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1083rd Grand Prix

Baku City Circuit


Last year's race

Ferrari showed a keen eye for failure and many drivers suffered from heavy bouncing. Verstappen won without any issues.

Season standings
after round 3

DRIVERS
POS   DRIVER   NATIONALITY   CAR   PTS
1   Max Verstappen   NED   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   69
2   Sergio Perez   MEX   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   54
3   Fernando Alonso   ESP   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   45
4   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   MERCEDES   38
5   Carlos Sainz   ESP   FERRARI   20
6   Lance Stroll   CAN   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   20
7   George Russell   GBR   MERCEDES   18
8   Lando Norris   GBR   MCLAREN MERCEDES   8
9   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   HAAS FERRARI   6
10   Charles Leclerc   MON   FERRARI   6
11   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   4
12   Esteban Ocon   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   4
13   Oscar Piastri   AUS   MCLAREN MERCEDES   4
14   Pierre Gasly   FRA   ALPINE RENAULT   4
15   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   2
16   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   1
17   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   HAAS FERRARI   1
18   Alexander Albon   THA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1
19   Logan Sargeant   USA   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   0
20   Nyck De Vries   NED   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   0

CONSTRUCTORS
POS   TEAM   PTS
1   RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT   123
2   ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES   65
3   MERCEDES   56
4   FERRARI   26
5   MCLAREN MERCEDES   12
6   ALPINE RENAULT   8
7   HAAS FERRARI   7
8   ALFA ROMEO FERRARI   6
9   ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT   1
10   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1

Timetables
all times are local (GMT+4)

FRIDAY 28th APRIL      Local time

FIA Formula 2   Practice Session   11:05 - 11:50
Formula 1   F1 Car Presentation   12:00 - 13:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   12:00 - 13:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   12:00 - 13:00
FORMULA 1   FIRST PRACTICE SESSION   13:30 - 14:30
FIA Formula 2   Qualifying Session   15:00 - 15:30
Formula 1   Teams' Press Conference   15:00 - 16:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   15:40 - 16:35
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   15:40 - 16:35
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   16:30 - 17:00
FORMULA 1   QUALIFYING   17:00 - 18:00

SATURDAY 29th APRIL

Formula 1   Team Pit Stop Practice   09:45 - 10:15
FORMULA 1   SPRINT SHOOTOUT   12:30 - 13:14
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   13:30 - 14:00
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   13:30 - 14:20
FIA Formula 2   Sprint Race (21 Laps or 45 Mins +1 Lap)   15:00 - 15:50
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   16:00 - 16:30
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   16:00 - 16:40
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   16:10 - 16:40
FORMULA 1   SPRINT (17 Laps or 60 Mins)   17:30 - 18:00
Formula 1   Sprint Victory Ceremony   18:00 - 18:30
Formula 1   Press Conference   18:00 - 19:00

SUNDAY 30th APRIL      

FIA Formula 2   Feature Race (29 Laps or 60 Mins +1 Lap)   11:35 - 12:40
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Track Tour   12:55 - 13:25
Paddock Club   Paddock Club Pit Lane Walk   12:55 - 13:55
Formula 1   Drivers' Parade   13:00 - 13:30
Promoter Activity   Opening Ceremony   13:30 - 13:50
FIA Formula 2   Press Conference   13:30 - 14:00
Formula 1   National Anthem   14:44 - 14:46
FORMULA 1   GRAND PRIX (51 LAPS OR 120 MINS)   15:00 - 17:00

a new sprint race on the shores of the Caspian Sea

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Guess they still haven't finalized the schedule. Can't even find the schedule on F1TV website. It's just blank.

Expecting more chaos and (unnecessary) red flag calls by Wittich. Australian GP must have gotten so many Tweets and Tik Tok posts, that they want to replicate it. I can hear them think: "Screw all remaining sporting aspects, F1 is now a money-making show."

At least there's F2 this weekend. Despite reverse grids and DRS, it's still close to pure formula racing.

3 options for the sprint race, from most likely to unimaginable:

1. boring as hell like always because nobody will take the risk
2. mayhem with crashes, red flags, chaos and the ban of sprint races forever
3. tense racing with lots of action

As for the main race: we have had incredibly dull editions, we've had fantastic editions, so I don't know. I like the high speed, but there are not many places where you can actually try something.

Oh, and: Easy win for Verstappen unless his car fails.

Yo dawg, I heard you like sprints

Meh. Saturday is WEC in Francorchamps so I´ll be there all day.

haha went to F1 website to check the updated timetables and is off

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I still don't give a flying fuck about the "exciting" sprint rules. Sprint shootout qualifying. Nothing I need in life more than this...

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I hope some backmarker teams just park it during the sprint. They have no chance to score points, and since sprint does not set the grid for Sunday anymore, what is the point in doing 100km extra distance on your engine to finish p17 in the sprint? I don't even know how many drivers get points in the sprint, I'm imagining almost everybody outside the top 10 will park it after 2 or 3 laps when the field is settled into the race

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Welcome to the start and park era of F1.

I'd expect the FIA would try and fine them to kingdom come if they did that. I remember some V8 supercar teams, when the AGP was a non-points race, would start from the pitlane and trundle around at the back, well off the back of the pack, just to save money.

they can always mess up the setup for the sprint and claim they're facing "hydraulic problems"

and is a chronic issue that only happens during sprint races

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Just like a team that parks during Q3 because they know they can't go any further than P10.

Not bothering to do a lap in Q2 or Q1 is actually a common habbit amongst a lot of drivers

Pretty sure there was a rule brought in that cars must prove they had some kinda problem to justify their retirement at the start of the "1 engine for 2 races" era when people worried those teams not in the points would just park the car to save their engine.

IIRC Brundle or someone makes a joke about it when Jenson parks after his engine blow up in Australia 06 on the final corner that he won't have to justify that retirement to the FIA

Could be misremembering though...

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If I remember correctly, Button could have finished the Australian GP but then he would have to serve a penalty for the next race for changing the engine. If he retired during the GP (as in stop before the finish line), he would not get that penalty.

I have not read this post, and I am not up to date with the latest developments, but I went to check the FP and qualy times for tomorrow and Saturday, respectively and I'm very confused. Am I the only one or am I getting old? Serious question, not trolling.

check again, F1 session times updated

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no grip out there

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Its gonna be a clown show

Well, that is one toasty Alpine. Be a bit more than an engine gone up in smoke.

Marshals were slow to respond in putting out that fire.

perfect for Netflix

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