Weather is nice and not too warm - https://weather.com/en-GB/weather/weekend/l/ecb05f7ed1c365679d9dcd0be30b976b9a8efe1c3cd6f63c9bea927163d7b378 Im sure Mr Gonzalez will provide many superb photo's of race prep as it develops
Not getting any prep pics....yet. Surely they are there prepping the deliveries and race track. Here's the weather forecast too for BakuGP. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Im thinking tires, again, will be the mystery factor for the weekend. Not a circuit known for high degradation If Im correct.
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UK times Friday FP1. 10:00-11:30 FP2. 14:00- 15:30. Saturday FP3. 11:00 -12:00 Qualifying 14:00 Sunday. Race. 13:10.
If we're strong here it'll start looking really good for the season, as that means we'll be quick on most tracks.
Question is..can the stroller put it on the podium..or will he stuff it on the wall?..cast your votes gentleman!
Last year at Baku was a wild race! The lower degradation of this circuit on the Pirelli chart above might help Mercedes if they have been failing to manage their tires as well as Ferrari. Happy to have another race this week!
While not a photo of this weekends setup i came across this picture of the Mercedes from China. The holes on the brake housing is to help keep heat in the tires under cooler temp.It also looks like they are running a psudo "double diffuser". Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hopefully Ferrari get back on track and stay ahead of the aggravation from behind, and if Maxine wants to play bumper cars again, he slots in behind the Mercedes pair to do it. If he does have issues in this race, they seriously need to consider race suspensions (unless he puts elton in the wall, then they need to hand out an extra trophy at the end)
To be fair to Stroll, he kept it cleaner than a lot of drivers did last year. Crashing hasn't been his problem, absence of pace has.