Ngemuva kokunqoba okumangazayo kukaValteri Bottas e-Australia, kuhlehliswa ukungqubuzana obekukade kulindelwe phakathi kweFerrari neMercedes (naphakathi kukaHamilton noVettel), inkundla yokuqala yemoto enenjini yakwaHonda kusukela ngo-2008 kanye nokubuyela kukaKubica kuFomula 1, okugxilwe kuyo. evuliwe sezivele zibekwe ku-Bahrain Grand Prix.
Eyokuqala eyabanjwa ngo-2004, iBahrain Grand Prix yaba ngeyokuqala ngqa ukuba khona eMpumalanga Ephakathi. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube namuhla, kuphela ngo-2011 ayizange iqhutshwe e-Bahrain. Kusukela ngo-2014 kuya phambili, i-Grand Prix yaqala ukubanjwa ebusuku.
Mayelana nokunqoba, kusobala ukuthi iFerrari idle umhlanganiso, njengoba isiwine kuleyo sekethe izikhathi eziyisithupha (kuhlanganisa nomjaho wokuqala ngo-2004), okuphindwe kabili kunaleyo lapho iMercedes yaphakama yafinyelela endaweni ephakeme kakhulu emsamo. Phakathi kwabagibeli, u-Vettel uyena ophumelele kakhulu, njengoba esewine i-Grand Prix yase-Bahrain izikhathi ezine (ngo-2012, 2013, 2017 kanye no-2018).
Yelula ngaphezu kwe-5,412 km namakhona ayi-15, i-lap eshesha kakhulu kusekethe yase-Bahrain ekaPedro de la Rosa owathi, ngo-2005, wayimboza ngo-1min 31.447s ngomyalo we-McLaren. Kusazobonakala ukuthi iphuzu elingeziwe le-lap esheshayo lizosebenza njengesikhuthazo esengeziwe sokuzama ukunqoba leli rekhodi.
Amakhulu amathathu…
Ku-Bahrain Grand Prix, kugqama kakhulu ku-“Big Three”: i-Mercedes, i-Ferrari kanye, nokubuya kancane, i-Red Bull. Kwabasubathi bakwaMercedes, umbuzo omkhulu othinta ukusabela kuka-Hamilton ngemuva kokunqoba kukaBottas okumangalisayo nokuhamba phambili eMelbourne.
Cishe, egqugquzelwa ukunqoba kozakwabo, u-Hamilton uzohlasela, efuna ukwengeza ohlwini ukunqoba kwakhe kwesithathu e-Bahrain (ezinye ezimbili zibuyele ku-2014 no-2015). Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokuzuza ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala kusukela ngo-2017, uBottas ubonakala evuselele ukuzethemba futhi cishe uzofuna ukuthulisa noma ubani owathi uzoshiya iMercedes.
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Ngokuqondene neFerrari, izinto ziyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ngemuva komjaho obuphoxekile obuseMelbourne lapho uVettel aze abuza onjiniyela ukuthi kungani imoto ihambe kancane kangaka uma kuqhathaniswa nomqhudelwano, ilukuluku elikhulu wukubona ukuthi iqembu likwazile ukuthuthuka kangakanani esikhathini esiyizinsuku ezingu-15.
Njengoba uVettel ehlose ukunqoba okwesithathu kulandelana eBahrain, kuzojabulisa ukubona ukuthi uFerrari ubuphatha kanjani ubudlelwano phakathi kwabashayeli babo ababili, ngemuva kokuthi e-Australia bayalele uLeclerc ukuthi angaqhudelani indawo yesine noVettel, ephikisana nalokho umphathi weqembu, uMattia. Binotto, wayeshilo ukuthi bobabili bayoba "nenkululeko yokulwa nomunye nomunye".
Ekugcineni, kuvela iRed Bull e-Australia igqugquzelwa yisikhulumi emjahweni wokuqala obuxabene nenjini yakwaHonda. Uma kulindeleke ukuthi uMax Verstappen alwele izindawo zokuqala, ukungabaza ngakuPierre Gasly osendaweni yeshumi e-Australia bese elandela uToro Rosso kaDaniil Kvyat.
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Uma kunento eyodwa eqinisekisiwe e-Australia, ukuthi umehluko wejubane phakathi kwamaqembu amathathu aphezulu kanye nenkundla yonke uhlala uphawulekayo. Phakathi kwamaqembu asebenzisa injini ye-Renault, zimbili izinto ezigqamayo: ukwethembeka akukakapheli (njengoba uCarlos Sainz noMcLaren besho) futhi ukusebenza kungaphansi komncintiswano.
Uma kubhekwa izimpawu ezingezinhle ezembulwe e-Australia, mancane amathuba okuthi e-Bahrain bobabili iMcLaren neRenault bakwazi ukusondela ezihlalweni ezingaphambili, futhi ngemva kokuphakama kwefomu leHonda kuba nzima ukufihla imikhawulo yeyunithi yamandla yakwaRenault.
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Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Haas izozama, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukushaya izitobhi ukuze igweme izigameko ezifana nalezi eziholele ekuhoxisweni kukaRomain Grosjean. Mayelana no-Alfa Romeo, Toro Rosso noRacing Point, amathuba okuthi bangahambi kude kakhulu nezindawo ezizuzwe e-Australia, kuyafisa ukubona ukuthi uDaniil Kvyat uzokwazi kangakanani ukuqhubeka “nokucasula” uPierre Gasly.
Ekugcineni, sifika eWilliams. Ngemuva komjaho wase-Australia wokukhohlwa, okungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi eBahrain iqembu laseBrithani lizophinde livale peloton. Nakuba uGeorge Russell eseshilo kakade ukuthi "inkinga eyisisekelo" yemoto isivele itholakele, yena ngokwakhe wathi isinqumo asisheshi.
Kusazobonakala ukuthi uWilliams uzokwazi kangakanani ukuqeda iGrand Prix yaseBahrain ngaphandle kokulandela umholi imizuliswano emithathu njengoba kwenzeka kuKubica. U-Pole ubuyela emzileni lapho athatha khona indawo yakhe yokuqala nokuwukuphela kwayo ngo-2008, lokhu ngemuva kwesonto lapho u-Jaques Villeneuve ethi ukubuya kukaKubica kuFormula 1 "akulungile kwezemidlalo".
I-Bahrain Grand Prix izokwenzeka ngoMashi 31 ngo-4:10 pm (isikhathi sesiPutukezi), iziqu zizokwenzeka ngayizolo, ngoMashi 30 ngo-3:00 pm (isikhathi sesiPutukezi).