This is the place to discuss everything related to the 8th round of the 2017 season in Baku, Azerbaijan between the 23rd and 25th of June.
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The event timetable for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Friday
1st Practice 13:00 local time - 09:00 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Saturday
Practice 14:00 local time - 10:00 GMT
Qualifying 17:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
Sunday
Race 17:00 local time - 13:00 GMT
The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
Moderators: cmlean, Ed, The Qualiflyer, The Heretic
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
Well Jim, I have to agree with you.
This track has to suit the Mercedes with an extremely long straight (loosely speaking). This will give the Mercedes a chance to utilize their horsepower advantage. Sebastian Vettel and his Ferrari will face a stern test in determining just how fast his red rocket really is.
I have gone for the Red Bulls to finish 4th and 6th and being split by Kimi.
7th has been given to Sergio Perez from Hulkenberg, Massa and Ocon.
With the 3 place grid penalty to Sainz and the (lack of) Renault horsepower, I feel this will keep him from the points.
It will be interesting to see just how much reliable horsepower McLaren and Honda will have at this event. My feeling is that it won't be enough however a finish would be something to look forward to.
Oh, and hats off to Patrick Stewart for his part in the presentation in Canada. His partaking in Daniel Ricciardo's 'shoey' made me laugh
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
FP1 Results
It all looked fairly quiet with all teams going through their processes until, with just 10 minutes left in the session, Sergio Perez stuffed his Force India into the wall at turn 8.
Red Bull are impressive at the top of the practice times on Friday. But, it is still just that, Friday..
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:44.410 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 01:44.880 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
3 01:44.967 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
4 01:45.398 Sergio Perez Force India
5 01:45.497 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 01:45.737 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
7 01:45.752 Esteban Ocon Force India
8 01:45.968 Felipe Massa Williams
9 01:46.000 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
10 01:46.617 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
11 01:46.649 Lance Stroll Williams
12 01:46.721 Kevin Magnussen Haas
13 01:46.837 Romain Grosjean Haas
14 01:47.217 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
15 01:47.446 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
16 01:47.501 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
17 01:47.551 Fernando Alonso McLaren
18 01:48.525 Jolyon Palmer Renault
19 01:49.048 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
20 01:49.937 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
Red Bull are impressive at the top of the practice times on Friday. But, it is still just that, Friday..
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
FP2 Results
Well, if session 1 was quiet, session 2 was the opposite.
Red Bull again showed some real pace but Max looped the car into the turn 1 barrier within sight of the chequered flag.
Palmer replicated Perez's incident at turn 8 to again bring out the red flags mid session.
Most impressive is the comparative closeness of times with 0.3 seconds covering the top 5 cars. Grip is still being chased by the teams as the track comes to them.
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:43.362 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
2 01:43.462 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
3 01:43.473 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
4 01:43.489 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
5 01:43.615 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
6 01:44.113 Lance Stroll Williams
7 01:44.306 Sergio Perez Force India
8 01:44.321 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
9 01:44.484 Esteban Ocon Force India
10 01:44.525 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
11 01:44.609 Felipe Massa Williams
12 01:45.515 Fernando Alonso McLaren
13 01:45.733 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
14 01:45.831 Kevin Magnussen Haas
15 01:46.003 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
16 01:46.061 Jolyon Palmer Renault
17 01:46.174 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
18 01:47.150 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
19 01:47.347 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
20 01:47.722 Romain Grosjean Haas
Red Bull again showed some real pace but Max looped the car into the turn 1 barrier within sight of the chequered flag.
Palmer replicated Perez's incident at turn 8 to again bring out the red flags mid session.
Most impressive is the comparative closeness of times with 0.3 seconds covering the top 5 cars. Grip is still being chased by the teams as the track comes to them.
