Mercedes head into Sunday's race as favourites after three one-two finishes - the strongest start to a campaign since Williams in 1992.
They have also won two of the three races in Azerbaijan, even if it has not been a particularly happy hunting ground for Hamilton. Last year's victory was his first podium appearance there. Nothing can be taken for granted at a circuit that has served up some thrillers in the past, mixing ultra-long straights and tight corners with no margin for error.Already 57 points behind Mercedes in the overall standings, the pre-season favourites have a meagre haul of two third-place finishes from the first three races and cannot afford to lose any more ground.
New recruit Charles Leclerc, smarting from being ordered to let four-time champion Sebastian Vettel pass in China and denied a maiden Formula One win by engine trouble in Bahrain, will be fired up. The circuit holds a special emotional significance for the Monegasque, who won a 2017 Formula Two race from pole position in Baku only days after the death of his father.
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