Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix two thousand seventeen Results: Daniel Ricciardo Wins Incident-Rich Race, Bleacher Report
Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix two thousand seventeen Results: Daniel Ricciardo Wins Incident-Rich Race
Daniel Ricciardo of Crimson Bull grabbed his very first win of the two thousand seventeen Formula one campaign during Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, surviving an incident-filled race. Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes took 2nd place from Williams rookie Lance Stroll on the final straight.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton had a controversial incident, and the latter had to pit due to a liberate headrest, while Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen made contact on the opening lap, dooming their chances of winning.
Ricciardo had a poor commence but took total advantage of several safety-car stints and the numerous incidents to grab an unexpected win. For total results and the drivers’ standings, visit F1’s official website.
Here are the points scorers, via the F1 official Twitter account:
🏁 POINTS SCORERS 🏁 one RIC 📸 two BOT three STR four VET five HAM six OCO seven MAG eight SAI nine ALO ten WEH #AzerbaijanGP #F1Baku 🇦🇿 https://t.co/7BejW5CEve
Baku is known to cause slew of incidents due to its narrow streets and high-speed corners, but Sunday’s race was busy even by the track’s lofty standards.
Bottas and Raikkonen made contact in the very first lap, with the Mercedes man instantly pulling down down the field, and Ricciardo also lost slew of ground. Bottas was coerced to pit and switch to the soft compound, getting lapped in the process.
There was little drama in the next ten laps, but Crimson Bull hit another rough patch when Max Verstappen’s engine failed, ending his race. Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso also ground to a halt, bringing out the virtual―and eventually the actual―safety car and permitting Bottas to make up some ground.
The safety car pitted for less than a minute before making a come back due to debris coming off Raikkonen’s car, and F1 YouTuber Into The Barriers noted whoever was driving it earned his keep on Sunday:
Today's race winner will be the Safety Car the way this is going.
But the madness was only just getting commenced. The two Force India cars clashed, prompting this tweet from former F1 driver Paul Di Resta:
Yet again the Force India debrief will be joy! 😁😁😁😁😁
Not to be outdone, championship rivals Hamilton and Vettel got involved in an incident of their own that will likely bring an end to the good-natured spirit of this year’s title race.
The former appeared to brake-check Vettel, who instantaneously pulled up alongside Hamilton and ran his Ferrari into his flank to make his point just before the crimson flag came out. Sniff Petrol couldn’t help himself:
Both Vettel's and Hamilton's engineers racing up to their cars with fresh handbags. #C4F1
The crimson flag permitted the stewards to have a look at the incident and gave F1 fans and pundits the chance to debate what exactly happened. Most agreed Vettel was clearly at fault, and some, included Lars Pollmann of Bleacher Report, wondered whether the German would be thrown out of the race:
So I don't know how they can permit Vettel to proceed after deliberately hitting Hamilton there.
Meantime, Force India were hard at work to attempt and get Sergio Perez’s car ready to race again after his clash with team-mate Esteban Ocon. Both he and Raikkonen were able to proceed.
Vettel was still in the field when the pack came out again under the safety car, while Ricciardo stole the showcase with an incredible stir from fifth to third in one turn, passing both Williams cars.
As if Hamilton hadn’t seen enough drama already, his headrest came liberate just past the midway point of the race. Mercedes despairingly attempted to work around the problem, with the Brit attempting to use his head to close it again on the straight.
Just as the three-time world champ was told he had to pit to fix the problem, Vettel was informed of his 10-second stop-and-go penalty. WTF1 couldn’t believe it:
Hamilton pits to fix his head rest and Vettel has a Stop/Go. #F1 #AzerbaijanGP https://t.co/DLN11v6NXJ
All of a unexpected, Ricciardo, Stroll and Kevin Magnussen made up the top three, with Ferrari and Mercedes nowhere near the race lead. Vettel returned to the track ahead of Hamilton, who was furious with the penalty, calling it too light.
The two and Bottas quickly made their way through the field, however, setting up a thrilling finale. Hamilton made his way into DRS range of Vettel in the battle for fourth but couldn’t make a final pass, and team-mate Bottas broke the hearts of Williams fans, taking Stroll for 2nd place on the line.
Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix two thousand seventeen Results: Daniel Ricciardo Wins Incident-Rich Race, Bleacher Report
Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix two thousand seventeen Results: Daniel Ricciardo Wins Incident-Rich Race
Daniel Ricciardo of Crimson Bull grabbed his very first win of the two thousand seventeen Formula one campaign during Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, surviving an incident-filled race. Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes took 2nd place from Williams rookie Lance Stroll on the final straight.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton had a controversial incident, and the latter had to pit due to a liberate headrest, while Bottas and Kimi Raikkonen made contact on the opening lap, dooming their chances of winning.
Ricciardo had a poor begin but took total advantage of several safety-car stints and the numerous incidents to grab an unexpected win. For utter results and the drivers’ standings, visit F1’s official website.
Here are the points scorers, via the F1 official Twitter account:
🏁 POINTS SCORERS 🏁 one RIC 📸 two BOT three STR four VET five HAM six OCO seven MAG eight SAI nine ALO ten WEH #AzerbaijanGP #F1Baku 🇦🇿 https://t.co/7BejW5CEve
Baku is known to cause slew of incidents due to its narrow streets and high-speed corners, but Sunday’s race was busy even by the track’s lofty standards.
Bottas and Raikkonen made contact in the very first lap, with the Mercedes man instantly pulling down down the field, and Ricciardo also lost slew of ground. Bottas was coerced to pit and switch to the soft compound, getting lapped in the process.
There was little drama in the next ten laps, but Crimson Bull hit another rough patch when Max Verstappen’s engine failed, ending his race. Daniil Kvyat’s Toro Rosso also ground to a halt, bringing out the virtual―and eventually the actual―safety car and permitting Bottas to make up some ground.
The safety car pitted for less than a minute before making a come back due to debris coming off Raikkonen’s car, and F1 YouTuber Into The Barriers noted whoever was driving it earned his keep on Sunday:
Today's race winner will be the Safety Car the way this is going.
But the madness was only just getting embarked. The two Force India cars clashed, prompting this tweet from former F1 driver Paul Di Resta:
Yet again the Force India debrief will be joy! 😁😁😁😁😁
Not to be outdone, championship rivals Hamilton and Vettel got involved in an incident of their own that will likely bring an end to the good-natured spirit of this year’s title race.
The former appeared to brake-check Vettel, who instantly pulled up alongside Hamilton and ran his Ferrari into his flank to make his point just before the crimson flag came out. Sniff Petrol couldn’t help himself:
Both Vettel's and Hamilton's engineers racing up to their cars with fresh handbags. #C4F1
The crimson flag permitted the stewards to have a look at the incident and gave F1 fans and pundits the chance to debate what exactly happened. Most agreed Vettel was clearly at fault, and some, included Lars Pollmann of Bleacher Report, wondered whether the German would be thrown out of the race:
So I don't know how they can permit Vettel to proceed after deliberately hitting Hamilton there.
Meantime, Force India were hard at work to attempt and get Sergio Perez’s car ready to race again after his clash with team-mate Esteban Ocon. Both he and Raikkonen were able to proceed.
Vettel was still in the field when the pack came out again under the safety car, while Ricciardo stole the display with an incredible budge from fifth to third in one turn, passing both Williams cars.
As if Hamilton hadn’t seen enough drama already, his headrest came liberate just past the midway point of the race. Mercedes despairingly attempted to work around the problem, with the Brit attempting to use his head to close it again on the straight.
Just as the three-time world champ was told he had to pit to fix the problem, Vettel was informed of his 10-second stop-and-go penalty. WTF1 couldn’t believe it:
Hamilton pits to fix his head rest and Vettel has a Stop/Go. #F1 #AzerbaijanGP https://t.co/DLN11v6NXJ
All of a unexpected, Ricciardo, Stroll and Kevin Magnussen made up the top three, with Ferrari and Mercedes nowhere near the race lead. Vettel returned to the track ahead of Hamilton, who was furious with the penalty, calling it too light.
The two and Bottas quickly made their way through the field, however, setting up a thrilling finale. Hamilton made his way into DRS range of Vettel in the battle for fourth but couldn’t make a final pass, and team-mate Bottas broke the hearts of Williams fans, taking Stroll for 2nd place on the line.
