LAP 20/51: PIASTRI TAKES THE LEAD
LAP 19/51: Perez overtakes Albon
LAP 18/51: Norris is staying out
LAP 17/51: Tsunoda retires
‘Can you hold Perez up?’
Do McLaren need to respond?
LAP 13/51: Verstappen and Russell pit
LAP 12/51: Leclerc turns on the pace
LAP 9/51: Russell reports an issue
I think a plastic bag just went into the left-hand side airbox.
‘The medium is not grading yet’
LAP 8/51: Norris into the points
LAP 5/51: Leclerc can’t shake Piastri
LAP 2/51: Norris overtake
LAP 1/51: Stroll in the pits
LIGHTS OUT! Leclerc leads through turn one
FORMATION LAP UNDERWAY
Almost time to get underway
Where are all the celebs?
Bearman hoping for a clean start
A clean start, a clean first lap and hoefully we’ll have a good one. The race pace will be good. Im excited for the race.
T-15 minutes to lights out
‘It makes no logical sense’, says Horner on Perez’s Baku record
It makes no logical sense in that it is high-speed straights with barriers, 90-degree corners, but he has always been magic around here. If he had a 24-race championship in Azerbaijan he would be pretty tough to beat. It is important to carry that momentum into the race.
What’s going on at Red Bull?
From the first lap that I did in qualifying I was not happy with the car, and I just tried to drive around it. When you’re not confident and comfortable with the car on a street circuit, you cannot push to the limit and I think basically that’s what happened.
As soon as it matters, people start risking more. I just didn’t feel comfortable to attack because the car was just very difficult, jumping a lot, losing contact patch with the tarmac, so not very nice. Of course, I went off in the last corner which also didn’t help, so all in all quite disappointing
PIT LANE OPEN! Countdown to lights out
Hamilton to start from the pit lane
All smiles in sunny Baku
Baku’s pole-sitter curse
Norris remains hopeful despite tough ask
Everything is going to have to be done with strategy because you can’t overtake. There are a plenty of cars at the back who have taken the wing off and hope for the best.
That makes it impossible for a lot of cars to overtake them.The car is quick and we hope that will come into our hands and at some point I can get clean air. But on a street circuit everything gets backed up and you kind of get forced into a position and you can’t do a lot at times.
What’s the order?
Hoping for a banger in Baku
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LAP 20/51: PIASTRI TAKES THE LEAD
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‘Can you hold Perez up?’
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LAP 12/51: Leclerc turns on the pace
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LAP 8/51: Norris into the points
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LAP 2/51: Norris overtake
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‘It makes no logical sense’, says Horner on Perez’s Baku record
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What’s going on at Red Bull?
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Hamilton to start from the pit lane
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Hoping for a banger in Baku