ROUND 17: 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

FORMULA 1 QATAR AIRWAYS AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX 2024

Circuit stats

  • Circuit name: Baku City Circuit
  • First Grand Prix: 2016
  • Number of laps: 51
  • Circuit Length: 6.003 km
  • Race Distance: 306.049 km
  • Lap record: 1:43.009 Charles Leclerc (2019)
  • 2023 winner: Sergio Perez

Track Map

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  • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
    2·
    2 months ago

    Perez could have avoided that and got his best result for a long time. Hell he could still have overtaken sainz there if he just moved left slightly

    • Microw@lemm.ee
      0·
      2 months ago

      Perez was driving a straight line, wasn’t he? Carlos was driving ever so lightly left

      • Sentau@discuss.tchncs.de
        0·
        2 months ago

        I thought he was drifting slightly right to go towards the racing line. Sainz was drifting more though. Still I think perez was much better placed to prevent that crash

        • Microw@lemm.ee
          0·
          2 months ago

          We’ll see what they say but I guess the low sun could be an explanation

      • Kadath (she/her)@lemmy.world
        0·
        2 months ago

        I would need to watch their cameras at that point to be sure, but from the replay on the fixed camera that’s the impression I got.

    • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      My guess is that both were trying to catch Leclerc’s slipstream and were focused on Leclerc and not each other. That said if I had to assign blame I think it’s more on Perez than Sainz.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
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      2 months ago

      It’s kind of irresponsible to be racing at that time of day if drivers end up going down a straight blind like that. They should probably move the start to a bit earlier in the day.