Emva koloyiso olumangalisayo lukaValteri Bottas eOstreliya, ukuhlehliswa kokujongana ngezikhondo zamehlo phakathi kweFerrari neMercedes (naphakathi kweHamilton kunye neVettel), iqonga lokuqala lemoto enenjini yeHonda ukusukela ngo-2008 kunye nokubuyela kukaKubica kwiFomula 1, kugxininiso. sele ibekwe kwiBahrain Grand Prix.
Iqale yabanjwa ngo-2004, iBahrain Grand Prix yaba yeyokuqala ukwenzeka kuMbindi Mpuma. Ukususela ngoko kwaye kude kube namhlanje, kuphela kwi-2011 ayizange ibaleke eBahrain. Ukusukela ngo-2014 ukuya phambili, iGrand Prix yaqala ukubanjwa ebusuku.
Ngokuphathelele uloyiso, ubukhosi beFerrari bucace gca, kuba iphumelele kweso sekethe izihlandlo ezithandathu (kuquka ugqatso lokuqala ngo-2004), ngokuphindwe kabini kunolo apho uMercedes wenyuka waya kweyona ndawo iphezulu eqongeni. Phakathi kwabakhweli, uVettel ngoyena uphumeleleyo, sele ephumelele iGrand Prix yaseBahrain amaxesha amane (ngo-2012, 2013, 2017 kunye no-2018).
Ukolula ngaphezulu kweekhilomitha ezingama-5,412 kunye neekona ezili-15, eyona ndawo ikhawulezayo kwisekethe yaseBahrain yekaPedro de la Rosa owathi, ngo-2005, wayigubungela nge-1min 31.447s ngokomyalelo weMcLaren. Kuya kuhlala kubonwa ukuba inqaku elongezelelweyo lelona nqanaba likhawulezayo liya kusebenza njengenkuthazo eyongezelelweyo yokuzama ukubetha le rekhodi.
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KwiBahrain Grand Prix, indawo ejongisiweyo ikwi “Big Three”: Mercedes, Ferrari kwaye, umva kancinci, iRed Bull. Kwimikhosi yakwaMercedes, owona mbuzo uphambili ochaphazela indlela asabela ngayo uHamilton emva koloyiso lukaBottas olumangalisayo kunye noloyiso eMelbourne.
Ngokunokwenzeka, ekhuthazwa yimpumelelo yeqela lakhe, u-Hamilton uya kuhlasela, ejonge ukongeza kuluhlu impumelelo yakhe yesithathu e-Bahrain (ezinye ezimbini zibuyele kwi-2014 kunye ne-2015). Nangona kunjalo, emva kokuphumelela uloyiso lwakhe lokuqala ukusukela ngo-2017, uBottas ubonakala evuselele ukuzithemba kwaye mhlawumbi uya kufuna ukuthulisa nabani na othe uyakushiya iMercedes.
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Ngokuphathelele iFerrari, izinto zinzima ngakumbi. Emva kogqatso oluphoxayo eMelbourne apho uVettel wade wabuza iinjineli ukuba kutheni le moto icotha kangaka xa kuthelekiswa nokhuphiswano, umdla omkhulu kukubona ukuba iqela likwazile ukuphucuka kangakanani kwisithuba seentsuku ezilishumi elinesihlanu.
NgeVettel ejonge uloyiso lwesithathu olulandelelanayo eBahrain, kuya kuba ngumdla ukubona indlela uFerrari alawula ngayo ubudlelwane phakathi kwabaqhubi babo bobabini, emva kokuba eOstreliya bayalele uLeclerc ukuba angakhuphisani kwindawo yesine kunye noVettel, ngokuchasene noko umphathi weqela, uMattia. UBinotto, wayetshilo ukuba bobabini babeza kuba "nenkululeko yokulwa omnye nomnye".
Ekugqibeleni, kuvela iRed Bull e-Australia ikhuthazwa yiqonga kugqatso lokuqala ekuphikiswana ngalo nenjini yakwaHonda. Ukuba kulindeleke ukuba uMax Verstappen alwele iindawo zokuqala, intandabuzo ikuPierre Gasly, oseOstreliya ebekwindawo yeshumi nasemva kweToro Rosso kaDaniil Kvyat.
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Ukuba kukho into enye eqinisekisiweyo e-Australia, kukuba umehluko wesantya phakathi kwamaqela amathathu aphezulu kunye nentsimi yonke ihlala iphawulekayo. Phakathi kwamaqela asebenzisa injini ye-Renault, zimbini izinto ezibalaseleyo: ukuthembeka akukabikho konke okwangoku (njengoko uCarlos Sainz noMcLaren besitsho) kwaye ukusebenza kungaphantsi kokhuphiswano.
Ngenxa yeempawu ezimbi ezivezwe e-Australia, akunakwenzeka ukuba e-Bahrain zombini uMcLaren kunye ne-Renault baya kukwazi ukusondela kwizihlalo zangaphambili, kwaye emva kokunyuka kwe-Honda kwifomu kuba nzima ukufihla ukulinganiselwa kweyunithi yamandla ye-Renault.
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I-Haas, kwelinye icala, iya kuzama, ngaphezu kwayo yonke into, ukubetha imigodi yokumisa ukuphepha iziganeko ezifana naleyo yakhokelela ekurhoxisweni kukaRomain Grosjean. Ngokuphathelele uAlfa Romeo, uToro Rosso kunye neRacing Point, amathuba kukuba abazukuhamba kude kakhulu kwiindawo eziphunyelelweyo eOstreliya, kunomdla wokubona ukuba uDaniil Kvyat uza kukwazi kangakanani ukuqhubeka “ecaphukisa” uPierre Gasly.
Ekugqibeleni, sifika eWilliams. Emva kogqatso lwase-Australia ukulibala, eyona nto inokwenzeka kukuba e-Bahrain iqela laseBrithani liza kuvala i-peloton kwakhona. Nangona uGeorge Russell sele etshilo ukuba "ingxaki esisiseko" yemoto sele ifunyenwe, yena ngokwakhe wathi isisombululo asikhawulezi.
Kusaza kubonakala ukuba uWilliams uya kukwazi kangakanani ukugqiba iGrand Prix yaseBahrain ngaphandle kwemijikelo emithathu emva kwenkokeli njengoko kwakunjalo ngeKubica. I-Pole ibuyela kumzila apho wathatha indawo yakhe yokuqala kunye neyodwa ye-pole kwi-2008, oku emva kweveki apho uJaques Villeneuve wathi ukubuya kukaKubica kwi-Formula 1 "akulungile kumdlalo".
I-Bahrain Grand Prix iya kwenzeka ngo-Matshi 31 kwi-4: 10 pm (ixesha lesiPhuthukezi), kunye nesiqinisekiso se-qualification senzeke ngosuku olungaphambili, ngo-Matshi 30 ngo-3: 00 ntambama (ixesha lesiPhuthukezi).