2024 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Highlights

Esteban started the 2024 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix from Pit Lane on Used Hards, finished P15: Pit Stop on Lap 49 for New Softs. Fastest Lap: 1min 48.831secs. Pierre started from P18 on New Hards, finished P12: Pit Stop on Lap 50 for New Softs. Fastest Lap: 1min 48.018secs.

Esteban Ocon

It has been a disappointing weekend and a tricky race for us today in Baku. We now want to turn the page quickly, and our focus must be on the next race, which will take a few days to complete in Singapore. As a team, we will regroup and concentrate on maximising all available running time to build the performance, be race-ready, and get a chance to fight in the points.

Pierre Gasly

On one side, I would say that was one of my best races of the season from a driving point of view. It was a good start from eighteenth on the grid, and we were on the limit every corner and every lap and extracted the maximum from the car. There was not much more we could have done, finishing twelfth at the chequered flag. On the other hand, though, we were too slow this weekend. We took a gamble on strategy, running long in the hope that there might be some late action. It came too late, so we could not benefit from it. We made good steps forward from Friday, but it was a challenging weekend for the team. We will get on top of it and must return with a better weekend performance in Singapore.

Oliver Oakes – Team Principal

As a team, we leave Baku frustrated. It’s a weekend, and we must quickly put it behind us. From where we started, with one car at the back and one in the Pit Lane, it would always be tough to progress through the field. We ran both cars long on the Hard tyres, anticipating a late Safety Car or Red Flag, which did not pay off in the end, even with the VSC towards the latter stage of the race. Ultimately, we did not have the reliability to compete this weekend, which we need to analyse and quickly address, especially as we’ve dropped. We’ve gotten an edge in the Championship standings. We’ll look back in Singapore, where we need to re-find some of the performances and forms we had during summer break.

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