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View Poll Results: Pick the winner at Baku on Sunday
Lewis Hamilton
37.50%
Valtteri Bottas
25.00%
Max Verstappen
0
0%
Sebastian Vettel
25.00%
Charles Leclerc
12.50%
Pierre Gasly
0
0%
Kimi Raikkonen
0
0%
Lando Norris
0
0%
Kevin Magnussen
0
0%
Nico Hülkenberg
0
0%
Daniel Ricciardo
0
0%
Sergio Perez
0
0%
Alexander Albon
0
0%
Lance Stroll
0
0%
Daniil Kvyat
0
0%
Antonio Giovinazzi
0
0%
Romain Grosjean
0
0%
Carlos Sainz Jr.
0
0%
George Russell
0
0%
Robert Kubica
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2019 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - 4/26 to 4/28 at the Baku City Circuit

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Old 04-19-2019, 04:25 AM
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Default 2019 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix - 4/26 to 4/28 at the Baku City Circuit

WEEKEND SCHEDULE:

Fri 26 April
Practice 1 5:00 – 6:30
Practice 2 9:00 – 10:30

Sat 27 April
Practice 3 6:00 – 7:00
Qualifying 9:00 – 10:00

Sun 28 April
Race 8:10







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Predictions:
Toto Wolff will smirk
Lewis Hamilton will be diplomatic
Valtteri Bottas will be focused.
Sebastian Vettel will not directly answer a question
Charles LeClerc will be disappointed about something, regardless of how well he does.
Max Verstappen will turn in a great lap time, possible top time, but with absolutely no contention for his spot.
Pierre Gasly will have his car tuned well for the Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen will touch his face.
Both Williams will finish the race.
One Racing point will finish in the points, and the other will bomb out.
Romain Grosjean won't mention which IMSA/GT team is already courting him.
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Originally Posted by UnkieTrunkie
Predictions:
Toto Wolff will smirk
Lewis Hamilton will be diplomatic
Valtteri Bottas will be focused.
Sebastian Vettel will not directly answer a question
Charles LeClerc will be disappointed about something, regardless of how well he does.
Max Verstappen will turn in a great lap time, possible top time, but with absolutely no contention for his spot.
Pierre Gasly will have his car tuned well for the Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen will touch his face.
Both Williams will finish the race.
One Racing point will finish in the points, and the other will bomb out.
Romain Grosjean won't mention which IMSA/GT team is already courting him.
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Voted Lewis.
Old 04-19-2019, 06:22 PM
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I wont be home to watch this race and I probably wont watch it when I get home either. Baku bores me with its silly layout.

Not even sure who I will vote for. Will likely be Bottas or Leclerc
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Originally Posted by A 2
I wont be home to watch this race and I probably wont watch it when I get home either. Baku bores me with its silly layout.

Not even sure who I will vote for. Will likely be Bottas or Leclerc
Yeah, too many 90° turns. Sort of like the old Phoenix F1 street race. We went once. It WAS boring.
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Originally Posted by The Raptor
Yeah, too many 90° turns. Sort of like the old Phoenix F1 street race. We went once. It WAS boring.
Well,... Good thing is, it's coming in after the Chinese 2019 race. So it's basically guaranteed to be a more exciting race.
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Originally Posted by UnkieTrunkie
Predictions:
Toto Wolff will smirk
Lewis Hamilton will be diplomatic
Valtteri Bottas will be focused.
Sebastian Vettel will not directly answer a question
Charles LeClerc will be disappointed about something, regardless of how well he does.
Max Verstappen will turn in a great lap time, possible top time, but with absolutely no contention for his spot.
Pierre Gasly will have his car tuned well for the Chinese Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen will touch his face.
Both Williams will finish the race.
One Racing point will finish in the points, and the other will bomb out.
Romain Grosjean won't mention which IMSA/GT team is already courting him.
Building off of your idea, here are my predictions:

Lewis will be boringly good
Bottas will essentially back everyone up
Vettel will remind us all once again that F1 cars are basically AP1
Leclerc will actually drive really really f**king well. But either his car will break or Ferrari will do something stupid
Someone is going to attempt to overtake Verstappen and regret it immediately
Someone is going to drive along side Danil Kvyat and regret it immediately
Gasly will light up the mid-field battle with his top 5 car
Raikkonen is going to tell his team to stop radio'ing him with dumb questions
Both Williams car will be lapped by lap 5
3 Renault engines will blow up
Ricciardo will make his tires last longer than his Renault engine
Londo Norris will get punted (probably by Kvyat or Magnussen)
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This is part of the reason why I hate street circuits in general. I’ll be happy if they race on more tracks.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/48065053
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Originally Posted by A 2
This is part of the reason why I hate street circuits in general. I’ll be happy if they race on more tracks.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/48065053
Exception: Long Beach.


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