The "Oh f**k the Mongols are here as well"-GP of Azerbajasiis....Eh. Baku.

[kals]

Bottom post of the previous page:

I still am trying to find a reason why verstappen was not penalised. Once more mirror driving moving left and right. He chnged line at least twice. Well ricciardo was a bit ambitious with his move but he had momentum. Max covered right and left, of course the accident was then unevitable.

And yet Sirotkin was given a 3 place grid penalty for his first lap incident with Perez.

[Michkov]

But they are not in the same team. Taking out your teammate doesn't warrant official punishment.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Ross Brawn has thrown his 2 cents into the argument suggesting that Daniel was always going to have an accident at that time due to the massive lack of aero effect when he got close to Max. I have to agree with him, and suggested that in my first post after viewing replays. Thats not exonerating Max, he did move twice, but it does indicate fault on both parties.

Post-race, stewards investigated the incident and handed both drivers a reprimand, a decision Brawn agrees with.

Formula 1’s managing director of motorsports believes stewards were right to reprimand Daniel Ricciardo following his race ending crash with team-mate Max Verstappen at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Despite the punishment, Ross Brawn also suggests that Ricciardo was little more than a passenger once he was tucked up behind Verstappen, making contact inevitable.

Ricciardo and Verstappen made contact when braking for Turn 1, the Australian locking up and sliding into the rear of Verstappen’s car.

“I don’t want to comment on who might be held responsible or how a team should manage these issues during a race, but I do think the Steward’s decision to reprimand both drivers was the right course of action,” Brawn told the sport’s official website.

“But I would like to highlight a technical point. Once Daniel had settled for his line, and Max had changed direction blocking that line, the Australian became a passenger.

“The downforce loss experienced by Ricciardo in the wake of Verstappen’s car would have made it unstoppable.

“We often think of downforce applying in cornering, but the impact the extra grip has in braking is huge.

“Take away that grip in braking and what happened on Sunday was inevitable.”

Whether their lack of penalty beyond reprimand is because they between them affected only their own team I guess is why. No other team or driver was involved. (Not taking into account the SC / restart issues. It is difficult to place blame on Vettel's over exuberant restart anywhere else but with Seb. VB's puncture was more a 'shit happens' type of incident, and cant 100% be put down to debris from the Red Bulls.... Maybe a bit of KMag's Haas? )

[kals]

[PTRACER]

Woahh! There was actually spectators there!?

[caneparo]

Ahhahaha

[erwin greven]

The most wealthy ones yes and a few from outside the country. Because when you go more than 500m outside the track you will find the most appalling examples of poverty.

[caneparo]

This video shows the vidrogame tactics by verstappen who, incredibly, was not penalised.
One more thing: was safety car really necessary?