Giancarlo Minardi on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Alonso: We only have four chances to score points. In Baku, Aston Martin fell to seventh place in the Constructors' Championship, and Fernando Alonso honestly admitted that it would be difficult to fight back... Valtteri Bottas could have returned behind the wheel in Baku. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said that the team had seriously considered replacing the ill George Russell with Valtteri Bottas at the Baku round. Alonso stepped down following the 'final car' alert. Formula 1 | Fernando Alonso has acknowledged that Aston Martin will encounter additional challenges at the forthcoming power-dependent circuits, following a disappointing outing in Baku where he claims the car was (…) Ralf Schumacher: I have to take back what I said! Ralf Schumacher was impressed by Max Verstappen's victory at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton: I'd give anything for us to have some new arrivals. Lewis Hamilton is not particularly optimistic about the remaining rounds of the season. Hakkinen and Coulthard will meet in Adelaide. Two-time world champion Mika Häkkinen and 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard will attend the Repco Adelaide Motorsport Festival 2026.