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[Juggy777]

Qualifying result for China Formula 1 GP

1   77   Valtteri Bottas   MERCEDES   1:32.658   1:31.728   1:31.547   
2   44   Lewis Hamilton   MERCEDES   1:33.115   1:31.637   1:31.570   
3   5   Sebastian Vettel   FERRARI   1:33.557   1:32.232   1:31.848   17
4   16   Charles Leclerc   FERRARI   1:32.712   1:32.324   1:31.865   
5   33   Max Verstappen   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:33.274   1:32.369   1:32.089   
6   10   Pierre Gasly   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:33.863   1:32.948   1:32.930   
7   3   Daniel Ricciardo   RENAULT   1:33.709   1:33.214   1:32.958   
8   27   Nico Hulkenberg   RENAULT   1:33.644   1:32.968   1:32.962   
9   20   Kevin Magnussen   HAAS FERRARI   1:34.036   1:33.150
10   8   Romain Grosjean   HAAS FERRARI   1:33.752   1:33.156   
11   26   Daniil Kvyat   SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA   1:33.783   1:33.236      
12   11   Sergio Perez   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:34.026   1:33.299      
13   7   Kimi Räikkönen   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   1:34.125   1:33.419      
14   55   Carlos Sainz   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:33.686   1:33.523      
15   4   Lando Norris   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:34.148   1:33.967      
16   18   Lance Stroll   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:34.292         
17   63   George Russell   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:35.253         
18   88   Robert Kubica   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:35.281         
NC   99   Antonio Giovinazzi   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI      

Q1 107% time - 1:39.144

Note - Albon didn't take part in qualifying after crash in FP3. Giovinazzi failed to set a time in Q1. Both will race at the stewards' discretion.

Hey once again it’s Mercedes drivers who’re going to start from the first and second spot, I feel winner will be one of them either Bottas or Hamilton. It’s interesting to see that Ferrari drivers have the third and fourth spot, I wonder if they’ll be able to take any advantage of it. Also I’m hoping for some exciting race, and not one way victory for Mercedes.

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[slocker]

Full Race result from 1000 race in Formula 1 in China GP

1   44   Lewis Hamilton   MERCEDES   56   1:32:06.350   
2   77   Valtteri Bottas   MERCEDES   56   +6.552s   
3   5   Sebastian Vettel   FERRARI   56   +13.744s   
4   33   Max Verstappen   RED BULL RACING HONDA   56   +27.627s   
5   16   Charles Leclerc   FERRARI   56   +31.276s   
6   10   Pierre Gasly   RED BULL RACING HONDA   56   +89.307s   
7   3   Daniel Ricciardo   RENAULT   55   +1 lap   
8   11   Sergio Perez   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   55   +1 lap   
9   7   Kimi Räikkönen   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   55   +1 lap   
10   23   Alexander Albon   SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA   55   +1 lap   
11   8   Romain Grosjean   HAAS FERRARI   55   +1 lap   
12   18   Lance Stroll   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   55   +1 lap   
13   20   Kevin Magnussen   HAAS FERRARI   55   +1 lap   
14   55   Carlos Sainz   MCLAREN RENAULT   55   +1 lap   
15   99   Antonio Giovinazzi   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   55   +1 lap   
16   63   George Russell   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   54   +2 laps   
17   88   Robert Kubica   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   54   +2 laps   
18   4   Lando Norris   MCLAREN RENAULT   50   DNF
NC   26   Daniil Kvyat   SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA   41   DNF   
NC   27   Nico Hulkenberg   RENAULT   16   DNF   

[LTU_btc]

1000th race in F1 history wasn't very interesting. After great start Hamilton reached easy win. Again we saw team orders of Ferrari which didn't worked well for this team. Ferrari told Leclerc that he need to pass Vettel, but later when Leclerc was faster than Seb, Charles wasn't allowed to overtake him.It's great to see that Ricciardo finally reached finnish and got his first points.
Next GP after two weeks in Baku.

[bbc.reporter]

I reckon that as long as the cars are required the V6 engines, Mercedes will always have the advantage over every team. They had advanced knowledge and research on it and used politics to have it become the engine specification after dumping the V8 engines beginning on the 2014 season.

[Naida_BR]

1000th race in F1 history wasn't very interesting. After great start Hamilton reached easy win. Again we saw team orders of Ferrari which didn't worked well for this team. Ferrari told Leclerc that he need to pass Vettel, but later when Leclerc was faster than Seb, Charles wasn't allowed to overtake him.It's great to see that Ricciardo finally reached finnish and got his first points.
Next GP after two weeks in Baku.

