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[owengtam09]

Right now the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is nearing and practice may start on April 28, so let's all be ready for it,

Perfect timing to start talking about this race!
About an hour ago Sportsbet.io has sent out notifications for their latest promotion on Baku City circuit.
So I imagine they can't wait anymore to get this long awaited race in full swing too.

https://sportsbet.io/promotions/formula1-azerbaijan-gp

It was really a long wait and Sportsbet.io can not really wait any longer, the Race should be this week but it was canceled and moved further a week so we will be having the race this week, and there are rumors that Max will be stripped off on Team Red Bull to give way to Lewis Hamilton, but it was all really a hoax if I was correct about it, but Lewis Hamilton will certainly give Mercedes an ultimatum, he wants something and Mercedes would likely need to give it, and news about the Track Circuit Monaco is likely wants by fans to be stripped in the calendar, because they dub it as boring without rain, while Mercedes, Ferrari, and Aston Martin are likely to have been working on key upgrades ahead of the 2023 season pertaining to this week break,

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[rdbase]

F1 is back this weekend and on a very anticipated track in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix!


Here we have the very first sprint race so you know it will a quick one to determine who will hold pole position for Sunday!

practice: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-practice-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-practice-1-644687882919548e8622d720

sprint: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/sprint/sprint-64477002577d155006fd9814

race: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-race/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-race-642a44c72666e46b3431d17e

[owengtam09]

For the Round 4 of the F1 race, it was the sure right thing to Focus on the Circuit track, and in the Azerbaijan GP the Baku City Circuit is the track where the race will Occur and here is the Track with 51 laps and 20 corners fastest lap record was 1:43.009 by Charles Leclerc on 2019, there is one major misconception for racers to know about this track it is because it has a mixture of tight and twisty, wide and open, and it gives the racers a medieval vibe because of the medieval city walls, and in the following schedule of the upcoming Azerbaijan Grand Prix Friday will be the only practice session on the Schedule that will be on 28th of April, Saturday will be the Sprint Shootout and provided video will be the changes in the following Sprint format, that will be on 29th of April, then Main Race will be on 30th of April,



Here are the Previous Races or the 5 great battles in the previous Azerbaijan Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0xmeNrrHTA

The 2023 F1 Sprint Format Changes Explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imy5l5d4L3c

[YuginKadoya]

In the following change of the F1 schedule format, they surely made a 1 day for Practice, a 1 day for a Sprint race, and the main race and Sprint are getting back again, and what is happening with the Sprint shootout,  and this is what I know so far there is no fit stop in a sprint unless an unnecessary problem with the machine and need repairs, And in the Baku Circuit it will run for 17 laps and take up to 30 mins, And for winning the sprint that is eight points for the winner and this 2023 Sprint have changed slightly and for further detail about the impending Sprint here are some details for you guys to read, for further information about it, and because of that I am pretty much excited on what may happen this coming Saturday,

[rdbase]

Seems a bit clearer now when outlined for those involved in the F1 forum pool participants.
There are also markets now open with 85 new options to choose from before race weekend starts tomorrow in Baku for this city circuit.

Here is one more for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix:
qualification: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-qualification/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-qualification-6448b45d76e9d51cf874f685

[owengtam09]

Seems a bit clearer now when outlined for those involved in the F1 forum pool participants.
There are also markets now open with 85 new options to choose from before race weekend starts tomorrow in Baku for this city circuit.

Here is one more for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix:
qualification: https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/formula-1/formula-1/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-qualification/azerbaijan-grand-prix-2023-qualification-6448b45d76e9d51cf874f685

Thanks surely going for some bets later, I think I will pick some close bets for that list and may go with Sportsbet's Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying - Winning Constructor, or Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying - Winning Margin, for profitable results,


Well, if someone in the forum doesn't want to read that detailed explanation and just wants to know about the new details for the Sprint format here are some videos I think will help with that problem, it is now near the Practice day for the F1 and nearing the time until it starts I am getting more excited,

The 2023 F1 Sprint Format Changes Explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imy5l5d4L3c

And some news reports that I see before starting the Practice for the following Azerbaijan Gran Prix, there are a lot of what is happening and I think this is a great watch for people that wants to catch up on the latest changes and news about Round 4 for the F1 Race,

Weekend Warm-Up | 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQPsENTfWQ
 

[rdbase]

Well, if someone in the forum doesn't want to read that detailed explanation and just wants to know about the new details for the Sprint format here are some videos I think will help with that problem, it is now near the Practice day for the F1 and nearing the time until it starts I am getting more excited,

The 2023 F1 Sprint Format Changes Explained!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imy5l5d4L3c

And some news reports that I see before starting the Practice for the following Azerbaijan Gran Prix, there are a lot of what is happening and I think this is a great watch for people that wants to catch up on the latest changes and news about Round 4 for the F1 Race,

Weekend Warm-Up | 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvQPsENTfWQ

Very nice videos to watch from the F1 official youtube channel and a treat to watch since we haven't had any race action for over three whole weeks now and it is time to get into the excitement once more with the race weekend in full swing.
Baku city circuit has the longest straight on the calendar, so I can see Ferrari, Aston Martin and Mercedes making a stand against Red Bull.
And they will have plenty of time to get it right during the sprint race(OG) along with the sprint shootout.

