F1 GP Bahrain, delayed start after accident in Grosjean | The LIVE of the race

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– Haas reports that “Romain Grosjean has some minor burns on his hands and ankles, but is otherwise fine.”

– Marshals are repairing the railing to allow the race to restart, but it is completely broken.

– Grosjean hit Kvyat’s car, lost control and crashed head-on into the barriers, splitting in two and setting himself on fire.

– Grosjean’s car broke in two and caught fire.

– Grosjean, helped by the rescuers to get into the ambulance, must have received a severe blow to the legs.

– Grosjean in the rescue car is fine, sigh of relief.

Lap 1 – Cars returning to the pits, the car involved is Grosjean’s.

Round 1 – Forward! Haas accident and fire, red flag

– The reconnaissance tour began

– Cars on the grid ready for the reconnaissance lap.

15.05 – The previous race

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The Bahrain GP takes place at 3.10 pm in Sakhir, the third to the last round of the 2020 F1 World Championship. Lewis Hamilton starts from pole with Mercedes, already world champion this season. The interest is above all for the third position in the constructors’ standings, which Ferrari (starting from the sixth row with Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc) is trying to undermine Racing Point.

3 pm – The images on the grid

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Some images of the starting grid tweeted by the teams

14.55 – National anthem

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Bahrain’s national anthem on the starting grid

2.30 pm – Pit lane open

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Pit lane open, cars line up on the grid

2.30 pm – Race strategies

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These are the possible race strategies as calculated by Pirelli. The fastest involves a period of 21 laps in the middle, then two of 18 laps in the soft. The second includes 21 laps in the middle, 15 in the soft and 21 in the middle. The third includes 27 laps on medium and 30 on hard. The slowest has 18 laps in the middle, 21 in the hard and then 18 in the middle.

14.05 – How many lights are there?

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There are 495 floodlights along the Sakhir track. It is a very powerful system that illuminates the circuit as in the daytime and allows you to run even at night with perfect visibility. Drivers prefer the track at night, because driving is not penalizing and the colder asphalt conditions allow for lower lap times.

1:50 pm – Ferrari drivers: “We will fight”

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These are the words of Ferrari fans on F1 TV just minutes from the start of the GP. Sebastian Vettel: “We hope to improve, but it will be difficult, but we have the potential to do well in the race. We hope to have a good GP, overtaking is possible here, it could be a fun race ”. Charles Leclerc: “We fought this weekend, today we expect a difficult race for tire management, we will try to do well.”

13.40 – Hamilton: “A challenge”

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Lewis Hamilton He spoke a few minutes before the start of the GP, assuming it will be a difficult race for tire management: “Here there will be a race with at least two stops, the tires wear a lot. Strategies will be important. I think the soft ones are not going to be used, it will be a challenge for everyone ”.

After the 4th you don’t win

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Fourth place is the most backward position on the grid since he won in Bahrain. Although Sakhir was never short of overtaking, the race was never won by any driver starting further back than fourth. Six times the winner started from pole; four from second position; three from the third and two from the fourth (Fernando Alonso in 2006 and Jenson Button in 2009).

Three shotguns

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Three circuits have been the scene of two consecutive races this season. The 2020 championship started in Austria, at Spielberg, with two races in a row, which only differed in denomination: Austrian Grand Prix and Styrian Grand Prix. After the Hungarian GP, ​​the World Championship stayed for two weeks at Silverstone, where the British GP and the 70th anniversary of Formula 1 took place. Here too the circuit was identical. Instead, the Sakhir plant will be the only one to host two consecutive races with partially different designs: this week we will compete with the traditional design of 5,412 meters, while the next we will go to the exterior design, a super fast circuit of 3,543 meters.

Track

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The Sakhir track stretches for 5,412 meters that will be covered 57 times. Famous for its long straights and demanding braking sections, the track features the two most difficult braking sections in Turns 1 and 14. There are two areas for the use of the Moving Wing (DRS): one on the home stretch and the other in the section between turns 10 and 11. This is a night race. Track temperatures will drop during the race due to dusk.