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Rate the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
#1
Posted 12 June 2022 - 12:49
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#2
Posted 12 June 2022 - 12:56
I gave it a 3 because the race was more or less resolved by about one-third distance. Quiet for Baku but that'll be good for the teams with a one-week turnaround before Montreal.
Best driver: Max Verstappen, qualified poorly (for him) but won the race with crushing speed.
Worst driver: Stroll, probably? I barely saw him.
Best team: Red Bull, their cars went fast and didn't break down.
Worst team: Ferrari, their cars did break down and I had my doubts that they could've held off Red Bull when healthy.
Best overtake: Hamilton put a cool move on... someone early on.
Worst overtake: Vettel sending it up the escape road while trying to pass... Ocon? Still, recovered nicely.
Best moment: Perez's assertive move on Leclerc into turn 1 at the start.
Worst moment: A significant amount of air leaving the world championship balloon as Leclerc pulled into the pits with a smoking engine.
The race in a sentence: Double Ferrari failure results in Red Bull procession.
#3
Posted 12 June 2022 - 12:58
Worst driver: Latifi who finished 98 seconds behind his teammate.
Best team: Red Bull though Ferrari made it awfully easy for them.
Worst team: Ferrari who made it awfully easy for their title rivals.
Best overtake: Tsunoda on Ocon because it wasn’t a DRS overtake and needed some good braking to take it. Ocon didn’t seem to expect having not covered the inside.
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon, it was a big error and undeservedly ended up 6th has to be thankful others had bad reliability.
Best moment: I’m struggling to think of one which suggests this race was quite poor.
Worst moment: FIA calling Tsunoda in for a wing fix, I hate seeing a driver lose a good result so close to the end to things beyond their control. He was pulling away from Vettel regardless of the failure.
And the race in a sentence: I think that’s the first dull Baku race we’ve had, I guess Ferrari took all tension out of the race. 5/10
#4
Posted 12 June 2022 - 12:59
Oh and bouncy bouncy.
2/10.
#5
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:01
Was setting up to be interesting until the Ferrari DNFs.
Drab race from there on.
#6
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:01
#7
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:16
It was an 8 until the last Ferraro caved in, then a 4. So I give it a 6.
#8
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:21
But infairness
Worst team: Ferrari
This ough to be first 100% unity in opinion in here....I apologise on behave of Ferrari for running countless fans weekend.😨😰
Edited by Deeq, 12 June 2022 - 13:22.
#9
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:29
#10
Posted 12 June 2022 - 13:43
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Latifi
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: Red Bull
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: Hamilton on Ocon. Yes it was enabled by DNS but he didn't have much of a speed advantage even then.
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon where he overshot turn 3
Best moment: The end
Worst moment: Red Bull team orders taking away the small slither of a chance of an interesting race
Best thing about the race: Some strategic variation.
Worst thing about the race: Overall dullness.
And the race in a sentence: Ferrari have gift wrapped the championships and written Red Bull's address on the label, but they haven't posted them yet.
Edited by NewMrMe, 12 June 2022 - 13:44.
#11
Posted 12 June 2022 - 14:01
Worst driver: stroll? Mick?
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: Red Bull
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: I don’t remember any impressive ones.
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon.
Best moment: Max getting a deserved win.
Worst moment: rest of the race. Borefest.
Worst thing about the race: boring as hell.
#12
Posted 12 June 2022 - 14:06
For a biased Verstappen fan I say a solid 8 because the last 10 laps still make me nervous .
For an unbiased average spectator a 3 or a 4 bore fest would be fair .
#13
Posted 12 June 2022 - 14:39
#14
Posted 12 June 2022 - 14:41
#15
Posted 12 June 2022 - 15:49
Worst driver - Latifi was adrift from the start with his stop-go so I’ll give it to Mick Schumacher again sadly.
Best team - Red Bull, much as it’s always annoying to see Horner being smug.
Worst team - Ferrari, lots of speed, reliability of a ten year old Fiat Punto.
Best overtake - I just saw the same DRS one repeated, and even then not too much.
Worst overtake - Vettel on Ocon, not good enough for a four time WDC with 200+ races on his CV.
Best moment - the VSC briefly letting a bit of uncertainty creep in
Worst moment - Leclerc’s technical failure removing it again not long after.
