News Details

Leclerc shocks Hamilton, Verstappen for pole in crash-heavy Baku

Charles Leclerc claimed a surprise second straight F1 2021 pole position at the Azerbaijan GP as the Ferrari driver outshone title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in a frenetic qualifying that was filled with crashes. A gripping hour-long session on the Baku streets saw a record-equalling four red flags after driver shunts - the last of which essentially sealing pole for Leclerc, who set a soaring pace with his first lap in Q3 to head the field. Lewis Hamilton was second behind Leclerc at the time of Yuki Tsunoda's crash into the barriers, as the world champion managed to find form in his Mercedes after struggling right through Azerbaijan's practice sessions. Get Sky Sports F1 for...
Full Story »
3y ago from SkySports.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Leclerc takes pole in incident-filled Baku qualifying

F1 Grand Prix, GP Azerbaijan, Baku Street Circuit The street circuit...
3y ago from F1Technical.net

Gasly quickest in incident filled session

Ahead of today's sole practice session, the air temperature is 28 degrees...
3y ago from Pitpass.com

Dutch Grand Prix targeting 105k capacity crowd

Dutch GP sporting director Jan Lammers is optimistic of Zandvoort being...
3y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rivals ‘trying to slow us down' –...

Jun.4 Max Verstappen says it's 'understandable' that Mercedes is 'trying...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Robert Shwartzman announced for PREMA’s second...

PREMA has announced that Robert Shwartzman will pilot one of the two cars...

Enzo Fittipaldi to run IndyCar test with McLaren later...

Arrow McLaren has announced that it will place Enzo Fittipaldi in one of...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC set to drop hybrid power in 2025

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

A Farewell Message from The Checkered Flag

After 15 years of motorsport coverage, TheCheckeredFlag.co.uk announces...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Declan Rice's toe gives Mikel Arteta a headache

Morning all. The news to start the day is that Declan Rice's absence from...
31m ago from Arseblog.com

Chelsea XI that last beat Arsenal at Stamford Bridge...

The Chelsea XI that last managed to beat London rivals Arsenal at Stamford...
7h ago from SoccerSouls.com

7 goals and 3 assists: Arsenal continue to monitor...

Arsenal are still monitoring the progress of Benjamin Sesko at RB Leipzig...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.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.