F1 Azerbaijan GP: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc takes the Pole Position of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc takes the pole position after a scintillating drive on the streets of Baku ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Meanwhile, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez out-qualifies his teammate Max Verstappen and locks second place on the grid. Lewis Hamilton took home the seventh position overall. Follow Formula 1 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took home his fourth consecutive Pole Position. He beat his teammate on the last flying lap and secured first position on the grid for tomorrow’s race. Sergio Perez continued his good form and took home the second spot as he was followed by Max Verstappen in the third place.
LECLERC TAKES POLE (AGAIN) !!!
Perez takes second, Verstappen finishes third #AzerbaijanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/dqH0aTFXBq
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 11, 2022
A sixth @pirellisport Pole Position Award of the season for @Charles_Leclerc 👏
Tyrrell P34 here we come! 😄#AzerbaijanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/0zdhwOFMRQ
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 11, 2022
F1 Azerbaijan GP: Charles Leclerc takes POLE in Baku, Sergio Perez OUT QUALIFIES Max Verstappen to Lock front-row Grid
Meanwhile, Carlos Sainz had to only settle for a fourth place finish as he couldn’t get the best flying lap in the Q3 session. Mercedes’ George Russell again continued his great run of form as he took home the fifth place. Pierre Gasly had a great outing today as he took home the sixth spot.
Moreover, Lewis Hamilton had to settle for a seventh place finish after all his struggles. His driving in the Q3 session was better and he climbed up position dramatically. Yuki Tsunoda settles for an eighth spot as he was followed by the veteran Sebastian Vettel in the ninth spot. The Spaniard Fernando Alonso will start tomorrow’s race in the tenth position.
P5 for George and P7 for Lewis on the #AzerbaijanGP grid! Plenty of opportunity, tomorrow! 💪 pic.twitter.com/EGnelR35DY
— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) June 11, 2022
F1 Azerbaijan GP: Charles Leclerc takes POLE in Baku, Sergio Perez OUT QUALIFIES Max Verstappen to Lock front-row Grid
McLaren’s Lando Norris had to settle for an eleventh spot and he was followed by his teammate Daniel Ricciardo in the twelfth spot. Alpine’s Esteban Ocon managed to secure a thirteenth spot as the rookie driver Guanyu Zhou took home the fourteenth spot.
Our Qualifying comes to an end in Q2.
We’ll maximize where we can in the race tomorrow. #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 pic.twitter.com/AhtEB2PNEK
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) June 11, 2022
Valtteri Bottas had a poor outing today as he couldn’t make it to the Q3 session and hence had to settle for a fifteenth-place. Kevin Magnussen also didn’t had a good outing today on the track as he managed to finish sixteenth.
William’s Alex Albon took home the seventeenth spot and was followed by teammate Nicholas Latifi in the eighteenth spot. Lance Stroll was the only driver who crashed in the Q1 session and hence was not able to take part in the Qualifying. He finished nineteenth overall and lastly Mick Schumacher finished last in the twentieth position.
Stroll is ok but there is debris strewn across the track
The Q1 clock has stopped with 2m 30s remaining ⏱#AzerbaijanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/VJFWfMue9W
— Formula 1 (@F1) June 11, 2022
F1 Azerbaijan GP: Charles Leclerc takes POLE in Baku, Sergio Perez OUT QUALIFIES Max Verstappen to Lock front-row Grid
