Within the round-up: Oscar Piastri says he anticipated higher competitors from Pink Bull in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
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Piastri “shocked” Pink Bull not quicker
After securing a entrance row begin for as we speak’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with rivals Pink Bull solely fourth and sixth on the grid with Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, respectively, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri says he thought that the world champions world be nearer to the entrance in qualifying.
“To be trustworthy, I used to be a bit shocked Pink Bull weren’t a bit additional up on the finish of Q3,” Piastri mentioned.
“I feel our race tempo seemed good yesterday, however these days the highest 4 groups are so shut in race tempo that qualifying typically makes an enormous distinction. So I’ve obtained confidence that our automobile will probably be fast. However I feel there’s positively seven different automobiles out on the monitor which are actually not any slower.”
Cadillac rating first pole in Fuji
Cadillac secured pole place for the primary time within the World Endurance Championship by beating Toyota in qualifying in Fuji.
The American marque denied Toyota a house pole at their very own circuit as Alex Lynn pipped the very best time set by Ryo Hirakawa within the quantity eight Toyota by simply 0.041s in his quantity two automobile. He and crew mate Earl Bamber, who’re racing as a duo this weekend, will lead the sphere away on the Six Hours of Fuji which begins at 3am UK time.
The quantity 15 BMW, quickest in Friday apply, begins third, forward of the quantity seven Toyota in fourth. The best-placed Ferrari, the Le Mans successful quantity 50, begins in seventh.
Sky’s Brookes recovering after surgical procedure
Sky F1 reporter Rachel Brookes says she is “all good” after present process emergency appendix surgical procedure in Azerbaijan.
After being absent from Sky’s protection over the weekend to date, Brookes posted on social media that she needed to endure an emergency appendectomy.
“I landed right here Tuesday night time and felt poorly,” Brookes wrote. “Thought it was simply nasty meals poisoning however yesterday discovered that I had appendicitis and wanted surgical procedure.
“I’ve had the appendectomy and all good. Simply need to say an enormous because of all my colleagues at Sky Sports activities F1 for stepping up, stepping in to cowl and sending me so many messages.”
Brookes says she is going to return throughout the USA Grand Prix weekend in Austin in late October.
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Franco on a ”proud second for everybody” after Baku Quali (Williams)
Colapinto: ”As a crew, Williams, I feel it has been a very long time since we have had each automobiles in Q3. So I feel it is a proud second for everybody.”
Goethe penalised following Baku dash race (F2)
‘Through the race, Oliver Goethe made contact with automobile 16, Hitech driver Amaury Cordeel at flip 5. After the race, the stewards examined video proof, heard from each drivers in addition to their crew representatives and decided that the MP driver as not wholly however predominantly answerable for the collision. In consequence, the stewards handed Goethe a five-second time penalty. With the penalty utilized, Goethe stays twenty first within the classification.’
James Wharton dominates the primary race on the Pink Bull Ring (FREC)
‘It was an ideal race for James Wharton on the Pink Bull Ring, the place the Prema Racing driver, after ranging from pole, managed to remain in management from the primary to the final lap, securing his second victory of the season within the System Regional European Championship by Alpine, reaching this consequence throughout the seventy fifth race within the historical past of the sequence.’
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Pole place child 😘
An excellent Saturday however we’ve obtained to complete the job tomorrow within the race, let’s push 💪 pic.twitter.com/RF0ZPDzq1b— Charles Leclerc (@Charles_Leclerc) September 14, 2024
Entrance row. Trying ahead to some racing tomorrow
— Oscar Piastri (@OscarPiastri) September 14, 2024
12 years in the past, I used to be celebrating my win on the European Karting Championship within the Juniors, alongside Max, who took the win in Seniors at my native circuit PFI.
This weekend, PFI is internet hosting the World Karting Championship and it jogged my memory of the arduous work, the eagerness, and the… pic.twitter.com/9TXhO1hDNa
— George Russell (@GeorgeRussell63) September 14, 2024
Will 🤝 Lewis. Reunited in Baku pic.twitter.com/4g3p163Xr0
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Staff (@MercedesAMGF1) September 14, 2024
In a groundbreaking transfer, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has launched a Girls’s Marshal Put up on the pivotal Flip 16. That is the third 12 months of this initiative, which places feminine marshals on the coronary heart of race operations and highlights their vital function within the occasion 💪
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— FIA (@fia) September 14, 2024
UPDATE: #INDYNXT qualifying at @NashvilleSuperS has been canceled as a result of climate.
The lineup for Sunday’s #MusicCityGP will probably be set by entrant factors per the rule e-book with @17LouisFoster beginning on pole. pic.twitter.com/kxz9owY8AH
— INDY NXT by Firestone (@INDYNXT) September 14, 2024
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