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[blue Snow]

Honda made the mistake of only placing everything on # 93 and that has now paid off ... A good race by Rossi that's right, I hope he has more confidence now and I hope he has some good races again. But Vinales is out of shape and is in the shadow of his team-mate.

Honda doesn't hope so much for this year, what the best for 11th stand position (Pol Espargaró). this year is time for Ducati and Yamaha team.

the tragedy of Jason Dupasquier that make the MotoGP racer depressed such as Bagnaia, he thinks MotoGP should be canceled for this time because of Jason's accident. And Unfortunately, he crashes, maybe he still worries about it.

[Koal-84]

Honda made the mistake of only placing everything on # 93 and that has now paid off ... A good race by Rossi that's right, I hope he has more confidence now and I hope he has some good races again. But Vinales is out of shape and is in the shadow of his team-mate.

Honda doesn't hope so much for this year, what the best for 11th stand position (Pol Espargaró). this year is time for Ducati and Yamaha team.

the tragedy of Jason Dupasquier that make the MotoGP racer depressed such as Bagnaia, he thinks MotoGP should be canceled for this time because of Jason's accident. And Unfortunately, he crashes, maybe he still worries about it.

Honda won't win much this year either, I think Marc is still out of shape and not painless. The bike has only been developed for Marc over the last few years and now the other riders are not getting along so well. It is always tragic when a racing driver dies, but unfortunately that is possible and this sport are dangerous. For Bagnaia, I feel sorry for the crash, because he could certainly have made it onto the podium.

[Luzin]

A good race by Rossi that's right, I hope he has more confidence now and I hope he has some good races again. But Vinales is out of shape and is in the shadow of his team-mate.

Glad to see Rosi in the top 10. Yamaha should be proud of this old racer.  But Rossi's time is up he deserves to retire this season as a racer.
Congratulations to Quartararo, I want you to win this season.
Your current threat is the Ducati riders. This season they have been doing great. See position 2-4 all are Ducati riders.

[AakZaki]

Also saddened Jason Dupasquier has passed away from God. Hopefully he will become a Moto 3 legend. Hopefully this will be a lesson about the regulations and the driver's safety system. I didn't even see the water bag appear when I fell. I've read that the clothes on the riders have been made that way, for safety. Or is it not that in Moto 3? It's so sad.

To the others, congratulations to Quartararo you are a racer who is able to get on the 1st podium for the third time (if I'm not mistaken)

[sana54210]

I'm looking forward to it, I hate Monaco and I'm glad it's done and out of the way for another year. I don't think we should even call Monaco a race, when it's simply a procession.
Yes Baku is another street track, but it's an improvement on the last one It will be interesting to see how Hamilton and Mercedes react after the disaster last time out... I assume there will be a big improvement.

The race itself is definitely boring I am not going to argue with that but "what is going to happen" is like 50% of the grand prix weekends. Of course you are not going to see anything that would be shocking to see, it is a boring track and has always been, but did you expected Lerclerc to finish in pole position? Did you expected him to crash that caused everyone else to stop? Did you expected him to not even be in the race after getting the pole position? Did you expected Hamilton to end at 7th place? That's probably something we haven't seen in a looooong time.

So long story short the race itself while watching was boring and nothing happened, but even the memes about stroll cut is all great. Which is why I think every race is a great race, not because they are great while the race is going on, but because all the drama around it and how fun it makes things in the long term.

[Koal-84]

A good race by Rossi that's right, I hope he has more confidence now and I hope he has some good races again. But Vinales is out of shape and is in the shadow of his team-mate.

Glad to see Rosi in the top 10. Yamaha should be proud of this old racer.  But Rossi's time is up he deserves to retire this season as a racer.
Congratulations to Quartararo, I want you to win this season.
Your current threat is the Ducati riders. This season they have been doing great. See position 2-4 all are Ducati riders.

That's correct the best time from Rossi is over, with his mistake after years he miss his 10th world champion title. But he's still a racer and does his best, I still trust him to finish on the 200th podium. He says himself without results it's no fun, except for Fabio, Yamaha isn't that strong this year either, especially Vinales is under pressure.

[ILuckyGuyI]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-predicts-mercedes-will-come-back-strong-in-azerbaijan-as-he.1ZnZuRWb3wQmR2kZcQay3z.html

Verstappen thinks that Mercedes will come back to Azerbaijan much stronger than they were in the Monaco GP. He has been really unlucky on this track and he seems determined to change this and be on the podium.

I also think that Mercedes (especially Hamilton) will have really good results here.

