BAKU (AZERBAIJAN) (ITALPRESS) – Charles Leclerc holds the poleposition for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with theFerrari driver who, after his victory at Monza, will start from the first box of the grid for the fourth consecutive time in the race scheduled over the 51 laps of the Baku circuit. The best time of 1:41.365 allows the Monegasque to put himself in front of everyone at the end of an intense qualifying session and not without surprises, with even the elimination of the McLaren of Briton Lando Norris during Q1 and the participation in Q3 by both Williams. Second on the timesheet was Australian Oscar Piastri, three tenths off the pole with his McLaren, while the other Red of Spaniard Carlos Sainz in 1:41.805 closed in third. Fourth was Mexican Sergio Perez in his Red Bull, who preceded both the Mercedes of Briton George Russell and his teammate, Dutchman and world champion, Max Verstappen, in fifth and sixth respectively. Seventh is the other Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton, while the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso and the two Williams of Franco Colapinto and Alexander Albon close the top ten times.- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
