Formula One is braced for chaos on the streets of Baku this weekend as Azerbaijan hosts the first sprint race of the season and kicks off a run of five grands prix in six weeks.After a long April break due to the cancellation of the Chinese Grand Prix, racing resumes with the sprint recast as a standalone
Formula One is braced for chaos on the streets of Baku this weekend as Azerbaijan hosts the first sprint race of the season and kicks off a run of five grands prix in six weeks.
Despite teams voting unanimously in favour, the new format could backfire on such a tricky city circuit where speeds are high and the walls and fences leave no room for error."It’s absolutely ludicrous to be doing the first sprint race of the year in a street race like Azerbaijan," Red Bull boss Christian Horner told reporters at the previous race in Australia.
Haas boss Guenther Steiner, whose team operate on a tight budget and count the cost of every crash, agreed there could be 'carnage'."Hopefully we are not the unlucky ones... because now with the budget cap if you have damage that will have an influence on your season because you have got less to spend on developments on the car."
Baku has yet to witness a repeat winner but that looks likely to end with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both past winners of the race and their car in a league of its own.
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