HINCH’S HEROES: Who made Hinch’s top 5 after the revamped Sprint weekend in Baku?

IndyCar Race Winner and AnalystJames Hinchcliffe

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This season, former IndyCar star James Hinchcliffe is taking stock after every Grand Prix and presenting his ‘heroes’ from the weekend, exclusively for F1.com. Here are his picks from the first running of the revamped Sprint weekend in Baku…

F1’s return to Azerbaijan didn’t produce an instant classic Grand Prix, but the challenge of the long straights and concrete walls still produced some drives that, while perhaps not spectacularly flashy, were nonetheless impressive given the conditions.

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HINCH’S HEROES: Who made Hinch’s top 5 after the revamped Sprint weekend in Baku?

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