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Bahrain's outer layout will cause ‘big mess' in qualifying

The use of the short ‘outer track' at Bahrain's Sakhir Circuit will cause a ‘big mess' in qualifying, according to some team bosses… Last week, it was announced that Bahrain will use a short layout using their perimeter track for the second race in their double header, the Sakhir Grand Prix. The layout has been dubbed the ‘oval' layout, despite being nowhere near an oval, but it is a fast blast around the venue with F1 saying simulated laptimes are around 55 seconds. Qualifying with all 20 cars proves messy on occasion at venues considerably longer than this, and the short track distance means that some team bosses already foresee chaos during qualifying. 'For sure...
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