Best thing about the race - Mick Schumacher’s car stayed in one piece.
Worst thing about the race - the race.
I’ll charitably give it a 0.
#16
Posted 12 June 2022 - 15:51
If it's a dull race that closes the championship, then OK. But if it's a dull race that kills the championship...
#17
Posted 12 June 2022 - 16:51
Best driver: Gasly
Worst driver: Latifi or Stroll.
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Worst engine manufacturer: Renault
Best overtake: Hamilton on Ocon
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon
Best moment: It ended'
Worst moment: Leclerc going pop
Best thing about the race: We're not discussing RD errors
Worst thing about the race: We're discussing porpoising
And the race in a sentence: Pretty dull and a foregone conclusion once the Ferraris failed.
#18
Posted 12 June 2022 - 16:56
Garbage track, dire lack of competition - I fast forwarded through most and watched the lowlights in a total of 1 minute. F1 needs to get its **** together, the show sucks mega butt.
#19
Posted 12 June 2022 - 17:18
Best driver: HAM/VER
Worst driver: LAT
Best team: RBR
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: Honda/RBR
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: HAM on OCO
Worst overtake: VET on OCO
Best moment: Grouchy Lando
Worst moment: LAT starting the race
Best thing about the race: One Race closer to the end of LATs career.
Worst thing about the race: LAT still has a Super License
And the race in a sentence: Why do we still come to this track?
Did the Dictator Duo present trophies? I switched back to LeMans.
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#20
Posted 12 June 2022 - 17:21
Best driver: Verstappen. Would have won the race even without Leclercs misfortune.
Worst driver: Don't know. Nobody dared to take risks except for Vettel. Who got chided for it. I think if you balance reputation and achievement: Mick Schumacher. If he tries his best not to crash, he is just dead slow.
Best team: Red Bull.
Worst team: Williams. They really miss someone there to manage stuff like... not being on the start after the signal? Giving their driver the right info?
Best engine manufacturer: Red Bull.
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari.
Best overtake: Hamilton on Ocon.
Worst overtake: To small a sample.
Best moment: Perez grabbing the start.
Worst moment: Sainz having a mechanical DNF. If it rains, it rains...
Best thing about the race: It started and it ended.
Worst thing about the race: No crazy stuff. Shame.
And the race in a sentence: When F1 drivers are scared by a track and behave themselves too good, it becomes rather boring.
#21
Posted 12 June 2022 - 17:29
Best driver: Verstappen
Worst driver: Stroll? MSC?
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: Honda
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: Perez on Leclerc lap 1? Nothing stood out.
Worst overtake: I'm not sure what Vettel was doing against Tsunoda but he'll rue that one.
Best moment: RB 1-2
Worst moment: VSCs
Best thing about the race: The early am start.
Worst thing about the race: Ferrari not doing their part to keep it interesting.
And the race in a sentence: The one where no one crashed.
Edited by ARTGP, 12 June 2022 - 17:29.
#22
Posted 12 June 2022 - 20:31
6
But the Indycar-F2 races were fun shlock. And Vips finally made the castle section more famous again...
Edited by LolaB0860, 12 June 2022 - 20:33.
#23
Posted 13 June 2022 - 01:29
After LEC blow'd up, I went back to bed. Le sigh.
#24
Posted 13 June 2022 - 01:54
Worst driver: Latifi or Schumacher
Best team: RBR, again just clinical
Worst team: McLaren, just because of the DR/LN shenanigans.
Best engine manufacturer: RBR
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: Thought Hamilton's move on Ocon was pretty good.
Worst overtake: Vettel, had the move done and still cooked it.
Best moment: Perez into turn one. At the time I thought it was going to make it interesting.
Worst moment: When Leclerc's engine blew. Made the front a foregone conclusion.
Best thing about the race: Enjoyed watching Ocon's defense throughout the race.
Worst thing about the race: That it was done and dusted once Leclerc retired.
Edited by PitViperRacing, 13 June 2022 - 01:54.
#25
Posted 13 June 2022 - 03:01
Worst driver-Schumacher as he couldn't pass the guy most consider the worst driver on the grid.
*He got in front of Latifi due to the 10 sec penalty the Williams had to serve. Couldn't pass him on the track.
