F1 2021: Azerbaijan GP - Baku (June 6)

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

OMG !!! MAX NO.....

PIRELLI ?!?! WTF is going on ....all tires have to be checked ASAP !!!

RED FLAG ....

arrgrrphh, sorry Philippe, the kid had it in the bag. almost glad my guy rooted his brakes, sort of a reset i think...

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

pee ZERO living up to its name in F1.

....and it will get worse with the new wheel spec and shorter aspect ratios. maybe F1 should consider Hoosiers for improved reliability.

[Poiseuille]

Pirelli: "nothing wrong with our tires. it's the crazy Dutch kid's fault! look what he did!"

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by zeroM3

Azerbaijan never disappoints

this weekend has not improved my opinion of street circuits: they all suck. so much wasted equipment makes my hair hurt.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Negative . 2005 ? What was going on ?

Michelin couldn't keep their tires together for more than a few laps. A couple of others have chimed in with links. It was a shit-show to say the least.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

Pirelli: "nothing wrong with our tires. it's the crazy "Belgian" kid's fault! look what he did!"

FTFY !

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by GuidoK

that was that GP I was telling about in my previous post:
https://www.zpost.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=241

So where michelin advised the teams that used michelin not to participate due to an accident with Ralph Schumacher caused by the tires overloading on a certain spot on the track.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_U...tes_Grand_Prix

So there was a really small startgrid.
Very strange race that was...

Originally Posted by Chihuahua

Michelin couldn't keep their tires together for more than a few laps. A couple of others have chimed in with links. It was a shit-show to say the least.

OK guys I see . Watched it on YouTube . Thanks for the information !

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

FTFY !

lol
ok ok.....

[Bongoxxx]

Just finished watching as I had a round of golf this morning

It was a great race to watch.

To me no idea why Max was pushing so hard in his last few laps prior to the failure. He was up over 5 seconds with 5 laps to go..could have eased off instead of setting fastest laps and possibly the tires would have held.

Great drive by Checo, even better drive by SEB and happy for GAS to be on the podium again.

HAM with a big mistake, seems to be showing some cracks in the armour this year.

Just have to add this as just watching the podium...Max is classless, teammate on the podium and National anthem playing and the clown has his hat on. Only one in the crowd wearing a hat, and the camera crew zoomed in for good measure. Idiot!

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Don't think so . Checo did a great move by closing the door for 7Hammy .
7Hammy was on the inside of T1 and locked completely up . No way he could make it there by out braking Checo ...Never , ever !
This was actually a beginners mistake from 7Hammy !

Why he didn't take the P2 points ? Ego ?

MKSixer ?

I've been traveling. Tampa to Miami and back to Tampa in 8 hours.

The race was unreal. I only saw the last part from the STR crash. All I can say is that NOTHING can be taken for granted in F1.

I appreciate the fact that Max was trying hard but after STRs tire failure he should have been banking time and not going for FL. He's racing for a championship, not a single point. He could have put a serious hurt on Sir Lewis today.

As far as Sir Lewis goes...that was a completely anomalistic triggering of the Brake Magic switch. Engineering needs to move it now.

All in all a great weekend for Checo and RBR. Bad luck for Max but when you have a 6+ second lead with 4 laps to go, bring it home. Screw Fastest Lap.

Severe damage limitation for Lewis.

Terrible weekend for Mercedes and huge loss of points.

BOT must go. I'm resisting calling him SLOTAS because it's disrespectful to a driver who has achieved such success in his overall career, but it's getting harder each day.

[NickyC]

I just knew this was going to be a great race and it sure didn't disappoint, Hamilton's luck even took a day off. Wow!

We need more Baku races. It's the best track on the F1 calendar right now!

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by NickyC

We need more Baku races. It's the best track on the F1 calendar right now!

Agree. That 1.4 mile straight is AWESOME.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

arrgrrphh, sorry Philippe, the kid had it in the bag. almost glad my guy rooted his brakes, sort of a reset i think...

Yeah my friend . Too bad for MAX . I'm still lost in words !

