F1 2023 - Round 4: Azerbaijan

klose · 28-04-2023 9:55am

Only practice session is not exactly going to plan, red flagged after gaslys car went on fire. Hamilton didn't even get out of the garage yet, magnussen parked it into T1 and Tsunoda damaged his car too

Itssoeasy · 28-04-2023 11:38am

So what time is qualifying lights out ?

rameire · 28-04-2023 11:47am

I have qualifying at 2pm today on my Calendar

F2 had a red flag, unsure if this will have an impact on the F1.

Itssoeasy · 28-04-2023 11:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120531734#Comment_120531734

cheers. No I was hoping depending on what time it started and not the coverage I might be home in time to watch it live. I do finish slightly earlier on a Friday but I’d say I’m pushing it. I am recording it.

MadYaker · 28-04-2023 12:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120530177#Comment_120530177

I’ve given up im just going to watch the race on Sunday I can’t be bothered with all the other fcuking around.

LIGHTNING · 28-04-2023 1:00pm

The sprint races started off good then folks decided not to take any risks so they turned into a complete procession.

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:14pm

So nick de Vries bins it with ten minutes Q1 to go so Red Flag.

LIGHTNING · 28-04-2023 1:29pm

ooof its Red flag central

Burkie1203 · 28-04-2023 1:30pm

Alpine spending 70% of their budget cap this weekend

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:30pm

Pierre Gasley hits the same wall that Nick hit now but sideways and not head on like Nick De Vries did.

Jordan 199 · 28-04-2023 1:30pm

Bernie Collins is a fantastic edition to the Sky crew.

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:31pm

So another Fed Flag and Q1 is not even over yet lol. Still 7:32 on the timer.

Larbre34 · 28-04-2023 1:46pm

This street circuit is no longer suitable for these now enormous F1 cars.

I know Monte Carlo isn't either, but it's far easier to get rid of Baku, so they should. Either that or design out the ridiculously narrow and tight sections that cause persistent issues.

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:47pm

So the two Haas and the Alfa of Zhoe are out.

LIGHTNING · 28-04-2023 1:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532334#Comment_120532334

And by issues you mean drivers making mistakes and binning it? Cos that's not a track issue

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:53pm

At last onto Q2 lol.

AMKC · 28-04-2023 1:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532334#Comment_120532334

I don't see any problem with it. I think it's a great track. The cars have always been big here.

AMKC · 28-04-2023 2:10pm

Russell in 11th , ocon 12th, Albon 13th , bottas 14th and Sargent 15th

Q3 up soon :)

McFly85 · 28-04-2023 2:14pm

Disappointing from Mercedes - they were more than decent last time out and they’re straight back to struggling for pace.

The design seems fundamentally flawed, as long as they stick with it they’ll have a middling season with the odd podium where it suits the car.

This is it · 28-04-2023 2:17pm

Ferrari looking better but will they have the race pace to keep up with RB

PsychoPete · 28-04-2023 2:18pm

Fair play to Yuki, he's definitely stepped up this year

LIGHTNING · 28-04-2023 2:20pm

wow identical time, you dont see that too often

PsychoPete · 28-04-2023 2:27pm

Some lap from Leclerc

This is it · 28-04-2023 2:28pm

Delighted for LeClerc, he needed that

McFly85 · 28-04-2023 2:28pm

Brilliant from Leclerc!

AMKC · 28-04-2023 2:28pm

So it's Charles Leclerc on pole Max 2n Sergio 3rd Carlis Seinz 4th Hamilton 5th and Alonso in 6th. Then it's Norris Tsunado, stroll and Piastri.

LIGHTNING · 28-04-2023 2:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532527#Comment_120532527

lets see how Ferrari muck it up tomorrow 😀

Vicxas · 28-04-2023 2:42pm

Ferrari finally lit a fire under the cars arse

Andrew76 · 28-04-2023 2:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120532584#Comment_120532584

Tomorrow or Sunday? Or maybe both! 😂

Stuck in the office so had to watch live timings. Fair play to Leclerc, must've been some lap from him. But I'm hoping Max will sail past him on Sunday. Lewis did well to be best of the rest and ahead of Alonso I see - but he's pretty much a full second off the pole time - looking forward to watching it back later to catch a glimpse of Toto's face, and Russell for that matter. 😁

Frank Bullitt · 28-04-2023 5:27pm

Nice grid that, both Astons had DRS failures so they have pace in hand. Delighted to see Ferrari on top again, Charles is mega around here and could do with a good result.

Pretty shocked at the Mercs, I know they are struggling but that seems a bit worse.

PsychoPete · 28-04-2023 10:10pm

Looks like De Vries fooled us all with that Monza performance last year

Frank Bullitt · 29-04-2023 1:12am

https://the-race.com/formula-1/new-f1-format-quirk-means-baku-sprint-q3-could-lose-two-cars/

Hilarious, for feck sake lads

PsychoPete · 29-04-2023 8:28am

Nearly completely forgot about the sprint shootout being on this early

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 8:32am

Much warmer over there compared to yesterday quali they said. Will be interesting to see how this goes with the shortened time for each session.

PsychoPete · 29-04-2023 8:42am

Ohhh Sargeant ending the session for everyone

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 8:50am

Charles and Max both miles ahead of their teammates so far. Leclerc seems to be the man to beat. Poor Yuki. 😂😂

Itssoeasy · 29-04-2023 8:51am

Didn’t know there was a spirit Qualy.

PsychoPete · 29-04-2023 8:59am

Verstappen and LeClerc just swapping purple sectors

Longing · 29-04-2023 9:07am

What a joke with this tyre situation. Getting into Q3 and can't take part. Only in F1

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 9:07am

Aston need to sort that DRS problem out or they’ll suffer tomorrow.

AMKC · 29-04-2023 9:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120534866#Comment_120534866

Better off not knowing. I personally don't care about. It and the sprint race should have been on yesterday and the proper qualy should be today.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero · 29-04-2023 9:09am

Red bulls already lined up for q3 a few minutes in advance..

NinjaTruncs · 29-04-2023 9:09am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120534913#Comment_120534913

To be fair, they were given 5 or 6 sets of soft and only needed to keep one set for sq3, the team chose not to, 18 other drivers managed to keep a set.

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 9:11am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120534919#Comment_120534919

Exactly. They chose to prioritise quali for the main race over the sprint which is fair enough. Shame McLaren didn’t use the fact Norris couldn’t run in SQ3 to help Piastri get there.

Longing · 29-04-2023 9:14am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120534924#Comment_120534924

Yes, this is why am probably more annoyed about it.

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 9:17am

Was just thinking, isn’t the even numbered grid slots on the inside at this track? Second place might not be too bad a result for someone.

PsychoPete · 29-04-2023 9:19am

Classic Leclerc, puts it on pole and also puts the car into a barrier

Andrew76 · 29-04-2023 9:22am

Ok so that was such an anti climax - you have to keep using the same soft tyre in SQ3 and it only lasts for one fast lap. So we get everyone crawling around before their second run only to go slower anyway. They might need to tweak that 1 tyre rule crap.

Itssoeasy · 29-04-2023 9:25am

That wasn’t great. Good thing leclerc had put it on pole prior to hitting the barrier.

mr_edge_to_you · 29-04-2023 9:27am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120534946#Comment_120534946

For Sprint Quali, put the lower placed teams on softs, midfield on medium and top teams on hards. Potentially mix up the grid for the Sprint.

F1 2023 - Round 4: Azerbaijan

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