The Australian Grand Prix is already history. Recent history, but history. History of a Formula 1 World Cup that has to follow its path. That you have to keep moving forward. That he is already planning his next trip to compete in what will be the fourth race of the championship. To set course for Baku. To fly to the land of fire.
Yes, because the next appointment of the World Cup season It’s Azerbaijan. It is a track that little by little is taking on that classic flavor due to its unique layout. For its more than differentiated three sectors. for that line, very long straightin which such high speeds are achieved.
In which Aston Martin They are going to have a very tough exam, they even know where their great weak point is in this 2023. Because if they go wrong at something, or do not go as well as the best, it is at top speed. It is in DRS. And we are talking about a track with a straight line where you could reach 350 kilometers per hour.
Baku, a unique track
From a track with that route that meanders between medieval walls. With straits and complete areas. With wider places to overtake. Yes, Baku has practically everything.
Different will be to Australia, despite the four DRS zones and those changes that have made Albert Park an area for running and to be precise. Different, as have been the first three tests of the World Cup in which Fernando Alonso has achieved three podiums.
Three third places. First in Bahrain, on a circuit with a lot of tire wear where traction matters. Then in Jeddah, high speeds and fast corners. And finally in Melbourne, in a real madness in which it was impossible to predict anything in the absence of a back to the end.
No Chinese…
Now, to a huge straight. Now, or in a while, because the teams will have enough between races to shore up details. To improve that they have to improve. Because we will have to wait a long time to go to Azerbaijan.
The reason? The absence of the Chinese GP, because that was the fourth date of the World Cup. Scheduled for the weekend of April 14 to 16 and that has been left out. That the FIA has not replaced by, for example, Istanbul. That is why we will have to wait. A lot.
When is the Azerbaijan GP?
The Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP will take place on the weekend of April 28-30, almost a month after Australia, and we will experience it as usual in the Sixth. With the passion that a World Cup deserves in which Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz are contenders for everything.
