'Perez always does well here, but Verstappen does very well'

Red Bull Racing is the towering favourite for the win in Baku. Almost all F1 experts think the team of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will have no challengers for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, including former F1 driver Johnny Herbert.

"In a word, no!" begins Herbert to ICE36 when asked if Red Bull can be stopped by the competition. "Not at the moment. I don’t see it changing. Sergio Perez always goes well there. Max will obviously be going very well. Because of that the advantage they have got at the present time will continue."

Challengers will not fare well in Baku

Herbert does not see Mercedes, Ferrari or Aston Martin posing a challenge: "One advantage Red Bull have is that top line speed which is very handy to have in Baku, I don’t see it as a track which is going to help the others. But again you don’t know what might come into play." Herbert reflects on the problems aboard Verstappen's RB19 in Saudi Arabia.

"There is always that element that can still come into play. Sergio had it as well. They both suffered a little bit on reliability in the qualifying session. I suppose that might be something that could produce a twist."