A quick reminder of what lies ahead. Wide enough to overtake but these streets will gobble you up if you take a risk and it doesn't pay off.

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Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

I think it is a thrilling track to have a Formula 1 race around. For me, it is up there. Strange things happen at this circuit, we have had quite a lot of confrontation between drivers. Let's see what happen.

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McLaren’s Lando Norris speaking to Sky Sports: "Today’s very hot today so that’s going to be the biggest challenge today – the strategy of the tires.

"Overtaking is going to be very important for us because we are the slowest in the straights by a really long way."

Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writer

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The teams are all steeled for an incident-packed race involving safety cars, and this will influence strategy choices from the beginning. In terms of tyre choice, the soft looked pretty good on Friday evening, but the fastest strategy on paper is a one-stop medium-hard, and the harder tyre compounds also open up strategy by giving a longer potential first stint - teams like to wait for stops when safety car chances are high.

The ambient temperature is higher today, which is another reason to veer towards the harder tyre choices. This is also seen in the tyre selections the teams have, with all saving more sets of the harder tyres for the race, so they have new sets available in the event of a safety car or red flag. Red Bull have saved two new sets of hards; Ferrari two sets of mediums.

Pit-stop time loss is around 20 seconds; half that under a safety car.

Marc Priestley
Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

There is nothing between the top four and qualifying positions here don't necessarily determine the race. There is a very long straight with plenty of opportunities to overtake so literally anything can happen.

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Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner speaking to Sky Sports: "Ferrari have been very strong the last two races and I think we have got both our drivers in good positions.

"We are in a Ferrari sandwich so strategy is going to play a crucial role.

"Of course, safety cars you can’t predict, you can either get lucky or unlucky. It’s a race where you’ve got to be on your toes and try to react to what’s going on around you.

"It's going to be a game of cat and mouse in this race"

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The Aston Martin crew will have clocked a fair bit of overtime last night in order to get Lance Stroll's car back in shape for today's 51-lap race, after the Canadian crashed twice in Q1 on Saturday.

Azerbaijan certainly holds mixed emotions for Stroll. The former Williams driver celebrated his first podium finish here in 2017 but last year, just like Max Verstappen, the 23-year-old suffered a frightening, high-speed crash caused by a left-rear tyre puncture.

Lewis Hamilton sounds in a fair bit of pain in the car, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff on Sky Sports.

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Last year's grand prix in Baku was a day to remember for race winner Sergio Perez, along with podium mates Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly.

Max Verstappen, on the hand, was left booting his rear tyre after a late puncture, while Lewis Hamilton stunned us all with an uncharacteristic error after the Dutchman's red flag led to a chaotic two-lap sprint to the finish.

Have a read of the full race report to refresh your memory

The National Anthem of Azerbaijan is a cracker.

A fan in the crowd holds up a sign that says:"Go Charles! Marry me!!" He might be a bit tied up to partake in a wedding right now.

It's roasting hot down in track. Plenty of drivers are under umbrellas to shade from the heat during the national anthem.

Matt: Re. Cactus Jack (11:30) why would Hamilton be given a penalty when he didn't break any rules? Don't like him by all means, but wanting him penalised for nothing is pushing it.

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Here’s more from former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley on the Chequered Flag podcast: "Sergio Perez is the seemingly more comfortable in that Red Bull car.

"Here we are at a different race track and he seems happier. He has signed a new contract with the team so his future is secure, but more importantly he seems to be at one with the car.

"The driving decisions he is making, the way he positions the car – he has just got it under control.

"Max Verstappen is so far on the edge that he is coming up against tiny little errors and things that cost him dearly."

Charles Leclerc needs to pull Valtteri Bottas to one side after the national anthem and pick his brains about how you turn a Baku pole into a race victory, as the former Mercedes driver is the only man to win here from the head of the field since the inaugural event in 2017.

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All part of El Plan for the two-time world champion.

Fernando Alonso lines up 10th on the grid and has driven a great weekend so far in the updated Alpine.

Just out of interest, hit the up thumb if you weren't born when Alonso made his debut back in 2001.

Or, give the other one a tap if you were already a seasoned F1 veteran.