Timetable: (GMT +3):

Friday 24th April:

Speedcar Qualifying Session 08:30 - 09:15
Formula One Friday Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
GP2 Asia Practice Session 11:55 - 12:25
Chevrolet Super Car Middle East Qualifying Session 12:50 - 13:20
Formula One Friday Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Formula One Press Conference - Press Room 16:00 - 17:00
GP2 Asia Qualifying Session 16:00 - 16:30
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Practice Session 17:00 - 17:45

Saturday 25th April:

Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Qualifying Session 08:35 - 09:05
Speedcar First Race (40 Mins) 09:30 - 10:15
Formula One Saturday Practice 11:00 - 12:00
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup First Race (12 Laps or 30 Mins) 12:25 - 13:00
Air Display Parachute Jump 13:45 - 13:55
Formula One Qualifying 14:00 - 15:00
GP2 Asia First Race (34 Laps or 75 Mins) 15:50 - 17:10
Chevrolet Super Car Middle East First Race (8 Laps or 25 Mins) 17:30 - 18:00

Sunday 26th April

Speedcar Second Race (40 Mins) 09:00 - 09:45
Chevrolet Super Car Middle East Second Race (8 Laps or 25 Minutes) 10:15 - 10:45
GP2 Asia Second Race (23 Laps or 45 Minutes) 11:30 - 12:20
Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup Second Race (12 Laps) 12:45 - 13:20
Formula One Drivers' Track Parade 13:30
Starting Grid Demonstration Underwater World Record Attempt 13:30 - 14:00
Air Display Helicopter Air Display 14:00 - 14:15
Air Display F16 Fly Past 14:30 - 14:35
Formula One Race 15:00

Just in case you wanted to know

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Track Info:

Track Length - 5.412km
Race distance - 57 lap / 308.238km

Full throttle - 63%
Top speed - 309kph
Longest flat-out section - 14s / 1.05km
Right/left-hand turns - 9/6

Lap Record Race: 1:30,252 (Michael Schumacher, 2004, Ferrari)
Lap Record Qualifying: 1:29,848 (Fernando Alonso, 2005, Renault)

Championship Standings:

1. Jenson Button 21
2. Rubens Barrichello 15
3. Sebastian Vettel 10
4. Timo Glock 10
5. Mark Webber 9,5
6. Jarno Trulli 8,5
7. Nick Heidfeld 4
8. Fernando Alonso 4
9. Heikki Kovalainen 4
10. Lewis Hamilton 4
11. Nico Rosberg 3,5
12. Sebastian Buemi 3
13. Sebastian Bourdaís 1
14. Adrian Sutil 0
15. Felipe Massa 0
16. Kimi Räikkönen 0
17. Giancarlo Fisichella 0
18. Kazuki Nakajima 0
19. Robert Kubica 0
20. Nelson Piquet Jr. 0

Previous Winners:

2004: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)
2005: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2006: Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2007: Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2008: Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

Last Year's Results:

1. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
2. Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
3. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)
4. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber)
5. Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren Mercedes)
6. Jarno Trulli (Toyota)
7. Mark Webber (Red Bull Renault)
8. Nico Rosberg (Williams Toyota)
9. Timo Glock (Toyota)
10. Fernando Alonso (Renault)
11. Rubens Barrichello (Honda)
12. Giancarlo Fisichella (Force India Ferrari)
13. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes)
14. Kazuki Nakajima (Williams Toyota)
15. Sebastíen Bourdais (Toro Rosso Ferrari)
16. Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri Honda)
17. Takuma Sato (Super Aguri Honda)
18. David Coulthard (Red Bull Renault)
19. Adrian Sutil (Force India Ferrari)

Retired:

20. Nelson Piquet Jr. (Renault)
21. Jenson Button (Honda)
22. Sebastian Vettel (Toro Rosso Ferrari)

Weather forecast and an onboard lap from 2006

Now this is more like it!

Nice looking thread
/me is ashamed

Nicee ,
How long did that take you?

Quote from dan12s :

Nicee ,
How long did that take you?

Well, it was mostly copypasta'd from other places, so it didn't take too long - you just need to know where to look I suppose. Still took a little while though - I wanted a nice Bahrain thread! (No offence Texas/S3AN :razz

Quote from Timdpr :

! (No offence Texas/S3AN :razz

I haven't created one

Meh.... And here i was typing my thread... All for nothing now

Anyway, should be good race hopefully.

