2020 Bahrain Grand Prix race result

11 comments on “2020 Bahrain Grand Prix race result”

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   HUHHII (@huhhii)
   29th November 2020, 17:18

   Hopefully RB realises Perez is much better than Albon despite today’s result
   1. 

      Dave
      29th November 2020, 17:27

      It’s not Red Bull and Albon that are stopping Perez driving next year, but those who hired Alonso and Vettel. Living in the past and karma is going to bite them when it turns out their expensive (old) hires achieve less than Perez would.
   2. 

      Dave (@daveliney)
      29th November 2020, 17:31

      It’s not Red Bull and Albon that are stopping Perez driving next year, but those who hired Alonso and Vettel. Living in the past and karma is going to bite them when it turns out their expensive (old) hires achieve less than Perez would.
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         Carlos Medrano (@carlosmedrano)
         29th November 2020, 19:26

         Dont you dare compare alonso to vettel. Vettel is slow but Alonso his last year at McLaren was still insanely fast despite slow car
2. 

   slowmo (@slowmo)
   29th November 2020, 17:23

   @huhhii The results all year have shown he’s not the right man for the job but they seem to be ignoring that. Only hurting themselves ultimately.
3. 

   Ajaxn
   29th November 2020, 17:30

   Let’s not forget Albon comes with some decent sponcership.
   Also the car hasn’t been developed to suite his style of driving, that’s something RB will have to address moving forward. Its not just a case of here’s the car, now go drive it.
4. 

   Luo Qingyang (@mianmian)
   29th November 2020, 17:35

   I’ve never been so glad that a race is over! There’s just a worrying level of…everything in today’s race. Were my grandma an F1 fan, she would have been like, “Oooh, the spirits don’t like this one. Better stop, yes?”

   While I’m happy for Albon, absolutely gutted that it comes at the cost of Perez losing a podium so close to what might be his last drives :( Also, the spirits really has it for Russel too, huh? How many times now he almost gets a (one! measly!) point and just…didn’t? Were it not for the safety car at the end, Bottas and Ricciardo might have been overtaken and…well.
5. 

   Tom Penney
   29th November 2020, 17:37

   you headline is wrong. Perez isn’t a Red Bull driver yet and he finished 18th. not 3rd.
   1. 

      Ancient1 (@ancient1)
      30th November 2020, 11:41

      +1
      As I have said since Seb got AM, if commonsense prevails – it is a no-brainer.
      Also again it comes with the Dr Death disclaimer.
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   melanos
   29th November 2020, 20:14

   Third win of the season for Albon, now even with Ricciardo and Leclerc, at the N2M2F1* Bahrein GP today. After the horrific Grosjean shunt in the first lap which redflagged the race, bad luck for the Racing Point drivers with an early flip for Stroll and a late flambée for Perez who seemed poised to win the race. Both incidents triggered safety cars. After Albon came the McLaren drivers, Norris second followed by Sainz, third after a great recovery drive from 12th after his Q2 misfortune. Then Gasly fourth, probably saved by the late safety car. Not a good day at the office for Ricciardo, who anyway made fifth and the extra point for fastest lap, followed by Ocon, sixth. Poor show for the Ferrari drivers, who were nowhere in the straights; Leclerc was seventh and Vettel tenth; between them Kvyat made eight and Russell ninth.

   While the expected victory of Perez would have made him almost untouchable for the WDC, his late mechanical mishap puts Ricciardo on top again. Most likely one of them both will make it, but mathematically Leclerc, Norris, Albon and (barely) Sainz are still in contention. The WDC positions are now:

   01 Ricciardo 182 points
   02 Perez 180 points
   03 Leclerc 156 points
   04 Norris 156 points
   05 Albon 149 points
   06 Sainz 138 points
   07 Gasly 126 points
   08 Stroll 113 points
   09 Ocon 91 points
   10 Vettel 75 points
   11 Kvyat 69 points
   12 Raïkkönen 23 points
   13 Hülkenberg 20 points
   14 Giovinazzi 20 points
   15 Grosjean 11 points
   16 Latifi 8 points
   17 Russell 8 points
   18 Magnussen 4 points

   For the WCC, Racing Point are still on top after a null result today but RBR** and McL are coming close, while Renault and (remotely) Ferrari are still in contention. The positions are:

   01 Racing Point 313
   02 Red Bull Racing 298
   03 McLaren 294
   04 Renault 273
   05 Ferrari 231
   06 Alpha Tauri 195
   07 Alfa Romeo 43
   08 Williams 16
   09 Haas 15

   Finally, for the medal championship (Bernie’s style), with three triple winners, there are still chances for Perez (who needs a win and a second position, provided that Ricciardo does not make another second) and Stroll (who needs both wins). The positions are:

   01 Ricciardo
   02 Leclerc
   03 Albon
   04 Perez
   05 Stroll
   06 Norris
   07 Gasly
   08 Sainz
   09 Vettel
   10 Ocon
   11 Kvyat
   12 Hulkenberg
   13 Giovinazzi
   14 Raïkkönen
   15 Grosjean
   16 Latifi
   17 Russell
   18 Magnussen

   *N2M2F1: No Mercs no Max F1
   **RBR gets 2 x Albon’s score, as the only driver in the team
   1. 

      melanos
      29th November 2020, 21:37

      BTW,1 the 15 point penalty for Racing Point is not being factored, (after all, you cannot copy stuff from a non-existent team). There would be a tie at the top, with McL only four points behind, if it was.

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