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@coinlocket$ this is a rare surprise performance from Ferrari because I wasn’t expecting them to finish so well in the practice, and if they can repeat this performance in the race then Mercedes will finally have a tough competitor. Furthermore do you’ll believe that if Ferrari continues to put in such impressive performances, then we may see them oust Mercedes and win the title is it really possible to see this happen.

Strong performance by Ferrari in practice 2 too, maybe they aim to a podium?
However the main topic is the flexibility of the wings and Redbull and Mercedes are probably cheating with the front wing, as always FIA does nothing about it.

Didn't watched practice, but I didn't surprised about Red Bull lead, but that Ferrari was so close was unexpected for me. How about Mercedes? Are they not competetive in this track or they're just sandbagging?
Yeah, I remember posting about Bitci.com and Mclaren partnership after first race of season:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.56666719
Saw Crypto.com logo on Aston Martin too, but forgot to post about.
@Koal-84, I didn't knew about Tezos and Red Bull partnership, it's interesting. Seems that crypto sponsorship in sports become daily thing.

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-1.html

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2021/races/1068/azerbaijan/practice-2.html

And we have the results of the first two practice rounds. Mercedes drivers surprised me really much. They weren't even close to the first places in both rounds. It looks like we will have another huge competition between Red Bull and Ferrari.  

And I hope this time Leclerc doesn't make a mistake. I really felt sorry for Leclerc in the Monaco GP. He took the pole position but his crash in the qualifying cost him the race.

Both Redbulls being first on both free practices for me means a lot.It means they are the top contenders to win the race and it also means that this track which is a mix of big straights and narrow strong turns clearly favors the Redbull which is the best car in mixed tracks.Of course tomorrow official Qualifying will show the true value and potential of the cars but I think it is a safe bet to bet on Redbull to win the Pole Position tomorrow.

^  Yup I don’t think Merc are sand bagging anymore.  Lol.  

And coinlocket$, on the contrary the Ferraris could be RBR’s main rival in this weekend’s race if Merc doesn’t figure out the right tweak with their car.  

Crossing my fingers for Vettel to get some points again.  

F1 Azerbaijan GP FP2 Results

1   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m42.115s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m42.216s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.243s
4   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m42.436s
5   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m42.534s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m42.693s
7   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m42.941s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.018s
9   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m43.020s
10   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.130s
11   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.156s
12   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m43.220s
13   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.298s
14   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.812s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m43.881s
16   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.184s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m44.557s
18   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m44.563s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.095s
20   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m46.983s

Free Practice 2 has also ended and the struggle for Mercedes looks to be real thing and as expected Red Bull is showing strength in this one followed by both Ferrari cars,
Hamilton needs to do well in qualification finished outside top 5 wouldn't help him in catching up with Verstappen on raceday.
Good to see Ferrari improving still they are not championship competitors but they snag a podium here and there.

Free practice one has done in Baku.

I don't think these are the real values of teams, Ferrari will be behind this weekend

Pos   Driver   Nat.   Team   Time
1   Max Verstappen   NED   Red Bull Racing   1m43.184s
2   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m43.227s
3   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow   1m43.521s
4   Sergio Perez   MEX   Red Bull Racing   1m43.630s
5   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.732s
6   Pierre Gasly   FRA   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m43.757s
7   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m43.893s
8   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m43.996s
9   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team   1m44.891s
10   Kimi Raikkonen   FIN   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m44.943s
11   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Alpine F1 Team   1m45.084s
12   Antonio Giovinazzi   ITA   Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen   1m45.092s
13   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m45.234s
14   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda   1m45.384s
15   Sebastian Vettel   GER   Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team   1m45.415s
16   Esteban Ocon   FRA   Alpine F1 Team   1m45.446s
17   George Russell   GBR   Williams Racing   1m45.452s
18   Nicholas Latifi   CAN   Williams Racing   1m45.774s
19   Mick Schumacher   GER   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.899s
20   Nikita Mazepin   RUS   Uralkali Haas F1 Team   1m46.945s

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/979626/1/f1-2021-azerbaijan-grand-prix-free-practice-results-1

Why all talk about sponsorship, i think partnership are most important like Tezos and RedBull?



https://www.redbull.com/int-en/redbullracing/tezos-joins-as-official-blockchain-partner
https://f1i.com/news/406073-red-bull-to-launch-range-of-collectable-nfts-with-tezos-blockchain.html

I hope also Tezos make a great step with this parnership. Use case is crucial for me, everyone can sponsor even if advertising is important.

