BAKU, Azerbaijan -- Without a Safety Car, the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has the potential to be a dull affair as tyre strategy looks set to boil down to a simple one-stop. But as pole position winner Valtteri Bottas pointed out after qualifying, all bets are off when it comes to racing on the streets of Baku.
"Starting from pole, in some races it might feel like 50 percent of the job is done, but here it's nowhere near 50 per cent. Anything can happen here," he said.
Assuming the race runs without too many hitches, a one-stop strategy is the clear choice over 51 laps.