Leclerc faces the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku from pole, a race that Carlos Sainz faces from fifth position and Fernando Alonso from eighth. After Leclerc will come Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen , who is the leader of the Formula 1 World Championship with four points of advantage over the British.
Minute by minute of the Azerbaijan Formula 1 Grand Prix
13:39 – Verstappen’s anger
The World Cup leader declared after qualifying: “ It was a stupid qualification to be honest , but that’s the way it is. We are third, we have a good car, all this shit that always happens does not matter , it is something that can happen on the street circuit ”.
Regarding his options for the race, Max Verstappen added: “ I hope we can get those points, I would have liked to be a little higher . We hope there is a clean way out; having three different cars is always good ”.
13:32 – Carlos Sainz, difficulties and podium options
After the qualifying session, Carlos Sainz stated: “ You can overtake yes, but maybe for us it is more difficult , I tried to follow a couple of cars and I couldn’t pass them in the long run so I don’t expect the race to be a party either. of overtaking . I just hope things happen because we have a podium pace , the two Red Bulls are the fastest, especially in race pace, so we will have to play our cards ”.
13:26 – Fernando Alonso predicts accidents in Azerbaijan
” If they go 120% over their chances there will be many Safty Cars and if people calm down tomorrow we will have a normal race, ” said Fernando Alonso after a qualifying session in which up to four red flags were seen.
13:19 – This is how the Constructors’ World Cup is right now
1. Red Bull Racing Honda – 149 points
2. Mercedes – 148 points
3. McLaren Mercedes – 80 points
4. Ferrari – 78 points
5. Aston Martin Mercedes – 19 points
6. AlphaTauri Honda – 18 points
7. Alpine Renault – 17 points
8. Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari – 1 point
9. Williams Mercedes – 0 points
10. Haas Ferrari – 0 points
13:14 – This is how the Drivers’ World Championship is right now
1. Max Verstappen – 105 points
2. Lewis Hamilton – 101 points
3. Lando Norris – 56 points
4. Valtteri Bottas – 47 points
5. Sergio Pérez – 44 points
6. Charles Leclerc – 40 points
7. Carlos Sainz – 38 points
8. Daniel Ricciardo – 24 points
9. Pierre Gasly – 16 points
10. Esteban Ocon – 12 points
11. Sebastian Vettel – 10 points
12. Lance Stroll – 9 points
13. Fernando Alonso – 5 points
14. Yuki Tsunoda – 2 points
15. Antonio Giovinazzi – 1 point
16. Kimi Räikkönen – 0 points
17. George Russell – 0 points
18. Nicholas Latifi – 0 points
19. Mick Schumacher – 0 points
20. Nikita Mazepin – 0 points
13:07 – The sanction to Norris
Lando Norris , who was going to start sixth, behind Carlos Sainz , will finally make it ninth behind Fernando Alonso . The McLaren driver was penalized three positions for failing to reduce speed with a red flag during qualifying.
Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix preview
Unlike those that happened in the Monaco Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc will be able to defend the pole in Azerbaijan. The Ferrari driver will start first in Baku ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Carlos Sainz, meanwhile, will start fifth while Fernando Alonso will do it eighth after Lando Norris has been sanctioned with three positions.
In other words, Norris will face the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from ninth position, immediately behind Fernando Alonso . Ahead of the Asturian will be Sergio Pérez , sixth, and Yuki Tsunoda , seventh. Ahead of Carlos Sainz, the other AlphaTauri, that of Pierre Gasly, will start in Baku.
Although Lewis Hamilton qualified ahead of Max Verstappen , the Dutchman, like most drivers, was unable to complete his last timed lap in qualifying due to Tsunoda’s accident. Despite this Red Bull seems to be doing much better than Mercedes in Azerbaijan, so it will be necessary to see if Verstappen, who is four points above Hamilton , can maintain his leadership in the Formula 1 World Championship. It will also be necessary to see if Red Bull can do the same with Mercedes, a team that is ahead by one point in the Constructors’ World Cup.
Another attraction of the race will be to see if Fernando Alonso is ahead of his teammate, Esteban Ocon . So far he has qualified better than the Frenchman, who will start twelfth in Azerbaijan.
