Race 4 - F1 2018 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

[Sakae 0]

•  LAPS 51
• CIRCUIT LENGTH 6.003KM
• RACE DISTANCE 306.049KM
• LAP RECORD 1:43.441BY SEBASTIAN VETTEL (2017)

Fri 27 Apr – Sun 29 Apr 2018

• Practice 1 Fri 13:00 – 14:30
• Practice 2 Fri 17:00 – 18:30
• Practice 3 Sat 14:00 – 15:00
• Qualifying Sat 17:00 – 18:00
• Race Sun 16:10 – 18:10

[Sakae 0]

Ferrari appears competitive at this stage of the season, which gives me hope next race in Baku will end up on a high note for Sebastian. It hasn't been lost on me how calm and collected my driver was after the last incident.

Edited April 16 by Sakae

[Massa 0]

I hope everyone wins the race!

[radical-one 0]

I will miss this one as I will be on flight during the time of the race.

Won't be back for about 3 weeks.

Will be catching things on my iPhone news. 

Enjoy the race you guys !

[Sakae 0]

1 hour ago, radical-one said:

I will miss this one as I will be on flight during the time of the race.

Won't be back for about 3 weeks.

Will be catching things on my iPhone news. 

Enjoy the race you guys !

Get iPad as addition to your communication arsenal. Formula 1™ - Live data needs two screens. "Leadership" sector data for an iPhone, next to "Commentaries" on an iPad (or vice versa). 

Happy journey, stay informed!

Edited April 17 by Sakae

[radical-one 0]

1 hour ago, Sakae said:

Get iPad as addition to your communication arsenal. Formula 1™ - Live data needs two screens. "Leadership" sector data for an iPhone, next to "Commentaries" on an iPad (or vice versa). 

Happy journey, stay informed!

Thanks Sakae. I do have iPad. Thanks for reminding me

[Ruslan 0]

First practice results are interesting. Where are the Ferraris?

Friday Practice Session 1
POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	TIME
1.	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Mercedes	1:44.242
2.	Daniel Ricciardo	Australia	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:44.277
3.	Sergio Perez	Mexico	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.075
4.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	Mercedes	1:45.200
5.	Esteban Ocon	France	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.237
6.	Max Verstappen	Netherlands	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:45.559
7.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	McLaren-Renault	1:46.465
8.	Sergey Sirotkin	Russia	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.480
9.	Pierre Gasly	France	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:46.492
10.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Ferrari	1:46.513
11.	Lance Stroll	Canada	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.590
12.	Brendon Hartley	New Zealand	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:46.847
13.	Nico Hulkenberg	Germany	Renault	1:46.749
14.	Romain Grosjean	France	Haas-Ferrari	1:46.856
15.	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	1:46.861
16.	Charles Leclerc	Monaco	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.875
17.	Marcus Ericsson	Sweden	Sauber-Ferrari	1:47.073
18.	Kevin Magnussen	Denmark	Haas-Ferrari	1:47.434
19.	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgium	McLaren-Renault	1:47.967
20.	Carlos Sainz	Spain	Renault	1:48.741

 

[Ruslan 0]

OK...the Ferraris showed back up. Times are noticeably faster for almost everyone.

 

Friday Practice Session 2
POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	TIME
1.	Daniel Ricciardo	Autralia	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:42.795
2.	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	1:42.864
3.	Max Verstappen	Netherlands	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:42.911
4.	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Mercedes	1:43.570
5.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	Mercedes	1:43.603
6.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	McLaren-Renault	1:43.700
7.	Esteban Ocon	France	Force India-Mercedes	1:43.814
8.	Carlos Sainz	Spain	Renault	1:43.834
9.	Kevin Magnussen	Denmark	Haas-Ferrari	1:43.977
10.	Nico Hulkenberg	Germany	Renault	1:44.091
11.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Ferrari	1:44.127
12.	Sergio Perez	Mexico	Force India-Mercedes	1:44.142
13.	Romain Grosjean	France	Haas-Ferrari	1:44.425
14.	Lance Stroll	Canada	Williams-Mercedes	1:44.459
15.	Pierre Gasly	France	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:44.712
16.	Charles Leclerc	Monaco	Sauber-Ferrari	1:44.940
17.	Sergey Sirotkin	Russia	Williams-Mercedes	1:45.007
18.	Brendon Hartley	New Zealand	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:45.051
19.	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgium	McLaren-Renault	1:45.288
20.	Marcus Ericsson	Sweden	Sauber-Ferrari	1:46.047

[Ruslan 0]

Ferrari and Mercedes back on top, although times are slower than yesterday afternoon:

