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F1 Grand Prix 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (Baku City Circuit)
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FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2023
Location
Baku City Circuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_City_Circuit
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Schedule
Practice 1 28/04/2023 11:30-12:30 GMT+1 Qualifying 28/04/2023 15:00-16:00 GMT+1 Sprint Shootout 29/04/2023 10:30-11:14 GMT+1 Sprint 29/04/2023 15:30-16:00 GMT+1 Race 30/04/2023 13:00 GMT+1
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Team upgrades
RBR: side pods, coke/engine cover, floor edge/fence/corner
Ferrari: rear wing
Mercedes: rear wing endplate, front/rear corners, front suspension
Alpine: floor body, front/rear suspension, front/rear wing
Alfa romeo: front/rear wing, beam wing
Mclaren: floor body, rear/beam wing - extensive rework
Aston martin: rear wing
Haas: rear wing
Alphatauri: front/rear/beam wing, rear corner, coke/engine cover
Williams: beam wing, nose
That's very disappointing Ferrari...
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FP1 results
Pos No Driver Car Time Gap Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 01:42.3 22 2 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 01:42.4 +0.037s 21 3 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT 01:42.5 +0.139s 22 4 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 01:42.9 +0.584s 23 5 4 Lando Norris McLaren Mercedes 01:43.1 +0.810s 22 6 21 Nyck De Vries AlphaTauri Honda RBPT 01:43.4 +1.099s 24 7 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 01:43.5 +1.140s 23 8 14 Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes 01:43.6 +1.245s 20 9 23 Alexander Albon Williams Mercedes 01:43.6 +1.313s 25 10 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo Ferrari 01:43.7 +1.433s 23 11 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 01:43.8 +1.483s 21 12 81 Oscar Piastri McLaren Mercedes 01:44.0 +1.665s 23 13 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo Ferrari 01:44.0 +1.695s 23 14 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri Honda RBPT 01:44.1 +1.822s 18 15 27 Nico Hulkenberg Haas Ferrari 01:44.3 +2.008s 21 16 2 Logan Sargeant Williams Mercedes 01:44.9 +2.585s 16 17 63 George Russell Mercedes 01:45.1 +2.767s 20 18 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 01:46.0 +3.640s 8 19 10 Pierre Gasly Alpine Renault 01:46.3 +4.006s 7 20 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas Ferrari 01:47.5 +5.183s 8
Last edited: Apr 29, 2023
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FP1 fastest sectors by team
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Ocon had to retire the session due to a fire.
The French strikes have gone too far now.
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Red flag during qualifying
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Almost time for Q3, happy with the Ferrari performance so far.
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Full qualifying results
Great performance by Charles again.
Pos
No
Driver
Car
Q1
Q2
Q3
Laps
1
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:41.269
1:41.037
1:40.203
21
2
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
1:41.398
1:40.822
1:40.391
20
3
11
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
1:41.756
1:41.131
1:40.495
21
4
55
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
1:42.197
1:41.369
1:41.016
24
5
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:42.113
1:41.650
1:41.177
24
6
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
1:41.720
1:41.370
1:41.253
23
7
4
Lando Norris
McLaren Mercedes
1:42.154
1:41.485
1:41.281
20
8
22
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
1:42.234
1:41.569
1:41.581
23
9
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
1:42.524
1:41.576
1:41.611
23
10
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren Mercedes
1:42.455
1:41.636
1:41.611
24
11
63
George Russell
Mercedes
1:42.073
1:41.654
18
12
31
Esteban Ocon
Alpine Renault
1:42.622
1:41.798
19
13
23
Alexander Albon
Williams Mercedes
1:42.171
1:41.818
19
14
77
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
1:42.582
1:42.259
19
15
2
Logan Sargeant
Williams Mercedes
1:42.242
1:42.395
19
16
24
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
1:42.642
11
17
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas Ferrari
1:42.755
10
18
20
Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari
1:43.417
9
19
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine Renault
1:44.853
6
NC
21
Nyck De Vries
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
1:55.282
3
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Sprint shootout results (Sprint qualifying)
Another pole for Charles!
