Well we should know about dauber by tomorrow. VDG will get the seat from Europe onward I think.

vdg won his case and is allowed race for sauber on Sunday. This is gonna get messy.

That really is a fantastic pairing of genetics are anything to go by.

Qualifying starts In five. I reckon 1. Ham 2. Ros 3. Kimi

Vettel. What. Seriously. No wait. What.

Great day for the sport in general that a teams finally rivaling Merc.. Pretty gutted for Lewis that he wasn't able to make his pole position count though.

Kimi coming back to 4th was amazing too. Well deserved from Ferrari. It's been a long time coming.

Yeah, hopefully this is the start of his luck changing :fc: Well done to Vettel and lololol at baby Hamilton throwing his toys out of the pram :hehe:

Ferrari have incredible pace again. Kimi was flying this morning

I'll be so mad if he does he really well the one year we don't go to see a race :fist:

I can't believe I'm going in 4 weeks :love:

If Kimi won id actually die.

Ohhhh I hope he does for you, that would be amazing

I don't mind if he doesn't. I just wanna see a good race lol

The Hungarian one last year was definitely the best one I've been to, it was good and we had brilliant seats

Lights out in 10

Lewis :worship:

Kimi is gonna be a handful for Vettel sooner rather than later. Damn safety car ruining that battle. :fist:

Come On Kimi!

Raikkonen, Ferrari fastest in first Bahrain practice

http://i.imgur.com/M1F7n7A.jpg

Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel set the pace in scorching conditions during the first practice session of the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend.

Raikkonen was the only driver to break the 1’38 barrier during a session in which Mercedes appeared to be focusing solely on longer runs.

It was a typically hot and dry start to the weekend, with ambient temperatures hovering around 36°C as the session began.

There was immediate drama when Jenson Button spun his McLaren at Turn One during his first flying lap, with the car appearing to seize up on entry to the corner and stopping facing backwards towards the apex.

McLaren attempted to replace the battery on Button’s car, but were ultimately unable to get the British driver back out for another run in the session.

There were also problems for Sebastian Vettel as the Ferrari driver was told to slow the car and stay in gear when the team discovered a problem with the SF-15T.

The Mercedes were the first to attempt a long run on the Medium tyres with both cars running consistently around the 1’40 range. Hamilton was heard complaining of a burning seat during his extended run.

There was little in the way of drama or incident during the session. Pastor Maldonado ran very wide exiting the final corner, while multiple drivers suffered lock-ups into the tricky braking zone of Turn Ten.

Sebastian Vettel made it back out with around 30 minutes of the session remaining but while it initially seemed as though the problem remained at first, the Ferrari was soon up to speed.

Vettel lowered the benchmark to a 1’38.029 before Kimi Raikkonen followed his team mate to set the quickest lap of the day with a 1’37.827.

Toro Rosso showed pace with both cars in the top ten and there were positives for McLaren too with Fernando Alonso ending the session only seven tenths adrift of the fastest time.

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton ended the session in P15 and P16 respectively, but covered almost 50 laps between them. Jolyon Palmer logged over 30 laps during his second First Practice appearance of the season in the Lotus.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2015/04/1...rain-practice/

Kimi :worship:

A nice easy pole position again for Lewis

Boooo

Return of the Iceman. Fantastic to see him back on the podium. I'll be at the next Grand Prix :D

Tense ending there with Lewis's and Nicos cars messing up.. Nico can't get a break at the moment can he, oh well. Another great drive and win from Lewis :worship:

If Kimi wins in Barcelona I might just cry