Formula One Pulls into Bahrain this Weekend
April 24, 2009 by Warren Hayashi
Filed under Racing
The Formula One season pulls into the dust and heat of Bahrain this weekend at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir with the odds favoring the cars that run better in dry, hot and dusty conditions. The racers and teams will be glad to be heading to a race that shouldn’t be interrupted by the arrival of the chaotic weather patterns that made Shanghai an adventure.
Formula One pulls into Bahrain
The last two races at Bahrain have seen Ferrari and Felipe Massa come away with a victory at this fast race course that should allow the racers to spend a little more time jockeying for position and doing some amazing racing. Felipe and Ferrari will be hard pressed to win this time though and if the Brazilian is able to pull another rabbit from his hat and beat the field to the finish line, it would be a real magic trick, considering the way his car has been running.
The odds at Bahrain would indicate that Brawn and Jenson Button would be the expected favorite, but then that’s why we run the race, to see what fate and life has dictated. The competition to Button would certainly have to be Red Bull Racing considering their on-two punch at the finish line of Shanghai, but the rest of the field will be looking to see if they can throw a wrench into the betting line.
Toyota’s TF109 and Willams’s FW31 will probably see their diffuser advantage disappear after Bahrain as the rest of the teams get diffusers installed and working properly in their cars in anticipation of catching up and over taking the lead Brawn has taken over the field in the season standings, probably by Barcelona.
Bahrain has a series of hard turns that are hard on the brakes of Formula One cars, add to this the problem of dust on the track in the corners, and tires and traction will be on the mind of the racers and teams as they pull into Bahrain this weekend. Brawn should have the advantage here also as they are generally less aggressive in their use of rubber, but the set up of the cars will be the key as Bahrain is a tough track.
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