Formula One had been braced for crashes and mayhem in Azerbaijan's race debut on Sunday but instead the drivers defied all expectations and barely put a wheel out of place. The safety car never left the pit lane, there were no accidents and none of the four cars that failed to finish hit anything. It was all a bit of an anti-climax, if also a relief that nobody got hurt. "Today was a bit unexpected. I got everyone's hopes up yesterday by saying it could be the race of the season, It was, however, pretty uneventful," said Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo. Maybe, as some suggested, watching the earlier GP2 support series turn into a demolition derby had influenced their...
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