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quovadis said:
What a race for Oscar - genuinely a future world champ performance. Charles attacked lap after lap and managed to stay P2. Perez is to blame imho after Sainz took 3rd. Norris had an excellent race too as did Alonso managing to hang on amongst the points. Williams is the constructor of the day for me.
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Definitely worth putting a few bucks on Oscar to win the championship next year
 
I still think Max is too far ahead to lose the Drivers esp as Redbull probably have a few more upgrades coming and McLaren still need to work on their consistency
 
Mzezman said:
I still think Max is too far ahead to lose the Drivers esp as Redbull probably have a few more upgrades coming and McLaren still need to work on their consistency
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7 races, 63 points. Have to outscore Max by 9 points every race.

Still doable especially if there is a Max DNF. And then Max has just been called to the Stewards.

Maybe it's being setup for an Abu Dhabi v2.0 - last race decider.
 
Hamster said:
7 races, 63 points. Have to outscore Max by 9 points every race.

Still doable especially if there is a Max DNF. And then Max has just been called to the Stewards.

Maybe it's being setup for an Abu Dhabi v2.0 - last race decider.
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59pts 7 races.

1. Max investigation for VSC infringement
2. McLaren pit lane infringement
3. Perez/Sainz summoned
 
20 Point constructor's lead - so much for papaya rules, now "Papaya Rules !!" :D
 
quovadis said:
59pts 7 races.

1. Max investigation for VSC infringement
2. McLaren pit lane infringement
3. Perez/Sainz summoned
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Have we ever seen a VSC infringement being punished? I cannot recall anything tbh
 
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What a great race,
How great is it to see two drivers fighting it out and we don't hear constant complaining on the radios about the others guys driving.
Man Piastri is good and not even a full two seasons in F1, at least Mclaren have one driver that can handle pressure. He showed today why McLaren will not want to piss him off too much with team orders.
LOL at Perez and Sainz, as expected from two drivers that wont be in top cars from next year on.
Colapinto and Bearman both great races for the rookies.
Alonso and Hamilton, yeah retirement calling, to old for this shyte.
 
Facts & figures from Baku

Today’s race was the second this season to finish under the Virtual Safety Car (VSC). It also happened in Australia.

• McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won what was the 100th race of the 2020s decade.

• It was his second career win, both of them from second on the grid (he also won in Hungary).

• McLaren had never previously finished in the top five in Baku.

• Piastri has been the top scorer in the world championship over the last seven Grands Prix.

• McLaren last led the constructors’ championship after the first race of the hybrid era, the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

• Red Bull had led the constructors’ championship continuously from Spain 2022 to Azerbaijan 2024. That’s 55 races or 847 days.

• P2 for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was his best-ever result in Baku.

• Leclerc failed to win from pole in Baku for the fourth consecutive year.

• Leclerc has only won one of his last 15 starts from pole (Monaco 2024).

• George Russell’s P3 for Mercedes was his third podium finish of the season.

• With P4 for McLaren, Lando Norris closed the championship gap to Max Verstappen to 59 points with seven Grands Prix and three Sprints remaining.

• Verstappen’s P5 finish for Red Bull means he has just one podium finish from the last five races.

• P6 for Fernando Alonso was his and Aston Martin's best result since Canada, eight races ago.

• With P7, Alex Albon secured Williams' best result of the season.

• And with P8, his team mate Franco Colapinto scored his first career points in only his second start.

• Colapinto has scored more points in two races (four) than his Williams predecessor Logan Sargeant scored in the 2023/2024 seasons (one).

• Williams scored with both cars for only the second time in the last three seasons (the last time was USA 2023).

• Colapinto is the first Argentine to score points since Carlos Reutemann, also for Williams, at the 1982 South African Grand Prix.

• Lewis Hamilton’s P9 for Mercedes was his 16th points finish in 17 Grands Prix this year.

• Hamilton today surpassed 100,000 kilometres raced in his Grand Prix career. He is the second driver to do so after Fernando Alonso.

• Oliver Bearman took P10 for Haas and became the first driver in F1 history to score for two different constructors in his first two Grands Prix (he finished seventh for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia).

• In the second Haas, Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th for the seventh time this season, breaking the record for most times finishing one place outside the points in a single season (Michele Alboreto, 1992).
 
FlashSA said:
This is getting major traction on X. Could Ferrari protest the results of Baku and Red Bull too? Last year, I recall the FIA introducing round stickers onto the rear wings which would be monitored by the rear facing camera to catch flexing shenanigans.

Interesting that the FIA hasn't flagged this yet....
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Salty
 
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