Yes, it is true that Quartararo is one of the drivers who finished first since the race took place this season. This weekend we will see another race being held at Barcelona's Catalunya circuit and in my prediction Quartararo will come back to finish in first place again because if we look at the previous season he was able to be the fastest and got first finish at that circuit.

Yes, the general opinion is that this will be more of a Red Bull track. Hamilton has a lot of ground to regain after the problems of Monaco, and so do Mercedes... but this may not be the track to do it.
I think Verstappen should be favourite here, but it's not like Monaco, overtaking is possible, so we should I would think see Hamilton in second place.

Sorry I'm not as thorough as you, but thanks this is good news. I'm also not very familiar with Bitci.com and what the logo looks like.
I only skimmed through the Aston Martin and it wasn't on purpose.
Although I'm not very clear about the symbol, maybe because it's not the main sponsor.

Also its not the fastest track around the average speed is considered in the middle, its not going to help Mercedes a lot since they have better advantage in higher top speed tracks that is why I can see Vertsappen have a better advantage to finish above Hamilton in this race.
But we will have to see how they are going to perform in the FreeOractice rounds tomorrow.
Interesting thing is that Charles Lectern have the fastest lap record in this track in both Competitions F1 and F2,
In F1 with the notorious Ferrari SF90 where Ferrari were presumably have been cheating with fuel consumption

In F1 we have already 2 teams with crypto sponsors, don't forget about Mclaren with bitci.com



Source: https://www.ntvspor.net/motor-sporlari/formula-1-de-isiklar-turk-firmasi-icin-yandi-605b150f584696e8903ecee9

Aston Martin and Alfa Romeo are in this fan tokens too, with socios.com.

The new race weekend in Azerbaijan is going to start tomorrow. This is another intracity race after Monaco GP. But the drivers have many more chances to get past their opponents here. This time, I expect a solid race from both Mercedes drivers. And I think that there will be a good competition for the 1st place between Hamilton and Verstappen.

It's nice to have this happen, and I hope it will become a reality in the next few years.
I just read that even though it's not Bitcoin, the Aston Martin team has also agreed to cooperate with Crypto.com. Crypto.com became the first sponsor in the field of cryptocurrencies for F1 cars.

Source: https://www.fintechfutures.com/2021/03/crypto-com-signs-first-of-its-kind-f1-sponsorship-deal-with-aston-martin/

It is not so slow in the max speed but you are right at the moment they are the third force and they can fight for the win only on slow tracks.
 
Redbull should be the stronger team also for the next year keep in mind they just bought 8 engineers from the Mercedes squad.

Both Redbull and Verstappen have improved during the years,now Max is not the promising kid,he is a really awesome affirmed driver now with a good number of wins under his belt and I think he will win again in Baku.The track is a good one but the smallest error can cost the race here too just like in Monaco and the average speed here is much higher so extreme caution is needed.I find it difficult for Mercedes to win here as tires degrade really quick here and Mercedes is not the best car at tire managing.

Yes the have a different design, but i think Ferrari are not fast at each. Ferrari is the 3rd force this year. Toto always talks down the strength of the car, just wait and see I think Mercedes is driving for pole and victory again in Azerbaijan.


Red Bull has definitely gotten better compared to the last two years, we'll see if it is enough this weekend. In any case, I hope that Max is competitive and can win. Nobody needs such world championships as in previous years.

I believe Red Bull is a lot better in Baku compared to mercedes and that is what weird about the results in the past. Reason is that their "turns" are better than mercedes but their straight line race is slower, which means in places like monaco or baku or other places like that Red Bull should be doing much better than Mercedes. Just because Mercedes did better in the past doesn't mean that they will keep doing better neither, that was just in the past.

Plus let's face it we are watching something that could be changed in a single moment, we could see Hamilton or Verstappen finish 7th, we saw it literally just last grand prix, nothing is guaranteed here. I am saying it will probably be Hamilton first and Verstappen second, either Bottas or if he keeps the good run going maybe even Norris at third, the other on fourth. That looks like the 99% possible situation unless something unexpected happens.