2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - [RACE] discussion thread 🏎️
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Austrian commentary just said that Marko had a meeting with Lawson today. Apparently either him or Tsunoda will be out of Red Bull's F1 program next year, as they need to make room for Arvin Lindblad.
Very curious to see how he does. I know Marko really rates him but his performances in F2 so far hasn't really been those of a generational golden boy.
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Very curious to see how he does. I know Marko really rates him but his performances in F2 so far hasn't really been those of a generational golden boy.
Yeah IMO the way better play would be to keep Lindblad in F2 for another season, he's not winning the championship this season anyways
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ROUND 17:
Azerbaijan
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2025
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
- First Grand Prix: 2016
- Number of laps: 51
- Circuit Length: 6.003 km
- Race Distance: 306.049 km
- Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
- 2024 winner: Oscar Piastri
Track Map
Commanding drive by Verstappen.
Sainz smooooooooth operation. He won Driver of the Day but it was Russell for me.
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Commanding drive by Verstappen.
Sainz smooooooooth operation. He won Driver of the Day but it was Russell for me.
Yeah Russell really did well. You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward
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ROUND 17:
Azerbaijan
FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2025
Circuit stats
- Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
- First Grand Prix: 2016
- Number of laps: 51
- Circuit Length: 6.003 km
- Race Distance: 306.049 km
- Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
- 2024 winner: Oscar Piastri
Track Map
"Did you guys touch any wall" "Just One"
Those cool down chat are always good. -
"Did you guys touch any wall" "Just One"
Those cool down chat are always good.What did Carlos say to Max' question if he had a new mascot on his helmet? is it the unicorn(?) some girl drew for him to put in on his helmet?
Edit: found the Williams article, it is indeed the unicorn sticker they talked about in the Carbono podcast
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Yeah Russell really did well. You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward
You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward
Warning, incoming Williams fanboying:
I would not have guessed but Baku seemed to be the ideal conditions for the Williams FW47 car. Sainz provisional pole in qualifying, but still ending up at P2 at the end of qualifying is one example. The other during the race Albon starting at 19th on the grid and moving up eight places to end the race at P11 (but with a penalty).
The other possibility (which I don't even dare to hope), is that the Williams team have cracked the code on the FW47 to get Merc like performance out of it that we might see in future races. I don't think this likely, but a man can dream.
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Yeah IMO the way better play would be to keep Lindblad in F2 for another season, he's not winning the championship this season anyways
They could even do that, but told Lawson and Tsunoda to light a fire under them to see who could out-compete the other. Neither team is close to winning the Constructors championship, so the risk of losing points from being over competitive (crashing) isn't that big of a deal. Sounds like a great opportunity to really test the mettle of both drivers in real world conditions with low risk to the teams.
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What did Carlos say to Max' question if he had a new mascot on his helmet? is it the unicorn(?) some girl drew for him to put in on his helmet?
Edit: found the Williams article, it is indeed the unicorn sticker they talked about in the Carbono podcast
The unicorn owner:
Also, she asked if he'd wear it for the rest of the year, so its not the last time we'll see it!
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You can say Sainz, Lawson did well to hold up there in what are typically worse cars, but Russell actually is one of the few who moved forward
Warning, incoming Williams fanboying:
I would not have guessed but Baku seemed to be the ideal conditions for the Williams FW47 car. Sainz provisional pole in qualifying, but still ending up at P2 at the end of qualifying is one example. The other during the race Albon starting at 19th on the grid and moving up eight places to end the race at P11 (but with a penalty).
The other possibility (which I don't even dare to hope), is that the Williams team have cracked the code on the FW47 to get Merc like performance out of it that we might see in future races. I don't think this likely, but a man can dream.
Yeah, Williams seemed to be doing great here. Thanks for pointing out Albon, I didn't notice that he made so many positions.
Could very much be that this track lent itself to Williams and the Racing Bulls, and the next ones will look different. If Williams really took a step forward as a whole that would be quite something (especially as no one is bringing upgrades for this year anymore at this stage).
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Yeah, Williams seemed to be doing great here. Thanks for pointing out Albon, I didn't notice that he made so many positions.
Could very much be that this track lent itself to Williams and the Racing Bulls, and the next ones will look different. If Williams really took a step forward as a whole that would be quite something (especially as no one is bringing upgrades for this year anymore at this stage).
If Williams really took a step forward as a whole that would be quite something
It would, but its unlikely. Even Sainz in the post-race interview did not seem hopeful about a repeat performance with the races remaining.
(especially as no one is bringing upgrades for this year anymore at this stage).
And we know with Williams they never really did upgrades for FW47 (as its essentially their 2024 car) deciding instead to save their development budget for the post-rule-change 2026 Williams car.
