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Posted on 23 June 2017. Tags: azerbaijan GP, azerbaijan Grand Prix, baku city circuit, f1, Formula 1, FP2, free practice 2, friday, max verstappen, red bull
Max Verstappen finished the second free practice session of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on top of the time sheets this afternoon but ended his session by crashing out with just 30-second left in the session. The session was one of the most bizarre sessions yet. Nearly all the drivers ran wide off the track at least […]
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Posted on 22 June 2017. Tags: azerbaijan GP, baku city circuit, f1, fernando alonso, Formula 1, mclaren, stoffel vandoorne
Both Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne are expected to take massive grid penalties going into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend. Honda plans to fit an updated MGU-H to both their cars and would mean that both drivers take on new turbochargers. Both drivers will incur a 15-place grid penalty for the new turbo since it’s […]
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Posted on 22 June 2017. Tags: azerbaijan GP, azerbaijan Grand Prix, baku city circuit, esteban ocon, f1, force india, Formula 1, haas, mercedes, part 2, romain grosjean, thursday press conference, Valtteri Bottas
PART TWO: DRIVERS – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes), Esteban OCON (Force India), Romain GROSJEAN (Haas) Q: Valtteri, if we can start with you. There’s no doubting the speed of this year’s Mercedes – the four wins are testimony to that – but it has proved tricky to set up. Can you predict how competitive you’re going […]
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Posted on 22 June 2017. Tags: azerbaijan Grand Prix, azerbaijanGP, baku city circuit, daniil kvyat, f1, ferrari, Formula 1, kimi raikkonen, mclaren, part 1, stoffel vandoorne, thursday press conference, toro rosso
PART ONE: DRIVERS – Daniil KVYAT (Toro Rosso), Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN (Ferrari), Stoffel VANDOORNE (McLaren) PRESS CONFERENCE Q: Kimi, if we can start with you. We’re back at a street track this weekend. You took pole position in Monaco a couple of races ago — how confident are you of a repeat here? Kimi RÄIKKÖNEN: Unfortunately it doesn’t give […]
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Posted on 19 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, f1, ferrari, force india, Formula 1, mercedes, nico rosberg, sebastian vettel, sergio perez
DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) 3 – Sergio PEREZ (Force India) PODIUM INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Eddie Jordan) Azerbaijan, Baku: what an amazing city and what an amazing race and we have your winners here today. Nico, tell us, you needed this today didn’t you, your fifth win of the […]
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Posted on 18 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, baku gp, baku grand prix, european gp, european grand prix, max verstappen, red bull racing, Valtteri Bottas, williams f1 team
Max Verstappen was more than a little frustrated with Valtteri Bottas following the first ever qualifying session at the Baku International Circuit on Saturday. Red Flags ruined Verstappen’s best qualifying effort for the session and subsequent efforts were also ruined while he fought with Bottas for track position. Here’s what young Verstappen had to say […]
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Posted on 18 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, f1, Formula 1, lewis hamilton, mercedes
Lewis Hamilton has taken the blame for his poor showing in Qualifying for the European Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Hamilton ended qualifying in 10th after hitting that barrier wall at the tight Turn 12. Hamilton’s qualifying sessions were not as clean and clear cut as one would usually expect from […]
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Posted on 18 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, daniel ricciardo, european grand prix, f1, force india, Formula 1, mercedes, nico rosberg, red bull, sergio perez
DRIVERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Sergio PÉREZ (Force India) 3 – Daniel RICCIARDO (Red Bull) TV UNILATERAL Nico, that was an emphatic performance by you and Mercedes, just how good was qualifying for you? Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, it was great. It was one of the more challenging sessions out there, but everything worked […]
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Posted on 18 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, daniel ricciardo, european gp, european grand prix, ferrari, force indi, lewis hamilton, max verstappen, nico hulkenberg, nico rosberg, red bull, sebastian vettel, sergio perez
Nico Rosberg claimed the pole position for the European Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit while team mate Lewis Hamilton binned his Mercedes out of Q3. Hamilton will start tomorrow’s race from 10th place. Rosberg will start the inaugural grand prix at Baku from pole after posting a supremely dominant time of 1:42.758 which […]
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Posted on 18 June 2016. Tags: baku city circuit, european gp, european grand prix, ferrari, force india, lewis hamilton, mercedes, nice rosberg, sergio perez
Mercedes reigning F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton stole the quickest time at the top of the final practice timesheets, ahead of the first ever qualifying at the Baku City Circuit, for the European Grand Prix. Hamilton made it a clean practice sweep in the final minutes of the practice session with a time of 1:44.352 […]
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