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[coinlocket$]

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/

In F1 we have already 2 teams with crypto sponsors, don't forget about Mclaren with bitci.com



Source: https://www.ntvspor.net/motor-sporlari/formula-1-de-isiklar-turk-firmasi-icin-yandi-605b150f584696e8903ecee9

Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo are in this fan tokens too, with socios.com.

[DIA7]

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.

Also its not the fastest track around the average speed is considered in the middle, its not going to help Mercedes a lot since they have better advantage in higher top speed tracks that is why I can see Vertsappen have a better advantage to finish above Hamilton in this race.
But we will have to see how they are going to perform in the FreeOractice rounds tomorrow.
Interesting thing is that Charles Lectern have the fastest lap record in this track in both Competitions F1 and F2,
In F1 with the notorious Ferrari SF90 where Ferrari were presumably have been cheating with fuel consumption

[Luzin]

Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo are in this fan tokens too, with socios.com.

Sorry I'm not as thorough as you, but thanks this is good news. I'm also not very familiar with Bitci.com and what the logo looks like.
I only skimmed through the Aston Martin and it wasn't on purpose.
Although I'm not very clear about the symbol, maybe because it's not the main sponsor.

Source: https://web.facebook.com/AstonMartinF1/photos/a.294475162935/10158973137247936/?type=3&_rdc=1&_rdr

[Cnut237]

its not the fastest track around the average speed is considered in the middle, its not going to help Mercedes a lot since they have better advantage in higher top speed tracks that is why I can see Vertsappen have a better advantage to finish above Hamilton in this race.

Yes, the general opinion is that this will be more of a Red Bull track. Hamilton has a lot of ground to regain after the problems of Monaco, and so do Mercedes... but this may not be the track to do it.
I think Verstappen should be favourite here, but it's not like Monaco, overtaking is possible, so we should I would think see Hamilton in second place.

[bounceback]

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)

Yes, it is true that Quartararo is one of the drivers who finished first since the race took place this season. This weekend we will see another race being held at Barcelona's Catalunya circuit and in my prediction Quartararo will come back to finish in first place again because if we look at the previous season he was able to be the fastest and got first finish at that circuit.

[Koal-84]

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/

In F1 we have already 2 teams with crypto sponsors, don't forget about Mclaren with bitci.com



Source: https://www.ntvspor.net/motor-sporlari/formula-1-de-isiklar-turk-firmasi-icin-yandi-605b150f584696e8903ecee9

Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo are in this fan tokens too, with socios.com.

Why all talk about sponsorship, i think partnership are most important like Tezos and RedBull?



https://www.redbull.com/int-en/redbullracing/tezos-joins-as-official-blockchain-partner
https://f1i.com/news/406073-red-bull-to-launch-range-of-collectable-nfts-with-tezos-blockchain.html

I hope also Tezos make a great step with this parnership. Use case is crucial for me, everyone can sponsor even if advertising is important.

[coinlocket$]

Free practice one has done in Baku.

I don't think these are the real values of teams, Ferrari will be behind this weekend

Pos   Driver   Nat.   Team   Time
1   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m43.184s
2   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m43.227s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m43.521s
4   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m43.630s
5   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.732s
6   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.757s
7   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.893s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.996s
9   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.891s
10   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m44.943s
11   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m45.084s
12   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m45.092s
13   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m45.234s
14   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m45.384s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m45.415s
16   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m45.446s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m45.452s
18   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m45.774s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.899s
20   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.945s

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/979626/1/f1-2021-azerbaijan-grand-prix-free-practice-results-1

[DIA7]

Free practice one has done in Baku.

I don't think these are the real values of teams, Ferrari will be behind this weekend

Free Practice 2 has also ended and the struggle for Mercedes looks to be real thing and as expected Red Bull is showing strength in this one followed by both Ferrari cars,
Hamilton needs to do well in qualification finished outside top 5 wouldn't help him in catching up with Verstappen on raceday.
Good to see Ferrari improving still they are not championship competitors but they snag a podium here and there.

[tokeweed]

^  Yup I don’t think Merc are sand bagging anymore.  Lol.  

And coinlocket$, on the contrary the Ferraris could be RBR’s main rival in this weekend’s race if Merc doesn’t figure out the right tweak with their car.  

Crossing my fingers for Vettel to get some points again.  

F1 Azerbaijan GP FP2 Results

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m42.115s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m42.216s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.243s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.436s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m42.534s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m42.693s
7   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m42.941s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.018s
9   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m43.020s
10   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.130s
11   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.156s
12   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m43.220s
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.298s
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.812s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.881s
16   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.184s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m44.557s
18   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m44.563s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.095s
20   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m46.983s

[swogerino]

^  Yup I don’t think Merc are sand bagging anymore.  Lol.  

