2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku, April 27-29

[PlatinumZealot]

Eww! Vettel has something nasty on his lower lip!

I've seen this on several drivers, and I think RIC just had surgery for something similar.

Drink straw maybe?

Vettel's baby mamma hoping it's a drinking straw! lol

[MtthsMlw]

[PlatinumZealot]

On a serious note, I have to say yhe Ferrari is mega! They have turned it around to be the most powerful and have the most down-force. Mercedes is still a great car. There are running less wing so still a chance to overtake in sector 1.

[Shrieker]

Mercs running quite a bit less DF ?

[MtthsMlw]

Mercs running quite a bit less DF ?

Yeah, losing over 4 tenths in S2 and only gaining 2 tenths in S3 on Ferrari.

[bauc]

On a serious note, I have to say yhe Ferrari is mega! They have turned it around to be the most powerful and have the most down-force. Mercedes is still a great car. There are running less wing so still a chance to overtake in sector 1.

Agreed, if Kimi did not lost the rear in S3, that would be been clear 1-2 for Ferrari. However, in terms of the race spectacle tomorrow I think we are in for a good show, with VET starting from pole, and Kimi 6th behind RBR while the 2 Mercs will make VET life very very hard tomorrow

[GPR-A duplicate2]

On a serious note, I have to say yhe Ferrari is mega! They have turned it around to be the most powerful and have the most down-force. Mercedes is still a great car. There are running less wing so still a chance to overtake in sector 1.

The way I see it, In the last 12 months of development (including the nasty halo interference), Ferrari has managed to improve by 2 tenths, RB has gone backwards by a tenths and Mercedes, has lost 1.1 seconds! So in essence, it's Mercedes moving backwards and Ferrari moving slightly ahead, the picture looks so contrastingly different.

[Fulcrum]

I suspect Raikkonen is running more wing than Vettel, he was consistently faster in Sector 2 and slower in Sector 3. Should be interesting to see what he can do.

And... FOR GOODNESS SAKE FERRARI, give him an aggressive strategy! Heck, just give him A strategy.

[Vasconia]

I think the race should be fascinating. IMO Mercedes might have the better set-up. They are running less wing, thus with the speed advantage and DRS, they might be able to overtake. Ferrari will have to be quick in the corners to pull out enough gap to not be vulnerable.

Merc seemed to struggle in Sector 2 so I'm not sure they'll be able to stay close enough to overtake. Assuming Vettel gets off the line I think he should be clear to run to the finish. Will be interesting to see if Hamilton can keep Bottas behind him.

Vettel should have enough pace to have more than one second to defend himself in the last sector but with both Mercedes behind he is strategically compromised unless he has enough pace to build a good gap which i doubt

[Vasconia]

I suspect Raikkonen is running more wing than Vettel, he was consistently faster in Sector 2 and slower in Sector 3. Should be interesting to see what he can do.

And... FOR GOODNESS SAKE FERRARI, give him an aggressive strategy! Heck, just give him A strategy.

They must try to be aggressive with him because it could be a good chance if Mercedes can beat Sebastian with the strategy

[Sevach]

I suspect Raikkonen is running more wing than Vettel, he was consistently faster in Sector 2 and slower in Sector 3. Should be interesting to see what he can do.

And... FOR GOODNESS SAKE FERRARI, give him an aggressive strategy! Heck, just give him A strategy.

He is gonna start the race on US so who knows what his strategy will be...

I also fear his super soft might be damaged.

[MtthsMlw]

What do you guys think, one stop SS-S for the front runners? Assuming no SC.

[Jambier]

I think every team will wait for SC.
Specially for Vettel.

He has the dominant car but everything can happen in Baku.
Making it the most interesting race of the season

[Sevach]

What do you guys think, one stop SS-S for the front runners? Assuming no SC.

Signals point this way.
I'm curious on wether a 2 stopper using 2 SS and one US would do.

[godlameroso]

So the cars are a second slower than last year, strange, I figured they'd be faster. Hamilton is over a second slower than last year. Vettel improved by .4 seconds over his time last year, it's strange. Even the Red Bulls dropped time compared to last year, a whole tenth. Alonso only improved his time by .3 seconds over last year. Renault made the biggest improvement here of 1.2 seconds.