Did you predict that neither Alpine driver would finish in the top 16? Or that the 2005 lap record would remain unbeaten for another year? How many of your pre-race predictions for the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix were correct? Find out below!
1. WILL VERSTAPPEN WIN THE 2024 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX?
1. Will Max Verstappen win the first race of the season?#BahrainGP #LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: YES
CORRECT ANSWER: YES
Almost 85% of you expected Max Verstappen to take the first win of the season at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. He did so, winning from pole position, leading every lap and setting the fastest lap of the race. He recorded the fifth Grand Slam of his career.
2. WHERE WILL THE TOP ALPINE DRIVER FINISH?
2. Where will the best-placed Alpine driver finish in the 2024 #BahrainGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 11th-15th
CORRECT ANSWER: 16th OR LOWER
Alpine’s season did not get off to the best of starts. The team was slowest of all ten teams in qualifying for the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix, setting the two slowest lap times in Q1. The team’s race pace was not much better. Esteban Ocon led home Pierre Gasly, with the duo finishing only 17th and 18th.
3. WILL THE LAP RECORD BE BROKEN?
3. Will the Lap Record (1:31.447) be broken during Saturday’s #BahrainGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: YES
CORRECT ANSWER: NO
Pedro de la Rosa’s Bahrain Grand Prix lap record survives for another year! Max Verstappen set the fastest lap of the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix with a 1:32.680 – 1.2 seconds slower than the record set in 2005.
4. HOW MANY DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL SCORE POINTS?
4. How many different teams will score points at the 2024 #BahrainGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 6
CORRECT ANSWER: 5
For the first time since 2018, only five teams scored points in the season-opening race. The top ten positions were shared between the top five teams in last year’s Constructors’ Championship.
5. WHERE WILL THE TOP McLAREN DRIVER QUALIFY?
5. Where will the top McLaren driver qualify for the 2024 #BahrainGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 4th or 5th
CORRECT ANSWER: 6th or 7th
McLaren fell a little short of your expectations in qualifying for the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix. For the first time since 2021, both McLaren drivers appeared in Q3 in Bahrain. Lando Norris out-qualified Oscar Piastri by just 0.069 seconds, with the two papaya cars locking out the fourth row of the grid.
Let us know how you got on with this race’s predictions! There’ll be more predictions to be made ahead of the next Grand Prix. Follow Lights Out on X to take part: @LightsOutF1Blog!