Guenther Steiner: Baku will be a learning experience for everyone
"Baku will be a learning experience for everyone," said team principal of Haas Guenther Steiner as he commented on the upcoming Formula 1 Grand Prix of Europe, Azertac reported.
"The technical guys take as much information as they can get from the FIA on the track layout and the surface of the track. Then, they make their best prediction of how to set the car up. Normally, the first time you go out on a new venue, you're pretty far off on grip level because the track is very green. It develops as more and more rubber gets put down," he said, according to Formula1.com.
"The big teams have more information because they go and get more information. Normally, they are better off because they've got more people to get prepared. They will always have an advantage, but at a new venue like Baku, sometimes you can get lucky."
"You take the corners and the grip level and you just pick pieces of other circuits, but there isn't one specific area where you could say, 'We can do the same thing here that we do there," he added.
Azerbaijan is the latest addition in the F1 calendar and the newly designed impressive street circuit promises to become one of the most exciting and thrilling venues for the F1 race.
Being the world’s fastest city circuit and the track loop around the city’s historical centre, Baku will create a unique and remarkable atmosphere for fans watching in the grandstands and at home.
The six kilometers, anti-clockwise layout of the circuit is planned to start adjacent to Azadliq Square, then loop around the Government House before heading west to Maiden Tower. From there the track is planned to have a narrow uphill traversal and then circle the Old City along Neftchilar Avenue back to the start line.
The quickest street track on the Formula One circuit will feature 20 turns and a 2.2km straight along Neftchilar Avenue, where drivers will reach speeds of 340kph.
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