Formula 1 2019 - Round 4 - Baku

pjohnson

Gasly has been disqualified from qualifying for exceeding fuel flow.

He now starts from pit lane + 5 place grid penalty for a new gearbox AND disqualified from qualifying.


Hes having a great time of it these two days.

AMKC

skipper_G wrote: »

Perez P5, now all I need is Hamilton, Vettel and Verstappen to crash into each other at turn 1 tomorrow and let the champagne flow.

Ferrari were better in practice because Mercedes keep their best for when it matters, Q3! Bottas and Hamilton both upped their performance.

Well that was an exciting qualifying session. Will the race be as exciting tomorrow? Lets hope so. I think Bottas deserves to win this race as it should have been his race last year.

Thrashssacre

Honestly can’t wait for the race today Baku is always a cracker and with the makeup of the grid today looks like it’ll be no different. If Leclerc keeps it out of the wall on lap one I really fancy him as a dark horse.... he’s only 9th and he’s running the mediums first.

ctrl-alt-delete

AMKC wrote: »

Well that was an exciting qualifying session. Will the race be as exciting tomorrow? Lets hope so. I think Bottas deserves to win this race as it should have been his race last year.

There is always going to be a chance someone smacks that wall again, that is not the exciting bit - but who and when and how it affects others race strategies might be exciting.

corminators

You'd wonder if Williams can afford to fix the damage they've got to the cars this weekend.

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corminators wrote: »

You'd wonder if Williams can afford to fix the damage they've got to the cars this weekend.

They'll get the money back for the damage to Russell's car, as Claire Williams pointed out, there is precedence for that, Grosjean in Sepang in 2017 had a similar issue, Haas were reimbursed for the damage.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

Kubica now starting from the Pit Lane as well, who will be the first car between him and Gasly as the Red Bull was DSQ'd?

https://www.racefans.net/2019/04/28/kubica-will-also-start-race-from-pit-lane/

Widdensushi

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

There is always going to be a chance someone smacks that wall again, that is not the exciting bit - but who and when and how it affects others race strategies might be exciting.

And if there's another car following closely behind that car how quickly can they react ?

Thrashssacre

F2 race is really wetting my apatite for later, absolute chaos.

Harika

Thrashssacre wrote: »

F2 race is really wetting my apatite for later, absolute chaos.

Was a good one indeed

AMKC

Aurelia Kind Bankroll wrote: »

Kubica now starting from the Pit Lane as well, who will be the first car between him and Gasly as the Red Bull was DSQ'd?

https://www.racefans.net/2019/04/28/kubica-will-also-start-race-from-pit-lane/

Surely Kubica should be pout first than and then Gasly. The 5 place grid penalty on him is kind of silly do if he is starting from the pit lane. Maybe they should have changed it to plus 5 seconds seen as he is starting from the pit lane.

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AMKC wrote: »

Surely Kubica should be pout first than and then Gasly. The 5 place grid penalty on him is kind of silly do if he is starting from the pit lane. Maybe they should have changed it to plus 5 seconds seen as he is starting from the pit lane.

Remember when similar happened during McLaren Honda part 2? In scenarios like that they had an in race time penalty?

pjohnson

Yeah Kubica should surely be ahead of Gasly. Kubica set a qualy time while Gasly hasnt.

ayux4rj6zql2ph

pjohnson wrote: »

Yeah Kubica should surely be ahead of Gasly. Kubica set a qualy time while Gasly hasnt.

Gasly was fastest in Q1 prior to his disqualification, not that that now matters. But yes Kubica should be prioritised.

pjohnson

Aurelia Kind Bankroll wrote: »

Remember when similar happened during McLaren Honda part 2? In scenarios like that they had an in race time penalty?

They just got a 115 grid penalty I thought? Dont remember time penalty. They changed the rules after that mammoth grid drop so not 100% sure now.

pjohnson

Oh wow now Kimi's front wing has failed scrutineering, an Alfa rep has been summomed to meet the FIA. He could be DSQ'd from Qualifying if the Alfa rep cant explain it.

Then it would be:

PIT LANE
Kubica (set time)
Kimi (DSQ)
Gasly (DSQ + 5 place)

Dont be at yourself

Gasly will be past Kubica on lap 1 anyway so it's much of a muchness!

pjohnson

Just confirmed. Kimi joins the pit lane starters.

pjohnson

As it stands:
Grid
1 Valtteri Bottas
2 Lewis Hamilton
3 Sebastian Vettel
4 Max Verstappen
5 Sergio Perez
6 Daniil Kvyat
7 Lando Norris
8 Charles Leclerc
9 Carlos Sainz
10 Daniel Ricciardo
11 Alexander Albon
12 Kevin Magnussen
13 Lance Stroll
14 Romain Grosjean
15 Nico Hulkenberg
16 George Russell
17 Antonio Giovinazzi *
PL: Robert Kubica**
PL: Kimi Räikkönen***
PL: Pierre Gasly ****

* 10 Place grid drop for new CE.
** Start from PL due to breaching Parc Ferme rules.
*** DSQ + starts from pit lane due to illegal front wing.
**** DSQ + 5 place drop + starts from pit lane due to failing to stop at weigh bridge, illegal fuel flow and new gearbox.

pjohnson

Oooh Ferrari using Mediums in Q2 may be a genius idea. Leclerc has been permitted to start on a new set of mediums for the race as the set he crashed on were too damaged to use for the race.

Lawlesz

Aurelia Kind Bankroll wrote: »

It’s what was known as a Murrayism, I think David ‘it’s lights out and away we go’ Croft is hoping for a similar title of ‘Croftyism’ over my dead body will I ever think of Croft as being a good commentator, Walker was on another planet next to that clown.

He was on Beyond the Grid podcast recently, was great to hear him talk about his career and he even went into commentary mode at the end for old times sake

namloc1980

Raikonnen starting from the pit also due to a technical wing violation. It moves Leclerc up to P8.

tipp_tipp_tipp

Hope this is a crazy race. Merc pace looked pretty ominous yesterday though.

Itssoeasy

tipp_tipp_tipp wrote: »

Hope this is a crazy race. Merc pace looked pretty ominous yesterday though.

In Q3 it did but before that it wasn’t ominous IMO.

Itssoeasy

Bernie looks old.

skipper_G

Itssoeasy wrote: »

In Q3 it did but before that it wasn’t ominous IMO.

The key question is why. IMO Mercedes are sandbagging in practice and the early parts of qualy. The car doesn't just magically go faster every time in Q3.

Itssoeasy

skipper_G wrote: »

The key question is why. IMO Mercedes are sandbagging in practice and the early parts of qualy. The car doesn't just magically go faster every time in Q3.

Well toto just said on sky that the qualifying came to them as it went on.

Itssoeasy

Second longest calendar ? Good man crofty.

skipper_G

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Well toto just said on sky that the qualifying came to them as it went on.

I don't believe a word he says. He's culprit number one, he's been talking Ferrari up at every race. He speaks like Mercedes are the underdogs and not the World Champions for the last 5 years, he's lying his ass off

Itssoeasy

skipper_G wrote: »

I don't believe a word he says. He's culprit number one, he's been talking Ferrari up at every race. He speaks like Mercedes are the underdogs and not the World Champions for the last 5 years, he's lying his ass off

How do you really feel skipper ?