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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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29/04/2018 15:46
29/04/2018 15:46
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Azerbijian Certainly an interesting end to the race. The championship is coming alive nicely! I suspect Vettel's class will prevail in the end?
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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29/04/2018 17:45
29/04/2018 17:45
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MeanRedSpider
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Great race - the Red Bull crash was inevitable. I suspect Hamilton’s talent will prevail Vettel threw away 2nd place. The Mercedes AMG GT-R is the star car of this season so far!
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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29/04/2018 17:48
29/04/2018 17:48
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mikndo69
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They should employ the car clappers from London. They would of cleared the car in one lap.
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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29/04/2018 20:50
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It's going to be an interesting season
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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30/04/2018 08:52
30/04/2018 08:52
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The race, though... disappointing. Not fond of street circuits that require suicidal overtaking moves. I don't think you can ask for much more in a race than we had yesterday. If you found it disappointing, I suggest you look elsewhere for your motorsport excitement! Give me a street circuit like Baku over the snorefest that will be Barcelona in 2 weeks time.....
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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01/05/2018 09:28
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I watched this race for a change, the first time in a long time, and just when I thought it was getting a bit boring I fast forwarded a bit, only to find I had missed the Red Bull crash. Overall it was pretty good I think, I might watch a few more races this season, but not any of the processional ones...
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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01/05/2018 10:04
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It was interesting on a circuit where many cars were running minimal down-force it allowed closer drafting, and then lunging overtakes. Much like F1 was in the 70s and 80s before Aero became king. Also then carnage will ensue fast moving machinery is now in much closer proximity to each other. They have just passed a new tech regulation for reducing the front wing downforce for next year. Hopefully that will have a positive effect on drafting and the teams won't be able to find the downforce in other areas on the car! The rear DRS flap is being increased in size too
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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01/05/2018 10:37
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it's one of those courses where the winner is pretty much set on Saturday as the track can't be overtaken on without suicidal maneuvers, as demonstrated... Did you actually watch the race? 2017 race, Hamilton was on pole and Riccciardo won it from starting 10th on the grid. 2018 race, Vettel on pole, and Hamilton won it from 2nd on the grid. It had more overtaking in the 1st 10 laps than the Monaco GP has had in 10 years. It'll have more overtaking than Barcelona will have in a couple of weeks time too. If you had watched it, you'd have seen both Renaults pass the RB of Ricciardo without doing a 'suicidal maneuver' Before the RB cars collided, Ricciardo passed Verstappen. Räikkönen made 4 passes. Alonso made 9 passes during the race. I could go on.
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Re: Baku Grand Prix
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01/05/2018 19:13
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I did indeed, and dispute not your analysis. There was indeed overtaking, but between two similar cars? Renaults and Red Bulls. Both run Renault engines - Red Bulls are a better car but Renaults were on better tyres. Overtaking isn’t meant to be easy but possible. That the two identical Red Bulls were so close just goes to show that even identical cars were able to duel it out.
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