это наверное тот редкий случай, когда челу учли на гонку меньше и поставили выше хотя как по мне, как ни тасуй по местам, баранка не превратится в баллы

мастера баранных дел)))

и тот баран круче, у которого рога в ноль намертво замкнулись)))

На первой практике Алонсер чуток был первым в зачете
Sky sport - Кстати, те полторы минуты, что Алонсо лидировал в сессии, стали первым лидерством McLaren в сезоне! о так вот

McLaren driver Jenson Button does not expect Honda to make a big step in performance with its Formula 1 engine for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.

11:03 Button has spun at Turn 1.

В McLaren не успели подготовить машину Баттона к началу сессии – нужно было заменить блок управляющей электроники и накопитель энергии после поломки в первой сессии. Задержка была небольшой, вскоре британец выехал, но через несколько кругов остановился на трассе – как и утром, мотор потерял мощность.
Баттон, потеряв почти сорок минут в боксах, всё же смог выехать, но после одного круга свернул в боксы, потом это повторилось ещё раз – сразу решить проблему не удалось.

Jenson Button expects McLaren will qualify at the back of the Formula 1 field again at the Bahrain Grand Prix - especially after his disastrous Friday.

The Briton suffered car problems in both practice sessions, which hampered McLaren's planned aerodynamic programme.

Although team-mate Fernando Alonso ended up seventh and 12^th in the two sessions, Button thinks that when rivals turn up their power units for qualifying his outfit will be left behind again.

"I think some teams runs high fuel all day today as well, so it is not going to be easy," he said. "We are not kidding ourselves. We know what it was like in China.

"The long run pace is OK but quite similar to China.

"Hopefully we don't have any issues so I can get some running in tomorrow, because if you are thrown in the deep end here, it can be quite tricky because of the braking."

Button reckoned it was the first time in his career that he had stopped in both practice sessions on a Friday, with Honda explaining the two stoppages had been caused by different factors.

Honda motorsport boss Yasuhisa Arai said: "We were limited on running time owing to an electrical shutdown in FP1.

"We were able to put the car back on the track for FP2, but the control data that monitors the power unit status was unstable and we had to bring the car back to the garage several times, which was unfortunate.

"We'll need to utilise tomorrow's FP3 to set the control data for qualifying."

Despite an encouraging step forward in pace, with the team getting through to Q2 for the first time this year, Alonso made it clear that what has happened to Button is a worry.

"Definitely this is a concern at the moment," said Alonso. "Reliability is not good enough and we know we need to improve.

"The main priority is to finish the race with both cars - because the more laps we do, the more things we learn.

"We need to go very deep in the investigation of Jenson's car because there have been too many problems this weekend and it is not good.

"It is the way it is. We are not happy with the situation but we are facing reliability problems and performance problems - there are too many things.

"We need to learn to walk before we run and we are in that phase now."

Although mindful of the reliability problems, Alonso did admit that getting out of Q1 for the first time this season was vital for McLaren to prove that progress was being made.

"It is important," he said after ending up 14th.

"It is not a dream come true going into Q2, especially for us because we have higher expectations than going to Q2.

"We knew we were going in the right direction with car performance, but to always go out in Q1 makes some doubts.

"So for the team motivation, for the engineers and mechanics - they were yesterday working until 5am on the car - to have confirmation we are going in the right direction was important and we needed it."

Although Button was disappointed not to get a lap in qualifying, he was remained positive about the improvement in pace.

"We have had less problems than another engine manufacturer has had, and they have been in it for a year already," he said in reference to Renault. "It is just everything has come at once.

"The important thing is we are improving.

"Fernando got through to Q2 which is a good step, but it is a pity I couldn't be there as well.

"There are improvements and we have to stay focused, but it is frustrating when you cannot do a lap in qualifying."

McLaren

В команде McLaren продолжают ударными темпами дорабатывать свое шасси MP4-30, и в Бахрейне в распоряжении гонщиков были новый диффузор и обновленное заднее антикрыло.

При этом диффузор по-прежнему находится на стадии испытаний и наличествует у команды в единственном экземпляре. Область под днищем шасси является одной из наиболее значимых с точки зрения аэродинамики, но ограничения по размещению диффузора здесь настолько жесткие, что визуально трудно выделить различия в спецификациях.

Измененный диффузор, который мы обычно видели на машине Фернандо Алонсо, отвечает общим тенденциям в пелотоне в плане геометрии - он значительно выдается назад и вверх.

Это позволяет увеличить объем воздушного потока, проходящего под днищем машины, и тем самым увеличить прижимную силу. То же касается и ширины диффузора - боковые стенки нового элемента расставлены практически на максимально допустимую регламентом ширину и направлены в стороны - по направлению к области за задними колесами.

В пятницу команда опробовала довольно традиционное упрощенное заднее антикрыло. В случае с любым другим коллективом это можно было бы не упоминать, но в McLaren с середины прошлого сезона традиционно используют волнистый профиль крыла, а на этот раз они решили изменить своей философии.

Новый аэродинамический элемент обладает стандартными прямыми краями, тогда как раньше в этой области наблюдались волнообразные линии. Надо понимать, что это было сделано для оптимизации прохождения воздушного потока через крыло при деактивации системы DRS.

Рикьярдо везунчик...парой кругов раньше рвануло б - нам очко досталось бы.

Р2 кинул болельщиков Ф1, задержать трансляцию больше чем на час это круто. Как говорится, положили, так, положили....

Что касаемо нас, то, темп был только в конце гонки, после последней смены шин.

"Yes, we missed qualifying and we could not race because the car couldn't be ready, so this in itself is dramatic, but there is no dramatic reason behind it," Boullier told AUTOSPORT.

"I think it was related to the fact that we started with mileage on some components and we suffered some glitches here and there.

"But it's nothing serious, just small problems that forced us to stop the car to check."

Honda motorsport chief Yasuhisa Arai admitted that he was not yet certain of the root cause of the problem that prevented Button from racing.

"Right now, we don't know what happened with Jenson's car, but it was an electrical issue, " said Arai.

"I don't know if it is the same situation or not as in P1 [free practice one] but suddenly the electrical power shut down.

"After the warm-up in the garage before the grid, we had some fluctuating data on the electronic control unit and we finally decided we cannot race."

Fernando Alonso finished 11th in the race, matching McLaren's best result of the season, with both driver and team satisfied with the progress being made.

The Spaniard accepted that the car was not fast enough to score points, but while concerned by the reliability problems suffered by his team-mate, he is hoping that things will improve in the next race in Spain in three weeks.

"We were not fast enough to be in the top 10, but we finished the race and got some experience on the car," said Alonso.

"Things seemed to work fine on my side.

"Jenson, sadly, could not start the race so we need to look at many things for Barcelona.

"We have three weeks to increase the performance, to increase the reliability."