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Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP

F1 Azerbaijan GP Live Commentary and Updates - FP3 & Qualifying

Saturday's action, including qualifying, ahead of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing RB18

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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Replays shows Leclerc lost time when the rear end of his Ferrari stepped out.
Perez brushes the wall at Turn 1 but keeps going.
Only 0.047s separates Sainz and Leclerc at the top. Just 0.175s covers the top four.
So after the first run. Sainz heads Leclerc, Perez, Verstappen, Gasly, Russell, Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso and Tsunoda.
The Red Bull have only just emerged from pitlane for the final run. Red Bull tells Verstappen that Perez has an issue.
Just over a minute remaining. Sainz has provisional pole at the minute.
Leclerc has gone purple in sector 1 and 2. Perez wasn't fuelled in time, that was the issue.
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Leclerc goes fastest!
Perez shoots to second. Leclerc claims pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
Leclerc takes his sixth pole position of the season. The Ferrari driver posts a 1m41.359s which was almost three tenths faster than Perez.
Verstappen ends the session in third and will share the second row with Sainz.
Russell emerged as the best of the rest in P5 ahead of Gasly, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Vettel and Alonso.
Verstappen says that Red Bull seem to lack a bit compared to Ferrari over one lap. In the long run "our car should be quite good".
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Leclerc: "This one I didn't expect and I thought Red Bull were stronger. In the last lap everything came together."
Join us for all the coverage and reaction from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday. Lights out at midday BST.
Catch up with all the action from Qualifying. Report:  https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/f1-azerbaijan-gp-leclerc-beats-perez-to-baku-pole/10320430/ 

By: autosport.com

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