Charles Leclerc took a surprising pole place for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Lando Norris suffered an enormous blow to his title bid after he was eradicated in Q1.
Norris is about to start out Sunday’s race down in seventeenth after he gave the impression to be hindered by yellow flags, so backed off after operating huge and was knocked out within the first stage of qualifying.
The one saving grace is championship chief Max Verstappen might solely qualify sixth as he was out-qualified by Crimson Bull team-mate Sergio Perez for the primary time in 16 months in a dramatic qualifying.
On the entrance, Oscar Piastri was 0.321s behind Leclerc in second place, forward of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in third.
Perez will begin fourth in entrance of George Russell and Verstappen, with Lewis Hamilton in seventh after a troublesome Saturday for the seven-time world champion.
Franco Colapinto reached Q3 in simply his second ever F1 qualifying, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in entrance of him and Williams team-mate Alex Albon in tenth. Albon didn’t get a ultimate lap in after Williams left a fan in his automobile exiting the storage.
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Sky Sports activities F1’s reside Azerbaijan GP schedule
Sunday September 158.30am: F2 Characteristic Race10:30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbaijan GP build-up*12pm: The AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX*2pm: Chequered Flag: Azerbaijan GP reaction3pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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