Comments from the drivers who finished in the top 10 on the first day of the 2024 F1 Round 1 Bahrain GP. The final race of the Bahrain Grand Prix was held at the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday, March 2nd, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) started from pole position, leading all laps and recording the fastest lap at the Grand Prix. He achieved a slam and won by a landslide with a difference of over 20 seconds over the following. It was his 55th career win.
1st place: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) “Today was a particularly great day. I don’t think there are many days when everything about the car went well, including the balance and feel. We got off to a good start and had no problems after that. It was a really fun race to run. We were able to run at just the right rhythm and pace on the track, and the strength and direction of the wind helped. Bahrain is our favorite circuit, but next week’s Jeddah It’s a circuit with lots of high speed corners and low degradation, so it’s going to be a little different from this week.It’s going to be a bit of a challenging race, but I’m looking forward to it, so I can continue to perform well next week.I’m looking forward to it, as it will be a bit of a challenging race, and I’m looking forward to it. I would like to thank everyone for their support. After a great season last year, competing in a new car is a big challenge, but it feels great to start the season with a win.” 2nd place: Sergio Perez (Red Bull) ) “It was a great opening race for the team as we were able to win a close battle and take a 1-2. I overtook Sainz at the start and was able to run smoothly from then on. There were some improvements. There are some issues that need to be addressed, but I think it’s important to get into this good flow right now.I have a lot to learn, such as how to push and manage the tires, so I’m very happy to be able to run the full race distance. .I had a good pace this week, but I think it depends on the circuit. The season has just started, so we will continue to improve.” 3rd Place: Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) “It’s been a solid start to the season.” And it’s a very good point for the team as well. The car felt really good throughout the race and we were able to control the pace and overtake well. We tried to attack Czech (Perez) towards the end of the race. , we tried our best with tire management in the last stint, but they were still faster. But I think we have a very good baseline and we need to keep pushing to close this gap. Jeddah To!” 4th place: Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) “It was a disappointing race for me. I had a problem with the brakes, so I had a hard time staying on the track, especially in turns 9 and 10. I didn’t have the pace to fight well.” I’m sure there was. I can’t wait to get back in the car in Jeddah.” 5th place: George Russell (Mercedes) “It’s been a strange day. Lewis and I both faced similar problems. The power unit was overheating from the beginning, so we had to deal with it throughout. It’s a shame because the start was very good. I successfully passed Leclerc and moved up to second, but a warning immediately appeared on the steering wheel. He was losing tenths of a second per lap to deal with overheating and it was difficult to hold off the other drivers. It’s a shame that we couldn’t demonstrate the potential of the car. Thankfully, it’s not a problem to worry about. I made a mistake in the cooling configuration. However, we need to understand the reason and avoid repeating the same thing. There is plenty of margin to cool the power unit further. If it wasn’t for this problem, I think we would have been in the fight for third place. It’s still the first race of the season so let’s see what we can do next week.” 6th place: Lando Norris (McLaren) “It was a tough race, but I still think we had a good race with good pace and it’s definitely better than last year.” I think we can be happy as a team because we were making progress. I think the wind hurt us a bit today. It was a big change from the last few days and I felt pretty bad in some corners, but we were able to move forward. , I was able to do my best today. It’s a good start to the season.” 7th place: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) “It was a tough race today. I was hoping for a better night, but the team I’m disappointed inside. We were close to the other cars and the degradation was high. The problems we had obviously cost us our pace and that’s frustrating because the last stint was good. In the end, if we had qualified better, of course we would have been in 2nd or 3rd place.Today we made a lot of discoveries and learned a lot about the car.There are many areas that we can improve on, and as a team we will do so. 8th place: Oscar Piastri (McLaren) “8th place in the opening race. Personally, I think it was a good race and I think my race pace was decent. There are some things I need to improve on, though. , it was not a bad first race for us, especially considering this time last year. I’m looking forward to seeing what the next few circuits have in store and I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do in the upcoming races.” 9th place: Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin): “I’m happy to get some points in today’s race and maybe it was the finish we expected. There was a gap in front and behind, so it was a bit quiet for us. It turned out to be a very long race. Both stints were long and I was hoping for an advantage from the safety car, but that didn’t happen. I need to analyze my lap pace against my performance in the race. I’m sure we can improve as the season progresses and we’ll see if we can be a little stronger in Saudi Arabia next week.” 10th place: Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) “I ran last on the first lap. I’m happy to have scored points after that. I had a good start, but then Nico (Hülkenberg) hit me and I ended up in last place. I knew it was going to be a long race from there, but tire management was a challenge. He focused on his goals and made several passes on the course. The team also showed a good strategy. We know we have work to do to develop the AMR24 and increase the pace even further, but the season is long. We keep pushing.”
2024-03-04 03:21:40
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