[owengtam09]

Very nice videos to watch from the F1 official youtube channel and a treat to watch since we haven't had any race action for over three whole weeks now and it is time to get into the excitement once more with the race weekend in full swing.
Baku city circuit has the longest straight on the calendar, so I can see Ferrari, Aston Martin and Mercedes making a stand against Red Bull.
And they will have plenty of time to get it right during the sprint race(OG) along with the sprint shootout.

Right now I am getting excited about the Sprint Shootout because Charles Leclerc has made the 2nd spot on Practice 1 then the qualifying was sweet for him because he landed 1st gaining momentum against Max Verstappen, well you know I really like Ferrari,


PRACTICE 1 RESULT


Pierre Gasly has some issues with the hydraulic leak that causes his machine on flames so he needs to retire early in the practice run while Kevin Magnussen's machine lost power and would need to sit this practice and both problems happen at the same time that is why it is pretty much a bummer for both drivers, while Carlos Sainz bang the wall on turn 5 leaving a mark on the wall but still manage to end the practice in the 4th spot, and his machine was undamaged, Well Max Verstappen got the lead again with 1:42.315 time, 2nd was Charles Leclerc, and 3rd was Sergio Perez,

QUALIFYING RESULTS



Nyck De Vries was unlucky in finding the wall smashing against it so he needs to call it off, and Pierre Gasly also finds the wall and another red flag for the Q1 of the F1, and there are many machines dropping like flies in the following Q1 and entering Q2 a bunch of drivers was eliminated in Q2 aswell, while I was very happy because for the 1st time Ferrari Charles Leclerc has made the 1st position, while Max Verstappen was shocked and couldn't take the lead, and Sergio Perez landed the 3rd spot,

[NeuroticFish]

I've missed the qualifying, but I've just seen the highlights ( https://youtu.be/7QFluV5wV4I ) and:
* it looks like we might have an interesting race between RBR, Ferrari, Merc and Aston
* I find interesting the performance improvement McLaren has shown, but it may be only caused by the slow corners of the city circuit

Today is sprint race day, I'm looking forward to that. Since everybody had a lot less time to practice and configure the cars.. it may be interesting (and obviously the race too).

[slaman29]

I've missed the qualifying, but I've just seen the highlights ( https://youtu.be/7QFluV5wV4I ) and:
* it looks like we might have an interesting race between RBR, Ferrari, Merc and Aston
* I find interesting the performance improvement McLaren has shown, but it may be only caused by the slow corners of the city circuit

Today is sprint race day, I'm looking forward to that. Since everybody had a lot less time to practice and configure the cars.. it may be interesting (and obviously the race too).

I almost totally forgot about this race but I saw I put in my picks way early already so missed the action but at least it does look really like this could be a challenge for Red Bull.

I like the idea that everyone has less "practice" so we get more upsets, although I did make picks according to last race favorites lol

[JooBra]

I've missed the qualifying, but I've just seen the highlights ( https://youtu.be/7QFluV5wV4I ) and:
* it looks like we might have an interesting race between RBR, Ferrari, Merc and Aston
* I find interesting the performance improvement McLaren has shown, but it may be only caused by the slow corners of the city circuit

Today is sprint race day, I'm looking forward to that. Since everybody had a lot less time to practice and configure the cars.. it may be interesting (and obviously the race too).

I almost totally forgot about this race but I saw I put in my picks way early already so missed the action but at least it does look really like this could be a challenge for Red Bull.

I like the idea that everyone has less "practice" so we get more upsets, although I did make picks according to last race favorites lol

Ferrari looks strong this weekend hope they will be in race too since we need them to make it more interesting. I was disappointed with start of season since red bull is so much stronger then everyone.

[owengtam09]

I've missed the qualifying, but I've just seen the highlights ( https://youtu.be/7QFluV5wV4I ) and:
* it looks like we might have an interesting race between RBR, Ferrari, Merc and Aston
* I find interesting the performance improvement McLaren has shown, but it may be only caused by the slow corners of the city circuit

Today is sprint race day, I'm looking forward to that. Since everybody had a lot less time to practice and configure the cars.. it may be interesting (and obviously the race too).

