An enchanting Azerbaijan Grand Prix grid offers the prospect of a mouthwatering race across the Baku streets, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc ranging from pole right here for the fourth 12 months in succession.
Alongside him on the entrance row is a McLaren, however not that of title contender Lando Norris, who didn’t progress past Q1. As a substitute it is Oscar Piastri who will vie for the Flip 1 lead, chased laborious by row-two starters Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez.
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Baku specialist Perez for as soon as obtained the higher of Purple Bull staff mate Max Verstappen, who will begin sixth, the world champion sandwiched between the Mercedes of George Russell and the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso.
A outstanding efficiency in solely his second Grand Prix noticed Franco Colapinto outqualify staff mate Alex Albon at Williams, which means they begin eighth and ninth, with the Haas of Ollie Bearman – standing in for the banned Kevin Magnussen – finishing the highest ten.
Pierre Gasly had been thrilled with thirteenth for Alpine, solely to then discover himself disqualified for a fuel-flow irregularity on his automotive. He’s thus demoted to the again row together with Kick Sauber’s Zhou Guanyu, who picked up a grid penalty earlier within the weekend for the usage of further energy unit components.
Lastly, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon are required to start out from the pit lane after late set-up and energy unit factor modifications. That they had initially certified seventh and twentieth respectively.
