2025 F1 Azerbaijan

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Hotrod

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What's not to love about cool cars and castles?

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I noticed this topic and realized I knew nothing about Azerbaijan, other than it was once in the USSR. My impression was it was another one of the central Asian 'Stans', a dry, scrubby, mountainous, relatively unsophisticated, relatively poor Third World country. I wondered how such a country was hosting an F1 race.

So I spent an enjoyable 20 minutes over my breakfast reading up on it and having my ignorance updated. Prosperous fossil fuel economy, farther west geographically than I expected, relatively Western in policy compared to some countries around it, relatively moderate by our standards compared to other Islamic nations. I'm still not likely to watch this race but I'm better for having opened the topic.

Thanks, @Hotrod .
 
Just a crazy Quali. Always makes for an interesting
Sunday start. Top 3 in points going into Sunday are :
Piastri - 324
Norris - 293
Verstappen - 230
 
This is the second pole in a row for Max. Red Bull has definitely found something and made their car much better, at least at the last two venues.
 
After Monza I didn't think McLaren could fall apart and make Max a factor in this championship again. Now I'm not so sure anymore.

This is a fantastic result for Sainz and Williams. Sainz badly needed this, his season has been terrible so far.

Antonelli and Liam had great runs as well. Ferrari took a brutal beating.

When it comes to the race itself, once again **** these rock tires.
 
McLaren's current strategy appears to be one of 3 things:
1- Playing a game of Rope A Dope
2- Sandbagging
3- Imploding
Something has changed with in this team and
I am just not sure what it is.
 
This championship battle is equal parts sad and hilarious. Two very mid drivers found themselves in one of the greatest cars of all time, and now that they’re to decide the title between themselves they take turns trying to outchoke one another. Piastri opened the door wide open this weekend, and Norris only got 6 points out of it.
 
FLRacingFan said:
This championship battle is equal parts sad and hilarious. Two very mid drivers found themselves in one of the greatest cars of all time, and now that they’re to decide the title between themselves they take turns trying to outchoke one another. Piastri opened the door wide open this weekend, and Norris only got 6 points out of it.
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Define mid in this circumstance.

I'd say both right now are B-tier drivers, but honestly I like the craziness between the both of them. Its keeping the championship fun and honest without a clear number one.

Its different and IMHO its been enjoyable.
 
Piastri simply threw it away. He was lucky that Lando had a bad race and only took 6 points off him. The real danger is they are letting Max begin to claw his way back into the championship fight. Certainly, it's highly unlikely Max can win it, but the possibility is there. McLaren simply got outrun at Monza, but today was on not executing. They were never a factor nearly all weekend. As long as Max keeps getting 1st and 2nds, he's not out of it.
 
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