The Ferrari machine has been upgraded, so much that Charles Leclerc is keeping his pace, and getting most of the time to qualify for the starting grid, I think that  Charles Leclerc is pretty much good at corners that he was able to get past the Red Bull Machines, and this is surely going to be an interesting race because now we are not sure on who's going to win,

I almost totally forgot about this race but I saw I put in my picks way early already so missed the action but at least it does look really like this could be a challenge for Red Bull.

I like the idea that everyone has less "practice" so we get more upsets, although I did make picks according to last race favorites lol

I think the last pick favorite will shift tremendously because of what Charles Leclerc is doing and right now he is getting his way ahead of both Red Bull racers, the following Sprint Shootout was really in favor of Charles Leclerc again even though he has crashed in a barrier and destroy his front wings Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez can not defeat his initial time making Charles Leclerc in the 1st position of the starting grid,


SPRINT SHOOTOUT RESULT




It was a hard day for the racers because cutting corners in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix Baku City Circuit is proven very excruciatingly hard for most Racers, and 1 by-1 racers are dropping like flies, Q1 Nyck De Vries, Pierre Gasly, Yuki Tsunoda, Valtteri Bottas, Zhou Guanyu, and Logan Sargeant have drop off and getting a red flag, while in Q2 Kevin Magnussen, Esteban Ocon, Nico Hulkenberg, Oscar Piastri, and Lando Norris was the one that has taken red flags, and lastly, Q3 was finished by 9 Racers leading by Ferrari Charles Lecler, 2nd by Sergio Perez, and Max Verstappen ending at 3rd place, even though Charles Leclerc hit the Barrier and destroyed his machine 1 front fin, he still leads the Sprint Shootout for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and here are the starting grid for the race tomorrow,

STARTING GRID POSITION

1st Charles Leclerc
2nd Max Verstappen
3rd Sergio Perez
4th Carlos Sainz
5th Lewis Hamilton
6th Fernando Alonso
7th Lando Norris
8th Yuki Tsunoda
9th Lance Stroll
10th Oscar Piastri
11th George Russell
12th Esteban Ocon
13th Alexander Albon
14th Valtteri Bottas
15th Logan Sargeant
16th Zhou Guanyu
17th Nico Hulkenberg
18th Kevin Magnussen
19th Pierre Gasly
20th Nyck De Vries

[rdbase]

Great to see Perez doing well in the sprint race today.
This only means that Red Bull have seen where their problems lie and fixed them coming up to the final race tomorrow.
Had Leclerc to take pole position and Perez for fastest lap in the race results for the F! forum pool selections.
So will wait until tomorrow to see if any of my other predictions will come to light in Baku.

[boltz]

Great to see Perez doing well in the sprint race today.
This only means that Red Bull have seen where their problems lie and fixed them coming up to the final race tomorrow.
Had Leclerc to take pole position and Perez for fastest lap in the race results for the F! forum pool selections.
So will wait until tomorrow to see if any of my other predictions will come to light in Baku.

I'm glad to see Perez doing good too because the guy deserves it after his team kind let him down in last 2 races.

RedBull is still miles away in my opinion and if they lose in Baku is just because they want to keep this season entertaining haha

Leclerc is looking way mature and determined than 1 month ago so I don't know what he did be the guy is looking mentally ready for anything.

Sprint race begins in 1 hour and 35 minutes.

[rdbase]

Watching this sprint race live and on the second lap there is a yellow flag with Tsunoda losing a rear tire and DNF for this sprint too.
I think out of any other team, I have seen Alpha Tauri out of the most runs on this track.
This sprint race is 17 laps so shouldn't last too long as the sun is going down in Azerbaijan for close out this prerace day.

[NeuroticFish]

I have a feeling the sprint qualifying is a bit too tight. And having scarce time for practicing I would expect red flags in pretty much all sprint week-ends.
And since Baku is quite narrow I expect red flag in the race too.

I was a bit disappointed by the sprint race. It was not bad, Russell added some drama, Leclerc started very good, Verstappen didn't manage to overtake him, Checo made a great (sprint) race... but the second half of it was rather boring. Or maybe it was just me, I don't know. Maybe I had too big expectations from it, it was quite a long time without sprint races...

[owengtam09]

Great to see Perez doing well in the sprint race today.
This only means that Red Bull have seen where their problems lie and fixed them coming up to the final race tomorrow.
Had Leclerc to take pole position and Perez for fastest lap in the race results for the F! forum pool selections.
So will wait until tomorrow to see if any of my other predictions will come to light in Baku.

