Nico Rosberg has won the inaugural Grand Prix at Baku, leading the race from start to finish. Sebastian Vettel finished a distant second, and he too was unthreatened in that position. Perhaps the happiest man on the podium was Sergio Perez, who followed up on his podium finish at Monaco some weeks earlier.
This is pretty much what I expect, and with an ill timed safty car you could easily see Lewis beat Nico.Schuttelberg wrote:Mercedes-Benz are so fast that even if both their cars are dead last at the end of Lap 1, they'll finish 1-2.
OK I'll mark them, especially this very specific part "I can see lewis pressuirng nico into crashing into a bckmarker". What's the prize? The reality now is it's Rosberg's pace that pressurized Hamilton into a wall and several run off areas. After rewatching:PlatinumZealot wrote:Lewis will win this. I can see lewis pressuirng nico into crashing into a bckmarker. Mark my words.
? Why did you overtake him yourself then?
So who was right? You, an essential no-one or Marko, an educated insider?FoxHound wrote:0.4 seconds in the last sector Juzh...Juzh wrote:Just drop this track limits nonsense.NYGIANTS wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqQJh-kDtRk
bottas and ricciardo went over on Q3, daniel definitely more like nico's lap.
Quite a bit I agree.
But this is the longest straight on the calendar, if you factor that the 2 corners prior are flat.
That can be made up in other areas, yet we don't see it in the other sectors.
GPR-A wrote:Finally, the nonsense of other PU manufacturers having caught up with Mercedes would be laid to rest. Christian Horner rightly said, "If there ever a circuit was built for Mercedes, this is it".
While everyone improved from Q2 to Q3, Nico's pole lap in Q3 was 2.3 tenths slower than his Q2 lap. So, arguably, there was lot more to come from that Mercedes. Even if Nico's Q2 time is considered, the best Ferrari and the best Red Bull are a second and half slower. On many other circuits where down force played a role, the difference hovered around half a second and here, as the PUs are laid bare open, the difference is day and night.
Most likely, due to their power advantage, the Mercedes are running a bit more down force than Ferrari and Red Bull. So, even if half a second is attributed to the down force advantage, there is still full one second that can be attributed to the PU. So, it is safe to say that, Mercedes has, at a minimum, 80 HP over Renault and Ferrari. And to the nightmare of Honda, they are probably more than100 HP down. And this, with Mercedes NOT having introduced any upgrades in the season, whereas all others have brought significant upgrades so far.
RIC set his time before VETtpe wrote:Why RIC starts in front of VET? He set his time after VET. Is the rule changed?
Your certainty over such a specific and random event is alarming.PlatinumZealot wrote:Lewis will win this. I can see lewis pressuirng nico into crashing into a bckmarker. Mark my words.
They'd have to swap "like for like," so it would be swapped for a tire that has similar mileage. Kinda pointless to do on purpose.Juzh wrote:Probably won't go trough. A simple lock up and you can change the tires? I don't think so. Otherwise everyone would do it by "mistake" after they've done their lap.
Thanks.SectorOne wrote:Yea it´s easy flat for everyone from what i can see.ChrisDanger wrote:I wasn't able to catch any of today's coverage, but Hamilton was clearly flat in the onboard posted here. What about the guys lower down the order?
Obviously Lewis is your favourite, so I understand your belief.PlatinumZealot wrote:Lewis will win this. I can see lewis pressuirng nico into crashing into a bckmarker. Mark my words.
