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, mentioned: “Trying again on the three years I’ve performed pole, one we had the automotive to be pole, however the 2021 and 2023 have been notably good laps and we have been out of place, so I didn’t count on to win these years.
“In 2022, the engine blew up when main – unlucky. And tomorrow I hope the tempo now we have seen all weekend will nonetheless be there, however it’s a fully totally different factor as a result of with excessive gasoline, tyre degradation will probably be a giant factor so we have to be on high of this and if we’re hopefully we are able to convey the victory dwelling.”
Norris’ finest hope for result’s for a chaotic, incident-packed race of the type which have been repeatedly seen prior to now.
Sainz mentioned: “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 yr 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 security automobiles. Right here it’s extremely tough to maintain temperature within the tyres, so each time there is a safety-car restart, it’s extremely simple to entrance lock, very simple to go broad into the primary three corners.
“So yeah, all these points 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 truly generates much more chaos after, as a snowball impact.”
Verstappen, for his half, will not be optimistic of coming by means of to problem for victory, saying the automotive’s behaviour didn’t give him confidence to assault in qualifying.
“The way in which the automotive feels now will not be good,” Verstappen mentioned.