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2022 Azerbaijan Thoughts

THE BIG PICTURE: With just about a third of the season over, a huge chunk of the field is already staring down the barrel of powerplant allocation grid penalties.

EVENT: Does anyone really go to this race? The grandstands, except for one, are small. They don't seem filled. Very few people are milling about. And we used to complain about Bahrain and Abu Dhabi attendance.

TRACK: There is nothing like F1 cars flying by a castle where the castle wall is also the track wall.

QUALIFYING: Leclerc takes advantage of Sainz's mistake on the flyer, Perez continues to be faster than Verstappen, Russell continues to be faster than Hamilton, Gasly and Tsunoda shine, and Stroll makes a lobotomized mess of it all.

RACE: Oddly, we did not get the "Baku Chaos" (that should be trademarked). And with Ferrari disappearing, we didn't get an interesting strategy fight. Instead we got a typical France or Austria type race with some nice midfield fights sprinkled in.

START: Perez rockets off the grid, Leclerc locks it up, and it's all quite boring behind.

VERSTAPPEN: Well, that "slump" only lasted a race. Max took back team control and expanded his championship lead.

PEREZ: Briefly, it appeared Sergio would pull off two in a row and really create waves. Instead, he fell 20 seconds behind.

RED BULL: From their own reliability problems to riding high.

FERRARI: If it's not one thing, it's something else. And not just with their team.

RUSSELL: How many times can we come up with a unique comment about finishing in the top five and beating Hamilton?

HAMILTON: But, Lewis did have a great race ... and then a painful back.

MERCEDES: BAM! BAM! BAM!

GASLY: Now, that's the Pierre and AlphaTauri we expected this year.

TSUNODA: Yuki has really overcome his immaturity from his rookie year. Now, he needs to overcome some bad car luck.

ALPHATAURI: Duct tape fixes everything.

RICCIARDO: A huge turnaround this race, as Daniel ran fast, smart, and aggressive. Hopefully, this is the beginning of the end of his job being in jeopardy talk.

NORRIS: Not too happy about those team orders.

SCHUMACHER: Well, Mick didn't crash. All weekend. There is that.

ZHOU: Continues to shine. Just needs a reliable car to show for it.

LATIFI: Looks like this will be Nicholas' last year...

PIASTRI: ...as Oscar is set to take over that Williams ride.

FIA: You need to put your foot down and not allow F1 to schedule a race the same weekend as Le Mans. Especially, when the race is on during the 24 Hours. Stop it. Just stop it.

F2: Calan Williams led the feature race late and then went straight down an escape road. Juri Vips led next and then smacked the wall. Norwegian Dennis Hauger gladly took the win. Dane Frederik Vesti won the sprint race.

LE MANS: Toyota won their fifth in a row in an expected boring affair at la Sarthe. However, the manufacturers start returning next year, and by 2024, we'll be back to a new heyday in sportscar endurance racing.

WORD OF THE WEEKEND: Reliability.

STAT OF THE WEEKEND: 6 -- The number of different drivers in the number of years F1 raced at Baku (the first year it was the European GP): Nico Rosberg, Daniel Riccardo, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, and Max Verstappen. But, they were split evenly between two teams -- Mercedes and Red Bull.

HISTORICAL STAT OF THE WEEKEND: Fernando Alonso has now been driving in F1 for the longest span (not consecutively) of time -- 21 years, three months, eight days. He made his F1 debut driving for Minardi at the 2001 Australian GP, qualifying 19th, and finishing 12th. Michael Schumacher won the race for Ferrari. Max's father, Jos, finished 10th after a 25-second penalty for passing under the yellow flag in an Arrows.

TWEET OF THE WEEKEND: The WTF1 tweet which gave this comical stat: Verstappen has now won more races from Leclerc poles than Leclerc has won from Leclerc poles.

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Max Verstappen thoroughly enjoying himself after taking the checkered flag, "Was that a good race or was that a good race? You tell me!"

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND RUNNERUP: Zhou displaying his frustration with his car's reliability, "Are you kidding me? Again?"

