Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took F1 Azerbaijan GP pole from Red Bull pair of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen in an intense qualifying.
After FP3 was delayed, the start of F1 Azerbaijan GP was delayed too for the two hours to get out as a pit incident involving Haas pair was noted to be investigated after the session by the FIA stewards.
There was incidents involving both the Aston Martin cars with Sebastian Vettel having an early off, but teammate Lance Stroll had two
At the right-hander, the car didn’t turn at all as he managed to continue on after reversing without any major damage.
Replays showed Tsunoda having a minor wall brush, as Red Bull’s Perez set the pace with a 1ms lap from the Ferrari pair of Leclerc and Carlos Sainz
The tyres were flat-spotted certainly which led to another bigger incident at Turn 2, this time at the left-hander where he just rammed onto the barrier. It brought out the red flag with about two and a half minutes to go for others to make it out.
On-track, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the pace with a 1ms from teammate Sergio Perez as Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was third. The re-start was mayhem on out lap with everyone trying to outdo each other to make it on time.
Everyone did make it but some of them couldn’t generate enough temperature to attack the lap. While the AlphaTauri duo got into the Top 10, Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas made it into Q2 from the knockout zone, with Haas’ Kevin Magnussen (1ms) in 16th. Continue reading “Azerbaijan GP: Leclerc takes pole from Red Bull pair in an intense session” »