#26
Posted 13 June 2022 - 06:22
I gave a 6. But one more time, as Monaco, is not the track. Is the car regulations
Best Driver: Vettel
Worst Driver: Stroll
Best Team: Red Bull
Worst Team: Ferrari
Best Overtake: Vettel over Ocon
Worst Overtake: Vettel over Tsu
Best moment: Start with Checo
Worst moment: obviously Leclerc DNF
Best thing about the race: Still 14 races to decide
Worst thing about the race: Reability lottery
Race sentence: Reability changes from side to side all the time.
#27
Posted 13 June 2022 - 17:07
Best driver: Gasly/Vettel/Russell
Worst driver: Schumacher/Latifi
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Williams
Best engine manufacturer: Red Bull Honda
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: Hamilton on Ocon
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon (with a brilliant recovery)
Best moment: Perez got a great start
Worst moment: Leclerc retirement
Best thing about the race: Comedy in the AT pits.
Worst thing about the race: Hamilton getting out of the car
And the race in a sentence: Compared to the IndyCar race, this sucked.
#28
Posted 13 June 2022 - 17:32
Best driver: Max
Worst driver: Latifi
Best team: RBR
Worst team: Ferrari
Best engine manufacturer: RBPT
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: it was a pass, but I enjoyed Max on Checo
Worst overtake: Vet on... I forgot, but locked wheels
Best moment: Max taking the lead
Worst moment: Charles retiring
Best thing about the race: Tense
Worst thing about the race: Not good for the championship
And the race in a sentence: Red Bull rules, Ferrari sadly drools.
7 out of 10 for me.
#29
Posted 13 June 2022 - 17:41
Pretty boring race.
My kid had 3 games a state over. Got home around 4PM and watched the race outside on my front deck. It was an absolutely beautiful day outside! Stream was running into my front ponds, dog was laying by my side - cat in the seat next too me. My daughter went out with friends and a buiddy came over to watch the race. We popped a gummy and had a few bears and really enjoyed the race (gummy may have helped). Absolutely laughed my ass off at Ferrari. I am a tifosi for years so this crap does not surprise me at all.
#30
Posted 13 June 2022 - 19:46
It was such an immensely boring race and that at a track that normally always is spectacular.
F1 is so boring: few cars and of those 20 cars only 2 teams can win. All the rest drives in GP2 category. That's not fun. Red Bull was a couple of streets ahead at the finish: not fun. I can recommend all of you to watch the European karting championship OK / OK Jr. instead: that's real racing. Close racing and much more fair.
IndyCar had a pretty nice race too Sunday at Road America: that's how F1 ought to be: lots of drivers who can win on paper and just good old school racing.
Edited by William Hunt, 13 June 2022 - 19:47.
#31
Posted 13 June 2022 - 20:25
#32
Posted 13 June 2022 - 21:34
Best driver: Pierre Gasly
Honourable mention best driver: Sergio Perez for doing a perfect job in a second driver role and beating Max in qualy twice in a row
Worst driver: Mick Schumacher & Nicholas Latifi
Honourable mention worst driver: Lance Stroll
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Ferrari
Best overtake: Tsunoda outbreaking Ocon
Worst overtake: Vettel on Ocon
Best moment: none
Worst moment: Leclerc, Magnussen & Zhou suffering retirement. Tsunoda's bad luck with his rear wing.
Best thing about the race: nothing positive about such a boring race with Red Bull in a different league.
Worst thing about the race: what can be worse as a race so boring already? And this at such a great track. Watch European champ. karting, IndyCar or F2 instead. Or maybe the worst thing was that they punished Tsunoda for his rear wing, there was no reason to call him in and take away his 6th place.
And the race in a sentence: I'd rather forget this race.
Edited by William Hunt, 13 June 2022 - 21:37.
#33
Posted 14 June 2022 - 09:03
Worst driver: didn't catch much of the backmarkers, perhaps Stroll, Schumacher or Latifi?
Best team: Red Bull
Worst team: Williams
Best engine manufacturer: Red Bull
Worst engine manufacturer: Ferrari
Best overtake: there were none, only DRS passes
Worst overtake: n/a
Best moment: Vettel recovering from his spin
Worst moment: Tsunoda's rear wing, Vettel's spin
Best thing about the race: no safety cars or red flags!
Worst thing about the race: pit stops and DRS
And the race in a sentence: Ferrari, Mamma mia!