The positive performances of Monza are confirmed also in Baku. After the great party in Brianza, Charles Leclerc seems to have got a taste for it and signs the Pole Position in Azerbaijan for the fourth consecutive time. Will it be the right time for the Monegasque to finally take home the victory? A Sainz follows in third and not really at ease on this street circuit.
Vasseur's statements after the Baku GP qualifying
Great satisfaction for the Ferrari team principal after the one-two finish that almost came in Q3. In his statements after the qualifying session of the Baku GP, Vasseur let his satisfaction with the qualifying result and his great concentration on the result of tomorrow's race shine through: “We have to enjoy the pole, but the most important thing will be the race tomorrow,” commented the Frenchman. “It doesn’t matter if you have three, two or five tenths of an advantage, you don’t start further ahead. This means we have to focus only on ourselves. We have a good pace and we have had it since the beginning of the weekend, both on the race simulation and on the flying lap. Having both cars in front tomorrow is important, but the others are not far away. I am sure the race will be difficult.”
“Charles has a special confidence when he arrives in Baku or Monaco,” said Vasseur. “The most important thing is to keep it under control. We must not overdo it, just do the minimum necessary and I think Charles can do that. We have always had a better pace in race simulation than in qualifying this year and that is encouraging for tomorrow. I think the strategy will be dictated by the Safety Car rather than by other factors and I don’t know if the only rival for the win will be McLaren.
The race pace, in fact, shows that there is a very small gap between all four main teams. But the important thing is not to think about the others but about ourselves. We have to work with the car we have available, we know that our pace is good and this means that we have to do our job: start well, have a good rhythm and keep everything under control”.
