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28 30 Apr 2023 Baku City Circuit, Baku

• Race
• Qualifying
• Practice 1

	Pos	No	Driver	Car	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
	1	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	1:41.269	1:41.037	1:40.203	21
	2	1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:41.398	1:40.822	1:40.391	20
	3	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:41.756	1:41.131	1:40.495	21
	4	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	1:42.197	1:41.369	1:41.016	24
	5	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	1:42.113	1:41.650	1:41.177	24
	6	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:41.720	1:41.370	1:41.253	23
	7	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.154	1:41.485	1:41.281	20
	8	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	1:42.234	1:41.569	1:41.581	23
	9	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:42.524	1:41.576	1:41.611	23
	10	81	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren Mercedes	1:42.455	1:41.636	1:41.611	24
	11	63	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	1:42.073	1:41.654		18
	12	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	1:42.622	1:41.798		19
	13	23	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams Mercedes	1:42.171	1:41.818		19
	14	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	1:42.582	1:42.259		19
	15	2	Logan Sargeant SAR	Williams Mercedes	1:42.242	1:42.395		19
	16	24	Zhou Guanyu ZHO	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	1:42.642			11
	17	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Haas Ferrari	1:42.755			10
	18	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	1:43.417			9
	19	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine Renault	1:44.853			6
	NC	21	Nyck De Vries DEV	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	1:55.282			3

Q1 107% time - 1:48.357

Note - De Vries failed to set a time within 107% in Q1. He will race at the stewards' discretion.

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Baku City Circuit, Baku

• Race
• Starting grid
• Sprint
• Sprint grid
• Sprint shootout
• Qualifying
• Practice 1

	Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	PTS
	1	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	17	33:17.667	8
	2	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	17	+4.463s	7
	3	1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	17	+5.065s	6
	4	63	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	17	+8.532s	5
	5	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	17	+10.388s	4
	6	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	17	+11.613s	3
	7	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	17	+16.503s	2
	8	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	17	+18.417s	1
	9	23	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams Mercedes	17	+21.757s	0
	10	81	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren Mercedes	17	+22.851s	0
	11	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	17	+27.990s	0
	12	24	Zhou Guanyu ZHO	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	17	+34.602s	0
	13	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine Renault	17	+36.918s	0
	14	21	Nyck De Vries DEV	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	17	+41.626s	0
	15	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Haas Ferrari	17	+48.587s	0
	16	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	17	+49.917s	0
	17	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	17	+51.104s	0
	18	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	17	+60.621s	0
	NC	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	2	DNF	0

[Paal Gulli]

The good news is, at least we’re free from the incredibly boring era of Mercedes’ “Formula Engine” dominance. Mercedes “bought the pot” by showing up for the 2014 season with an engine they’d spent a QUARTER OF A BILLION DOLLARS developing. Granted, that was perfectly within the rules, but it was the draconian “tokens” system of paying for car development that institutionalized their 2014 advantage for another six seasons in WDC and seven in WCC.

How pathetic.

But it’s still spec racing, and the competition still stinks, but at this point they’re obviously never going to fix the sport’s two overarching problems:

1. There’s no human drama because the cars are too composed and the driver is hidden from the nose down by the safety cell and the (absolutely moronic) halo. Formula 1 is now Formula Nerf.

2. Excessive dependence of wing-generated downforce, which is what makes the cars so composed, but also makes driving in trail of another car so treacherous.

What they need to do is put victory back in the hands of tire grip. Smaller single element wings with no compound curves (and made from non-frangible material, like aluminum, so they don’t scatter caltrops all over the track with the slightest collision), and big, wide sticky tires.

The sport was at its most exciting when the fastest way around a corner was sideways. That’s what they need to return to.

This crap’s about as exciting as full-scale slot car racing.

[Carriage Hill]

Thanks for posting this thread, as usual.

[Yo-Yo]

I find it very entertaining to watch Verstappen transform from the young 17 year old reckless rebel who dove for the tiniest gap to one that is lecturing other drivers on being less aggressive.

Max Verstappen furious at George Russell after clash in Baku GP sprint race

Max Verstappen called George Russell a "d---head" after they collided on the opening lap of the sprint race at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Verstappen was fuming after the Mercedes driver barged past him on the inside at Turn 2, with the contact almost putting the championship leader in the wall. Cameras later revealed the collision had taken a chunk out of the sidepod of Verstappen's car.

Verstappen was repeatedly broadcast complaining about the move to Red Bull over the radio, at one point saying: "Did he really drive into the side of my car? I don't know how he can damage my car and still keep position."

When Verstappen passed Russell later in the race, his race engineer commented that he did so cleanly.

"Yeah, I know how to do that," Verstappen replied curtly.

After the sprint race was finished Russell went over to Verstappen.

"I didn't do it on purpose, mate," Russell said. "I had no grip. I just locked up."

"We all have no grip!" Verstappen replied. "We all need to leave a little bit of space."

As Russell walked away, Verstappen called after him and said: "Well next time, expect the same. D---head."

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Baku City Circuit, Baku

• Race
• Race result
• Fastest laps
• Pit stop summary
• Starting grid
• Sprint
• Sprint grid
• Sprint shootout
• Qualifying
• Practice 1

	Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	PTS
	1	11	Sergio Perez PER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	51	1:32:42.436	25
	2	1	Max Verstappen VER	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	51	+2.137s	18
	3	16	Charles Leclerc LEC	Ferrari	51	+21.217s	15
	4	14	Fernando Alonso ALO	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	51	+22.024s	12
	5	55	Carlos Sainz SAI	Ferrari	51	+45.491s	10
	6	44	Lewis Hamilton HAM	Mercedes	51	+46.145s	8
	7	18	Lance Stroll STR	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	51	+51.617s	6
	8	63	George Russell RUS	Mercedes	51	+74.240s	5
	9	4	Lando Norris NOR	McLaren Mercedes	51	+80.376s	2
	10	22	Yuki Tsunoda TSU	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	51	+83.862s	1
	11	81	Oscar Piastri PIA	McLaren Mercedes	51	+86.501s	0
	12	23	Alexander Albon ALB	Williams Mercedes	51	+88.623s	0
	13	20	Kevin Magnussen MAG	Haas Ferrari	51	+89.729s	0
	14	10	Pierre Gasly GAS	Alpine Renault	51	+91.332s	0
	15	31	Esteban Ocon OCO	Alpine Renault	51	+97.794s	0
	16	2	Logan Sargeant SAR	Williams Mercedes	51	+100.943s	0
	17	27	Nico Hulkenberg HUL	Haas Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
	18	77	Valtteri Bottas BOT	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
	NC	24	Zhou Guanyu ZHO	Alfa Romeo Ferrari	36	DNF	0
	NC	21	Nyck De Vries DEV	AlphaTauri Honda RBPT	9	DNF	0

Note - Russell scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.

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