Leclerc’s pole was his fourth in a row at this observe however he has but to transform any right into a win.
The Ferrari driver, who gained the Italian Grand Prix two weeks in the past, stated: “Wanting again on the three years I’ve achieved pole, one we had the automotive to be pole, however the 2021 and 2023 had been significantly good laps and we had been out of place, so I didn’t anticipate to win these years.
“In 2022, the engine blew up when main – unlucky. And tomorrow I hope the tempo we’ve got seen all weekend will nonetheless be there, however it’s a utterly totally different factor as a result of with excessive gasoline, tyre degradation shall be an enormous factor so we must be on high of this and if we’re hopefully we will carry the victory residence.”
Norris’ finest hope for a superb result’s for a chaotic, incident-packed race of the sort which have been commonly seen prior to now.
Sainz stated: “The most important problem of Baku usually is when there are crimson flags as a result of that breaks the rhythm of the race. I keep in mind one 12 months there was two or three crimson flags on the identical race, after which you must wait whereas they clear the observe, and clearly that’s the greatest factor.
“Then the protection vehicles. Right here it’s extremely troublesome to maintain temperature within the tyres, so at any time when there is a safety-car restart, it’s extremely straightforward to entrance lock, very straightforward to go extensive into the primary three corners.
“So yeah, all these elements make Baku an unpredictable race, as a result of as quickly as there’s one curve ball, like a security automotive or a crimson flag, it really generates much more chaos after, as a snowball impact.”
Verstappen, for his half, just isn’t optimistic of coming by way of to problem for victory, saying the automotive’s behaviour didn’t give him confidence to assault in qualifying.
“The best way the automotive feels now just isn’t good,” Verstappen stated.
