Exiting race, DannyRic mega, race a bit ruined by #SillyMax, kid needs to learn. Hope (dutch) press will finally stop defending everything he does after this, that might speed up the learning process.
Valteri better than Lewis all weekend, Kimi meh, but mostly thx to Ferrari tactic and Sebastian fucked by Max and naughty Alonso ;)
Huuuuuuuuuullllkkk!
Alonso naughty
DannyRic lead
Valteri better than Lewis all weekend, Kimi meh, but mostly thx to Ferrari tactic and Sebastian fucked by Max and naughty Alonso ;)
Huuuuuuuuuullllkkk!
Alonso naughty
DannyRic lead
By markao Go To PostHope (dutch) press will finally stop defending everything he does after this, that might speed up the learning process.If you no longer go for a gap you are no longer a racing driver innit
/s
By Punished Go To PostIf you no longer go for a gap you are no longer a racing driver innitIf there is no gap however ?
Lewis ok, would have been amazing, but you know he will let it run wide just a little to "push" you of.
Vettel, common. He just locked a fraction, you know he will not give you space because of that, Max would have not done that either.
Max in interview at least this time understands he messed this race up, thats a plus.
Max actually reminds me of Hamilton when he first started in F1. Taking a lot of 50/50 chances going from hero to zero.
He became one with the blue shell
He became one with the blue shell
Race 4 and on to the streets of Baku, for the FORMULA 1 2018 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX. Track lay-out mainly long straights and 90 degree corners, with a more technical smaller middle sector. Longest straight at the end of the lap + a Safety Car is mega action (double/triple slipstreams), so lets hope we will have a few of them.
Last two seasons total Mercedes domination, as in second quicker in Qualifying, so hard to look past them for a win. Having said that, the improved Ferrari engine and the race moving forward on the calender (less hot), might change things. For Lewis, even though he is only 9 points behind, a welcome win would change the narrative in the press for him. And lets not forget the "red mist Vettel" coming back to the track were it all happened, so he will no doubt be remembered about it in interviews.
After last weeks brilliant race by DannyRic I get the feeling this is a big race for him. Last year people remember the crazy race and him winning, but up until the race he had a very poor weekend and was well behind Max (over 1/2 second slower) and that would change all the positive news from last week in a heartbeat. Max could also use a incident free weekend. ;)
Also interesting to see how much Honda has improved in the energy recovery (derates/charging)) as this track has not enough braking zones, at least not for the length of the straights.
And lastly last season 4th best team, can Force India finally on a track that suited them so well in the past show a bit of form. Or has the improvement from other engine manufacturers really put them further back on the grid.
FP1 on right now
Jos his face when Max put it in the barrier :P
and that's incident free weekend for Max gone
FOM making use of halo on-boards, not bad for a change...........all praise the Halo
and that's incident free weekend for Max gone
FOM making use of halo on-boards, not bad for a change...........all praise the Halo
weird session, lot of cars with problems, different tire usage and no clue what Ferrari was doing, so lets wait for FP2 to see who and what.
Strange session, teams with tire issues, some of pace, RBR looking good but did did that last season FP1-2 as well, Mercedes of pace, also on long run, RBR long run was best.............not sure what to make of it yet, expect lot of work overnight for different teams to get on top of their (tire)problems.
And Max his weekend (season) might have gotten worse at the end of the FP2 session
and spaaaaaarrrkkkssss
wonder if this distracts the drivers at all.
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Looks like an interesting race brewing....
Hamilton is slightly off form, but 8ths off the pace isn't just driver related.
Hamilton is slightly off form, but 8ths off the pace isn't just driver related.
Ferrari found some pace, Mercedes still looks off in the middle sector, RBR did some long runs in the middle part and did not get proper runs in due to Sirotkin red flag
Middle field looks mega close again, with engine power helping Merc/Fer, not going to call that one.
Weather forecast is for more and more wind the longer the weekend goes on.
holy shit, Gasly at full speed (almost) into his teammate who was sleeping behind his wheel ??? : wow:
ok Hartley had puncture, still
Q1
ok Hartley had puncture, still
Q1
That RBR call to let DannyRic slow done on US, so he could start the race on reds, was a pretty close one. If Stroll would have catched a tiniest of slipstreams he would have been p11.
McLaren again, although expected to slow, Both Renault and Force India in to top 10 (Hulk will get 5 place penalty)
McLaren again, although expected to slow, Both Renault and Force India in to top 10 (Hulk will get 5 place penalty)
kimi:( last corner again
Vettel pole, Mercedes on 2-3, Max poor outlap in final run and no improvement and just tipped by DannyRic and ForceIndia best of the rest
full Q sessions results with tires (top5 starts on reds, Hulk 5P penalty for gearbox change.
This is going to be an easy year for Vettel.
Kimi got two purple sectors. But fucked it up. This means the car can go even faster.
Kimi got two purple sectors. But fucked it up. This means the car can go even faster.
With all the wind and drivers, Kimi, already hitting walls on their laps to the grid, it should be a SafeCar filled (??) & ad the restarts like last year and we could have a great race and maybe like last year the luckiest guy with the right calls end up winning.
Kimi:p
thats safetycar nr1
icon, sirotkin,Kimi, Fernando all gone or damaged and watching replays even more hits proper formula ford rookie start
thats safetycar nr1
icon, sirotkin,Kimi, Fernando all gone or damaged and watching replays even more hits proper formula ford rookie start
I always complain about SkyGo going to 144p, but this time it happened just as the lights went out for the entire first lap.
Saw yesterday Pirelli saying 41 laps is the expected lifespan of the Soft here. Kimi could get to the end (only just), another SC would help.
Crofty has just said 45 laps.
Crofty has just said 45 laps.
By Spengo Go To PostJust build another car out of all the debris.one :P
race on again, let the slipstreaming start
#gomax
Max cant catch a break this year so far and Hulk puts it in the wall.............................again
RBR with batery issues and ego's :P
Actiiiooooooooooooooooooooooon love Baku , hope Miami rumour is off :(
restart
Max/Danny
Renault power
Actiiiooooooooooooooooooooooon love Baku , hope Miami rumour is off :(
restart
Max/Danny
Renault power
and as we say in the Netherlands: 3x keer is scheepsrecht and with that stop lets bring on part 4 :P
You would say that was coming :P
DannyRic committed and Max moving, this was always going to happen :(
DannyRic committed and Max moving, this was always going to happen :(