70 minutes until the start: Lewis Hamilton's commentary

      On the eve of the race, Lewis Hamilton was knocked out in the second part of qualifying, but hopes to make up for it in today’s race…

      Lewis Hamilton: “Our aim is to fight our way forward, and to do that you have to overtake rivals. But in practice the car showed excellent pace, and overall it has made a great impression all weekend. It seems to me that this weekend it’s working better than at previous rounds.

      We’ll see, but I’m counting on our race pace, especially since Baku is a great circuit and you can overtake here. I hope we can put in a strong performance. The choice of strategy will depend on the weather, on the temperature, on the wind, although for now it seems to me we might be able to get away with a single pit stop. After all, if it cools down, as it did yesterday, then a factor like tyre graining may appear. In any case, we’ll see.”