1
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:42.820
1:42.500
1:41.697
14
2
11
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
1:43.858
1:42.925
1:41.844
15
3
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
1:43.288
1:42.417
1:41.987
13
4
63
George Russell
Mercedes
1:43.763
1:43.112
1:42.252
18
5
55
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
1:43.622
1:42.909
1:42.287
15
6
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:43.561
1:43.061
1:42.502
17
7
23
Alexander Albon
Williams Mercedes
1:43.987
1:43.376
1:42.846
17
8
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
1:43.789
1:42.976
1:43.010
16
9
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
1:43.879
1:43.375
1:43.064
17
10
4
Lando Norris
McLaren Mercedes
1:43.938
1:43.395
12
11
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren Mercedes
1:44.179
1:43.427
12
12
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas Ferrari
1:44.843
1:43.806
12
13
31
Esteban Ocon
Alpine Renault
1:44.433
1:44.088
11
14
20
Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari
1:44.101
1:44.332
11
15
2
Logan Sargeant
Williams Mercedes
1:44.042
6
16
24
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
1:45.177
6
17
77
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
1:45.352
6
18
22
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
1:45.436
6
19
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine Renault
1:46.951
3
20
21
Nyck De Vries
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
1:48.180
6
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Sprint results
All things considered I'm content with P2 for Charles. No way they'll beat the RB's tomorrow though...
1
11
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
17
33:17.667
8
2
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
17
+4.463s
7
3
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
17
+5.065s
6
4
63
George Russell
Mercedes
17
+8.532s
5
5
55
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
17
+10.388s
4
6
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
17
+11.613s
3
7
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
17
+16.503s
2
8
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
17
+18.417s
1
9
23
Alexander Albon
Williams Mercedes
17
+21.757s
0
10
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren Mercedes
17
+22.851s
0
11
20
Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari
17
+27.990s
0
12
24
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
17
+34.602s
0
13
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine Renault
17
+36.918s
0
14
21
Nyck De Vries
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
17
+41.626s
0
15
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas Ferrari
17
+48.587s
0
16
77
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
17
+49.917s
0
17
4
Lando Norris
McLaren Mercedes
17
+51.104s
0
18
31
Esteban Ocon
Alpine Renault
17
+60.621s
0
NC
22
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
2
DNF
0
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Heated discussion between Russel and Verstappen after the Sprint race.
"dickhead"
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The damage caused to Max' car:
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Heated discussion between Russel and Verstappen after the Sprint race.
"dickhead"
Meanwhile Checo and Charles
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Well this race was.. boring. Ain't got another word for it sadly.
Only exciting thing is that Sergio is closer to Verstappen now (only 5 points difference).
RB is just too OP.
1
11
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
51
32:42.4
25
2
1
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT
51
+2.137s
18
3
16
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
51
+21.217s
15
4
14
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
51
+22.024s
12
5
55
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
51
+45.491s
10
6
44
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
51
+46.145s
8
7
18
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes
51
+51.617s
6
8
63
George Russell
Mercedes
51
+74.240s
5
9
4
Lando Norris
McLaren Mercedes
51
+80.376s
2
10
22
Yuki Tsunoda
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
51
+83.862s
1
11
81
Oscar Piastri
McLaren Mercedes
51
+86.501s
0
12
23
Alexander Albon
Williams Mercedes
51
+88.623s
0
13
20
Kevin Magnussen
Haas Ferrari
51
+89.729s
0
14
10
Pierre Gasly
Alpine Renault
51
+91.332s
0
15
31
Esteban Ocon
Alpine Renault
51
+97.794s
0
16
2
Logan Sargeant
Williams Mercedes
51
+100.943s
0
17
27
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas Ferrari
50
+1 lap
0
18
77
Valtteri Bottas
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
50
+1 lap
0
NC
24
Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo Ferrari
36
DNF
0
NC
21
Nyck De Vries
AlphaTauri Honda RBPT
9
DNF
0
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Formula 1 needs to shift attention away from format tweaks and focus on improvements to make the racing less boring, says Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.
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Couldn't agree more.