5 Reasons why Baku's contract extension is good for F1

#3 The weather makes it a real challenge

The Red Bulls' clash was arguably caused - in part - by the cold conditions in April

In 2016 and 2017, the Baku race was held after Canada in the Summertime, and both events were run in July, a hot month in Azerbaijan. In the Spring, it's much more temperate and based in 2018, one could even say cold.

Last year (and this year, 2019) it was the fourth round of the year, which caused all sorts of problems. Pirelli chose softer tyres in an effort to open up more strategy options, from an increase in pit-stops, but that wasn't enough to heat the tyres in the cold conditions.

Not too dissimilarly to running on ice or water, the low-grip road surface made the cars more unpredictable, and therefore harder to drive, just ask Grosjean and Pierre Gasly. Formula 1 should be a challenge, more than anything else, and making circuits more accident-prone like this is one way to improve the show.