[Koal-84]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-predicts-mercedes-will-come-back-strong-in-azerbaijan-as-he.1ZnZuRWb3wQmR2kZcQay3z.html

Verstappen thinks that Mercedes will come back to Azerbaijan much stronger than they were in the Monaco GP. He has been really unlucky on this track and he seems determined to change this and be on the podium.

I also think that Mercedes (especially Hamilton) will have really good results here.

Mercedes will definitely be stronger than in Monaco last weekend, no race in Azerbaijan 2020, but in 2019 the result was clear and the course will definitely benefit the design of Mercedes.



https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html

And there Ferrari still had the more powerful engine.

[blue Snow]

Unfortunatelly BTC Bitcoin car didn't get the winner on Indy 500 race car Indianapolis.


https://twitter.com/rinusveekay/status/1398972153681301505





VeeKay and Conor Daly as ed carpenter teams 72 laps only leading the race but the machine car has the problem. the car must keep saving on gasoline. because that VeeKay only gets on p8 until the finish. however, whatever the result, bitcoin has been seeing by 135K people, it should be pump soon

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/indy-500-feature-bitcoin-sponsored-124000013.html
https://www.coindesk.com/the-first-bitcoin-sponsored-racing-car-to-debut-at-indy-500

[Koal-84]

Very nice for Miller, the Ducati contract was extended early and I think he really deserved it.

Looking at the results of last season's races and the start of this season, I think he deserves a new contract extension. Miller has been with ducati since 2018. If we look at the current Ducati riders, they have felt the podium. This means that both the satellite team and the manufacturer have felt on the podium in five races this season.

This is a good achievement for ducati, but this season is still long. I think they have to remain stable if they want to become factory champions and GP champions.

The next rider to extend early in the MotoGP as with Miller, I am also happy for Binder that he is extending it until 2024. It's a good arrangement for KTM too, KTM is making a dood development every year, even if they have probably fallen back a little, but the switching from Espargaró to Honda was probably not the right step for him?

Binder renews KTM deal until 2024

[Luzin]

Unfortunatelly BTC Bitcoin car didn't get the winner on Indy 500 race car Indianapolis.

I am amazed by this. I just saw this. I thought where do they get their Bitcoin sponsorship? I think this is absolute from the individual.

This photo initially made me doubt whether this was an edit or not. But the source you have listed is actually valid. Hopefully there will be a positive impact on Bitcoin. The more bitcoin images seen then this will add new users for bitcoin.

[Jackl87]

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.verstappen-predicts-mercedes-will-come-back-strong-in-azerbaijan-as-he.1ZnZuRWb3wQmR2kZcQay3z.html

Verstappen thinks that Mercedes will come back to Azerbaijan much stronger than they were in the Monaco GP. He has been really unlucky on this track and he seems determined to change this and be on the podium.

I also think that Mercedes (especially Hamilton) will have really good results here.

This is not really surprising because Monaco must always be considered as a race out of the line compared to the other tracks. In Baku there are very slow corners but also a extremely long straight where the full power of the mercedes engine can shine again. If nothing extraordinary happens or other teams had some huge upgrades in the last 2 weeks than mercedes should be the strongest team here again just like on almost every other track except for monaco. I really hope that the other teams are not as far behind as i fear because that would be an indicator that the rest of the season will not be very exciting.

[coinlocket$]

Mercedes will definitely be stronger than in Monaco last weekend, no race in Azerbaijan 2020, but in 2019 the result was clear and the course will definitely benefit the design of Mercedes.

Toto released an interview these days saying Mercedes will be not the stronger car there too, and I think it is true.

Mercedes are very strong in very fast tracks.
Ferrari is very strong in slow tracks.

Redbull is the most competitive everywhere and Baku is a mix with high speed and slow turn, they should be dominating the game.

[blue Snow]

Unfortunatelly BTC Bitcoin car didn't get the winner on Indy 500 race car Indianapolis.

I thought where do they get their Bitcoin sponsorship? I think this is absolute from the individual.

Yes, of course, Team owner Ed Carpenter has invested in Bitcoin. He gave an idea to build cryptocurrency to be a sponsorship Indy race in the future. When you see the detail, Veekay car using Chevrolet which No. 21. Yes, 21 is identical with bitcoin limited supply 21 M. fortunately, it is no forbidden to put the bitcoin logo in the car because isn't a trademark. Maybe next time we can see a lot of cryptocurrencies to be sponsorship Indy 500 car, football club, motoGP, F1 and etc in the future.

