Formula 1 Qatar Airways Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2024Formula 1
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Embarrassing by Perez. Of course when he's finally faster than Verstappen, he finds a way to * it up. In my mind, although Sainz did drift to the left, the movement was minimal, and not spontaneous, with Perez deciding he will stay close to the car, regardless of how risky it is.
Piastri showing he can win on merit though, deserved win.
Piastri showing he can win on merit though, deserved win.
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To me Sainz move wasn't erratic or unpredictable, he came across, but gradually. Obviously there was overlap, but Perez just didn't react to it at all and had plenty of room. Was a really odd accident.
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Pretty much what I said.
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Happy to see that McLaren has finally taken that championship lead. But considering the pace between the McLarens and Ferraris, this could be going to the end and looks like Red Bull might end up in 3rd if their woes continue
Norris now less than 60 on Max. I don't think He's making the kind of progress he needs to really maximize the pace difference, guess we'll have to see how things turn out at the end.
Norris now less than 60 on Max. I don't think He's making the kind of progress he needs to really maximize the pace difference, guess we'll have to see how things turn out at the end.
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The key part of this as well is Sainz doesn't move his wheel left. It's his trajectory and it's entirely predictable. Racing incident for sure but if any blame gets weighted anywhere then it has to be to Perez for not doing anything about it.
Just an unfortunate collision.
Phenomenal drive from Piastri, controlled and confident, the Mclaren clearly good on its tyres and forced Ferrari to go past the comfort zone. Brilliant for Williams, Colapinto looks comfortable and justifies their position to remove Sargeant. Bearman showing as well that he will get up to speed quickly, whilst I know it won't happen, it wouldn't shock me to see him stay in the Haas to the end of the season as he has no chance of a decent F1 finish.
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Here are my hot-takes on everything Baku.
PEREZ / SAINZ:
Racing incident, but I still put most of the blame on Perez.
Yes, Sainz moved across, but he has the right to do so given there was plenty of space to Perez's left and he was clearly ahead.
Perez could and should have reacted. He just chose not to.
PIASTRI:
Impressive overall. I am gonna say though that his overtake was the second race in a row where he caught his opponent sleeping and for some reason not reacting / defending. 50/50 chance his move on Charles ends in tears. It didn't so he's the hero. Good for him.
NORRIS:
Not fully convinced his Q1 exit was only because of the yellow flag and not mostly on him missing the next corner, but either way very unfortunate for him once again.
Great recovery drive, fastest lap and finished ahead of Max. Championship fight is still on imo.
VERSTAPPEN:
He apparently opted for a different set-up than his team-mate. Wrong call. His worst performance in a while.
THE ROOKIES:
Just amazing. Don't fully understand how Bea ended up ahead of Hulk, but fantastic 10/10 performances regardless form COL and BEA.
PEREZ / SAINZ:
Racing incident, but I still put most of the blame on Perez.
Yes, Sainz moved across, but he has the right to do so given there was plenty of space to Perez's left and he was clearly ahead.
Perez could and should have reacted. He just chose not to.
PIASTRI:
Impressive overall. I am gonna say though that his overtake was the second race in a row where he caught his opponent sleeping and for some reason not reacting / defending. 50/50 chance his move on Charles ends in tears. It didn't so he's the hero. Good for him.
NORRIS:
Not fully convinced his Q1 exit was only because of the yellow flag and not mostly on him missing the next corner, but either way very unfortunate for him once again.
Great recovery drive, fastest lap and finished ahead of Max. Championship fight is still on imo.
VERSTAPPEN:
He apparently opted for a different set-up than his team-mate. Wrong call. His worst performance in a while.
THE ROOKIES:
Just amazing. Don't fully understand how Bea ended up ahead of Hulk, but fantastic 10/10 performances regardless form COL and BEA.
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It was also more difficult to do in the past. Up until the early 2003, only the top 6 finishers scored points in a race, and after that it was the top 8 for a few years until the current system offering points to the top 10 started in 2010. Apparently before 1961 it was the top 5 only.
While car reliability has made it harder to gain places through breakdowns, in the past the first time driver would have had to beat one of the top 6 car / driver combinations to score a point. It was very rare for a new driver to score a point on their first race, never mind the idea of repeating the feat in another car on their next attempt. It was so rare, it was a very notable achievement that drivers were well remembered for. Prost was one driver who managed it. I don't know how many did, but I believe that before 2000 it was maybe a handful who had managed it, not counting race 1 in 1950 of course.
Nowadays when a new driver starts in a decent (not necessarily race winning) car, it's expected that they'll get points.
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Going from 2003 onwards, let's see which other drivers also had their first two Grands Prix for two different constructors and their chances at this.
Sebastian Vettel: BMW Sauber - 1 point. Toro Rosso - 0 points
Will Stevens: Caterham - 0 points. Manor - 0 points
Nyck De Vries: Williams - 2 points, AlphaTauri - 0 points
Ollie Bearman: Ferrari - 6 points, Haas - 1 point
Yes it's a small pool for the statistics from 21 years, but as pointed out F1 history is a lot longer than 21 years and for a record to be set after 75 seasons is quite an impressive feat, especially in the age of professional contracts and set constructors. Gone are the days of local drivers entering random cars, garagistes and pre-qualifying. And forever, even if someone else does it, Bearman was the first to do it.
