Some shock exists and exciting Q3 appearances... See what happened during the qualifying session in Baku
Qualifying in Azerbaijan proved to be vry exciting. We saw a shock Q1 elimination and some very exciting Q3 appearances. See what happened during the session:
Q1 was very exciting with a very unexpected elimination
Lando Norris, World Drivers' Championship contender, was eliminated in P17 after getting caught under a yellow flag
Esteban Ocon has been having a nightmare of a weekend after retiring his car in FP1 and only being able to qualify in P20
Both of the Stake drivers were also eliminated with Zhou Guanyu finishing the session in P19 and Valtteri Bottas finishing in P18
Daniel Ricciardo had soem promising practice sessions but was only able to qualify in P16 behind his teammate Yuki Tsunoda who qualified in P12
Ollie Bearman had a very strong qualifying to put his car in P11 for the Grand Prix
He was disappointed to miss out on Q3 but he still out qualified his teammate, Nico Hulkenberg, who qualified in P14 and is normally known for his solid qualifying performances
Aston Martin driver, Lance Stroll, was only able to put his car in P15 on the grid
Pierre Gasly out-qualified his Alpine teammate to finish the session in P13
Franco Colapinto has been a star this weekend
After crashing out in FP1, he redeemed himself to make it into Q3 and qualify in P9
With 3 minutes left in Q3, Alex Albon had to stop on the track after realizing his mechanics left the fan on his car
This caused a yellow flag and nearly ended his qualifying early but he was able to to dislodge it and hand it over to a marshal
After Williams had been looking strong all weekend long, this was a very terrible mistake for the team
Charles Leclerc claimed pole ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz
*Zhou Guanyu will start at the back of the grid after receiving a penalty for making power unit changes between practice sessions
Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying Results
Position
Driver Name
Team
Time
1
Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
1:41.365
2
Oscar Piastri
McLaren
1:41.686
3
Carlos Sainz
Ferrari
1:41.805
4
Sergio Perez
Red Bull Racing
1:41.813
5
George Russell
Mercedes
1:41.874
6
Max Verstappen
Red Bull Racing
1:42.023
7
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:42.289
8
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
1:42.369
9
Franco Colapinto
Williams
1:42.530
10
Alexander Albon
Williams
1:42.859
11
Oliver Bearman
Haas F1 Team
1:42.968
12
Yuki Tsunoda
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1:43.035
13
Pierre Gasly
Alpine
1:43.179
14
Nico Hulkenberg
Haas F1 Team
1:43.191
15
Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
1:43.404
16
Daniel Ricciardo
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1:43.547
17
Lando Norris
McLaren
1:43.609
18
Valtteri Bottas
Stake F1 Team
1:43.618
19
Guanyu Zhou
Stake F1 Team
1:44.246
20
Esteban Ocon
Alpine
1:44.504
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