Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Mercedes' late-night overtime pays off

 

With the money, Luis Hamilton and Mercedes traveled the world with Charles Lecler in front of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Ferrari and his rival Max Vertapen in Red Bull.

If you could do it seven times differently from the Master and He would know that.

Hamilton described the situation as miraculous twice after his arrival and "a little too much" two days after the Baku attack. He said starting the tournament, which he and his team were not in the top 10 this weekend, was "a very good idea".

What will you do? Which team leader, Toto Wolf, said: "There is more knowledge in the dictionary and it is impossible to try to be as violent as we have tried."

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If you do not believe that Mercedes is "full of lies", you will do not believe. But that is not the case.

Hamilton finished seventh in the first half on Friday and between 11 and 10 played much of the final before the match against Saturday.

The driver and his team had a similar situation for me because the car was out of control. Only after a while did Mercedes finally find the car "in the right place". Wolf

Hamilton said: "The first exercise was not good, but the second and third exercises were a little bit disruptive." We have no night shifts without treatment. We tried it a few times on P3 and then tried something in stock and opened the settings.

Like any other car we can not fix the tire and suddenly change if the tire starts working and we can play.

It’s the highest jump we’ve ever made through P3 and Capabilities. It is truly nature and day.

After Hamilton changed the training schedule recently to three times faster, it took 0.6 minutes to take charge of the team at top speed.

Hamilton said: "I'm scared because you do not know if you want to understand or not.

Eventually you just go back to school. We are only here tonight at 11 and then 10 minutes before the session and we are trying to make small changes and you have to shake and hide there. The.

Bots' partner is not doing well. Both Mercedes Hamilton had lower power than the Finne so Wolf Bottas could not explain why he raised the brakes by more than 1.2 seconds and dropped to 10 places.

"[In the race, on the wing] it can make a difference. If there is a change, the car will be very difficult and Louis is confident, but Walter can not," Wolf said.

It can be in the last race. After five stages, the Botas were 0.5 seconds ahead of the first lap, but then arrived at the last four flags, and each of them scored a staco, but they went crazy.

Where does Ferrari's pace come from?

Ironically, as it turns out, Hamilton was possibly a member who did the best of his career.

When he started his first thigh in the last qualifying game, Leclerc came closer and finished. Hamilton towels support Ferrari speed on the track for the line and the result is a stroke that is 0.232 seconds faster than what Hamilton would do.

Every last race in qualifying stopped when Yuki Tsunoda lost Alpha Tauri and another Ferrari to Carlos Sainz, who avoided him, the Leclerc safety post.

It is not known whether Hamilton or Verstappen could lose against Leclerc. Both believe they have time in the wallet, but Leclerc also believes it can improve in both ways and fight for battle.

And the same is true for Hamilton - although for many different reasons - surprisingly.

If Mercedes' struggle to find competition is not considered, the same can be said for the Ferrari broadcast this weekend.

Leclerc and Sainz were faster than the shooters and that was not what the Italian team or riders expected.

Yes, they did the speed delay two weeks ago in Monaco, but it was different. Ferrari sits at every slow angle, so they think the density and curves will deliver the best performance of the year, though they don’t think they can accelerate that fast.

But for Baku, it is expected that the long wait will reveal the weakness of their engine and that they will fight at the top of the midfield again.

Ferrari ran behind the small cars for which they were good enough, not enough energy and the flat car doors were fast enough, on needle roads at 90 degrees and low speeds, which it always made.

Leclerc said: 'Full explanation [for our performance] - I don't have it', but it was the guys at the factory and the competition who started the season from 2020, and it's very difficult. And the car just got better and better - small steps and small steps in the right direction.

"We did not expect any competition because we settled for the weekend. So it was a bit. But we were passionate about it."

Why so many mistakes?

The accident and events made it one of the most exciting events of all time, with Aston Martin Lance Stroll, Alfa Romeo Antonio Giovinazzi, McLaren Daniel Ricciardo and finally Tsunoda all waving red flags when their afternoon ended on the wall.

Stroll and Giovinazzi both lost it in Turn 15, ten of which were particularly disappointing every weekend. Verstappen also fell to the last lead, as did Leclerc on Friday, and several others lost, including Hamilton. And Sebastian Vettel was close to losing his native Aston Martin, closed a lot and just lost the wall.

This is an angle at the end of the cracks at the bottom, the end of which is to the right and the outer front wheel is removed, only the driver stops 90 degrees to the left and follows.

It has always been a problem, but this year has been particularly demanding, and Vettel explains why.

"It's a windtail," he said. "It was hilly again, it was more bumpy than the last time and it took the air here. It was very lucky and you did not know what you had before you got there. I made a mistake and myself given a lot. "

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Ferrari's uncertainty and Mercedes' return is not good news for Verstappen, who seems to be a favorite at the bar.

The Red Bulls worked hard every week, but the talent was not successful. The last time the fastest was in the lead was Sergio Perez, a friend of the Verstappen team, but he made a mistake on the last pass into the ring and Verstappen tucked the ropes on his rope.

He was unhappy afterwards, and who could criticize him? For most of the week he had to think he had a chance to become Hamilton's manager with the win in Monaco, and now he started after seven.

"He was loving," said Verstappen, "but we're still in third place and we can still fight from there. We had a good race car and talked about tires to keep them alive."

When he played in the tournament, Hamilton seemed in a strong position.

Not only did Mercedes outrun the passenger in most places this season - and faster than Red Bull - but Hamilton Electric gave the car a straight line. This means that it is not only difficult to implement, but also as easy as humanly perceiving.

His main concern was that the lack of support was affecting the tires, but he appears to be in poor shape.

"We are equal in wings," he said. We weren't as fast as Red Bull (in Friday's practice), but we were ambiguous, so hopefully we can get closer to these guys [Leclerc and Verstappen

Tires could also be a concern for Leclerc, who fought in Friday's race and is known as the "under" grain where the tire pops out and sticks.

Leclerc said: "My P2 [race] was not good, but for me it was not good language, I was against the wall at first and not working well in the long run.

The three seasons are generally considered the best in the world in our third track race, the alpha tauri style race, the other race of Pierre Gasly and Carlos Sainz - from fame to small event prizes - promises to be true.