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Formula 1

The Azerbaijan GP in Baku is running a day earlier than the normal schedule to acomodarte a national remembrance day tomorrow. Here is the line-up for this afternoon

1 George Russell (Mercedes)
2 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
4 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
8 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
9 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
10 Oliver Bearman (Haas)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Alexander Albon (Williams)
13 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
14 Carlos Sainz (Williams)*
15 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)
16 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

17 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)
18 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
19 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
22 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

* Sainz qualified in 9th, but was penalised.

Antonelli had a crash in Q2, and Verstappen missed out on an expect4ed "tow". I expect both to improve during the race. Otherwise the top places are much as expected.
Williams brought a new chasis which has finally reduced the car weight to the permitted level. The performance has improved but they still have work to do. Scoring points would be a good result.

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Race result
1) Russell 25
2) Verstappen 18
3) Hadjar 15
4) Leclerc 12
5) Antonelli 10
6) Hamilton 8
7) Lindblad 6
8) Ocon 4
9) Bearman 2
10) Sainz 1

11) Hulkenberg
12) Lawson
13) Bortoleto
14) Piastri
15) Perez
DNF: Bottas, Colapinto, Gasly, Norris, Albon, Alonso, Stroll

There were several crashes and other incidents with 2 safety car periods. Colapinto tool out Gasley and caused him to damage Norris who later retired. He will face some hard words and probably penalties later.
A good day for Russell who led throughout and had a close fight with Verstappen at the end. Red Bull have closed the gap to McLaren and Ferrari. Haas lucked into some better points than expected due to the Colapinto incident,.

Next up is Bahrain on 4th Oct (I will be away, so a report from others would be welcome), then Singapore o the 11th.

I dont know about that new flag, I liked the "eh" one more tbh

Formula 1

The "Bahrain" GP is being held at Sepang in Malaysia. All the action is in the wee small hours for me, so reporting will be minimal

Here is how they will line up...
1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
3 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
5 Lando Norris (McLaren)
6 Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
7 George Russell (Mercedes)
8 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)*
9 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
10 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)

11 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
12 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
13 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
14 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
15 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi)
16 Oliver Bearman (Haas)

17 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
18 Alexander Albon (Williams)
19 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)
20 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
21 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)*
22 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls)*
* Hadjar qualified 3rd, but has a 5 place penalty for using too many replacement parts. Colapinto and Lindblad also received technical penalties.

Race result

1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 25
2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 18
3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 15
4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 12
5 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 10
6 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 8
7 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) 6
8 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) 4
9 Lando Norris (McLaren) 2
10 Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) 1

11 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi )
12 Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
13 Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
14 Oliver Bearman (Haas)
15 Esteban Ocon (Haas)
16 Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
17 Carlos Sainz (Williams)
18 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi )
19 Sergio Perez (Cadillac)
20 George Russell (Mercedes)

DNF Alexander Albon (Williams)
DNF Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)

CAQ? Coalition? Coalitions rarely survive elections. Guessing.

Happy Thanksgiving / Action de Grâce folks