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F1 Azerbaijan GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying
Saturday's action, including qualifying, ahead of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.
F1 returns to the unique Baku Street Circuit for the eighth round of the 2022 championship, the second street event in a row following the Monaco GP.
Sergio Perez was the winner last time out, and now sits only 15 points behind championship leader and team-mate Max Verstappen - as Charles Leclerc remains between them in second in the drivers' standings.
Verstappen will be looking for retribution after his spectacular tyre blowout at last year's Baku race, which cost him victory in Azerbaijan's capital city.
Charles Leclerc topped Friday’s second practice for Ferrari ahead of Perez and Verstappen.
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Red flag
Red flag.
Stroll has damage to the front of his car. The Aston Martin driver has stopped on track after clouting the wall with his front right at Turn 2.
The clock has stopped with 2m30s remaining.
Stroll was sitting in the bottom five in P19 when he crashed.
Albon, Bottas, Latifi and Schumacher are currently in the drop zone with Stroll, who obviously won't rejoin the session.
At the top, Verstappen heads Perez, Leclerc, Sainz and Vettel, who has sneaked into P5 for Aston Martin before his team-mate's crash.
Ricciardo and Magnussen are currently on the bubble in in P14 and P15. Ricciardo has a 0.3s gap to Albon in P16. Magnussen is in a more precarious position, less than tenth ahead of Albon.
Green flag
Session is back underway. Mercedes back out on old tyres. It will be tight for those at the back of the queue to get a flying lap in.
Schumacher is told to "push like hell" to get a timed lap in.
It looks like Schumacher has made it with seconds to spare.
Checkered flag
Chequered flag is out for Q1.
Bottas jumps out of the drop zone to move into P15.
Yellow flag
Yellow flag in the second sector.
It appears Alonso caused the yellow flag and is limping back to the pits.
So, Magnussen is eliminated from the Q1 along with the Williams drivers of Albon and Latifi. They are joined by Stroll and Schumacher. Albon is not happy as he complains about traffic on the radio.
Verstappen tops Q1 from Perez, Leclerc, Sainz, Gasly, Vettel, Tsunoda, Russell, Zhou and Ocon.
Q2 is coming right up!
Green flag
Q2 is underway.
Stopwatch
Verstappen and Perez start the session on the front foot. Verstappen punches in 1m42.227s which is 0.031s quicker than team-mate Perez.
Stopwatch
Ferrari respond. Sainz to the top with a 1m42.088s as Leclerc moves to P2, 0.094s back.
Gasly sits P5 after the first run with Russell P6.
Hamilton, Ocon, Ricciardo, Zhou and Bottas in the drop zone with eight minutes to go.
Hamilton is 0.002s adrift of Norris, who sits safe in P10.
Yellow flag
Vettel has now found the wall at Turn 15. He nudges the barriers with his nose and gets going again.
Stopwatch
Perez to the top now with 1m41.955s. The Red Bull driver is the first to dip into the 1m41s bracket.
Vettel has made it back to the pits after his moment at Turn 15.
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Hamilton says "I've got no turn man". The Mercedes driver is in P11.
Hamilton will be investigated after the session for driving unnecessarily slowly.
Hamilton now jumps out of the drop zone and into P6.
Norris has now fallen into the elimination zone and has gone down the Turn 15 slip road.
Checkered flag
Chequered flag is out for Q2.
Ricciardo improves but it is not enough to move into Q3.
Norris, Ricciardo, Ocon, Zhou and Bottas are eliminated from Q2.
Perez topped the times from Leclerc, Sainz, Verstappen, Gasly, Hamilton, Vettel, Russell, Alonso and Tsunoda. Those are the contenders for the battle for pole in Q3.
The post-session investigation surrounding Hamilton is referring to the Mercedes driver holding up Norris (McLaren).
Green flag
So here we go, the battle for pole begins. Q3 is go go go.
First flying laps underway.
Alonso fires in the first lap which is beaten by Gasly, Russell and Hamilton.
Gasly is able to post a 1m42.845s effort.
Stopwatch
Sainz to the top now, Leclerc goes second. Perez slots into third ahead of Verstappen in fourth.
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