Vettel and his race engineer discover new #baku track
Maranello, June 14th – Formula One rushes from Canada to #azerbaijan in a race against time as the European Grand Prix finds its slot back in the #racing calendar, where it was missing since 2012 (Valencia). The #baku Grand Prix is the first new entry since the Russian race was introduced in 2014 and the 6.007 Km street track in the downtown section of the capital city is the second longest after Spa-Francorchamps (7.004 km). So far, only a virtual analysis of the track has been possible, but it looks like #baku will be the fastest street #event ever, featuring a 2.2 Km long straight juxtaposed to a sequence of corners (number 8, 9 and 10) where the course is just over 7 meters wide.
“I don’t know much about Azerbaijan” says #sebastianvettel ahead of the #racing weekend. “I’m really looking forward to getting there, as I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. I’ve heard that the track is very exciting, with parts leading through the whole town and narrow in places. So, I think it should be exciting. I am a big fan of street circuits. Usually, they are very tricky, bumpy, rough, very narrow places. So, hopefully #baku fulfills these expectations and goes in line with other street circuit classics.”
“So far we have seen this track only on the simulator” says Vettel’s race engineer #riccardoadami. “We did a specific session to understand the characteristics of this track. It is a challenge because it features a very difficult sequence of corners and one long straight and then you go through the town with the famous turn 8, a peculiar turn of this track, where all of a sudden the course becomes very narrow.” Weather could also play a role here, according to Adami: “It will be very different from Canada, we’re expecting warmer weather and even hot conditions. Normally, in this place, it should be quite windy. So, it will be a challenge for us to tackle properly the set up to find the right balance between the long straight and the slow speed corners and the braking.”
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