Baku hosts the primary of six sprints in 2023, which have been used to shake up the weekend schedule in a bid to make them extra thrilling and considerably simplify the earlier confusion over who precisely had gained pole place and whatnot.
Basically, the upshot for the race itself continues to be the identical: Max Verstappen is the recent favorite having navigated a difficult Australian Grand Prix to steer the F1 championship by 17 factors over Crimson Bull teammate Sergio Perez.
Lewis Hamilton bagged second place over three weeks in the past to offer hope that Mercedes are again in common podium competition, as Ferrari’s struggles and Fernando Alonso’s resurgence continued.
The slim, angular streets of Baku usually throw up entertaining races and this weekend’s new format ought to make for an interesting F1 grand prix.
When is the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?
The 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix takes place this weekend, with the race scheduled for Sunday, April 30.
What time is the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?
The session schedule for the weekend is as follows (all instances BST):
- First follow: Friday, 10.30am
- Grand prix qualifying: Friday, 2pm
- Dash race qualifying: Saturday, 9.30am
- Dash race: Saturday, 2.30pm
- Grand prix: Sunday, 12pm
How will the dash race work?
The dash race has been became a standalone function, ranging from this weekend. The official grand prix itself will solely get one follow session, on Friday morning earlier than the normal race qualifying later that day.
Saturday is now fully devoted to the dash, with a particular ‘shootout’ qualifying early on that includes shorter instances for every of the three classes and mandated tyre compounds.
That decides the grid for the dash race, which in any other case is as you had been. The highest eight will earn factors within the traditional half-hour occasion. The grid for Sunday’s grand prix will, not like earlier years, not be affected by the consequence.
Find out how to watch the F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?
TV channel: The entire weekend can be proven reside on Sky Sports activities with protection of Sunday’s race beginning at 10.30am on Sky Sports activities F1 11.55am and Important Occasion. Free highlights are on Channel 4 at 5.30pm.
Reside stream: Sky Sports activities subscribers can watch reside through the Sky Go app.
Reside weblog: You possibly can observe all of the motion on Sunday with Customary Sport’s race weblog.