According MAX : Today Hamilton and I didn't scored points regarding the incidents .
But today I'm losing points anyway ... more advantage in the drivers ranking would have been nice .Because I know the coming races are Mercedes tracks .
Pirelli started the investigation , but I know already what they will say ..
Debris on the track as usual !

And Stroll ?

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I've been traveling. Tampa to Miami and back to Tampa in 8 hours.

The race was unreal. I only saw the last part from the STR crash. All I can say is that NOTHING can be taken for granted in F1.

I appreciate the fact that Max was trying hard but after STRs tire failure he should have been banking time and not going for FL. He's racing for a championship, not a single point. He could have put a serious hurt on Sir Lewis today.

As far as Sir Lewis goes...that was a completely anomalistic triggering of the Brake Magic switch. Engineering needs to move it now.

All in all a great weekend for Checo and RBR. Bad luck for Max but when you have a 6+ second lead with 4 laps to go, bring it home. Screw Fastest Lap.

Severe damage limitation for Lewis.

Terrible weekend for Mercedes and huge loss of points.

BOT must go. I'm resisting calling him SLOTAS because it's disrespectful to a driver who has achieved such success in his overall career, but it's getting harder each day.

MAX didn't pushed the car full out . The whole race MAX was saving his tires .
Horner said : There was NO tire warning . Tires were just fine ...
Great race from Checo !

I agree .Today BOT was P12 and nowhere . He must walk...ASAP !

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

MAX didn't pushed the car full out . The whole race MAX was saving his tires .
Horner said : There was NO tire warning . Tires were just fine ...
Great race from Checo !

I agree .Today BOT was P12 and nowhere . He must walk...ASAP !

My friend, he should have been going nowhere near the fastest lap. He should have slowed the car by 1 sec per lap with Checo slowing by a similar amount and walked to the finish. He'd have a 14 point lead against Lewis had he done so and the tire not failed.

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

...SLOTAS

Hadn't heard that one before. Disrespectful? Nah, only if said to his face...I've been known to throw around a few too many nicknames but it's just in my nature. Hell, even my lovely wife has a few

[EdM5]

Originally Posted by MKSixer

I appreciate the fact that Max was trying hard but after STRs tire failure he should have been banking time and not going for FL. He's racing for a championship, not a single point.

Bad luck for Max but when you have a 6+ second lead with 4 laps to go, bring it home. Screw Fastest Lap.

You make it sound like the puncture was Max fault and that is complete and utter BS and you know it!
He was cruising for the win and obviously had a few quick laps at the end of the race. So what? Does that make him guilty of causing the puncture?
Pirelli has some explaining to do, not Max.

[Autobacs]

ALO from 10th to 6th in the first four corners in the restart. Can't do better than that.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by EdM5

You make it sound like the puncture was Max fault and that is complete and utter BS and you know it!
He was cruising for the win and obviously had a few quick laps at the end of the race. So what? Does that make him guilty of causing the puncture?
Pirelli has some explaining to do, not Max.

Where did I make is sound that way? Read the words I used.

I questioned him putting in fastest laps at the end of the race when there was a failure from another car earlier in the race. Putting in fastest laps is not cruising. Cruising would be losing .75 to 1 sec per lap with Checo acting as rear gunner protecting Max's WIN. This is how you win championships.

Unwad your panties. Jeeze man.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Hadn't heard that one before. Disrespectful? Nah, only if said to his face...I've been known to throw around a few too many nicknames but it's just in my nature. Hell, even my lovely wife has a few

Oh boy...!!!!

[Killed by Death]

Originally Posted by EdM5

Pirelli has some explaining to do, not Max.

Pirelli

Has any serious car guy ever actually wanted Pirelli's

Not me, Michelin ONLY and FOREVER!!!!!!!

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by Killed by Death

Pirelli

Has any serious car guy ever actually wanted Pirelli's

Not me, Michelin ONLY and FOREVER!!!!!!!

PZero Corsa System is the ONLY Pirelli I've ever used.