Azerbaijan Grand Prix Update
Well , that was '
well done' now , wasn't it?
Salam Baku indeed . After the series premier of the Baku's 'European Grand Prix' in 2016 was dubbed as 'boring' , they decided to rename it to the 'Azerbaijan Grand Prix' for 2017 , and that seems to have worked wonders for them. They managed to buck the trend of
sophomore slump and how!! 1st lap incidents , cars clipping the walls , carbon fibre flying , VSC , SC , red flag , 2 title rivals colliding - you name it , the race had it.Only thing that could have topped it is if it would have rained during all of this. This also gave us the controversy of the year between Hamilton and Vettel , which dragged on and on , with everyone having an opinion on it. Finally , Vettel's 10s stop and go penalty was deemed sufficient from FIA , along with some community service to teach young kids in feeder series for the rest of the year.
And amidst all of this , the smiling Aussie Danny Ric once again picked off the pieces while everyone else was fighting with each other, and made it to the top step of the podium with a measured drive , becoming the 4th different winner this season. Under-fire Lance Stroll was impressive with his calm-headed drive , and looked to come home in P2 , but was denied by Bottas who recovered well in the end. Still , P3 was a great effort from the 18 year old. Vettel and Hamilton followed home , and Alonso scored the 1st points of the season for Mclaren Honda with a P9. And Kimi , despite his DNF , once again proved to be the master of radio messages , with his
Steering Wheel rant getting an own video of itself on the F1's official FB page.
Enough about these guys now. Let's see how we have done in the game.
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Podium Performers
Maybe this was expected because of the crazy race , and hence this is on average , the 2nd lowest scoring round this year. It was a tight battle at the top , with the winner edging the runner up with just a single point. So ,drumrolls for... theferret's
White Visor , on the podium for the 1st time this season , helped by his faith in Magnussen and Williams , wins this round ahead of mcdo's
Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo , by just 1 point. Even after having many different picks in both these teams(theferret's Ham,Massa,Hulk,Mag,Williams vs mcdo's Vettel,Perez,Sainz,Gro,FI) , only 1 point separated them. Rounding off the podium in 3rd place , for his 6th podium this season , is Jezza13's
The Grid Fillers , just 3 points off the winner.
1st: White Visor - 159 points
2nd: Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo - 158 points
3rd: The Grid Fillers - 156 points
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Rest of the Field
So , the rise of
White Visor team to the podium means that there is only 1 team which hasn't been on the podium this year - Group Pickem's version of Nico Hulk ,
Icemanjee1 . With a score of 152 , he was the only other team in the 150's this round , and secured 4th place.Another team which is not having a good season this year - Herb's
The Champions came home 5th with a score of 148. This year's leader
TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins had an average round , and scored 146 points - same as
Mayhem , by virtue of having same picks. Jenson's Understeer's
WIN-MOOAR Racing came home 8th , just a point behind with 145 points. The one team who would want to forget this round is Peter McG's
Bootleg Racing Honda , whose faith in Ferrari mainly responsible for the low score - 123 points(which is the 2nd lowest score this season for any team, just above the 105 scored by Mayhem in Monaco).
Icemanjee1 - 152 points
The Champions - 148 points
TypingChicane & The Inflatable Shark Fins - 146 points
Mayhem - 146 points
WIIN-MOOAR Racing - 145 points
Pheonix Racing - 138 points
Infiniti Infinity Ltd and Fountoukos13 - 137 points
Bootleg Honda Racing - 123 points
Baku points breakdown:
No transfers happened before the Azerbaijan GP
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Standings:
1. Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo - 1326 points(+1)
2. TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins - 1319 points(-1)
3. Mayhem - 1278 points(-)
4. The Grid Fillers - 1267 points(+2)
5. Fountoukos13 - 1253 points(-)
6. Bootleg Honda Racing - 1247 points(-2)
7. WIN-MOOAR Racing - 1240 points(-)
8. Icemanjee1 - 1225 points(-)
9. Phoenix Racing - 1205 points(-)
10. Infiniti Infinity Ltd - 1203 points(-)
11. White Visor - 1203 points(+1)
12. The Champions - 1195 points(-1)
The results of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix means that
Uncle Ron's Retirement Rodeo reclaims the top position in the standings from
TypingChicane & the Inflatable Shark Fins. Both have a good gap to 3rd placed
Mayhem. The big mover this GP was
The Grid Fillers , who gained 2 places to go to 4th in the standings , while the big loser , unsurprisingly , was
Bootleg Honda Racing , who slots in 6th , while
Fountoukos13 maintains his place.
White Visor , due to the win in this round , are
tied with
Infiniti Infinity Ltd in the points table , but only moves up 1 spot in the standings , due to the latter scoring 1 podium more than the former.
The Champions slide back to the final spot in the standings.
Transfer costs, driver/team points scores and transfer points remaining update to come in the next post.
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PS: This is my 1st update here , so if there are any mistakes in the points , please point them out below.I'll try to correct them. Thanks