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
FP3 Results
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:42.742 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
2 01:42.837 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
3 01:43.158 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
4 01:43.287 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
5 01:43.344 Esteban Ocon Force India
6 01:43.614 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
7 01:43.738 Felipe Massa Williams
8 01:43.908 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
9 01:44.040 Lance Stroll Williams
10 01:44.138 Sergio Perez Force India
11 01:44.312 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
12 01:44.344 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
13 01:44.401 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
14 01:44.741 Fernando Alonso McLaren
15 01:44.926 Kevin Magnussen Haas
16 01:45.143 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
17 01:45.491 Romain Grosjean Haas
18 01:45.645 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
19 01:45.722 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
20 01:53.040 Jolyon Palmer Renault
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
Grid
Ricciardo spun in Q3 and damaged the left rear of his Red Bull
Sainz qualified 12th but carried over a 3 place penalty from Canada
Both McLarens have multiple penalties for engine related updates
Palmer did not make Q1after fire damaged his Renault in FP3 but was allowed to start rear of field
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Pos Time Driver Team
1 01:40.593 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 01:41.027 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
3 01:41.693 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
4 01:41.841 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 01:41.879 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
6 01:42.111 Sergio Perez Force India
7 01:42.186 Esteban Ocon Force India
8 01:42.753 Lance Stroll Williams
9 01:42.798 Felipe Massa Williams
10 01:43.414 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
11 01:43.186 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
12 01:43.796 Kevin Magnussen Haas
13 01:44.267 Nico Hulkenberg Renault
14 01:44.603 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
15 01:43.347 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
16 01:44.468 Romain Grosjean Haas
17 01:44.795 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
18 01:45.030 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
19 01:44.334 Fernando Alonso McLaren
20 No Time Jolyon Palmer Renault
Sainz qualified 12th but carried over a 3 place penalty from Canada
Both McLarens have multiple penalties for engine related updates
Palmer did not make Q1after fire damaged his Renault in FP3 but was allowed to start rear of field
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
Results
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Pos Driver Team
1 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing
2 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
3 Lance Stroll Williams
4 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 Esteban Ocon Force India
7 Kevin Magnussen Haas
8 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
9 Fernando Alonso McLaren
10 Pascal Wehrlein Sauber
11 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
12 Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren
13 Romain Grosjean Haas
14 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
NC Sergio Perez Force India
NC Felipe Massa Williams
NC Nico Hulkenberg Renault
NC Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing
NC Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
NC Jolyon Palmer RenaultRe: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
First things.
For those who visited the site on Sunday, apologies from the administrator. The site host had some major problems.
It has taken a lot of Sunday to get most of the site back and until today (Monday) to get the Forums back online. For that, thanks to the administrator for their work to get us back.
Well, what a race and totally unexpected result. Who would have thought that Daniel Ricciardo would win and the Williams of Lance Stroll would finish on the podium. If only the race was one lap shorter.
The incident between Vettel and Hamilton will be discussed in the media for some time. My thoughts are that Vettel got off lightly with a 10 second stop and go penalty. This 'penalty' allowed him to get an advantage over Hamilton after Hamilton himself had to visit the pits to rectify the unsecured helmet padding in his cockpit.
And Valtteri Bottas. Being allowed to pass the safety car and return to the lead lap was a game changer as he was caught up as a lapped car having to obey the blue flags and let cars on the lead lap past. His last lap to catch Stroll in sight of the line when it seemed that Stroll had done sufficient to get the second step on the podium.
Ricciardo returned to the track after an early pit stop to clear debris from the brake duct next to last. Everything seemed to go his way and the pass on both Williams going into turn 1 following the restart proved the defining moment for him in this race.
For those who visited the site on Sunday, apologies from the administrator. The site host had some major problems.
It has taken a lot of Sunday to get most of the site back and until today (Monday) to get the Forums back online. For that, thanks to the administrator for their work to get us back.
Well, what a race and totally unexpected result. Who would have thought that Daniel Ricciardo would win and the Williams of Lance Stroll would finish on the podium. If only the race was one lap shorter.
The incident between Vettel and Hamilton will be discussed in the media for some time. My thoughts are that Vettel got off lightly with a 10 second stop and go penalty. This 'penalty' allowed him to get an advantage over Hamilton after Hamilton himself had to visit the pits to rectify the unsecured helmet padding in his cockpit.
And Valtteri Bottas. Being allowed to pass the safety car and return to the lead lap was a game changer as he was caught up as a lapped car having to obey the blue flags and let cars on the lead lap past. His last lap to catch Stroll in sight of the line when it seemed that Stroll had done sufficient to get the second step on the podium.
Ricciardo returned to the track after an early pit stop to clear debris from the brake duct next to last. Everything seemed to go his way and the pass on both Williams going into turn 1 following the restart proved the defining moment for him in this race.
Re: The 2017 Azerbaijan GP Thread
Great fightback drive from Bottas, but also very impressive from Stroll. Still his first podium in F1 and he handled the pressure very well.
Stupid collision by the Force Indias. They might've had a first win, even a 1-2.
Stupid collision by the Force Indias. They might've had a first win, even a 1-2.