And coinlocket$, on the contrary the Ferraris could be RBR’s main rival in this weekend’s race if Merc doesn’t figure out the right tweak with their car.  

Crossing my fingers for Vettel to get some points again.  

F1 Azerbaijan GP FP2 Results

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m42.115s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m42.216s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.243s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.436s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m42.534s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m42.693s
7   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m42.941s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.018s
9   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m43.020s
10   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.130s
11   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.156s
12   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m43.220s
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.298s
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.812s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.881s
16   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.184s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m44.557s
18   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m44.563s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.095s
20   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m46.983s

Both Redbulls being first on both free practices for me means a lot.It means they are the top contenders to win the race and it also means that this track which is a mix of big straights and narrow strong turns clearly favors the Redbull which is the best car in mixed tracks.Of course tomorrow official Qualifying will show the true value and potential of the cars but I think it is a safe bet to bet on Redbull to win the Pole Position tomorrow.

[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.

Also its not the fastest track around the average speed is considered in the middle, its not going to help Mercedes a lot since they have better advantage in higher top speed tracks that is why I can see Vertsappen have a better advantage to finish above Hamilton in this race.
But we will have to see how they are going to perform in the FreeOractice rounds tomorrow.
Interesting thing is that Charles Lectern have the fastest lap record in this track in both Competitions F1 and F2,
In F1 with the notorious Ferrari SF90 where Ferrari were presumably have been cheating with fuel consumption

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-1.html

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-2.html

And we have the results of the first two practice rounds. Mercedes drivers surprised me really much. They weren't even close to the first places in both rounds. It looks like we will have another huge competition between Red Bull and Ferrari.  

And I hope this time Leclerc doesn't make a mistake. I really felt sorry for Leclerc in the Monaco GP. He took the pole position but his crash in the qualifying cost him the race.

[LTU_btc]

Didn't watched practice, but I didn't surprised about Red Bull lead, but that Ferrari was so close was unexpected for me. How about Mercedes? Are they not competetive in this track or they're just sandbagging?

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

In F1 we have already 2 teams with crypto sponsors, don't forget about Mclaren with bitci.com

https://talkimg.com/images/2023/09/10/mqzmc.png

Source: https://www.ntvspor.net/motor-sporlari/formula-1-de-isiklar-turk-firmasi-icin-yandi-605b150f584696e8903ecee9

Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo are in this fan tokens too, with socios.com.

Yeah, I remember posting about Bitci.com and Mclaren partnership after first race of season:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1393430.msg56666719#msg56666719
Saw Crypto.com logo on Aston Martin too, but forgot to post about.
@Koal-84, I didn't knew about Tezos and Red Bull partnership, it's interesting. Seems that crypto sponsorship in sports become daily thing.

[coinlocket$]

Strong performance by Ferrari in practice 2 too, maybe they aim to a podium?
However the main topic is the flexibility of the wings and Redbull and Mercedes are probably cheating with the front wing, as always FIA does nothing about it.

[Juggy777]

Strong performance by Ferrari in practice 2 too, maybe they aim to a podium?
However the main topic is the flexibility of the wings and Redbull and Mercedes are probably cheating with the front wing, as always FIA does nothing about it.

@coinlocket$ this is a rare surprise performance from Ferrari because I wasn’t expecting them to finish so well in the practice, and if they can repeat this performance in the race then Mercedes will finally have a tough competitor. Furthermore do you’ll believe that if Ferrari continues to put in such impressive performances, then we may see them oust Mercedes and win the title is it really possible to see this happen.

[el kaka22]

Okay I am sure we all know the fact that practice means nothing, it doesn't provide any proof that someone is good or bad, we all know that people can race literally seconds and seconds faster, which means we can see under 1.40 here as well, which is something we all know, 3 seconds is not impossible and it is totally doable on this track as well.

However one thing I am not sure and shocked, Lewis Hamilton once again at 7th place, I am sure he will get better result in qualifiers and better result in race, but this looks like it is not looking that great for Hamilton at all, sure he doesn't really race that awesome in practice because who needs that, but it also looks like there is a chance he may not be at the top of his game anymore huh? I do not know, we will have 2 more days to see if he is still good, or if he will have a hard time with Max this season or not.

[Cnut237]

However one thing I am not sure and shocked, Lewis Hamilton once again at 7th place, I am sure he will get better result in qualifiers and better result in race, but this looks like it is not looking that great for Hamilton at all, sure he doesn't really race that awesome in practice because who needs that, but it also looks like there is a chance he may not be at the top of his game anymore huh?

