Daniel Ricciardo has bagged an extremely unexpected win at today's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, recovering from an early stop to navigate through the field while benefiting from crashes and penalties of others as well. Valtteri Bottas finished second ahead of Lance Stroll who becomes the youngest podium finisher in the sport at 18 years and 239 days.
I don't think so, the tyres weren't wearing out, it was very possibly to do a 1 stop from very early on. I don't think the differential would have given Hamilton enough of an advantage, and probably would have given him a disadvantage for the first few laps.siskue2005 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2017, 17:54But still with 18 laps to go he would have made huge gains and could have had tyre differential to Vettel and could have overtaken him easily
Hahah that was an interesting race, but yes the Williams to me is the third best car to have on this track.
Lewis was gaining several tenths (like 6 or 7) on the strait, but then loosing it at the end of sector 1 and the beginning of sector 2.
I think Mercedes expected to change the headrest much faster than the 9 seconds it took. Maybe they were going to click the current one in place and changed their minds last minute. I was all a bit of a mess and strange situation.siskue2005 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2017, 17:54But still with 18 laps to go he would have made huge gains and could have had tyre differential to Vettel and could have overtaken him easily
Actually, he's right. Mercedes was faster, even before DRS and straight.
Still good for Stroll on a race most were betting which lap he would crash, but yes in this crazy race a Massa victory was a possibility.ringo wrote: ↑25 Jun 2017, 18:08Hahah that was an interesting race, but yes the Williams to me is the third best car to have on this track.
Very slippery. So i somewhat predicted that if Stroll kept his nose clean he would more or less have a shot at the podium. he wasn't particularly fast in reality though.
By the way, i think ferrari is a very strong race car. it had some serious pace when hamilton was chasing. Also able to overtake mercedes powered engines when needed. Vettel had some serious pace after the penalty.
The race was great. Thoroughly disappointed with Ocon though.
Unfortunate for Hamilton, perfect weekend and to be let down by a loose headrest. But i guess the team will only be stronger.
Vettel showing his weakness which i have highlighted before and been called a troll. The man has anger management problems.
Seeing how Alonso cleanly avoided contact with a Sauber (I think) in just the same position (car on the right is in front and carries more speed entering and exiting the corner), have to say I'm on the penalty-for-Bottas train...
He did pull off some decent overtakes during the race to put himself in a position to ultimately inherit the victory, which admittedly was purely by chance. Max has been very unlucky this season with reliability.