I think that we will see this problem at Ferrari many many times this year.
Leclerc is faster than Vettel in all the races till the start of the season but still he is said to let Seb pass him because he is the second driver in the team.
This tactic just drop the interest in watching the races.

[slocker]

This weekend we have Azerbaijan Formula 1 GP. Watched yesterday little practices and they had to many mistakes. First I was sorry for Young Russel he completely destroy his car after he took hit. Many made mistake and we saw few more crashes so this race no matter if this is street race will be interesting. Think that more interesting will be watch team take battle for point think first 4-5 places are for Ferrari Mercedes and RB Max to be on this positions unless they crash in race.

[slocker]

Baku Qualifying result Azerbaijan GP

1   77   Valtteri Bottas   MERCEDES   1:42.026   1:41.500   1:40.495   
2   44   Lewis Hamilton   MERCEDES   1:41.614   1:41.580   1:40.554   
3   5   Sebastian Vettel   FERRARI   1:42.042   1:41.889   1:40.797   
4   33   Max Verstappen   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:41.727   1:41.388   1:41.069   
5   11   Sergio Perez   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:42.249   1:41.870   1:41.593   
6   26   Daniil Kvyat   SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA   1:42.324   1:42.221   1:41.681   
7   4   Lando Norris   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:42.371   1:42.084   1:41.886   
8   99   Antonio Giovinazzi   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   1:42.140   1:42.381   1:42.424   
9   7   Kimi Räikkönen   ALFA ROMEO RACING FERRARI   1:42.059   1:42.082   1:43.068   
10   16   Charles Leclerc   FERRARI   1:41.426   1:41.995      
11   55   Carlos Sainz   MCLAREN RENAULT   1:41.936   1:42.398      
12   3   Daniel Ricciardo   RENAULT   1:42.486   1:42.477      
13   23   Alexander Albon   SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA   1:42.154   1:42.494      
14   20   Kevin Magnussen   HAAS FERRARI   1:42.382   1:42.699         
15   18   Lance Stroll   RACING POINT BWT MERCEDES   1:42.630         
16   8   Romain Grosjean   HAAS FERRARI   1:43.407         
17   27   Nico Hulkenberg   RENAULT   1:43.427         
18   63   George Russell   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:45.062         
19   88   Robert Kubica   WILLIAMS MERCEDES   1:45.455
NC   10   Pierre Gasly   RED BULL RACING HONDA   1:41.335      


NOTE
Gasly disqualified post-session for his car exceeding the permitted fuel flow rate. (start from pit lane)
Giovinazzi drops 10 grid places for use of additional power unit element. (He will start from 18th place)

[LTU_btc]

Another boring race and deserved double win of Mercedes. It seems that now Ferrari simply can't compete with Mercedes and they only have tiny advantage against them in specific tracks like Bahrain. Only good thing that Mercedes let both them drivers to race without team orders. I hope that it will contine throughout the whole season. But I have impression that Toto Wolf doesn't looks very happy when Bottas wins the race.
Probably most interesting moment of the race was when Ricciardo reversed into Kvyat - it's probably dumbest action in this season so far.

[bbc.reporter]

@LTU_btc. This will also be another boring season, I reckon.

Also, maybe Toto Wolff wants his own Michael Schumacher similar to Ross Brawn and wants Lewis to break Michael's driver's championship record.

[slocker]

Not just boring but seen already before. Ferrari is acting like complete idiot. Keeping on track Leclerc  for so long just to hope for Vettel to gain Mercedes drivers. This is becoming more and more one team show, not gonna say one man. I dont want to say anything else about race, boring but interesting in battle from 6th to 10th place. Later I watched TCR race and they are better they hit crash overtake each other and there is no team orders.

[Juggy777]

Another boring race and deserved double win of Mercedes. It seems that now Ferrari simply can't compete with Mercedes and they only have tiny advantage against them in specific tracks like Bahrain. Only good thing that Mercedes let both them drivers to race without team orders. I hope that it will contine throughout the whole season. But I have impression that Toto Wolf doesn't looks very happy when Bottas wins the race.
Probably most interesting moment of the race was when Ricciardo reversed into Kvyat - it's probably dumbest action in this season so far.

@LTU_btc you’re correct looks like it’ll be a repeat of last season where Mercedes dominated, and Ferrari only played second fiddle to them. What bothers me most is that Ferrari despite having the fastest cars are not able to compete with Mercedes, this ruins my fun when I watch the race. The suspicions you’re having are valid as I feel they’ll be more focused on making sure Hamilton wins the title, as they would not want to risk loosing Hamilton as their star racer.

