Tricky

Something I find interesting, after looking at the pages and pages of discussion here, is that the actual regulations around overtaking are a sum total of 19 lines (of half page width).
At no time is being ahead […]

I suspect it will be very close, and we have the hardest tyres this weekend, which Mercedes seem to favour, although with the new construction it could be who understands them quickest will reap the rewards.
And […]

From what I remember.
1. Perez got ahead of Norris mid corner, but Norris was faster out and got ahead as he ran him out to the outside.
2. In both cases Leclerc was ahead at the exit when being run out […]

Agreed.
Pass at the end for the lead. Until three laps to go I thought Hamilton would hold on.
Five or more intense laps after the first pit stops with Hamilton all over the back of Verstappen.
Mclarens […]

Definitely in the top 5 dullest races ever.
I saw 1 overtake (SCH on MAZ) but worse that that, no one even getting close enough to try. To top it off, the most exciting challenge for position was GAS and VET […]

That will be nice, with BOT likely to use up his tyres fast and start holding up a queue.

Isn’t it 1/3 distance, and the lighter fuel load will surely make the hards work. I haven’t heard what the Quali Tyre rules will be. Will Q2 tyre be used for sprint race quali, or for the race proper, or not at all?

Its a fantasy that the government can put together a proper digital passport by July. Remember the great contact tracing app?
If I remember they still have to implement incoming good checks to keep food on the […]

I agree that Lewis in the Mercedes had good race pace, which includes the ability to keep the hard tyres alive. If you look at the final stint, Max had 10 lap newer hard tyres, but could only close in at 0.5s per […]

I couldn’t agree more.

That penalty for deliberately driving into Hamilton was embarrassing for the sport. Should have been a 1 race ban at least, preferably with some community service – like sweeping the streets of Baku.

Absolutely correct penalty, enough to stop drivers chancing it.
On a secondary note, every team is now going to be putting “get out in front of Mazespin” in their Q1 quali strategy.

Most of the teams other than Red Bull were more or less 1s off Mercedes pace in 2020.
I can’t see any of these teams wasting their whole reduced development budget for 2021 in order to gain maybe half of that gap […]

Yes, if RB want to seriously take the fight then they need a driver within a couple of tens of VER.
I don’t see PER outshining VER, but his tyre preservation skills could well turn out to be very useful to […]

A bit much to call it shameful.
He certainly saw this race as his best chance for a win this season, and decided to take some risks that didn’t pay off.

Stunning drive from Hamilton, what a way to take your 7th title.
Brundle was right before the race to say it would favour whoever could get the tyres working.
Also have to give congratulations that no one ended […]

@ johnever : That wasn’t my logic, if VER is a star performer with no places gained and didn’t win the race (and I am not saying he isn’t a start performer), why not BOT with two places gained to win the race.

I agree BOT should be in the star performers, he won the race keeping it simple and clean – and gained two places in the race (one past an apparent star performer, who gained precisely zero places in the […]

The mid field battle was the only interesting point.

And wild geese…