Haas F1 - Recap grand prix of Bahrain 2018
Mike Arning/HAAS F1 | 7.4.18 | Aktuality
Haas F1 2018
Haas F1 Team drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean qualified seventh and 16th, respectively, for the Bahrain Grand Prix Sunday at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
Magnussen set the seventh-fastest time in Q1 with a lap of 1:29.594 around the 5.412-kilometer (3.363-mile), 15-turn track to move on to Q2. Grosjean was 16th quickest with a lap of 1:30.530 and just missed cracking the top-15 to advance to Q2. In fact, Grosjean ran an identical lap time to 15th-quick Fernando Alonso of McLaren, but since Alonso set his quick time prior to Grosjean, Alonso was given the spot.
In Q2, Magnussen was again seventh quick. His fast lap of 1:29.623 allowed him to make the top-10 cutoff and advance into Q3 for the second straight event. Magnussen qualified sixth in the series’ most recent race, the season-opening Australian Grand Prix March 25 at Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit.
Haas F1 - Recap grand prix of Bahrain 2018
Magnussen maintained his consistency in Q3 to qualify seventh with a lap of 1:29.358. And with fourth-place qualifier Lewis Hamilton incurring a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change on his Mercedes, Magnussen will start sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Both Magnussen and Grosjean ran exclusively on the Pirelli P Zero Red supersoft tire throughout qualifying.
Taking the pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix was Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. The four-time champion put down a lap of 1:27.958 to win the pole by .143 of a second over his teammate Kimi Räikkönen. The track record lap, which bested the previous record of 1:28.769 by .811 of a second set last year in Q3 by Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes, gave Ferrari a front-row lockout for the first time since the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix last July. This was Vettel’s 51st career Formula One pole, his first of the season, his third at Bahrain and it comes in his 200th start.
Before Magnussen, Grosjean and the rest of their Formula One counterparts participated in knockout qualifying, they had one final practice (FP3) to dial in their racecars for a quick lap around the track.
The Haas F1 Team drivers employed the same program in FP3, starting with an installation lap before a seven-lap drive on Yellow softs followed by a six-lap outing on Red supersofts. Grosjean set the 12th-fastest time with a 1:31.513 on his 11th lap. Magnussen earned his best time on his 12th lap – a 1:31.737 that put him 15th overall. Both pilots delivered their quick times on the grippier and subsequently faster supersoft tire.
Quickest in FP3 was Räikkönen, whose fast lap of 1:29.868 was .525 of a second better than his nearest pursuer, Max Verstappen of Red Bull.
Štítky
The design formulas F1
Please choose the desired part of the 3D car!