Charles Leclerc is pretty much good at corners and pretty much great at this circuit, for him to stay in the 2nd position but Sergio Perez is the hero in this Sprint day and poor Yuki Tsunoda bumping his tires on the wall led to his tires sprung out that made him a red flag and not finishing the race, and somehow Max Verstappen had a one on one with George Russell slamming him in the wall on the start of the race,

I'm glad to see Perez doing good too because the guy deserves it after his team kind let him down in last 2 races.

RedBull is still miles away in my opinion and if they lose in Baku is just because they want to keep this season entertaining haha

Leclerc is looking way mature and determined than 1 month ago so I don't know what he did be the guy is looking mentally ready for anything.

Sprint race begins in 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Charles Leclerc is just so good at taking Corners but you are right this Baku City Circuit needs total concentration and the Red Bull team is having a difficult time but with the latest sprint Sergio Perez is showing determination and giving Charles Leclerc a total beating when he passes him, and for Max Verstappen passing away through George Russell for that wall collision he causes on him, but Sergio Perez is proven that Red Bull is still on the lead, but for getting so many points Charles Leclerc had taken the Starting Grid for the race, 

I'm glad to see Perez doing good too because the guy deserves it after his team kind let him down in last 2 races.

RedBull is still miles away in my opinion and if they lose in Baku is just because they want to keep this season entertaining haha

Leclerc is looking way mature and determined than 1 month ago so I don't know what he did be the guy is looking mentally ready for anything.

Sprint race begins in 1 hour and 35 minutes.

Charles Leclerc is just so good at taking Corners but you are right this Baku City Circuit needs total concentration and the Red Bull team is having a difficult time but with the latest sprint Sergio Perez is showing determination and giving Charles Leclerc a total beating when he passes him, and for Max Verstappen passing away through George Russell for that wall collision he causes on him, but Sergio Perez is proven that Red Bull is still on the lead, but for getting so many points Charles Leclerc had taken the Starting Grid for the race, and on the Finish of the Sprint you can clearly see the damage on Verstappen's machine clearly he is frustrated, with George Russell and talking to him,


Sprint Result


Now here are the Sprint result in Sergio Perez getting the lead position while Charles Leclerc is chilling in the 2nd position, and Max Verstappen finishing at the 3rd position and having a hardtime with George Russell in having some little damage to his car, we all didn't know if that was intentional for Russell but that was a close call for Max Verstappen, now the new Starting grid for the Main Race

STARTING GRID

1ST Charles Leclerc
2ND Max Verstappen
3RD Sergio Perez
4TH Carlos Sainz
5TH Lewis Hamilton
6TH Fernando Alonso
7TH Lando Norris
8TH Yuki Tsunoda
9TH Lance Stroll
10TH Oscar Piastri
11TH George Russell
12TH Esteban Ocon
13TH Alexander Albon
14TH Valtteri Bottas
15TH Logan Sargeant
16TH Zhou Guanyu
17TH Nico Hulkenberg
18TH Kevin Magnussen
19TH Pierre Gasly
20TH Nyck De Vries

[wiss19]

I've missed the qualifying, but I've just seen the highlights ( https://youtu.be/7QFluV5wV4I ) and:
* it looks like we might have an interesting race between RBR, Ferrari, Merc and Aston
* I find interesting the performance improvement McLaren has shown, but it may be only caused by the slow corners of the city circuit

Today is sprint race day, I'm looking forward to that. Since everybody had a lot less time to practice and configure the cars.. it may be interesting (and obviously the race too).

I think it is obvious that Mclaren improved, but ferrari didn't had improvement as much as they claimed. I mean not the chasis at least, they said they thought about changing that but didn't really happen if you ask me and that is why we won't see them win the race. Pole position is great of course, but I think it is not that important to get the pole position because it would not be a big deal, I think it is important to realize that Charles got the pole before as well, and that means that he gets pole position but loses the race.

Red Bull doesn't have a single lap pace, they have a long term race deal, while other teams end up getting slower and slower, Red bull keeps the pace up for a very long time and manage to lap similar lap times for a longer period of time. All in all, I think unless there is a crash or a problem, Max may end up winning this one again.

