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An interesting and unpredictable Grand Prix in Baku – Pirelli
Drivers used the free practice sessions on the slippery Baku circuit, to assess tyre degradation in the unique characteristics of the second-longest track on the calendar and the fastest street circuit of the year, during a race weekend held two months earlier than last season. This meant that track conditions were significantly cooler than 2017, with FP2 finishing in ambient temperatures of 21 degrees centigrade and 27 degrees on track. As the Baku street circuit is only used once a year, there was a high degree of track evolution, but last year’s fastest times in FP1 and FP2 were both beaten. There’s currently a gap of around 0.8 seconds between supersoft and ultrasoft, with the gap...
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