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Magnifico · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:49 am

Dunno if it has been mentioned but Alonso raced most of that without any form of liquid nourishment. Put his lack of pace in the latter portion of the race in perspective. Kudos to Nando for even making it to the finish given the extreme heat.

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Alonso dehydrated after race
Fernando Alonso was the unfortunate victim of dehydration when stepping out of his Renault at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who started seventh, eventually scored a point despite having no drinking water available for the duration of the race.

With the drinks pump failing before the start and track temperatures at 50Â°C (122Â°F), it was no surprise that the Spaniard was not in peak condition after the race. "We did our maximum today," he said afterwards. "The start of the race was not perfect and we lost a position, which put me down to eighth. There were no retirements and we were eighth fastest, so we finished eighth."

"Fernando Alonsoâ€™s drinking pump failed during the race, leaving him without water for the duration of the race. He subsequently suffered from dehydration as he got out of the car. He has now fully recovered."

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:55 am

Every once in a while we get a race that is so crap that it doesn't even deserve to be rated above a 3. This is one of those races.

2/10 only because of the first lap action.

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 6:59 am

madraykin wrote:

Regiotap wrote:

Maybe not important, but with the medal system, this would be the current ranking.

1. Button (1)
2. Vettel (3)
3. Barrichello (2)
4. Webber (6)
5. Heidfeld (9)
6. Trulli (4)
7. Glock (5)
8. Hamilton (7)

Under the medals system only 1st place is decided by wins. After that it's by points, so there's no change from what the standings actually are at the moment.

Edit: Unless you mean the very first medals system idea with gold, silver and bronze.

The wins thing won't make a difference because Button will dominate.

Alonso has lost a lot of weight since last year.

Mäth · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:34 am

GP4 onboard lap : viewtopic.php?f=6&t=164&p=145367#p145367

aerogi · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:18 am

Magnifico wrote:

what is 'Williams' doing there?

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 8:34 am

aerogi wrote:

Magnifico wrote:

what is 'Williams' doing there?

Probably trying to negotiate a contract.

Scirocco · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:13 am

Piquet. A very solid race by him, especially for someone who is under a hell of alot of pressure. Drove very cosistantly and aggressively. But also Button was a stand out again. It just shows what a driver can do in a car which is competitive. :thumbsup:

Button was my pick, but he has alot of votes, so i picked Piquet as he was my 2nd choice.

aerogi · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:14 am

Fisichella, was amazed to see him fight with cars that are usually a long way in front of him.

farruquito · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:17 am

Quote:

Alonso dehydrated after race
Fernando Alonso was the unfortunate victim of dehydration when stepping out of his Renault at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who started seventh, eventually scored a point despite having no drinking water available for the duration of the race.

With the drinks pump failing before the start and track temperatures at 50Â°C (122Â°F), it was no surprise that the Spaniard was not in peak condition after the race. "We did our maximum today," he said afterwards. "The start of the race was not perfect and we lost a position, which put me down to eighth. There were no retirements and we were eighth fastest, so we finished eighth."

"Fernando Alonsoâ€™s drinking pump failed during the race, leaving him without water for the duration of the race. He subsequently suffered from dehydration as he got out of the car. He has now fully recovered."

That explains why Fernando was slower than Piquet during the second part of the race ( http://fialive.fiacommunications.com/en ... alysis.pdf ) Certainly I was surprised about Alonso's performance during the race. He couldn't follow Raikkonen although right now Ferrari and Renault pace are very similar.

Scirocco · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:22 am

mclaren2008 wrote:

aerogi wrote:

Magnifico wrote:

what is 'Williams' doing there?

Probably trying to negotiate a contract.

lol nice.

Just in case aerogi, she was probably next to him when he was dehydrated, and was helping him up to his feet. :thumbsup:

If not, then probably what Mclaren2008 said.

Scirocco · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:25 am

farruquito wrote:

Quote:

Alonso dehydrated after race
Fernando Alonso was the unfortunate victim of dehydration when stepping out of his Renault at the end of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Spaniard, who started seventh, eventually scored a point despite having no drinking water available for the duration of the race.

With the drinks pump failing before the start and track temperatures at 50Â°C (122Â°F), it was no surprise that the Spaniard was not in peak condition after the race. "We did our maximum today," he said afterwards. "The start of the race was not perfect and we lost a position, which put me down to eighth. There were no retirements and we were eighth fastest, so we finished eighth."

"Fernando Alonsoâ€™s drinking pump failed during the race, leaving him without water for the duration of the race. He subsequently suffered from dehydration as he got out of the car. He has now fully recovered."

That explains why Fernando was slower than Piquet during the second part of the race ( http://fialive.fiacommunications.com/en ... alysis.pdf ) Certainly I was surprised about Alonso's performance during the race. He couldn't follow Raikkonen although right now Ferrari and Renault pace are very similar.

Not really, Piquet did have a good really good race, and if he qualified better, he would of been much closer to the points. I guess it could also may of been tyres, as u could see the harder tyres were much slower, this could also explain it.

farruquito · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:31 am

Found at another forum:
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And this happened before the race, when Alonso was answering some questions to laSexta as every race...

Diageo · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:39 am

Magnifico wrote:

Looks like he used a lot of drugs, or he is very drunk :lol:

CoCo · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 10:51 am

he tried to pull a kimi

mclaren2008 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:50 am

Barrichello. He drove well to make best use of a 3 stop strategy, which aren't used very often.

Tom Vandenhove · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:21 pm

LOL at farruquito's last post.

Tom Vandenhove · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:25 pm

Raikkonen. He did a stunning job to score some points for ferrari.

Brooney · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:26 pm

4. The first 10 laps were quiet good, but went downhill the rest of the race.

Tobias · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:22 pm

MaTT wrote:

Coverage was good, but Legard was pretty awful again. During the middle of the race he desperately scrabbled around with various theories of how the race was going and all of the time was wrong, and he once again spoke in a really awkward, contrived kind of way.

not to mention some unexplained link with a diver who could hold his breathe for 21 minutes and Jenson Button leading the championship.

Jonny · PostPosted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:33 pm

I concur.

Something that really does bug me about F1 coverage - when the coverage switches to people in the pits as the cars are lining up on the grid. I hate it. I want to concentrate on the cars.

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