Bahrain Grand Prix Review

If there is any race on the calendar that is
politically the most controversial, it will be this upcoming race weekend, when
the Grand Prix of Bahrain is run in Sakir, just outside the capital city of
Manama.

The race itself, which lies in the middle of the
desert, with a circuit of just over three miles a lap , encounters a lot of
runoff and of course, sand, which can get onto the circuit when there is a wind
storm. As for this race alone, the situation outside the track is not as
important to some who are in the inside of it, as the race last season was run
under tight security, which Sebastian Vettel became the third different driver
in three races to win a grand prix race.

This season, the situation is exactly the same;
three drivers have won three different races and the protesters still are
protesting against the race; disapproving their politically motivated leaders decisions
about hosting the race.

However, the race will continue to run, and the real tough part of the circuit begins
with the end of the first straight when the speeds of nearly 200 miles per hour slows quickly down
to about 30 on the opening right hand turn. At turn 11 going into turn 12, the circuit suddenly goes uphill, and the
fluids in the car swing from side to side, so once a car is in the pits, the
engineer must checks the levels to make sure that they are compatible because
of the swinging of right to left during the time the car is out on the track.

The last turns at 14 and 15 are the last before the
front straight, which the driver has to take the turn perfectly and perhaps
enable his DRS and KERS system before completing his lap. The heat has always
been a factor, but running this event later in the year would have been worse,
so an April time slot has always been a better bet. So, the drivers have just
raced last week, in China, so other race only days later will be a reward, as
the drivers following this event will take a three week long break from racing.

Mark Gero

Mark Gero has written formula one racing stories since 2002 on the Internet for such sites as Motorsport.com, Racing Information Service News and for a brief time at the Munich Eye newspaper in Munich, Germany along with Autoweek online. Mark also has a diploma in journalism from the London School of Journalism in London, England and in addition a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa.

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