Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2021Formula 1

[BrainsBush]

Also Pirelli showed the hard tire would last around 36-40 laps

 

[Samus]

Not the first bad radio call by one of the Williams engineers on the radio.

 

[evldave333]

Pirelli hiding their embarrassment there

 

[PaMu1337]

Penalize the entire field!

 

[BrainsBush]

Pirelli covers (as always) the tires
This is Strolls car.

 

[LeGeNd-1]

I find it weird that it's the left rear tyres that failed on both cases. Baku is counterclockwise so the rear right would be the most punished tyre. Possible cause by running over kerbs? But they don't look that tall or serrated to me.

Massive fail from Pirelli honestly. How many years has it been of randomly exploding tyres? Bring back the Bridgestone vs Michelin days...

If we do get a green-white-checker, remember Vettel has a fresh set of softs, compared to Perez on Meds and Ham on Hards

 

[Blitz24]

Penalize the entire field!

I wonder when they will have to serve the penalty?

 

[Grayfox]

The McLaren Pitwall guy should've just shut up when he got told no one slowed down.

 

[NotThePrez]

Penalize the entire field!

Masi is not taking any 🤬, love it.

 

[Samus]

So the big question is.....how many places can Bottas drop on the restart?

 

[Grayfox]

I wonder when they will have to serve the penalty?

+5 seconds at the end of the race.

 

[PaMu1337]

So the big question is.....how many places can Bottas drop on the restart?

Can't be more than 3

 

[PeterJB]

You know Sergio Perez exists, right?

No chance he's keeping him behind if Hamilton can smell a free win.

 

[Grayfox]

Can't be more than 3

Those 3 will be "Pushing him too hard"

 

[Samus]

I find it weird that it's the left rear tyres that failed on both cases. Baku is counterclockwise so the rear right would be the most punished tyre. Possible cause by running over kerbs? But they don't look that tall or serrated to me.

Massive fail from Pirelli honestly. How many years has it been of randomly exploding tyres? Bring back the Bridgestone vs Michelin days...

If we do get a green-white-checker, remember Vettel has a fresh set of softs

Probably more of a load issue rather that wear specifically.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

The tire looked fine wear wise. It seemed like a failure somewhere on the sidewall. Pirelli's had some time since Silverstone to figure this out. Is there a curb somewhere they are hitting.

 

[Famine]

Wasn't red thrown in 48?

Perez is definitely on lap 49, and since everyone's behind the safety car I imagine everyone else is too. Except the strugglesnuggle advocate, who's a lap down.

The commentators are referring to a two-lap sprint too, whereas I thought it would be three. It suggests that lap 49 is completed as a red flag lap and not restarted as I thought, so the restart will be lap 50, before the chequered flag on 51.

And isn't the rule 2 laps back, so end of 46?

Unless there's been a change, as far as I'm aware it's the last fully completed lap before the lap on which the race was suspended. If the race is suspended on lap 49, the result will be as they crossed the line to end lap 48.

If it's two laps for some reason, that'd be the end of lap 47.

 

[Jubby]

Bold prediction: Vettel wins, if this goes back to green.

 

[PaMu1337]

Perez is definitely on lap 49, and since everyone's behind the safety car I imagine everyone else is too. Except the strugglesnuggle advocate, who's a lap down.

The commentators are referring to a two-lap sprint too, whereas I thought it would be three. It suggests that lap 49 is completed as a red flag lap and not restarted as I thought, so the restart will be lap 50, before the chequered flag on 51.

Unless there's been a change, as far as I'm aware it's the last fully completed lap before the lap on which the race was suspended. If the race is suspended on lap 49, the result will be as they crossed the line to end lap 48.

If it's two laps for some reason, that'd be the end of lap 47.

Perez is on 49 because he crossed the line in the pits after the red.

But anyway, looks like there will be a restart, so doesn't matter anyway

 

[Adam41]

No chance he's keeping him behind if Hamilton can smell a free win.

A free win is having the fastest race car, qualifying 2nd and starting 1st, my friend. (See Monaco)

 

[ShiftingGears]

Very contrived to restart the race at this stage.

 

[AshenGraey]

I hope this will be a standing restart....that will make it more fun

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

13 minutes to start the sprint race

 

[PaMu1337]

Restart in 13 mins

 

[andrea]

Restart is ridiculous.

Safety car, one lap left, everyone on cold tires for 1 lap taking extreme risks.

 

[PorscheFan91]

Poor Max! I'm reminded of Vettel at Hockenheim in 2018

Hoping Checo can bring it home.

 

[McLaren]

I don’t think Lewis makes an attempt for 1st unless he can snag it on the straight whilst keeping Vettel behind. He’ll get points to retake 1st in standings without making a risky move for the win, I think.

 

[Samus]

Very contrived to restart the race at this stage.

Indeed, I'm struggling to understand why they didn't just finish behind SC. I know they don't like doing that, but the headlines are all going to be about the failures anyway, not that the race finished uncompetitively.

Well not really I guess, I understand they want two laps of entertainment. Which might actually take some headlines and stories away from the failures.

 

[BrainsBush]

Rolling restart and a two lap mini mini sprint race

 

[PaMu1337]

I think it would have been better to just finish behind the SC. This just seems like an unnecessarily risky sprint race