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View Poll Results: Pick the winner at Baku on Sunday
Sebastian Vettel
28.57%
Lewis Hamilton
57.14%
Valtteri Bottas
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0%
Kimi Räikkönen
14.29%
Daniel Ricciardo
0
0%
Max Verstappen
0
0%
Sergio Pérez
0
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Esteban Ocon
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Carlos Sainz Jr.
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Felipa Massa
0
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Nico Hülkenberg
0
0%
Romain Grosjean
0
0%
Kevin Magnussen
0
0%
Pascal Wehrlein
0
0%
Daniil Kvyat
0
0%
Lance Stroll
0
0%
Jolyon Palmer
0
0%
Marcus Ericsson
0
0%
Fernando Alonso
0
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Stoffel Vandoorne
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2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 6/23 to 6/25 at the Baku City Circuit

Old 06-18-2017, 02:24 PM
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Default 2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 6/23 to 6/25 at the Baku City Circuit

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Fri 23 June 2017
Practice 1 5:00 – 6:30
Practice 2 9:00 – 10:30

Sat 24 June 2017
Practice 3 6:00 – 7:00
Qualifying 9:00 – 10:00

Sun 25 June 2017
Race 9:00







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Voted Vettel

WAG- McLaren Honda will finish the race!
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Originally Posted by zdave87
Voted Vettel

WAG- McLaren Honda will finish the race!
....But,will not finish the season.
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Hamilton has the pole.
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Crazy race...
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Also agree with Hamilton's comments post race about Vettels behavior. Seb was doing his best to avoid giving a straight answer. Props to Will Buxton for not letting him off the hook.

This race made up for last years race. But I won't miss it if it were dropped from the calendar. There is no where that debris can be swept to. It has to be picked up and removed from the track. I think with Bernie gone F1 should drop this race at the first opportunity. Better off going back to New Delhi where they can reach a larger educated audience who are passionate about the sport.
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Interesting race but I agree with A2. Bernie would run a race in Troy,NY if you came up with enough money. That being said, a great deal for Azerbajian/Baku as most had never heard of the place until last year

Narrowest F1 track I can remember. In addition to debris cleanup they've got to figure out a way to deploy cranes a la Monaco.

Vettels' shove on Hamilton was inexcuseable and he knew it, way back when the cars were different that would have been potentially deadly.
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I was left wondering if Stroll had made a mistake by lifting prior to the checkered. Turns out Bottas made a tactical move to pass him per this excerpt from an article where Ross Brawn speaks about the next power train

F1 Racing News | Racer.com - Brawn: Next F1 engine won't be 'soft middle ground'

"This is not widely known, but [Valtteri] Bottas got past [Lance] Stroll in Baku because he saved his battery up and used it on that last section. He used it tactically. Well, we should have all known that on the TV – it should have been something we demonstrated. So the hybrid side for sure could provide some interest in that respect."
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