Charles Leclerc takes pole position as Lando Norris drops out in Q1, writes Lewis Larkam in Baku.
Ferrari’s Leclerc set a blistering pace to end up 0.321 seconds faster than McLaren’s Oscar Piastri as he secured his fourth consecutive pole around the streets of Baku.Piastri’s late improvement denied Ferrari a front-row lockout as Carlos Sainz was shuffled down to third, ahead of Sergio Perez, who out qualified Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen for the first time this season.
The 24-year-old Briton came into the weekend 62 points behind Verstappen and knowing that McLaren would “bias” their support towards him in a bid to boost his championship chances. Reigning world champion Verstappen was only sixth fastest himself, sandwiched between the Mercedes of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton .
The 21-year-old Argentinian was ninth-fastest and quicker than Williams teammate Alex Albon, who was bizarrely sent out of the pit box with a cooling fan still attached to his car ahead of his final run of Q3.
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