Leclerc claimed pole ahead of Piastri after surprising mistake by Williams

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Qualifying in Azerbaijan proved to be vry exciting. We saw a shock Q1 elimination and some very exciting Q3 appearances. See what happened during the session:

Q1 was very exciting with a very unexpected elimination
- Lando Norris, World Drivers' Championship contender, was eliminated in P17 after getting caught under a yellow flag
Esteban Ocon has been having a nightmare of a weekend after retiring his car in FP1 and only being able to qualify in P20
Both of the Stake drivers were also eliminated with Zhou Guanyu finishing the session in P19 and Valtteri Bottas finishing in P18
Daniel Ricciardo had soem promising practice sessions but was only able to qualify in P16 behind his teammate Yuki Tsunoda who qualified in P12
Ollie Bearman had a very strong qualifying to put his car in P11 for the Grand Prix
- He was disappointed to miss out on Q3 but he still out qualified his teammate, Nico Hulkenberg, who qualified in P14 and is normally known for his solid qualifying performances
Aston Martin driver, Lance Stroll, was only able to put his car in P15 on the grid
Pierre Gasly out-qualified his Alpine teammate to finish the session in P13
Franco Colapinto has been a star this weekend
- After crashing out in FP1, he redeemed himself to make it into Q3 and qualify in P9
With 3 minutes left in Q3, Alex Albon had to stop on the track after realizing his mechanics left the fan on his car
- This caused a yellow flag and nearly ended his qualifying early but he was able to to dislodge it and hand it over to a marshal
- After Williams had been looking strong all weekend long, this was a very terrible mistake for the team
Charles Leclerc claimed pole ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz

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*Zhou Guanyu will start at the back of the grid after receiving a penalty for making power unit changes between practice sessions

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Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying Results

Position	Driver Name	Team	Time
1	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:41.365
2	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	1:41.686
3	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	1:41.805
4	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing	1:41.813
5	George Russell	Mercedes	1:41.874
6	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	1:42.023
7	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:42.289
8	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	1:42.369
9	Franco Colapinto	Williams	1:42.530
10	Alexander Albon	Williams	1:42.859
11	Oliver Bearman	Haas F1 Team	1:42.968
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Visa Cash App RB	1:43.035
13	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	1:43.179
14	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas F1 Team	1:43.191
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	1:43.404
16	Daniel Ricciardo	Visa Cash App RB	1:43.547
17	Lando Norris	McLaren	1:43.609
18	Valtteri Bottas	Stake F1 Team	1:43.618
19	Guanyu Zhou	Stake F1 Team	1:44.246
20	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	1:44.504

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