Scuderia Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc takes his fourth consecutive pole position at the Baku City Circuit, but can he take the chequered flag tomorrow? Alex Kalinauckas and Jake Boxall-Legge break down all the action from Saturday’s qualifying in Azerbaijan, including what went wrong for McLaren’s Lando Norris and the drama involvingContinue Reading
Alpine’s Pierre Gasly has been disqualified from Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying for falling foul of the FIA’s fuel flow regulations.After qualifying 13th in Baku, Gasly’s car failed scrutineering as FIA sensors revealed the Frenchman’s engine “exceeded the instantaneous fuel mass flow” during Q2.Gasly was thrown out of theContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc has admitted there is no “magic answer” to his Baku brilliance after he charged to a fourth consecutive Azerbaijan Grand Prix pole position.The winner in Monza last time out, the Monegasque recovered from crashing out in FP1 on Friday to put his Ferrari on pole once again, havingContinue Reading
A split-second call to activate yellow flags for Esteban Ocon’s damaged Alpine was behind McLaren driver Lando Norris’s Formula 1 Baku Q1 qualifying exit.The incident meant title hopeful Norris was eliminated and qualified 17th in Baku on Saturday, which puts a potential big dent in his hopes of overhauling MaxContinue Reading
World champion Max Verstappen says a set-up change that made his Red Bull car bounce was behind his muted qualifying session for Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Verstappen looked to be in the hunt with the Ferraris and McLarens all weekend but struggled to wring a great lap out of hisContinue Reading
Franco Colapinto dedicated his “dream” Azerbaijan Grand Prix ninth-place qualifying result to the Williams engineers who rebuilt his car following a shunt in free practice on Friday.Colapinto was promoted into a race seat after team boss James Vowles made the call to drop Logan Sargeant ahead of the Monza weekend,Continue Reading
Alex Albon put Williams’ failure to remove his airbox fan down to a “rush to get the tow” at the end of Formula 1 qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.The Anglo-Thai driver left the Williams garage with the fan still lodged in the intake above his head, forcing him toContinue Reading
Alex Albon put Williams’ failure to remove his airbox fan down to a “rush to get the tow” at the end of Formula 1 qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.The Anglo-Thai driver left the Williams garage with the fan still lodged in the intake above his head, forcing him toContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc scored pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix by 0.321s from Oscar Piastri and is the fourth consecutive time the Ferrari driver will have started from the front in Baku.While Piastri is in the hunt for victory in second, championship-chasing Lando Norris in the other McLaren will goContinue Reading
Oliver Bearman says out-qualifying team-mate Nico Hulkenberg on his Haas debut at Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix doesn’t outweigh his disappointment on missing out on the top 10.Bearman finished 11th in Q2, missing the Q3 shootout by just 0.128s to Williams driver Alex Albon.The young Briton, who is set forContinue Reading