News Details

Azerbaijan GP: Valtteri Bottas on pole after Charles Leclerc crash

Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying as Ferrari's challenge crumbled. Charles Leclerc had looked favourite but Ferrari's new star crashed in second qualifying and will start ninth. "I am stupid," Leclerc said on the team radio before saying on social media: "No excuses. I've been useless. I will push to have a better tomorrow." His team-mate Sebastian Vettel was third, 0.302 seconds off the pace. It was a madcap session, with two lengthy stoppages for accidents, the other to Williams' Robert Kubica, and a number of drivers getting away with brushing the walls around the challenging Baku street circuit -...
Full Story »
6y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Bottas leads Merc front row in lengthened crash-strewn...

Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas has taken pole...
6y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Azerbaijan Grand Prix Qualifying Press Conference

Full transcript from the top three qualifying press conference at the...
6y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Bottas on Azerbaijan GP pole

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas on pole position for Azerbaijan Grand Prix after...
6y ago from BBC.co.uk

Bottas: Small margins and tow key to Azerbaijan GP pole

Valtteri Bottas believes getting a vital tow during his final qualifying...
6y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November

MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rough and tumble weekend dampens Josef Newgarden’s...

Josef Newgarden came into IndyCar's Arlington GP weekend on a high,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Taka-San: King of Kenya

At the 94th time of asking, Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

John Terry claims Arsenal have a player who reminds...

John Terry has claimed that Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman reminds him of...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

10 youngest goal scorers in Premier League as Arsenal...

On March 14, 2026, Arsenal prodigy Max Dowman etched his name into the...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal hero Thierry Henry sums up feeling of watching...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has revealed his reaction to teenage...
10h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“It’s not over. Who said that?” - Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message to Arsenal on...
15h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.