AlphaTauri is expecting a better weekend in Baku

AlphaTauri’s weekend was far from expectations in Monaco, although Pierre Gasly’s pace was impressive. Their failure in qualifying cost the French driver dearly. After a strategic mistake in Q1, the Frenchman found himself having to climb up the field on his intermediate tyres, but failed to score points by a few positions.

Gasly is confident.

Gasly arrives confident in Baku. With a podium here last year, the Normandy native hopes for a good weekend. I have a good feeling about this race because the Baku circuit has only had slow corners so far this year, and we have struggled more with fast corners. So, I think this track can suit us. We must not forget about the long straight, so we will see how we can handle it. But overall, I am quite optimistic that we can perform well here.

Last year, we did a good job, finishing in 3rd place and qualifying in 4th place, and it was a great race for us because Yuki Tsunoda also scored points in 7th place. So we come to Baku to “defend” this title. Having a good tow in the last sector is a huge advantage in qualifying, but other than that, it is another urban circuit, very hilly and tight with similar characteristics to Monaco.

Tsunoda is a little less so.

Yuki Tsunoda also did not have a very good Monaco Grand Prix and hopes to make up for it in Azerbaijani territory.:« We are heading to Baku, which was a very good race for us last year. I qualified P8 and was P5 in the race before losing positions before the red flag. There aren’t really any things that I don’t like about Baku. »

I particularly like sector 2, with the old buildings, and there are a lot of overtaking opportunities, not just on the long straight, so in general, I like this circuit. I hope to have a clean race and score some points. The team needs a big weekend. We must not repeat what happened in Monaco.