F1 2023 - Round 4: Azerbaijan

Jordan 199

Bernie Collins is a fantastic edition to the Sky crew.

AMKC

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

Larbre34

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

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

LIGHTNING

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

At last onto Q2 lol.

AMKC

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

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

Q3 up soon :)

McFly85

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

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

PsychoPete

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

LIGHTNING

wow identical time, you dont see that too often

PsychoPete

Some lap from Leclerc

This is it

Delighted for LeClerc, he needed that

McFly85

Brilliant from Leclerc!

AMKC

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

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

lets see how Ferrari muck it up tomorrow 😀

Vicxas

Ferrari finally lit a fire under the cars arse

Andrew76

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

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

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

Frank Bullitt

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

Hilarious, for feck sake lads

PsychoPete

Nearly completely forgot about the sprint shootout being on this early

Andrew76

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

Ohhh Sargeant ending the session for everyone

Andrew76

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

Itssoeasy

Didn’t know there was a spirit Qualy.

PsychoPete

Verstappen and LeClerc just swapping purple sectors

Longing

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

Andrew76

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