."