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Topic: [F1] Baku Grand Prix |
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#2 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 11:42:54
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Wow, didn't realise what a spectacle it would be !!! some of the architecture is lush and then a castle turret is used as an apex !!! Great vid Mehman=) cheers for sharing
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#3 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 11:49:59
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Looking at how he checks every intersection before crossing I thought he's looking for a lorry coming in
Wouldnt be too surprised
On a serious note, its so straight and fast it looks incredibly scary. Like it!
Like the old town too, gotta go to Baku some day soon.
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#6 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 12:16:59
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Is there even two cars width past the castle? lol.
Looks like a very fast track indeed and not very demanding on tyres, the corners look quite easy. Hope they're bringing ultra soft to it, will be a 1 stop I think otherwise.
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#7 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 12:19:02
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It looks freshly resurfaced so I`d bet you it`s a 1-stop in any case
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#8 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 13:04:25 (last edited Jun 3rd 2016, 13:04:55 by Håkan Ferm)
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On a new surface i am quite sure they will not at all bring ultra softs
New surfaces usually means excessive tyre wear, after a few years yes years the asphalt settles in and becomes less stressing on the tyres.
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#9 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 13:16:15
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Supersoft, soft, medium are the tyres.
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Quote ( Håkan Ferm @ June 3rd 2016,13:04:25 ) New surfaces usually means excessive tyre wear, after a few years yes years the asphalt settles in and becomes less stressing on the tyres.
Hm I had the impression that there`s less grip therefore less wear on new asphalt
Or is it like less grip -> more sliding -> more wear?
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#11 posted Jun 3rd 2016, 13:36:28 (last edited Jun 3rd 2016, 13:36:46 by Håkan Ferm)
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so how is ice? sliding all the time = less ware
Unless you spin tyres i would say the more fricition the more wear.
Recent track to show settle in is Austin which had extreme wear the first 2 seasons
now it has gotten a bit better.
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Quote ( Andrey Baydin @ June 3rd 2016,13:26:45 ) Quote ( Håkan Ferm @ June 3rd 2016,13:04:25 )
New surfaces usually means excessive tyre wear, after a few years yes years the asphalt settles in and becomes less stressing on the tyres.
Hm I had the impression that there`s less grip therefore less wear on new asphalt
Or is it like less grip -> more sliding -> more wear?
I drove these streets and I can assure that grip is high and it seems tyre wear will be at least medium if no high.
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Once it's all jazzed up it should look great.
Looking forward to it, hope Azerbaijan do a great job.
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Quote ( Håkan Ferm @ June 3rd 2016,13:36:28 ) Recent track to show settle in is Austin which had extreme wear the first 2 seasons
now it has gotten a bit better.
Well, Sochi wear is stupid low and that was a fresh surface. Maybe climate plays a part? Sochi wasn't the warmest. Not sure how the weather is in Baku tho.
Austin was more demanding on the tyres because of quite a few twisty sections and a couple of hard braking zones (first and last corners especially). Baku does not look like that :/
Sochi is a polite track to say the least, and this one in Baku looks fairly similar, though you'd expect the fact it being a faster track, maybe the wear will at least be a little heavier than Sochi. I don't think it will be like Austin at all.
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Quote ( Stuart Foster @ June 3rd 2016,14:11:25 ) ot sure how the weather is in Baku tho.
Very hot and due to the fact that the track next to the sea - high humidity.
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I'm annoyed at all the moaners in the YouTube comment section of the video saying that it's a sh*t track; they'll be watching anything else that weekend; "this is terrible", etc... Just because it isn't as glamorous or curvy as the classic circuits, that doesn't mean it's automatically going to be a crap race. Just give it a chance, and if it's appallingly bad on the day, only then can you start moaning. I think it looks great, some of the overtakes will be sensational and the average speed will be through the roof, which always makes for a good spectacle.
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#17 posted Jun 17th 2016, 20:45:17
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Vettel said it is a supertrack :P
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#18 posted Jun 17th 2016, 20:55:04
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I saw on the news only Button & Rosberg are criticizing the track ... safety / runoff etc.
But seriously, something is wrong in the world when those 2 drivers aren't moaning about something.
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Hamilton is also.. but Alonso is way faster than Button.. but it's only the practices yet.
Ferrari is too slow until they find the rhythm.. god know where they might need to look for it
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#20 posted Jun 18th 2016, 11:56:01
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Wow! What a wonderful city! Never thought of that on such a seemingly unspectacular country.
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#21 posted Jun 18th 2016, 15:59:37
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And Hamilton crashed.. on the narrow part
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#22 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:00:49
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And conveniently the red flag took an age to come out, giving rosberg the time to get over the line and set his time
Gutted for Perez, the flag should've been out earlier and given Force India the pole
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#23 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:03:30
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yes, they took some time to show the red
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#24 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:04:09
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To be honest it looks like it could have been covered with just a yellow because Hamilton made a good move by parking the car to a safer spot just after the corner.
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#25 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:04:55
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Quote ( Jordan Randall @ June 18th 2016,16:00:49 ) Gutted for Perez, the flag should've been out earlier and given Force India the pole
If it would've been out quicker, technically Rosberg could've come out and set a time. Or would it take more than 2:10 to do an outlap?
But yeah, I don't think this was done properly. The red flag should've come out faster.
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#26 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:06:22
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Quote ( Andrei Ciuchi @ June 18th 2016,16:04:55 ) Or would it take more than 2:10 to do an outlap?
Probably not everyone will not make it to the line in time now.
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#27 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:08:42
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As teammates, Ricciardo spent his time making Vettel look like an amateur. Now he beat him with an identical time... Nice one!
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Ironic that Hamilton was panning drivers moaning (Button?) about them having safety concerns during free practise and hits the jagged wall.
Going to be interesting tomorrow if someone has to use an escape 'road' only to find someone is already in it nevermind passing back markers.
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#29 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:13:09
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Verstapen be like 'omg, sum1 kill Bottas pls'
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#30 posted Jun 18th 2016, 16:22:51
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If as many people go off tomorrow as went off today it is going to be an exciting race.
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