Saturday Practice Session 3
POS	DRIVER	NATIONALITY	ENTRANT	TIME
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Germany	Ferrari	1:43.091
2.	Lewis Hamilton	Britain	Mercedes	1:43.452
3.	Kimi Raikkonen	Finland	Ferrari	1:43.493
4.	Max Verstappen	Netherlands	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:43.519
5.	Valtteri Bottas	Finland	Mercedes	1:43.569
6.	Sergio Perez	Mexico	Force India-Mercedes	1:43.936
7.	Kevin Magnussen	Denmark	Haas-Ferrari	1:43.958
8.	Lance Stroll	Canada	Williams-Mercedes	1:44.123
9.	Esteban Ocon	France	Force India-Mercedes	1:44.220
10.	Sergey Sirotkin	Russia	Williams-Mercedes	1:44.534
11.	Fernando Alonso	Spain	McLaren-Renault	1:44.763
12.	Daniel Ricciardo	Autralia	Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer	1:44.861
13.	Pierre Gasly	France	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:44.905
14.	Charles Leclerc	Monaco	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.218
15.	Romain Grosjean	France	Haas-Ferrari	1:45.261
16.	Carlos Sainz	Spain	Renault	1:45.432
17.	Nico Hulkenberg	Germany	Renault	1:45.456
18.	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgium	McLaren-Renault	1:45.505
19.	Marcus Ericsson	Sweden	Sauber-Ferrari	1:45.910
20.	Brendon Hartley	New Zealand	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	1:46.186

[Sakae 0]

Nice recovery for Seb after gray results of Friday.

[Ruslan 0]

Yea, interesting session. ESPN did not broadcast it. A few observations:

1. It appears that the Ferraris had the edge in qualifying over the Mercedes, with Raikkonen setting two purple sectors before muffing it in turn 16. I gather that could have been pole position and a Ferrari 1-2.

2. Hamilton was 0.16 seconds faster than his teammate. He doesn't seem that demoralized.

3. Ferrari and Mercedes clearly had the edge over Red Bull in qualifying. We will see if those relationships remain in race trim.

4. The top three teams (not counting Raikkonen's time) were 1 to 1.5 seconds faster than the Tier 2 teams.

5. Ocon continues to impress.

6. Williams is already bouncing back?

7. Leclerc's time stands out, compared to his teammate.

[lipstick79 0]

It is only qually Mclaren Renault did a better job than Honda,  out performin BOTH cars.
The points are not handed out until Sunday

Edited April 28 by lipstick79

[Sakae 0]

This was too close for comfort.

Quote

It was a moment that left F1 fans around the world – not to mention those on the Toro Rosso pit wall – with their hearts in their mouths. And Pierre Gasly has admitted that he thought he was going to have a huge accident when, travelling at over 300km/h, he suddenly came across slow-moving team mate Brendon Hartley during qualifying in Azerabijan on Saturday.

 

Edited April 28 by Sakae

[BradSpeedMan 6]

4 hours ago, Sakae said:

Nice recovery for Seb after gray results of Friday.

Yes lovely stuff!!!!

Pity about Kimi's mistake at turn 16, could have been another front row lockout for Ferrari!

[BradSpeedMan 6]

Glad Madmax is down in fifth behind his teammate otherwise the guy could take out one of the contenders again

[Samouri 0]

Sorry that Lewis was having a problem in sector 2, because he stood a chance at winning pole position.

.The mistake that Kimi made at turn 16 cost him the pole, which although as a Hamilton fan I would liked to have seen.

[Ruslan 0]

4 hours ago, lipstick79 said:

It is only qually Mclaren Renault did a better job than Honda,  out performin BOTH cars.
The points are not handed out until Sunday

I suspect as the season wears on.....the McLaren Renaults will regularly outperform the Honda cars.

[lipstick79 0]

As a Mclaren FAN, I hope SO !!

[lipstick79 0]

Lawnmowers R NOT 4 the F1 track

 

[Master of his game 0]

Although I feel we cannot compare McLaren and toro rosso simply because McLaren has better driver In Alonso and toro rosso s drivers are just rookies. If alonso was not driving McLaren I think toro rosso would be ahead in the constructors. So it's not fair to compare.  If redbull buys the Honda engine then we will really know.

[Sakae 0]

Sad day. Seb must be devasted.

[lipstick79 0]

6 hours ago, Master of his game said:

So it's not fair to compare

What ARE U talkin about ??? Of COURSE it IS fair to compare., it IS a sport.
That is like sayin,  if U R not drivin a Mercedes or Ferrari U may as well FORGET it,  DON`T bother turning up

[Lyria 0]

1 hour ago, Sakae said:

Sad day. Seb must be devasted.

He's not the only one! What the hell?

Let's face it, those Red Bull boys were revving up for what happened all race, no one can have been that shocked when they ended up doing what they did. I felt bad for Seb, after the safety car he had to try and get by Bottas the way he did. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, Perez getting by him only added insult to injury for me. Though as I type this Perez is under investigation for illegal DRS use earlier in the race, so who knows what will happen.

I'm not a fan of Bottas but that puncture was cruel for him. Raikkonen was almost plum last after his first lap incident and he finished second, it's crazy I tell you, crazy!!!   I'm just glad I saw this one live and didn't just get highlights!

[Robert Rick 0]

Oh, and Grosjean must be quite down....

[Sakae 0]

Verstappen is ripe to sit a race or two just to calm down, not that DR was all that clean either.

I feel sorry for Gasly. Charles bugger his qualifications attempts, then both had almost terrible clash due to Charles driving in slow speed on a racing line (Pierre was moving around him at 300km +), and to top miserable pre-race events, Kevin Mag. took a swing into him in a race and instead likely P7 (from P17) our thereabout Pierre ended up in P12.

What a day, what a weekend.

 

Edited April 29 by Sakae