Reaction to Azerbaijan GP practice
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Why is there a Thursday practice session in Baku this weekend?
Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 Podcast with Matt and Tommy. What day is this? What do you mean Thursday practice? Some of you may well have missed practice today because you're busy at work or doing busy things and then you're like, wait, what? Matt and Tommy, practice review? Is this April Fool's? No. The action starts today, Tommy.
it does uh so much so that when i posted our graphic on twitter or x if you want to call it that um that we were you know we need your your questions get your questions in i put send us your questions for friday and didn't even notice until someone replied and then um thankfully corrected it now there's an edit button Engagement
farming, Tom Bellingham. I genuinely didn't even mean to.
I was like, I'm so used to doing it. I saw the practice thing, went, so there's your Friday
questions. Don't worry, Corinne Chandock said Sunday, race day and all kinds of stuff in the commentary. So, you know, it happens to the best of us. We're used to a Friday to Sunday piece of Formula One action. Now, before we get into all things FP1 and FP2, some news, some things to... Just basically cover before we get into the on-track action. First and foremost, Red Bull announced that Hadjar has signed a new deal with their team for 2027. Absolutely loved the video that they did. Fully baited me. I had no idea. I thought it was just purely a wrist injury update. And then they were like, boom, sign here. And then he goes and signs on the piece of paper. It's obviously not his contract, but I still loved it.
Yeah, it was really, really funny. Really great video. They did a really funny one for the Max contract extension and equally as good for the Hajar one. No real surprise, I guess. We debated, didn't we? How safe is this seat? And could it be bad that Lawson's jumped in? Lawson did a great job. Maybe Lawson probably had to win the race to do anything. Or maybe have been right on Max's pace, which was not going to happen. Lawson did a great job. But, you know, high jaws back. And it'd be a confidence boost for him to, you know, essentially... get back into the car and know that he's got a seat for next year.
It's almost a bit unheard of, Red Bull, you know, taking the pressure off their second seat, you know, in this sense where they could have easily let the rumour mill start going around and, you know, podcasts like us saying, well, Lawson did a pretty good job in the Red Bull. And I respect the team. You know, they clearly have seen that, you know, they're happy with what Hadjar's done up until the point of his injury. And they thought, well, let's just stop any kind of discussion happening and sign him for 2027. And we don't even have to have a single question about whether Liam Lawson has deserved a re-promotion or demotion, however you see it, to the Red Bull second seat. It's
almost like Christian Horner and Helmut Marko have gone.
I know, right? I know. It's growth. And of course, Hadjar as well is back for this weekend. So he is back behind the wheel, which means Yuki Tsunoda sadly is not behind any wheel. He is there this weekend, I think, but not in the... Not driving, sadly, for any Yuki Tsunoda fans out there. And speaking of not driving, Esteban Ocon has announced he's a free agent for next year. I love that.
He's
gone, no, I won't be sacked by your Haas. I'm coming out and saying I'm a free agent. Please sign me when there's barely any place to go on the grid. But I'm a free agent all the same.
What impact does Red Bull's new 2027 deal with Hadjar have on the team?
this screams that, not that there's been a falling out, but he wants, he doesn't want them, he knows he's probably going and going
to go. Control the narrative. And he can,
one, control the narrative, but two, yeah, get his name out there before every seat gets kind of done. I don't see where there's a space for him, unfortunately, for Esty Bestie. Weirdly, when they were kind of asking in the press conference to Komatsu, he was kind of saying... You could tell Haas didn't want to announce it. He gave that vibe of kind of saying that, yeah, Ocon's kind of said it himself. So I don't think, probably not the best relationship there, but he's obviously wanting to make sure he can get a seat somewhere else.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why is there a Thursday practice session in Baku this weekend?
0:05–3:37
2
What impact does Red Bull's new 2027 deal with Hadjar have on the team?
3:37–9:13
3
Why did Williams' new B‑spec car cause brake fires in FP1?
9:13–15:06
4
How did Kimi Antonelli's crash and the fire‑extinguisher response affect FP2?
15:06–18:43
5
Is Arvid Lindblad's confidence shaken after consecutive practice crashes?
18:43–24:59
6
Why are Mercedes so dominant on the Baku straight this weekend?
24:59–29:57
7
Can Cadillac's Sergio Perez challenge the midfield in qualifying?
29:57–33:41
8
How will the dusty Baku track and sunset affect race visibility?
33:41–36:40