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a36418398/bitcoin-indy-500-racing-team/

[lixer]

Mercedes will definitely be stronger than in Monaco last weekend, no race in Azerbaijan 2020, but in 2019 the result was clear and the course will definitely benefit the design of Mercedes.



https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html

And there Ferrari still had the more powerful engine.

I believe Red Bull is a lot better in Baku compared to mercedes and that is what weird about the results in the past. Reason is that their "turns" are better than mercedes but their straight line race is slower, which means in places like monaco or baku or other places like that Red Bull should be doing much better than Mercedes. Just because Mercedes did better in the past doesn't mean that they will keep doing better neither, that was just in the past.

Plus let's face it we are watching something that could be changed in a single moment, we could see Hamilton or Verstappen finish 7th, we saw it literally just last grand prix, nothing is guaranteed here. I am saying it will probably be Hamilton first and Verstappen second, either Bottas or if he keeps the good run going maybe even Norris at third, the other on fourth. That looks like the 99% possible situation unless something unexpected happens.

[Koal-84]

Mercedes will definitely be stronger than in Monaco last weekend, no race in Azerbaijan 2020, but in 2019 the result was clear and the course will definitely benefit the design of Mercedes.

Toto released an interview these days saying Mercedes will be not the stronger car there too, and I think it is true.

Mercedes are very strong in very fast tracks.
Ferrari is very strong in slow tracks.

Redbull is the most competitive everywhere and Baku is a mix with high speed and slow turn, they should be dominating the game.

Yes the have a different design, but i think Ferrari are not fast at each. Ferrari is the 3rd force this year. Toto always talks down the strength of the car, just wait and see I think Mercedes is driving for pole and victory again in Azerbaijan.

Mercedes will definitely be stronger than in Monaco last weekend, no race in Azerbaijan 2020, but in 2019 the result was clear and the course will definitely benefit the design of Mercedes.



https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2019/races/1003/azerbaijan/race-result.html

And there Ferrari still had the more powerful engine.

I believe Red Bull is a lot better in Baku compared to mercedes and that is what weird about the results in the past. Reason is that their "turns" are better than mercedes but their straight line race is slower, which means in places like monaco or baku or other places like that Red Bull should be doing much better than Mercedes. Just because Mercedes did better in the past doesn't mean that they will keep doing better neither, that was just in the past.

Plus let's face it we are watching something that could be changed in a single moment, we could see Hamilton or Verstappen finish 7th, we saw it literally just last grand prix, nothing is guaranteed here. I am saying it will probably be Hamilton first and Verstappen second, either Bottas or if he keeps the good run going maybe even Norris at third, the other on fourth. That looks like the 99% possible situation unless something unexpected happens.

Red Bull has definitely gotten better compared to the last two years, we'll see if it is enough this weekend. In any case, I hope that Max is competitive and can win. Nobody needs such world championships as in previous years.

[swogerino]

Both Redbull and Verstappen have improved during the years,now Max is not the promising kid,he is a really awesome affirmed driver now with a good number of wins under his belt and I think he will win again in Baku.The track is a good one but the smallest error can cost the race here too just like in Monaco and the average speed here is much higher so extreme caution is needed.I find it difficult for Mercedes to win here as tires degrade really quick here and Mercedes is not the best car at tire managing.

[coinlocket$]

Yes the have a different design, but i think Ferrari are not fast at each. Ferrari is the 3rd force this year. Toto always talks down the strength of the car, just wait and see I think Mercedes is driving for pole and victory again in Azerbaijan.

It is not so slow in the max speed but you are right at the moment they are the third force and they can fight for the win only on slow tracks.
 
Redbull should be the stronger team also for the next year keep in mind they just bought 8 engineers from the Mercedes squad.

[Luzin]

Maybe next time we can see a lot of cryptocurrencies to be sponsorship Indy 500 car, football club, motoGP, F1 and etc in the future.

https://www.autoweek.com/racing/indycar/a36418398/bitcoin-indy-500-racing-team/

It's nice to have this happen, and I hope it will become a reality in the next few years.
I just read that even though it's not Bitcoin, the Aston Martin team has also agreed to cooperate with Crypto.com. Crypto.com became the first sponsor in the field of cryptocurrencies for F1 cars.

Source: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2021/03/crypto-com-signs-first-of-its-kind-f1-sponsorship-deal-with-aston-martin/

[CLS63]

The new race weekend in Azerbaijan is going to start tomorrow. This is another intracity race after Monaco GP. But the drivers have many more chances to get past their opponents here. This time, I expect a solid race from both Mercedes drivers. And I think that there will be a good competition for the 1st place between Hamilton and Verstappen.