Send us your Azerbaijan GP F1 podcast questions!
Added 2024-09-15 08:05:01 +0000 UTCIt's race day in Baku, and that means tonight Edd and the team will be recording their race review podcast. So send in your questions by 1800 UK time and we'll go through as many as we can on the show!
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Was McLaren violating the DRS flap regulations?
Luis Carrion
2024-09-17 04:11:24 +0000 UTCAnyone else amused that a spaniard ruined mexican independence day weekend?
crimkingson
2024-09-15 19:55:05 +0000 UTCDid Sainz sacrifice his race and crash into Perez to help Leclerc?
Lisastayfiercesmith
2024-09-15 18:34:47 +0000 UTCWouldn't it make more sense for a driver disqualified from Qualifying to start from last place regardless of subsequent penalties for other drivers?
Ed Parr
2024-09-15 18:26:54 +0000 UTCShould F1 move away from a VSC system towards a slow zone incorporated on series like WEC? It would reduce the prevalence of “cheap” pit stops, and allow racing to continue where the track is safe. It might also be a stricter way than double waved yellows or VSC to get drivers to slow down to an appropriate level where Marshalls are working. If the FIA are worried about deceleration before the zone, maybe this could be a graduated slow down?
Joe Cann
2024-09-15 17:41:00 +0000 UTCIt seems like many teams were surprised by how well the hard performed relative to the medium tyre. How is that possible with three practice sessions?
Chase Roberts
2024-09-15 16:52:35 +0000 UTCTyres. Piastris ability to keep his rears alive, so soon after Monza when a 1 stopper was “impossible” seems to be vital to today’s win. How did Piastri do this, when Leclercs fell off a cliff? Was it the track, was it the temperature, was it dirty air?!
Mike Fletcher
2024-09-15 14:34:46 +0000 UTCAnd adding to this question: will their results over this weekend influence Saubers decision on their 2025 lineup? Either by putting Colapinto firmly in the mix or by making them more willing to take a punt on Bortoleto?
Jan Alexander
2024-09-15 14:32:35 +0000 UTCDo drivers like Lawson, Bearman and Colapinto prove that midfield teams should be more aggresive in their driver choices mid-season? Replacing a struggling incumbent driver with a F2 junior seems to be a formula for success at the moment, both for point scoring and for junior driver development.
Per Lorentz
2024-09-15 13:39:29 +0000 UTCIs there a chance for Bearman to replace Magnussen sooner than next year? Obviously there will be buyouts of contracts etc but would it be worth doing, given performances like this? He could make the difference between 6th and 7th in the constructors.
Dan Neale
2024-09-15 13:34:34 +0000 UTCSorry … 2nd question … can't we just cancel the 2026 regulations? Hasn’t this been the best, most variable, racing for quite a few years?
Michael Holden
2024-09-15 13:11:56 +0000 UTCPiastri's short career appears to show very high levels of clinical calculation in the car. Despite his lack of expereince last year he seemed to know what he was missing, and now he's starting to use that knowledge in races (eg: why he missed out in Monza) . Do we have a new Professor on our hands?
Steve D
2024-09-15 13:10:36 +0000 UTCBrilliant Grand Prix today across the board, From the battle for the lead between Oscar and Charles and fairness between the two To the flash point race closing crash between Sergio and Carlos and the costly dropping of significant points for both teams in constructors battle The amazing recovery drive by lando getting back to 4th and importantly ahead of Max, But special mentions must go to Colapinto and Bearman, both getting points in there 2nd races in such challenging conditions and track, God I love F1
Daniel Ingleton
2024-09-15 13:03:27 +0000 UTCAnd did Oscar (and McLaren) win the race in the couple of laps undercut on Charles when Lando held up Perez? Oscar suddenly pulled the deficit to Charles from 5.8sec to 1.8 seconds between pitstops and had momentum to overtake.
Nick of Oz
2024-09-15 13:02:30 +0000 UTCWatching the Perez, Sainz crash it doesn't look like either driver turned into each other, how much will the air flow between the two possibly dragged them together like ships?
