dinsdag 30 april 2019

Azerbaijan GP: Highs and lows

Race 1001 was held in the streets of Baku, one of the better races for the last 2 years for all sorts of reasons. This years edition was anything but exciting to be honest and felt like the first edition, which was just as boring. The most exciting bit was the damage done to Russell's car in FP1, which led to the cancellation of the rest of that session. Still, there were some highs and lows to remember during this race.

Highs:
-Mercedes:
What is there to say about Mercedes? They try to convince us that they are the underdog, but after 4 1-2 finished, I'm quite convinced they are the fastest car as of right now. Ferrari should have won Bahrain, true, but they did not due to mistakes from one driver and mechanical failure for the other, but apart from that it's been easy-going for Mercedes.

-McLaren:
A very strong result for McLaren, a double points finish for the first time in almost a year, is a strong showing of what they are capable. I do sincerely hope they can keep up on this and work their way up back to the top. They should aim for being the best of the rest and build their way back to the top of the F1.

-Räikkönen:
Starting from pitlane and still manage to finish in the points. That's a performance to mention, that is for sure. Alfa Romeo seems to have made a strong car and in the hands of Kimi, they are able to grab points consistently. Let's hope they can develop like they did last year, so they can be the fourth fastest team within a few races. Kimi deserves that for sure and it would hopefully give Antonio some tools to show more of himself.


Lows:
-Williams:
Bad weekend for the Williams team, that is for sure. They were very unlucky with the manhole cover, which cost Russell both FP1 and FP2, but were also affected by Kubica's crash in Q1. For a team that are so tight on parts and aren't in the best financial position, this was the worst possible scenario to unfold.

-Haas:
It hasn't been the best of weekends for Haas. For the team that aims to be fourth fastest, they are disappointing a little bit during the first few races of the season and a P8 in the constructors championship is definitely not that they had aimed for.

-Leclerc:
Not his best weekend, to be fair. His crash in Q2 ruined his race and yet again Ferrari managed to ruin his strategy to help Vettel as much as possible. He did not deserve the Driver of the day title, which should have gone to Perez or Räikkönen.

-Renault / Daniel Ricciardo:
The biggest shock was Renault. They were really off the pace for the entire weekend and for Ricciardo, it ended with a bang, literally. That was a rookie mistake and it's a good thing they have punished him with a grid penalty for the next race. Hülkenberg

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