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#1576483 19-Jun-2016 09:48

If he starts nine/10 then I'd be very surprised if he doesn't get a podium.

For everyone, final placing will depend on the start and luck and quick thinking during safety cars

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#1576496 19-Jun-2016 10:05

We can see that Merc are about 0.8s faster per lap than Force India and much faster than the other teams. This track has ample overtaking opportunities and I reckon that Hamilton, subject to the car starting ok, should be up to somewhere around 4th by the end of the first lap and chasing Nico down not long after... Hamilton seemed faster than Nico in general but we do know that the merc is a poor follower, but that should not be such a problem here as its generally stop/start with high speeds in-between.

Poor McLaren though, that Honda engine is a dog.

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#1576499 19-Jun-2016 10:14

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

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#1576738 19-Jun-2016 20:38

The GP2 race was a mess, I assume that main mess was turn 1 at the start. Short run to turn 1, anything can happen, and probably will. Someone said that, some famous guy....

Id like to hope they all get through lap 1 so we can have a great race, but thats not gonna happen

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#1576745 19-Jun-2016 20:44

Zippity:

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

At least he blamed himself for once, not even the sun that his fans latched onto. Says he couldn't get rhythm, and that was pretty clear from the errors.

At Baku, not much for him to worry about, he can tow past them over the first 6 laps and be in the first 4.

Just hope its not a race where luck, good and bad, on safety cars decides the result.

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#1576746 19-Jun-2016 20:44

tdgeek:

The GP2 race was a mess, I assume that main mess was turn 1 at the start. Short run to turn 1, anything can happen, and probably will. Someone said that, some famous guy....

Id like to hope they all get through lap 1 so we can have a great race, but thats not gonna happen

F1 is not GP2 :) but ... I'd love to see what happens in F1! Now that you'd said it, they just might just all start fine ...

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#1576759 19-Jun-2016 21:04

Today's V8 race at Hidden Valley is going to look like kid's play compared to night's F1 race

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#1576767 19-Jun-2016 21:15

joker97:

tdgeek:

The GP2 race was a mess, I assume that main mess was turn 1 at the start. Short run to turn 1, anything can happen, and probably will. Someone said that, some famous guy....

Id like to hope they all get through lap 1 so we can have a great race, but thats not gonna happen

F1 is not GP2 :) but ... I'd love to see what happens in F1! Now that you'd said it, they just might just all start fine ...

Yep, GP2 isn't F1, the drivers cause that. But F1 drivers, while better, also dont have 4 sets of eyes which would be quite handy at times.

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#1576768 19-Jun-2016 21:15

TBH, I view V8s as bumper cars with gears. Although Bathurst is pretty cool. Though I also view F1 as go-kart beds that cost a lot of money and hard as heck to control

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#1576771 19-Jun-2016 21:17

joker97:

tdgeek:

The GP2 race was a mess, I assume that main mess was turn 1 at the start. Short run to turn 1, anything can happen, and probably will. Someone said that, some famous guy....

Id like to hope they all get through lap 1 so we can have a great race, but thats not gonna happen

F1 is not GP2 :) but ... I'd love to see what happens in F1! Now that you'd said it, they just might just all start fine ...

I can easily see the top three starting fine, so fingers crossed for that.

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#1576829 20-Jun-2016 01:54

Off to google where Baku is...

Race feels like a travel advert for the city at this stay.

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#1576830 20-Jun-2016 02:59

An interesting result.

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#1576841 20-Jun-2016 06:56

no safety car this year!

interesting how the engineers can't tell what's wrong with the car if it behaves funny but not a safety issue.

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#1577138 20-Jun-2016 14:40

joker97:

no safety car this year!

interesting how the engineers can't tell what's wrong with the car if it behaves funny but not a safety issue.

No F1 safety car has ever been deployed at Baku ;-)

Yes - interesting regarding the radio comms. Also interesting to note the "split" in drivers' opinions on the matter... For the most part, it seems to be the "old hands" - former champions like Alonso, Hamilton and Raikkonen who are most vocal in their criticism, whereas the less experienced drivers (such as Max Verstappen) seem more comfortable adapting to the new state of play.

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#1577182 20-Jun-2016 15:17

I suspect that if the young kids also had the issues with the engine mode that Raikonnen and Hamilton had they wouldn't be be able to solve it either... It just doesn't normally happen unless you knock a switch (e.g. Nico) as the teams prepare the engine modes.

Remember that Hamilton, Rosberg etc. are children of the console generation and so is used to the idea of 100s of changes that can be made on the wheel, its not just the new kids.

Either way, I'm disappointed in the radio ban to a certain extent. I'd like them to be able to communicate engine map problems like this as it clearly affected both the drivers to the detriment of their race but still keep the driving aiding away.

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