ROUND 17: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2024
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
- First Grand Prix: 2016
- Number of laps: 51
- Circuit Length: 6.003 km
- Race Distance: 306.049 km
- Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
- 2023 winner: Sergio Perez
Track Map
That race had a lot going on. Unfortunate to see Perez put in such a good drive just for that to happen.
I was really fed up for him, it’s not often he gets to be faster than Max pretty much all weekend, and he really needed a good weekend. He even stayed back out of trouble till the moment came to pounce with Charles and then it goes wrong.
Indeed, I felt sorry for him. He had earned some good points.
Having said that and even though the Stewards rules nobody was at fault, I believe he had the better chance to avoid this crash
What a bonkers race. So much close racing throughout. Still in awe about the crash.
Piastri was fantastic. Norris from 15th on start to 4th was excellent salvaging by McLaren.
10 mega points for Williams! Points for Colapinto.
Bearman squeezes another point in.
Russell getting a random podium yet again.
Am I correct in thinking this is the first time McLaren has led the Constructor’s Championship since 2008?
Edit: Nevermind, McLaren were leading the Constructor’s at the beginning of 2012.
I think they mentioned on the broadcast that it was the 1st time since 2014 they’ve led.
Unpopular opinion here but Ricciardo has to go… almost literally ANYONE coming into F1 has shown to be better that him, even in much lesser cars.
It is time to open the seats for new talent!
Using that logic, can we also get rid of Stroll?
Yes. Stroll is a bad driver and only has a seat because Daddy bought him an F1 team for his birthday.