Last season, the Williams car was the worst on the grid. The team finished the championship last with zero points. This season, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi hope to finally score points for the team.
The Baku City Circuit is familiar terrain for the Williams drivers and they hope to get good results during the race. The team’s main competitors are currently Alfa Romeo and Haas F1. On Motorsport.com, Latifi and Russell look forward to the race weekend ahead. Latifi won the sprint race in Baku in Formula 2 in 2019. “It’s a track that I like, I had a few podium places in Formula 2, Formula 1 car, it will definitely be tough. There are a couple of long straights so hopefully we can experience a bit more excitement than we did at the last race in Monaco. All in all, I can’t wait to hit the track. “
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Russell has mixed feelings
While Latifi has never driven a Formula 1 race in Baku, Russell has done it even though he only finished 15th. There he also won a Formula 2 sprint race in 2018. “I’m looking forward to Baku. It’s a street circuit again [after Monaco]but it has a different dynamic. There are many large high speed braking zones and with walls just behind the track it is difficult to attack the corners. You also come through the castle section with the trickiest corner on the Formula 1 calendar, it’s so tight and you can gain or lose a lot of time. I have mixed feelings about Baku; It’s always been one of my best tracks, but I’ve never been very lucky there. Still, I’m looking forward to it and see how we do this time. ”
It is to be hoped that the team will finally get points, if only one. The last good result came in 2017 when Lance Stroll was on the podium after a wild race.
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