Formula One Features — May 2018

Put yourself in the shoes of a regular Grand Prix promoter. You run a circuit, a business that was very profitable until a decade ago but has suffered tremendously from the proliferation of new racing tracks all over the world, so you're already running a tight ship to make ends meet. But you also organise a Formula One Grand Prix every year, with the promoters' fee being tremendously expensive and really giving you no hope of making any profit out of it.

With Sebastian Vettel sure to remain at Ferrari until the end of 2020, and Lewis Hamilton just a few details away from signing a new deal with Mercedes, the man everyone is watching on the drivers' market is Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian has done a sterling job since he joined Red Bull at the start of 2014, winning six of the nine Grand Prix the team won since then, but he doesn't seem to feel completely at home there anymore, as the management has a strong love affair with Max Verstappen that is here to last.

Romain Grosjean was asked prior to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix if points were possible in this race.