April 27, 20187 yr Jenson will be driving in the LMP1 category for SMP Racing at Le Mans. He'll be sharing the car with Vitaly Petrov and another Russian that I didn't recognize.
April 28, 20187 yr Yes. Decent sessions... and who punched Vettle in the lip or is he having a cold sore attack?
April 28, 20187 yr 3 minutes ago, Goofyboy said: Yes. Decent sessions... and who punched Vettle in the lip or is he having a cold sore attack? I couldn't find it listed anywhere so I had to follow online. Who had it on? Vettel on the pole.
April 28, 20187 yr Qualifying from this morning. 1 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 1:42.762 1:43.015 1:41.498 19 2 44 Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1:42.693 1:42.676 1:41.677 21 3 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 1:43.355 1:42.679 1:41.837 21 4 3 Daniel Ricciardo RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 1:42.857 1:43.482 1:41.911 20 5 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 1:42.642 1:42.901 1:41.994 19 6 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 1:42.538 1:42.510 1:42.490 20 7 31 Esteban Ocon FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 1:43.021 1:42.967 1:42.523 20 8 11 Sergio Perez FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 1:43.992 1:43.366 1:42.547 20 9 27 Nico Hulkenberg RENAULT 1:43.746 1:43.232 1:43.066 20 10 55 Carlos Sainz RENAULT 1:43.426 1:43.464 1:43.351 20 Edited April 28, 20187 yr by PittsburghTiger
April 28, 20187 yr https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2018/races/982/azerbaijan/qualifying.html
April 28, 20187 yr Author 56 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: Is qualifying on TV? Tvracer.com listed it as being on ESPN2 but my guide didn't pick it up - it was listed as something else. I set a manual recording just in case, but I am not home to check it. Not that that helps you in any way... Edited April 28, 20187 yr by Prepuce of Doom
April 28, 20187 yr My DVR missed it. Espn has something else on the guide. I had to wait until it was over and then watch the replay on WatchESPN.com
April 28, 20187 yr It was on espn2 this morning. I got lucky flipping channels and caught the whole thing. Last year this is where Vettle and Hamilton had the dust up and they are 1-2 to start tomorrow should be fun.
April 28, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said: Tvracer.com listed it as being on ESPN2 but my guide didn't pick it up - it was listed as something else. I set a manual recording just in case, but I am not home to check it. Not that that helps you in any way... If you set the manual recording for ESPN2 at the right time (SEC Storied and the Archie Manning thing) , then you should have it. That's what I did, and I got it. For some reason they just keep having issues with listings, and not on every provider. It's just on some.
April 28, 20187 yr Yep. Red Bull race pace is very good. I expect Fred to move up as well. This is probably McLaren's worst track, but race pace looks good for them as well.
April 29, 20187 yr So... the high winds that were incoming yesterday during Q are still in Baku for the race start today. Crosswind on the main straight. 50mph. They’re having to stand on the red carpet to hold it down. 10 degrees C colder than yesterday. Could be interesting. Went to bed after 1am last night & wasn't planning on watching the race live this a.m., but I woke up with a migraine at 4am, so here I am. /csb First hour of the Sky pre-race show was pretty good. Damn, in the "Women I'm surprised I'm attracted to" category, Rachel Brooks and Natalie Pinkham just do it for me for some reason. Looking fwd to a lot of people moving up and down the grid today. Y'all enjoy! Edited April 29, 20187 yr by wood
April 29, 20187 yr Alonso already on SV's gearbox after two punctures. Awesome job by him to get that car back to the box and aligned right on his marks. Unreal. ETA: And before I could even finish typing that, he's past him. Gasly's next. ETA2: And before I could even finish typing that, he's past Gasly and back to his starting position. MFer has the scent. Edited April 29, 20187 yr by wood
April 29, 20187 yr Just realized Brundle isn’t on the broadcast. What’s up with him? Edited April 29, 20187 yr by Anton Chigurh
April 29, 20187 yr Just now, Anton Chigurh said: Just realized Brundle wasn’t on the broadcast. What’s up with him? Daughter's bday.
April 29, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, Anton Chigurh said: Over here waiting for Max and Dan to both get taken out of the race. And yep. Can Bottas take advantage of the SC here?
April 29, 20187 yr Well, I’ll take that one. Poor Valtteri though. WELL DONE BAKU. Edited April 29, 20187 yr by Anton Chigurh
April 29, 20187 yr Yeah, gutted for Bottas. ALO all the way up to P7 after running 18th iirc due to the double puncture & resulting floor damage. Such a beast. So now after race 4, McLaren and Alonso both have more points than in all of 2017, & Alonso also has 1 more point than McLaren had in 2015. Edited April 29, 20187 yr by wood
April 29, 20187 yr Hah, they asked Bottas about how he feels after the race: “well, 10 pints of beer and we will be okay”. I know that feel, bro.
April 29, 20187 yr I missed the gridwalk, didn’t realize Simon did it. Ouch. https://streamable.com/mnypo
April 29, 20187 yr Author On 4/28/2018 at 9:18 AM, Goofyboy said: Yes. Decent sessions... and who punched Vettle in the lip or is he having a cold sore attack? Just finished watching qualifying, and following his post-q interview with Vettel, Buxton said that "it was a blistering lap."
April 29, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said: Over here waiting for Max and Dan to both get taken out of the race.
April 29, 20187 yr Fun race. Red Bull can't be a happy place to be this evening. GRO, wtf? Perhaps if GRO doesn't do that the safety car is in 5 laps earlier and Vettel would have been more patient to set up a move and not force something and screw himself.
April 29, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, wood said: So... the high winds that were incoming yesterday during Q are still in Baku for the race start today. Crosswind on the main straight. 50mph. They’re having to stand on the red carpet to hold it down. 10 degrees C colder than yesterday. Could be interesting. Went to bed after 1am last night & wasn't planning on watching the race live this a.m., but I woke up with a migraine at 4am, so here I am. /csb First hour of the Sky pre-race show was pretty good. Damn, in the "Women I'm surprised I'm attracted to" category, Rachel Brooks and Natalie Pinkham just do it for me for some reason. Looking fwd to a lot of people moving up and down the grid today. Y'all enjoy! 6 hours ago, Anton Chigurh said: So much carnage. Also, I dig Natalie and Rachel too.
April 30, 20187 yr That was indeed a great race. So glad I went back to finish it this evening instead of just looking up the winner.
April 30, 20187 yr Fun race for sure. Been s good season so far. I've always thought gro sucks. This just reinforce s it
April 30, 20187 yr 12 hours ago, wood said: LOL fucking GRO. What a tool. JFC. French drivers. What are you gonna do?
April 30, 20187 yr Alonso just continues to be unbelievable. I love that guy. Feel horrible for Bottas, he played his role, raced amazingly well, and would have deserved the win. Max and Daniel. I felt that was inevitable from about lap 15? I mean, you just KNEW it was coming. I've seen Christian Horner willing to talk under some tough conditions, but he was having nothing to do with those questions on his way to the debrief. I don't blame him. That's going to be a rough garage for a while. And Kimi also had a very good, patient race. It's what he does. And I'll certainly pay Lewis his proper respect, today's what I'd call a completely "professional" drive for him. Just a world-class pro even after making a little mistake here or there. He earned it.
April 30, 20187 yr Those dudes drinking too much Red Bull? That was wild. Crazy course. Also, how often is a guy crashing under yellow/safety car situation just trying to warm up his tires? Solid entertainment on this race.
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