what a joke as to the finish of this race, stupid, just watch to see what happens.
And I stayed up for this mess.....

:wtf2:

I just got done watching it myself. The end was ruined by the idiots. What a Kerfluffle.

a fine attempt by F1 to become Nascar..
it was a pretty entertaining race up to lap 56.

I didn't see anything that F1 did wrong. Wrecks, red flags, and cleanups happen.

Aston had their race saved there. Ham and Piastri had a day.

I was ok with this one. From what I made out, only Gasly really got the shaft, and that was for the collision penalty instead rather than restart.

It has gotten silly. Race control was out of control. They should have unleashed a kangaroo, a Koala, and a Tasmanian Devil on the race track for true entertainment.
Hammy was just drooling at the opportunity for a payback but he was just in a dream.

Careful what you wish for! :icon17:

But yeah, I don't get that whole ending. You couldn't make sh!t like this up. And to have Masse in the paddock for the first time since Abu Dhabi 2021 too!

3 red flags, mostly for nothing.

What would have (probably should have) been considered a quasi-first-lap racing incident between Sainz and Alonso cost Carlos points but then let's rewind the entire race one lap to put both Astons back up into the points but keep the penalty. Seriously? WTF? Grid restarts after a red flag really suck. Tires are stone cold, the track was cooling off. And everyone is trying to scramble knowing they have one or two laps to make up places. A rolling start after a formation lap behind a safety car that actually can approach F1 speeds would be a whole lot safer. And forget about "lapped cars may now un-lap themselves" - what is the point of that??? Just make more rolling speed traps ahead of the leaders again?

Gasly needs glasses, or to find another career. He's about two penalty points away from losing his license anyway. When he's racing, he's good. But incredibly ignorant of those around him.

More messing around with the format, for this weekend's sprint.

yea, the new format will be interesting...
thou wondering how many cars do not make it to the grid on Sunday :)

Yup - a sprint at Baku. What could possibly go wrong??? :icon17:

Or what this will do to the teams' ability to meet the cost cap.
You know, the budget that is declining every year, despite new cars, inflation, and now basically SIX extra races this year!

A very messy start to F1 practice...
18 minutes in
Gasly car catches fire and is still burning, not sure how many fire extinguishers they have used.
Mercedes having brake problem
KMag, just spinning a lot, maybe an engine problem, he parked it in turn 1

First Practice Session

1 Max Verstappen Netherlands Red Bull 1:42.315 21
2 Charles Leclerc Monaco Ferrari +0.037 20
3 Sergio Pérez Mexico Red Bull +0.139 21
4 Carlos Sainz Spain Ferrari +0.584 22
5 Lando Norris Britain McLaren +0.810 21
6 Nyck de Vries Netherlands AlphaTauri +1.099 23
7 Lance Stroll Canada Aston Martin +1.140 22
8 Fernando Alonso Spain Aston Martin +1.245 19
9 Alexander Albon Thailand Williams +1.313 23
10 Zhou Guanyu China Alfa Romeo +1.433 22
11 Lewis Hamilton Britain Mercedes +1.483 20
12 Oscar Piastri Australia McLaren +1.665 22
13 Valtteri Bottas Finland Alfa Romeo +1.695 22
14 Yuki Tsunoda Japan AlphaTauri +1.822 16
15 Nico Hülkenberg Germany Haas +2.008 20
16 Logan Sargeant USA Williams +2.585 16
17 George Russell Britain Mercedes +2.767 19
18 Esteban Ocon France Alpine +3.640 8
19 Pierre Gasly France Alpine +4.006 7
20 Kevin Magnussen Denmark Haas +5.183 8

Qualifying Results


Rank | Driver | Nationality | Team | Race Time (mins:secs.msecs) | Laps
------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | -------- | --------
1 | Charles Leclerc | Monaco | Ferrari | 1:40.203 | 21
2 | Max Verstappen | Netherlands | Red Bull | 1:40.391 | 20
3 | Sergio Pérez | Mexico | Red Bull | 1:40.495 | 21
4 | Carlos Sainz | Spain | Ferrari | 1:41.016 | 24
5 | Lewis Hamilton | Britain | Mercedes | 1:41.177 | 24
6 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Aston Martin | 1:41.253 | 23
7 | Lando Norris | Britain | McLaren | 1:41.281 | 20
8 | Yuki Tsunoda | Japan | AlphaTauri | 1:41.581 | 23
9 | Lance Stroll | Canada | Aston Martin | 1:41.611 | 23
10 | Oscar Piastri | Australia | McLaren | 1:41.611 | 24
11 | George Russell | Britain | Mercedes | 1:41.654 | 18
12 | Esteban Ocon | France | Alpine | 1:41.798 | 19
13 | Alexander Albon | Thailand | Williams | 1:41.818 | 19
14 | Valtteri Bottas | Finland | Alfa Romeo | 1:42.259 | 19
15 | Logan Sargeant | USA | Williams | 1:42.395 | 19
16 | Zhou Guanyu | China | Alfa Romeo | 1:42.642 | 11
17 | Nico Hülkenberg | Germany | Haas | 1:42.755 | 10
18 | Kevin Magnussen | Denmark | Haas | 1:43.417 | 9
19 | Pierre Gasly | France | Alpine | 1:44.853 | 6
20 | Nyck de Vries | Netherlands | AlphaTauri | 1:55.282 | 3

If Ferrari can get their sh1t together behind the wall, they may just have a chance at showing out this weekend.

not a great sprint race, actually I think they should scrap them....