[swogerino]

It was a beautiful race yesterday with a well deserved victory for Bottas.I think that this year will be limited to a fight within a single team , Mercedes.We have seen in these four races that Mercedes have 4 back to back wins and this shows that Ferrari and other teams are not up to the game of fighting for the title this year.

[Naida_BR]

It was a beautiful race yesterday with a well deserved victory for Bottas.I think that this year will be limited to a fight within a single team , Mercedes.We have seen in these four races that Mercedes have 4 back to back wins and this shows that Ferrari and other teams are not up to the game of fighting for the title this year.

I wouldn't say it was a beautiful race... Till now, the races are kinda boring with no real challenges between the two best teams. Ferrari seems unable to compete Mercedes and it seems they have lost the championship already.
Bottas' win was well deserved and Leclerc could make an incrdible race as well... But Ferrari management destroyed him with their strategy.

[slocker]

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70.

In a statement issued to the Austrian Press Agency on Tuesday morning, it was confirmed by Lauda's family that he had passed away on Monday, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant.


R.I.P

[swogerino]

A sad event.Rest in peace.It is even more sad when we have just entered in the week of Monaco Gp which is one of the best races of the whole F1 calendar.

I think in this Gp all major teams have equal chances to win this race, it just depends on who takes the pole.

[LTU_btc]

Niki Lauda - true legend of F1, Rest in Peace. He had amazing life and career. It's unbeleavable that he survived that horrible crash and returned back to F1. I'm too young and didn't had chance to see him racing, but I recommend to watch movie Rush about Lauda and his rivalry with James Hunt.

I think in this Gp all major teams have equal chances to win this race, it just depends on who takes the pole.

True, qualification is crucial in Monaco, because it's impossible to overtake here. But it's difficult to talk about chances, first I think we need to see results of free practice at least.

[bbc.reporter]

Rest in peace, Niki.

How big is his contributions in Mercedes in matters of strategy and tactics? Will his death shake the team's performances for this year?

[LTU_btc]

Rest in peace, Niki.

How big is his contributions in Mercedes in matters of strategy and tactics? Will his death shake the team's performances for this year?

His contribution in Mercedes is huge. Don't forget that he was one of the main reasons why Hamilton signed contract with Mercedes. But as I know, due to his health problems he wasn't with the team since August or September of last year and this season Mercedes had to work without him.

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Full results for the Monaco Grand Prix at the Ciruit de Monte Carlo, round six of the 2019 Formula 1 season.

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport 78 laps
2. Sebastian Vettel GER Scuderia Ferrari + 2.602s
3. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport + 3.162s
4. Max Verstappen NED Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda + 5.537s
5. Pierre Gasly FRA Aston Martin Red Bull Racing Honda + 9.946s
6. Carlos Sainz ESP McLaren F1 Team + 53.454s
7. Daniil Kvyat RUS Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 54.574s
8. Alexander Albon THA Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda + 55.200s
9. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Renault F1 Team + 60.894s
10. Romain Grosjean FRA Rich Energy Haas F1 Team + 61.034s
11. Lando Norris GBR McLaren F1 Team + 66.801s
12. Kevin Magnussen DEN Rich Energy Haas F1 Team + 1 lap
13. Sergio Perez MEX SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team + 1 lap
14. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault F1 Team + 1 lap
15. George Russell GBR ROKiT Williams Racing + 1 lap
16. Lance Stroll CAN SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team + 1 lap
17. Kimi Raikkonen ITA Alfa Romeo Racing + 1 lap
18. Robert Kubica POL ROKiT Williams Racing + 1 lap
19. Antonio Giovinazzi ITA Alfa Romeo Racing + 2 laps

Did not finish
Charles Leclerc MON Scuderia Ferrari

[LTU_btc]

^^
It was a good race, even if we didn't saw many overtaking attempts. Monaco track is just to narrow and cars are too wide. It was very difficult win of Hamilton because his tyres was in poor condition for very long time and probably in any other track he would lose 1st position because he didn't had pace today. Mercedes also failed a bit with Bottas by piting him on the same lap as Hamilton - it cost them 2nd position. A bit sad for Verstappen - he was driver of the day, but that 5 second penalty means that he didn't even finnished on the podium.
After failure in qualification, today Leclerc had nothing to lose and he risked a lot. But when he got puncture tyre, he had to drive slower to save his car.