Time for F1 to hit the streets, of Baku that is. The home of the Azerbaijan offers action, walls to punish over-ambition, a long straight and a castle with no moat. Talking of castles, our 2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview has a solid wall of facts and stats to rule your F1 weekend.
The Gurgler’s 2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview brings some thoughts on the race itself, a more than a few barely interesting stats.
Essentially a quick summary of what a casual F1 fan needs in the shortest possible time for your convenience.
And for F1 opinion, stand by for the F1 Donkey’s Bold Predictions and Opinion.
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2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview – Race Potential Rating
The Gurgler does like to use some obscure drivers in our Race previews and report, so who better to use than Teo Fabi to determine a race rating system.
So before each race we give a rating out of ten for four key category that are loosely based on each letter of Teo Fabi’s surname. Don’t know who Teo Fabi is, you should.
FAST? 6/10 – It’s pretty fast for a proper street track, with a seemingly never-ending straight, and the proximity of the walls makes it look even faster.
ACTION? 7/10 – The first corner usually provides over-ambition and some mediocre driving, so an opening lap clash is almost a certainty. There a few decent opportunities to overtake too, which helps. And the long back should make it easier to pass. The threat of a Safety Car always looms and is usually always welcome. Looking back to a Sebastian Vettel dummy spit and collision with Lewis Hamilton around a safety car proves action is always waiting.
BIG HISTORY? – 3/10 – Not really. Been going on for seven years now and the occasional good race or memorable incident are few and far between.
INCLEMENT WEATHER? – 3 /10 The Weather Channel says a 28% chance of rain on Saturday and cloudy conditions otherwise. So not much happening, but maybe too much weather would make it too dangerous.
RACE RATING 48% – An interesting enough street circuit where Ferraris tend to qualify well, and along with the McLarens and the fact Max Verstappen hasn’t won here more than once, it could be super interesting.
2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview – Stats Summary
Want to know if your favourite driver for this weekend is a master of the track or the track is a master of them? Here then are some barely interesting facts and stats.
These visuals go back to 2000 to cover the current drivers, thanks to Fernando Alonso. The all time history goes back to 1950.
2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview – Driver Stats
RECORD @ BAKU SINCE 2016
2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview – Other Stats
RECORD @ BAKU SINCE 2016
99 = a DNF. Grid position 20 is overstated as that was also used for cars starting in pitlane. Results from 2016.
2024 Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix Preview – Historic Stats
ALL RACE RESULTS – AZERBAIJAN/EUROPEAN F1 GRAND PRIX @ BAKU
