Baku Formula 1 circuit is demanding so the drivers need confidence in the car to find the right rhythm already on Friday, Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport's Toto Wolff said, the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza reported.
"We're going into the race weekend in Baku feeling excited about that unpredictability. It will be the first time the Azerbaijan Grand Prix takes place in April, with completely different conditions to the previous years when we went to the Caspian Sea in June. This is a demanding circuit where the drivers need confidence in the car to find the right rhythm - and you want to hit the ground running on Friday morning," he said.
"Last year's race threw up a podium that nobody could have predicted and, as is the way with street courses, we can once again expect the unexpected," Toto Wolff stressed.
"The 2018 Formula One season is set to be a celebration of everything we love about motor racing. Three teams are fighting fiercely for race wins," he continued. "We’ve witnessed exciting races with nail-biting overtakes. The fastest F1 cars in history, driven by some of the best drivers this sport has seen."
"So far, this year has all the ingredients for one of those legendary F1 seasons – a season that fans will look back on with smiles on their faces in years to come," Wolff said.
He admitted that both Red Bull and Ferrari will do everything they can to beat them. "Their cars, their teams, their drivers - all of them operate at a high level and will continue to put us under pressure. Not everyone likes this kind of challenge - but we love it. Each member of our team joined this sport for these moments. We're all together in an amazing battle in which every detail counts and with an outcome no-one can predict," the head of Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport concluded.
In 2018, Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be held on April 27-29. The city track, located in Baku, is 6 km long and was designed by architect Hermann Tilke. The width of the widest part of the track is 13 meters, and the narrowest part is 7.6 meters between the turns 7 and 8. The Start and Finish lanes were located at the Azadlig Square. The Formula 1 Paddock, team garages and pit lanes were also located there.
