Renault teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are adamant the French marque has plenty of pace in hand for qualifying despite being anchored to the bottom of the timesheet during Friday practice in Azerbaijan.

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Lewis Hamilton thinks it’s unlikely his team will be able to close the 0.7-second gap to Ferrari from today’s practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in time for qualifying, but the Briton is optimistic Mercedes’s long-run pace will make it a challenger in the race.

George Russell says he’s fortunate to have walked away from his crash with a manhole cover that broke his Williams chassis during Friday practice.

Charles Leclerc set the practice pace in a disrupted Friday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, besting teammate Sebastian Vettel in a positive day for Ferrari.

Williams driver George Russell won’t take part in Friday afternoon’s practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku after the team confirmed his run-in with a loose drain cover in the abbreviated morning session damaged his survival cell.

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First practice at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was called off after a loose drain cover destroyed George Russell’s Williams and triggered a circuit-wide check for similar faults.

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The team may well win races with Honda this year, just as it probably would’ve done with Renault, but it won’t be until 2020 and beyond that the true success of the relationship can be judged. Best the team doesn’t get ahead of itself before then.

If you were to replay the 2018 Formula 1 season, you could pinpoint the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as the moment Valtteri Bottas’s championship campaign collapsed.

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Sebastian Vettel remains confident that Ferrari has the package to beat Mercedes — so long as his team can find its setup sweet spot.

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Looking ahead to his first street race in more than eight years, Robert Kubica believes problems with the Williams team’s simulator have hindered his preparation for the unique demands of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

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Lewis Hamilton has sympathized with Charles Leclerc’s plight at Ferrari this season, where a growing team orders imbroglio has reminded him of his debut year at McLaren in 2007.

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Michael and Rob are joined by Trent 'Not McGinley' Price to consider just how badly wrong F1 could get any qualifying changes, Helmut Marko's penchant for fake news and whether the 2019 Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be haunted by Marcus Ericsson's racing ghost.
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