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Grand Prix Information
Number of Laps: 51
Circuit Length: 6.003 km
Race Distance: 306.048 km
Dates Below
- Practice 1: Friday, 23rd June; 13:00 – 14:30
- Practice 2: Friday, 23rd June; 17:00 – 18:30
- Practice 3: Saturday, 24th June; 14:00 – 15:00
- Qualifying: Saturday, 24th June; 17:00 – 18:00
- Main Race: Sunday, 25th June; 17:00 – 19:00
The Circuit
Lewis Hamilton’s superb race in Canada, two weeks ago, means he is now behind Sebastian Vettel by just 12 points, and will be looking to make up for a rocky start to the season and get maximum points. Vettel narrowly missed out on a podium place in Canada, finishing fourth, after having to make a change early on.
The Season So Far
This season is an outright battle between Hamilton and Vettel; who have both won three races each. Vettel, however, sits on top of the driver’s standing with 141 points while Hamilton is a close second with 129 points.
Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate, Valtieri Bottas is a distant third, with 93, managing a win at the Russian GP. Elsewhere, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is enjoying a pretty decent season and he comes in at number 4 in the standings. The story is slightly different for the constructor’s championship where Mercedes leads with 222 points, closely followed by Ferrari with 214. Red Bull Racing is a distant third with 112 points.
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has endured a rocky start to the season. This is mostly due to the fact that his car has been unreliable ahead of several races, especially in Monaco where he was forced to start from 13th on the grid due to tire problems. The problem looks fixed, however, as he recorded his 4th Grand Slam at the Canadian GP. That was also his second grand slam of the season. Hamilton has won the Chinese, Spanish and Canadian GP. He currently sits second on the drivers standing.
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Sebastian Vettel
The current leader has enjoyed a pretty good season. Wins in Australia, Bahrain and Monaco; couples with car problems for Hamilton; makes him sit atop the driver’s standing with 12 points ahead of Lewis. Vettel missed out on a podium place in his last race in Canada, but, he won’t be too disappointed as an aggressive drive in Canada saw him finish fourth after dropping to 18th. His display was so impressive, supporters voted him as the driver of the day.
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Prediction
A new winner will be crowned come Sunday, following the retirement of last year’s winner, Nico Rosberg. Hamilton has the momentum following Canada, but last year in Baku, he suffered what he said was his “worst qualifying session ever”. Vettel, on the other hand, finished second in Baku last year. That fact, coupled with the aggressive driving in Canada, makes us believe that Vettel should win, with Hamilton coming in a close second.
Who do you think will win? Let us know!
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Lol. That still sounds fun tho
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hope Vettel wins. @steemspots thanks for the detailed round-up
Very good post, I love to read it ... thanks @steemsports
Vettel will demolish everyone haha! GOGO ! <3
You can't completely rule out Hamilton though
Great post. It seems this is the race, where Vettel gets his advantage. I still miss times, whit Schumacher vs Damon Hill, Hakkinen, Villeneuve.
Good post! Add Niki Lauda to the list.
I was to young than. But i watched movie "Rush" and yeah, he was the man.
Rush, the movie, was incredible. That was when I properly fell in love with F1
We all miss the Schumacher days
Yes, Vettel will win it!
Hopefully! Fingers crossed
Thanks for posting, loved it! Upvoted!
Vettel wins.
Max has the pace in the training so far, but Ferrari and Mercedes will definitely pick it up in the qualifiers. Although I am cheering for Max as Red Bull fan, I think Vettel is best positioned to win the race. Currently holding a contest for all F1 fans on my page. Cheers, @Finance2Nomad
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Vettel will win!
good job
Vettle will win. He will be hungry to get on the podium again and take want center spotlight.
I believe so
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Probably vettel will win, i live in canada montreal last weekend was the f1 event, it was amazing to see people from all around the world in my city 😍
Nice post my friend
Ill follow you to see more
I'm jealous you got to watch F1 live😃
I'm definitely up for Lewis Hamilton as I feel his momentum and confidence will pull him through.
I also believe he'll be on poll position as well.
Loving this season in F1. The shoot out between mercedes and ferarri is the best in years. I feel terrible for fernando alonso - hoping the mclaren train wreck gets better for him soon! Great to see force india on the rise with their two exciting drivers. Cant wait for baku!
Should be a good race.
Vettel: I don't get social media.
Great post. Love seeing the steemsport evolve.
As a hardcore Kimi fan I know that Baku is the one he will take the podiums first place :)