This week's build-up to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was dominated by off-track news. Adrian Newey's confirmed move to Aston Martin has sent shockwaves through F1 and now there is speculation that Max Verstappen could follow him through the door.


However, the Dutchman's main aim this week is to keep his grip on the drivers' championship. He has a 62-point lead on Lando Norris, but with eight races to go the gap is closing and McLaren is currently faster.

The British crew also are now simply 8 points at the back of Red Bull inside the Constructors' race. And the first indication of who can be advanced this weekend will come at 10.30am BST, whilst FP1 receives underway in Baku.

Azerbaijan GP predictions: Leclerc to lose out, wherein Norris might also recover to and more

After an pleasing qualifying at the Azerbaijan GP with the unexpected elimination of Lando Norris in Q1 and the now customary Baku pole function for Charles Leclerc, a race with numerous uncertainty beckons, followed with the excessive opportunity of Safety Car and/or crimson flag deployment.

We have expected the top 10 positions for the Azerbaijan GP. And we encourage you, our readers, to make your personal predictions for Sunday’s race as nicely!

Race predictions: 2024 Azerbaijan GP

Franco Colapinto

Williams is having a superb weekend and Franco Colapinto became the marvel qualifier in Baku. Logan Sargeant’s replacement at the Grove team for the the rest of the 2024 season has performed what the American driving force couldn’t do in a year and a half: beat Alex Albon in qualifying!

After additionally finishing a top notch debut at Monza, Colapinto is proving that he has the pace to be an legitimate Formula 1 driving force and now not just an meantime alternative. Today he has the excellent possibility to attain his first factor as a Formula 1 driving force starting from P9.

Fernando Alonso

The Spanish driving force continually manages to put his vehicle in a place wherein it shouldn’t really be. Beating Haas and Williams in qualifying and simplest +0.080s at the back of Lewis Hamilton, the Aston Martin driving force will ought to have any other epic race as he did in Monza to maintain the AMR24 within the factors.

It might be hard to preserve off his rivals for 51 laps in a car that frequently reduces its capacity at some point of race days, but if all of us can do it, it’s him. He will begin the race in P8 and could definitely be the protagonist of many battles on the right track with this sort of tight midfield.