SCHEDULE: Off to Montreal, another fast, bumpy street circuit where porpoising will reign.

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RACE RESULTS
  Driver Laps
1. Verstappen 51
2. Perez 51
3. Russell 51
4. Hamilton 51
5. Gasly 51
6. Vettel 51
7. Alonso 51
8. Ricciardo 51
9. Norris 51
10. Ocon 51
11. Bottas 50
12. Albon 50
13. Tsunoda 50
14. Schumacher 50
15. Latifi 50
16. Stroll 46
NC Magnussen 31
NC Zhou(R) 23
NC Leclerc 21
NC Sainz 8

Time of Race
1:34:05.941

Margin of Victory
20.823 secs.

Safety Car
None

Virtual Safety Car
2 for 3 laps

Lead Changes
4 among 3 drivers

Lap Leaders
Max Verstappen, Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc

Fastest Race Lap
Sergio Perez

Pole Position
Charles Leclerc

CURRENT STANDINGS
  Driver Pts.
1. Verstappen 150
2. Perez 129
3. Leclerc 116
4. Russell 99
5. Sainz 83
6. Hamilton 62
7. Norris 50
8. Bottas 40
9. Ocon 31
10. Gasly 16
  Alonso 16
12. Magnussen 15
  Ricciardo 15
14. Vettel 13
15. Tsunoda 11
16. Albon 3
17. Stroll 2
18. Zhou(R) 1

  Team Pts.
1. Red Bull 279
2. Ferrari 199
3. Mercedes 161
4. McLaren 65
5. Alpine 47
6. Alfa Romeo 41
7. AlphaTauri 27
8. Haas 15
  Aston Martin 15
10. Williams 3
 
 

2024 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Japan
China Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco
Canada Spain Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Azerbaijan Singapore United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Qatar Abu Dhabi

2023 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Azerbaijan
Miami Emilia Romagna Monaco Spain
Canada Austria Great Britain Hungary
Belgium Holland Italy Singapore
Japan Qatar United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Las Vegas Abu Dhabi

2022 Thoughts
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Australia Emilia Romagna
Miami Spain Monaco Azerbaijan
Canada Great Britain Austria France
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Singapore Japan United States
Mexico City Sao Paulo Abu Dhabi

2021 Thoughts
Bahrain Emilia Romagna Portugal Spain Monaco
Azerbaijan France Steiermark Austria Great Britain
Hungary Belgium Holland Italy
Russia Turkey United States Mexico City
Sao Paulo Qatar Saudi Arabia Abu Dhabi

2020 Thoughts
Austria Steiermark Hungary Great Britain Anniversary
Spain Belgium Italy Tuscany
Russia Eifel Portugal Emilia Romagna
Turkey Bahrain Sakhir Abu Dhabi

2019 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
Mexico United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2018 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Azerbaijan Spain
Monaco Canada France Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Russia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2017 Thoughts
Australia China Bahrain Russia
Spain Monaco Canada Azerbaijan
Austria Great Britain Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2016 Thoughts
Australia Bahrain China Russia Spain
Monaco Canada Europe Austria
Great Britain Hungary Germany Belgium
Italy Singapore Malaysia Japan
United States Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2015 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore Japan Russia United States
Mexico Brazil Abu Dhabi

2014 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia Bahrain China
Spain Monaco Canada Austria
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan Russia
United States Brazil Abu Dhabi

2013 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Great Britain
Germany Hungary Belgium Italy
Singapore South Korea Japan India
Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2012 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi United States Brazil

2011 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Turkey
Spain Monaco Canada Europe
Great Britain Germany Hungary Belgium
Italy Singapore Japan South Korea
India Abu Dhabi Brazil

2010 Thoughts
Bahrain Australia Malaysia China
Spain Monaco Turkey Canada
Europe Great Britain Germany Hungary
Belgium Italy Singapore Japan
South Korea Brazil Abu Dhabi

2009 Thoughts
Australia Malaysia China Bahrain
Spain Monaco Turkey Great Britain
Germany Hungary Europe
Belgium Italy Singapore
Japan Brazil Abu Dhabi


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