Did you predict a red flag in qualifying? Or a double DNF for Ferrari? How many of your pre-race predictions for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix were correct? Find out below!
1. HOW MANY RED FLAGS WILL THERE BE IN QUALIFYING?
1. How many red flags will there be during qualifying for the 2022 #AzerbaijanGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 1
CORRECT ANSWER: 1
Last year there were four red flag periods during qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Stoppages have become a common theme of qualifying in 2022. Lance Stroll caused the only red flag in qualifying at the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, crashing out in Q1.
2. WHICH TEAM WILL WIN?
2. Which team will win the 2022 #AzerbaijanGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: RED BULL
CORRECT ANSWER: RED BULL
Over 50% backed Red Bull to take a second consecutive win at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Max Verstappen duly delivered, taking his fifth victory of the season. Ferrari suffered their first double DNF in almost two years, with both Carlos Sainz and polesitter Charles Leclerc retiring early on in the race with mechanical troubles.
3. HOW MANY LAPS WILL THE WINNER LEAD?
3. How many laps of the 2022 #AzerbaijanGP will the winner lead?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 11-30 LAPS
CORRECT ANSWER: 31-50 LAPS
Max Verstappen led 36 laps en route to victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – the most laps a winner at this circuit has led since Nico Rosberg in 2016. Verstappen set a new record for most laps led at the circuit.
4. WILL BOTH McLAREN DRIVERS SCORE?
4. Will both McLaren drivers score points at the 2022 #AzerbaijanGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: NO
CORRECT ANSWER: YES
Only 30% of you expected McLaren to score with both cars at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Daniel Ricciardo finished eighth, with Lando Norris ninth. This was only the second race of the season at which both McLaren drivers finished in the top ten.
5. WHERE WILL THE FURTHEST BACK PODIUM FINISH COME FROM?
5. From which grid slot will the furthest back podium finish be taken at the 2022 #AzerbaijanGP?#LightsOutF1Predictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: 5th or 6th
CORRECT ANSWER: 5th or 6th
The furthest back podium finish at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2022 came from fifth on the grid, which is where George Russell started. This was only the second race at the circuit, after 2019, in which all the podium finishers started inside the top five on the grid.
Let us know how you got on with this race’s predictions! There’ll be more predictions to be made ahead of the next Grand Prix. Follow Lights Out on twitter to take part: @LightsOutF1Blog!
After graduating in 2015 with a First Class honours degree in English Language and Literature, Nicky Haldenby, a lifelong fan of Formula 1, founded the Lights Out F1 Blog in 2016. The blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport’s history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics.
Nicky also writes at F1Destinations and Motorsport Guides and can be heard as the resident stats man on the 2 Soft Compounds Podcast. His work has appeared on WTF1, BadgerGP, motorsport.com, Sky Sports F1 and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nicky is also the host of the F1 Rewind Podcast.
