Charles Leclerc hits the wall as he beats Red Bulls to pole for Baku sprint
Leclerc’s first flying lap of SQ3 was a 1m41.697s, just under two-tenths ahead of Sergio Perez’s be👍st effort.
The Ferrari did hit the wall at Turn 5 on his final run, although it proved to be inconsequential as neither Perez or 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen could topple his time.
Perez and Verstappen improved on their second laps but♈ remained second an📖d third.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell left it la꧋te to produce his bes𓂃t, toppling Carlos Sainz for fourth on the grid.
Sainz’s last lap was ruined by Leclerc’s aforem𝓰e♋ntioned moment at Turn 5 and the subsequent yellow flag.
Lewis Hamilton qualified sixth for the sprint ahead of Al🐈ex Albon.
Both Aston Martins were hampered on⛄ce again by DRS issues, leaving Fe🎉rnando Alonso eighth and Lance Stroll ninth.
Lando Norris was tenth after missing the final shootout due to having no fresh soft tyres available.&nbs🎉p;
Oscar Piastri narrowly misse🤪d out on SQ3, less than a tenth behind his McLaren𓆏 teammate.
Nico Hulkenberg was ♛once again ahead of teammate Kevin Magnuss🔯en, with the two Haas cars 12th and 14th respectively.
Esteban Ocon qualified 13th with Alpinꦐe once again struggliꦯng for overall speed in Baku.
Logan Sargeant’s crash at Turn 15 cut SQ1 short meaning he couldn’t take part in S🉐Q2.
The red flag meant Z𒅌hou Guanyu, Valtteri Bottas, Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly and Nyck de Vries were knocked out.
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