F1 Madness

It’s only been on the F1 calendar since 2016 but the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has quickly become known for delivering the most chaotic and breathtaking races, bar none. The 2021 race around the streets of Baku was already set fair when Charles Leclerc emerged out of the chaos of Saturday qualifying to secure an unexpected […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes)  2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul Di Resta)   Q: Valtteri, an absolutely perfect day you’ve had. Lights out to flag, a bit of pressure from Lewis, but controlled and payback from last year and that win that went […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Paul Di Resta) Q: You’ve got to be the happiest man here today, Valtteri; what a sensational last lap to grab pole position. An interrupted session, you kept your composure, and I guess you stole that […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Claire WILLIAMS (Williams), Christian HORNER (Red Bull Racing), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Racing Point), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Cyril ABITEBOUL (Renault) Q: Claire, if we can start with you and the incident in FP1. What’s your reaction, and what’s the state of the car? Claire WILLIAMS: I knew you were going to start with me! My […]

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DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari) 3 – Sergio PÉREZ (Force India)   TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by David Coulthard)   We have our top three here. Lewis Hamilton just being weighed in. We just have to wait for the guys to get their helmets off. We’ve got a very happy […]

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Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were both handed reprimands following their collision which took both Red Bull drivers out of the race. The incident happened when Ricciardo was lining Verstappen up for a pass on the run to Turn 1. Ricciardo sold the dummy to Verstappen on the outside then switched to the inside on […]

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After struggling to get in the groove on Saturday, Sebastian Vettel took the honours in FP3 for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Vettel set a session best time of 1:43.091 on the ultra soft tyres. Championship rival Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes was 2nd fastest with a best time of 1:43.452, 0.361s off the pace. Ferrari […]

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Friday Practice in Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix showed the Red Bull are looking like the team to beat. After a strong showing in FP1, and FP2 Daniel Ricciardo looks like he’s in the groove this weekend, hot on the heels of his victory in China. The Australian was not far off the pace […]

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DRIVERS: Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull), Nico HÜLKENBERG (Renault), Kevin MAGNUSSEN (Haas) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Daniel, if we could start with you, last time you were in the press conference room you were very emotional after winning in China. Having had two weeks to reflect on it, why did that win mean so much to you? Daniel […]

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TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Jock CLEAR (Ferrari), Rob SMEDLEY (Williams), Beat ZEHNDER (Sauber) Q: Jock, can we start by talking about the car? What’s the standout characteristic of the SF70H? Jock CLEAR: I think we could say that the standout characteristic is that there is no standout characteristic. It just seems to be a very well-behaved car in all […]

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