Jed Peachey-Pace
2024-09-15 12:59:51 +0000 UTCWhat I take away from the race was the maturity and hard but fair racing between Oscar and Charles. It bodes well for a massive fight next year between so many drivers.
Nick of Oz
2024-09-15 12:59:21 +0000 UTCHis race winning message to the team was so even. He is an Ice Cold Menace. His career trajectory is looking fascinating.
Stranded_Colourwork
2024-09-15 12:58:46 +0000 UTCAre Piastri and Leclerc objectively on current form a step above the rest of the field or was Lando’s 4th in the same league as it’s hard to tell from the race footage
Michael Griggs
2024-09-15 12:53:48 +0000 UTCWill Oscar be the McLaren driver competing for WDC next year?
Katrina
2024-09-15 12:53:10 +0000 UTCon one of the rear-facing camera shots, we saw Piastri's DRS flap lifting several mm just from aero loading. Is this also something Red Bull and Ferrari are complaining about, or are they mostly focusing on the front wings?
carma strikes
2024-09-15 12:50:44 +0000 UTCI had to scrap my previous question! What a race! What's your view on the crash between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz? Based on the radio reactions from Sergio and Carlos, Carlos wasn't aware and Sergio was expecting him to know that he was there. It was a major shame for both of them because the last 1 and a half laps would have been amazing because Sergio had managed to really eke some tyre life out of the hard but the Ferrari had a slight straightline advantage. Also, what freezer was Oscar sitting in for the last 30 or so laps?! He's the new Iceman!
Alexander Law
2024-09-15 12:50:11 +0000 UTCIf Ferrari pitted Charles a few laps earlier, could he have won the race?
Katrina
2024-09-15 12:48:13 +0000 UTC91 points behind Max. No.
Michael Holden
2024-09-15 12:46:23 +0000 UTCMove aside Richard Marles, we have a new Australian Minister of Defence.
Jasper Pendlebury
2024-09-15 12:43:30 +0000 UTCSurely the questions of Oscar Piastri’s tyre management are quashed once and for all?
Jack C
2024-09-15 12:43:07 +0000 UTCWith Franco Colapinto performing exquisitely for only a second time out (Scoring points even without the crash), has the decision to ditch sargeant been totally vindicated? And what chance is there of seeing Franco on the grid beyond Abu Dhabi at the end of this year?
Jasper Pendlebury
2024-09-15 12:42:37 +0000 UTCWith Piastri's absolutely STUNNING drive, what learnings might McLaren be taking away for future race and driver management?
Stranded_Colourwork
2024-09-15 12:42:34 +0000 UTCCould the strong showing by both Colapinto and Bearman have any influence on Kick Sauber and their choosing a second driver? Do Sauber really need to stick with Bottas? Could they be swayed into thinking "youth" has more upshots?
Michael Holden
2024-09-15 12:40:52 +0000 UTCDoes Colapinto putting a weekend like this together, which was impressive all of the way throughout, just underline Williams were right to bring him on, and maybe wrong to wait as long to do it? Should Ferrari have tried a 2-stop with Leclerc, before Norris pitted there was a pit stop window there and Sainz/Norris showed that the pace difference of newer tyres.
Thomas Knights
2024-09-15 12:40:32 +0000 UTCIs there something with Lewis Hamilton's driving technique why he struggles relatively in low grip conditions, Baku and Sochi especially come to mind. Considering traditionally Toro Rosso/VCARB/Alpha Tauri have always gone well here, how much of a disappointment was their weekend?
Thomas Knights
2024-09-15 12:38:30 +0000 UTCSainz/ Perez: Whose fault or a racing ‘incident’?
Oscar Robledo
2024-09-15 12:38:20 +0000 UTCI know Mark has spoken before of Ferrari being quick out of the corners but Piastri seemed to have great traction out of turn 2. Was this key to him keeping Leclerc behind?
Gavin Cameron @ the_loft_workshop
2024-09-15 12:31:15 +0000 UTCShould Lando get behind Oscars championship push now? 🇦🇺
Callum Duffy
2024-09-15 12:11:08 +0000 UTC
