[Official] Team of the Grand Prix: Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2017

[Born Racer]

Who do you think it is?

[GTRMagic]

Red Bull. Turned a stray dog into a thoroughbred

[marcel82]

McLaren for being the only team to bring home 2 cars without major issue

[bjohnsonsmith]

McLaren, finally got their first points and brought both cars home.

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

McLaren, finally got their first points and brought both cars home.

Yep, seems reasonable to me.

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Red Bull. Turned a stray dog into a thoroughbred

they threw away points again, Max could have won this(he was faster all weekend) so it would have been a 1-2.

just like the Canada result could have been 2-4 instead of just a 3rd place

[GT6]

Well everyone else had problems but Mclaren finally get my vote

[Lancsbreaker]

Don't think any team really stands out, but I will applaud McLaren for finally getting two cars to the finish (and one in the points, at last)

[TrapezeArtist]

Mercedes: finger trouble cost them dear.
Ferrari: Not really on the pace, and got Raikkonen a penalty for some red flag rule infringement.
Red Bull: One car broke.
Force India: Driver fratricide masked what may have been a worthy result.
Toro Rosso: Hardly noticed them as usual, but I did see a broken down one that caused the safety car to come out.
Williams: Cranked it up a notch so could have been contenders, but one car broke.
Renault: One car barely started, so no chance.
Haas: Another team that manages to hide from my radar.
Sauber: Yawn!
McLaren: Sigh!
So I award my Team of the Race to Nobody.

[chillibowl]

I'm inclined to vote for nobody as well.

[gert]

Originally Posted by steve nielsen

Max could have won this

Maybe.

Also, Perez could have won this (Max never even got past him).
Hamilton could have won (without the headrest problem).
Vettel could have won (if he wouldn't have sideswiped Lewis).
Bottas could have won (if the race lasted a few more laps)
Alonso could have won (if he had a decent engine)

But they all didn't and Ricciardo did.

[Beryl]

Originally Posted by gert

Maybe.

Also, Perez could have won this (Max never even got past him).
Hamilton could have won (without the headrest problem).
Vettel could have won (if he wouldn't have sideswiped Lewis).
Bottas could have won (if the race lasted a few more laps)
Alonso could have won (if he had a decent engine)

But they all didn't and Ricciardo did.

Also Massa could have won this (behind only penalty-pending Vettel and headrest-coming-loose Hamilton at the time his car failed him)

[Tourer]

Hard to pick anyone but McLaren for me - getting 2 Honda powered cars home and getting some Honda powered points is no mean feat!

[Neil22]

Have to go with McLaren.

[BertMk2]

Given how hard everyone tried to not be team of the race I'm giving the nod to McLaren (just the McLaren part of the team - not the Honda bit). That chassis must be pretty good to grab a point around that track - given how much power they're giving away and the length of that main straight.

[marcel82]

Originally Posted by gert

Maybe.

Also, Perez could have won this (Max never even got past him).
Hamilton could have won (without the headrest problem).
Vettel could have won (if he wouldn't have sideswiped Lewis).
Bottas could have won (if the race lasted a few more laps)
Alonso could have won (if he had a decent engine)

But they all didn't and Ricciardo did.

Palmer could've won. if he didn't, and everyone else did, retire.

[F J Nedos]

I think William's reaction to third and their genuine joy was all I could find something which stood out.

It wasn't many years ago where if Mclaren only scored 1 or 2 points, they'd consider it a failure. Hard to give a team the gong if they simply score a point.

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by F J Nedos

I think William's reaction to third and their genuine joy was all I could find something which stood out.

Whilst it was nice to see think how much better their result would have been if Felipes car hadn't fallen apart.

Originally Posted by F J Nedos

It wasn't many years ago where if Mclaren only scored 1 or 2 points, they'd consider it a failure. Hard to give a team the gong if they simply score a point.

Whilst I agree - it's also hard to not be impressed with the fact that Alonso dragged that orange turd into the points on a circuit that definitely didn't suit them. (although like Stroll he was helped by everyone else screwing up their own races)

[chillibowl]

9 out of ten teams scored points so about the only thing i can say is that its definitely not Renault.

but seriously it s hard to pick just one team so i guess i will go with Ferrari (which may of course seem weird).

the work the Ferrari mechanics did to change the floor and end plate on Kimi's car was obviously overshadowed by the SV incident but it was a tremendous bit of work by the team to get that car out again even though it still ultimately led to a retirement.

[Mies7337]

Williams, first podium of the season. And fast enough to follow the Red Bull of Ricciardo and match the speed of the Force India in part one of the race. Well done. Well done to Red Bull and McLaren as well. Renault was the loser of this race with finally some chance of points for Palmer and Hulkenberg being the only driver to crash the car with immediate retirement.