[YuginKadoya]

STARTING GRID POSITION

1st Charles Leclerc
2nd Max Verstappen
3rd Sergio Perez
4th Carlos Sainz
5th Lewis Hamilton
6th Fernando Alonso
7th Lando Norris
8th Yuki Tsunoda
9th Lance Stroll
10th Oscar Piastri
11th George Russell
12th Esteban Ocon
13th Alexander Albon
14th Valtteri Bottas
15th Logan Sargeant
16th Zhou Guanyu
17th Nico Hulkenberg
18th Kevin Magnussen
19th Pierre Gasly
20th Nyck De Vries

STARTING GRID

1ST Charles Leclerc
2ND Max Verstappen
3RD Sergio Perez
4TH Carlos Sainz
5TH Lewis Hamilton
6TH Fernando Alonso
7TH Lando Norris
8TH Yuki Tsunoda
9TH Lance Stroll
10TH Oscar Piastri
11TH George Russell
12TH Esteban Ocon
13TH Alexander Albon
14TH Valtteri Bottas
15TH Logan Sargeant
16TH Zhou Guanyu
17TH Nico Hulkenberg
18TH Kevin Magnussen
19TH Pierre Gasly
20TH Nyck De Vries

Based on both Sprint Shootout and Sprint Starting grid results and watching the highlights of both Sprints qualifiers it was really a hard Circuit on the Azerbaijan Gran Prix, pretty much both Red Bull Racers Sergio Perez and mostly Max Verstappen that been caught in almost colliding in the barrier with George Russell is having a hardtime with the Baku Circuit I was really shocked seeing that right now Charles Leclerc is in the position where mostly we see Max Verstappen or Sergio Perez would be, and Charles Leclerc is really good at cutting corners, he surely some advantage when it comes to corners like these, even though he was caught by the Barrier at some point he still manages to get the starting grid because of his points advantage, this is pretty much crucial because that starting grid lead is really a racer's ticket sometimes in winning the race,

And because Charles Leclerc is pretty much skillful at something he has used that to his advantage in getting ahead of both Red Bull guys, but sure enough the Red Bull team had countermeasures about this, when Sergio Perez passes Charles Leclerc I think the Red Bull Machine is still kicking power than with the Ferrari ones,

[owengtam09]

I think it is obvious that Mclaren improved, but ferrari didn't had improvement as much as they claimed. I mean not the chasis at least, they said they thought about changing that but didn't really happen if you ask me and that is why we won't see them win the race. Pole position is great of course, but I think it is not that important to get the pole position because it would not be a big deal, I think it is important to realize that Charles got the pole before as well, and that means that he gets pole position but loses the race.

Red Bull doesn't have a single lap pace, they have a long term race deal, while other teams end up getting slower and slower, Red bull keeps the pace up for a very long time and manage to lap similar lap times for a longer period of time. All in all, I think unless there is a crash or a problem, Max may end up winning this one again.

Mclaren surely improved the performance of their machines but the drivers are not used to their new machines yet, but when the drivers do maybe they will have a sure boost in the following race to come, but right now Ferrari doesn't have any improvement at all but Charles Leclerc sure has a great performance in the Baku City Circuit's corners but Ferrari machine is still the same so if Sergio Perez or Max Verstappen likely seen an opportunity they can take it and pass Charles Leclerc eventually,

Based on both Sprint Shootout and Sprint Starting grid results and watching the highlights of both Sprints qualifiers it was really a hard Circuit on the Azerbaijan Gran Prix, pretty much both Red Bull Racers Sergio Perez and mostly Max Verstappen that been caught in almost colliding in the barrier with George Russell is having a hardtime with the Baku Circuit I was really shocked seeing that right now Charles Leclerc is in the position where mostly we see Max Verstappen or Sergio Perez would be, and Charles Leclerc is really good at cutting corners, he surely some advantage when it comes to corners like these, even though he was caught by the Barrier at some point he still manages to get the starting grid because of his points advantage, this is pretty much crucial because that starting grid lead is really a racer's ticket sometimes in winning the race,

And because Charles Leclerc is pretty much skillful at something he has used that to his advantage in getting ahead of both Red Bull guys, but sure enough the Red Bull team had countermeasures about this, when Sergio Perez passes Charles Leclerc I think the Red Bull Machine is still kicking power than with the Ferrari ones,

It was against George Russell that Max Verstappen had an intense battle, George Russell nearly got Verstappen into the barricade, because that incident made a huge hole in the side of Verstappen's machine, and he came towards George Russell getting for an explanation of what have happen, and Russell just replied that he has no grip at all and Verstappen said that they all don't have any grip, he could just give a huge space for me Max Verstappen is such a cry baby but on the heat of the race everyone is really not thinking straight and just aim for victory, that is why I should say Max Verstappen should be considerate about the situation even though that was intentional George Russell is not going to say something about it, here is the video,
https://youtube.com/shorts/ABE8R8qLQjQ?feature=share