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

Layout

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...

 

[Mave]

FP1 results

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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

 

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FP1 speed trap results

 

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FP1 best sector times

 

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FP1 fastest sectors by team

 

[Mave]

Ocon had to retire the session due to a fire.
The French strikes have gone too far now.

 

[Mave]

Red flag during qualifying

 

[Mave]

Gasly in the wall now.

 

[Mave]

Almost time for Q3, happy with the Ferrari performance so far.

 

[Mave]

PEE WAN BABY

 

[Mave]

Full qualifying results

Great performance by Charles again.

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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​

 

[Mave]

Sprint shootout results (Sprint qualifying)

Another pole for Charles!

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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​

 

[Mave]

Sprint results

All things considered I'm content with P2 for Charles. No way they'll beat the RB's tomorrow though...

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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​

 

[Mave]

Heated discussion between Russel and Verstappen after the Sprint race.
"dickhead"

Verstappen and Russell having a heated discussion

Dubz

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[Mave]

The damage caused to Max' car:

 

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Heated discussion between Russel and Verstappen after the Sprint race.
"dickhead"

Verstappen and Russell having a heated discussion

Dubz

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Meanwhile Checo and Charles

 

[Mave]

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.

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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​

 

[Mave]

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.

F1 must seek answers after “boring” Baku F1 race, says Wolff

www.motorsport.com

Couldn't agree more.