I don't think it's Hamilton - the Mercedes car is really struggling here. They weren't great in Monaco, but this seems to be another big step backwards. FP3 so far doesn't look great, either. They really need to sort this out soon, or the championship gap to Red Bull and Verstappen will become too large to bridge.

Update: Well, Hamilton finished third, albeit quite a way back on Gasly time wise. And Max sustained some damage... this might make qualifying more interesting now. Hope Max gets the car fixed in time.

[DIA7]

However one thing I am not sure and shocked, Lewis Hamilton once again at 7th place, I am sure he will get better result in qualifiers and better result in race, but this looks like it is not looking that great for Hamilton at all, sure he doesn't really race that awesome in practice because who needs that, but it also looks like there is a chance he may not be at the top of his game anymore huh?

I don't think it's Hamilton - the Mercedes car is really struggling here. They weren't great in Monaco, but this seems to be another big step backwards. FP3 so far doesn't look great, either. They really need to sort this out soon, or the championship gap to Red Bull and Verstappen will become too large to bridge.

Update: Well, Hamilton finished third, albeit quite a way back on Gasly time wise. And Max sustained some damage... this might make qualifying more interesting now. Hope Max gets the car fixed in time.

So its going to be back to back Pole position for Leclerc.
The 3rd Qualification round ended with with chaos Tsonda crashed in turn 3 followed by Sainz locking and crashing in the same turn that ended the qualification round with another red flag.
There have been 4 red flags for the qualification so we will be seeing some crashes in raceday since we had a peaceful race in Monaco.
1   Charles Leclerc   Ferrari   1m42.241s   1m41.659s   1m41.218s
2   Lewis Hamilton   Mercedes   1m41.545s   1m41.634s   1m41.45s
3   Max Verstappen   Red Bull-Honda   1m41.76s   1m41.625s   1m41.563s
4   Pierre Gasly   AlphaTauri-Honda   1m42.288s   1m41.932s   1m41.565s
5   Carlos Sainz Jr.   Ferrari   1m42.121s   1m41.74s   1m41.576s
6   Lando Norris   McLaren-Mercedes   1m42.167s   1m41.813s   1m41.747s
7   Sergio Pérez   Red Bull-Honda   1m41.968s   1m41.63s   1m41.917s
8   Yuki Tsunoda   AlphaTauri-Honda   1m42.521s   1m41.654s   1m42.211s
9   Fernando Alonso   Alpine-Renault   1m42.934s   1m42.195s   1m42.327s
10   Valtteri Bottas   Mercedes   1m42.701s   1m42.106s   1m42.659s
11   Sebastian Vettel   Aston Martin-Mercedes   1m42.46s   1m42.224s   
12   Esteban Ocon   Alpine-Renault   1m42.426s   1m42.273s   
13   Daniel Ricciardo   McLaren-Mercedes   1m42.304s   1m42.558s   
14   Kimi Räikkönen   Alfa Romeo-Ferrari   1m42.923s   1m42.587s   
15   George Russell   Williams-Mercedes   1m42.728s   1m42.758s   
16   Nicholas Latifi   Williams-Mercedes   1m43.128s      
17   Mick Schumacher   Haas-Ferrari   1m44.158s      
18   Nikita Mazepin   Haas-Ferrari   1m44.238s      
19   Lance Stroll   Aston Martin-Mercedes         
20   Antonio Giovinazzi   Alfa Romeo-Ferrari         

[tokeweed]

Missed the quali.  But I heard there were around 4 crashes?  And I also heard Vettel was going for his last lap at Q2 but then Ricciardo crashed and he couldn’t finish it.  I assume red flag.  But if was able to finish the lap, would’ve he had gotten to Q3?  Just curious...

[DireWolfM14]

The Q2 results are in for the Catalan MotoGP, the starting grid is set.  Here're the top 5:



Jack Miller took advantage of his Q1 promotion to take the second position on the grid.  He's looking stronger and stronger as the season goes on.  I think he really has a chance to challenge Quartararo for the championship.  It would be cool to see an Aussie take the championship.

Rossi had good results from the free practices, earning himself a spot on Q2, he finished 11th.  He'd have a tough row to hoe if he's going to challenge for the championship, but I'd love nothing more than to see him create drama towards the end of the season.

[coinlocket$]

Whoah quite a surprising pole for Ferrari, he got the god wake effect from Hamilton  .
Can't see a competitive car for the win in the race, however.

It should be a miracle if he ends in the top 3.

Bottas is a disaster as often happens.