"The track offers the driver a unique experience in the way the circuit's width varies at the end of the different straights. This allows for diverse racing lines, and the 12-corner design provides at least three genuine overtaking opportunities."


Oh whoopie doo..

Just three or four places to pass on each lap. Don't sound too good to me.

However, some longer straights should favour the cars with higher top speeds and/or KERS bit more. I've got a feeling Hamilton will have his best race so far here.

Blackwood only has 3-4 obvious overtaking oppurtunities ? What's the prob?

Quote from Intrepid :

Blackwood only has 3-4 obvious overtaking oppurtunities ? What's the prob?

It's a sub 1-min lap?

Quote from JPeace :

not really, only fox, fbm, fo8, xfg and xrg are good for racing at blackwood, and they are all over the 1m mark ?

And they'll be even longer at Bahrain...

The point is Bahrain has 3-4 passing points for a 1.30 lap, Blackwood has roughly the same for a 1.00 lap [in the BF1].

Real racing drivers make overtaking opportunities appear where they aren't supposed to be.

You can't compare Blackwood to Manama. If Blackwood was a RL track, the F1 would not be able to pass because the two main straight are too short and too narrow.

Anyway overtaking is really easy at Manama IMO, we have four wide +700meters straights here, there's no need to complain about this point.(even if the track looks boring, and is absolutely pointless because of its location)

i counted 6 places

Usually the best overtaking happens on cicuits where people don't expect it.

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

You can't compare Blackwood to Manama. If Blackwood was a RL track, the F1 would not be able to pass because the two main straight are too short and too narrow.

Anyway overtaking is really easy at Manama IMO, we have four wide +700meters straights here, there's no need to complain about this point.(even if the track looks boring, and is absolutely pointless because of its location)

It think it's great we're putting our LFS sim experience to good use.

Quote from Mattesa :

It think it's great we're putting our LFS sim experience to good use.

LFS sim experience means jack all. LFS doesn't simulate aero turbulence, which influences the behaviour of F1 cars a lot when they try to overtake each other, nor does LFS simulate flat-spots in terms of chassis vibration and its affect on drivers, and LFS's tyre simulation is much more forgiving than F1 tyres. And finally, LFS doesn't simulate fear!

Quote from samjh :

LFS sim experience means jack all. LFS doesn't simulate aero turbulence, which influences the behaviour of F1 cars a lot when they try to overtake each other, nor does LFS simulate flat-spots in terms of chassis vibration and its affect on drivers, and LFS's tyre simulation is much more forgiving than F1 tyres. And finally, LFS doesn't simulate fear!

i don't think fear comes into the equation with F1 drivers

Quote from BenjiMC :

i don't think fear comes into the equation with F1 drivers

Maybe not, but a sense of self preservation most certainly. LFS has none of it. Essentially trying to compare LFS with real driving let alone real racing is like trying to compare playing a FPS with real war, pointless. A reasonable representation of general car behaviour it may be but on an objective realism scale it would be lucky to score above 3/10.

This has gone really fast (at least for me). Already round 4!

Domenicali promising a big step forward in Spain.

Didn't he say similar before Malaysia and China?

We'll see.

everyone will step forward though.

Quote from 5haz :

Domenicali promising a big step forward in Spain.

Didn't he say similar before Malaysia and China?

We'll see.

Well, the question is, will it be a BIGGER step forward than the other teams? Everyone takes forward steps in F1, it's a matter of how big the step is.

I think Renault will be angling for the biggest step in Spain.

Quote from samjh :

LFS sim experience means jack all. LFS doesn't simulate aero turbulence, which influences the behaviour of F1 cars a lot when they try to overtake each other, nor does LFS simulate flat-spots in terms of chassis vibration and its affect on drivers, and LFS's tyre simulation is much more forgiving than F1 tyres. And finally, LFS doesn't simulate fear!

Well not the specifics anyway. But there are bound to be general principles which do translate (this is a racing SIM, and that's why we play right, because it sort of in a distant way gives us some sort of that real life experience?) As it relates to this discussion, we have experienced the struggles of trying to pass competitors and how track length layout etc. can play into that.

who bets on a BL1/demo server move by kubica at T1 ???

Quote from el pibe :

who bets on a BL1/demo server move by kubica at T1 ???

Not me, Kubica is S2 licensed