2017 FORMULA 1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX: RACE *** SPOILERS ***

Championship lead extended

 

Mega job, Lance! P3!!!!

 

Lance youngest podium sitter in a rookie year!

 

Damn Lance, silver was yours.

 

am not a big bottas fan, but gotta give him driver of the day

 

Vettel should be pretty annoyed with himself for that, threw it away with a moment of madness.

 

P1.

 

Stroll - CHOKES LOL

Go BOTTAS!!!!!!!!

Well done RICCI!!!!!

 

First points for McL!

 

Really crashes into Kimi and then safety car gives him his lap back?

 

Well done Ricci, Seb and Lance! Tough luck being overtaken by Bottas under DRS but he certainly put paid to all his detractors. He wasn't that far behind Ricci. Good run by Bottas if only he hadn't ruined Kimi's race.

 

Wow that Mercedes walked past the Williams...that car is seriously quick. Congrats to Stroll...hopefully that podium keeps people off your back the rest of the season.

 

NBC said trap speeds show he didn't lift and Bottas just timed it right. I don't know about that.

 

mclaren survive and got points!!!!

 

Well done, Seb? I don't think so... He threw away lots of points today...

 

This day could easily cost him the WDC. Every point is golden...

 

A one race ban for Vettel is not out of the question. Such discipline is NOT unprecedented.

I hope I'm wrong.

 

It doesn't need to be a brake test - Once the safety car indicates that it is coming in, the lead car becomes the pace setter, but they have to maintain a constant pace, they are not allowed to speed up and slow down as they please (From the 2017 F1 Sporting regulations):


39.13 When the clerk of the course decides it is safe to call in the safety car the message "SAFETY CAR IN THIS LAP" will be sent to all teams via the official messaging system and the car's orange lights will be extinguished. This will be the signal to the teams and drivers that it will be entering the pit lane at the end of that lap.

At this point the first car in line behind the safety car may dictate the pace and, if necessary, fall more than ten car lengths behind it.

In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any other manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart.

In this race, both drivers appeared to be guilty of breaching this rule - Seb to a bigger degree than Lewis.

Had Seb not lost his cool and driven into the side of Lewis, then we'd be listening to the German and Italian anthems right now!

 

While one cannot really argue against Vettel's penalty (even considering Hamilton's braking) , Bottas getting away with his move on Raikkonen was questionable to say the least.

 

Desi to Fezza. Well done. Nice to see Lance doing well.

 

He already served his penalty...

 

true....and i hate him all the more for it.....but he still went from last to 2nd....

 

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