Azerbaijan GP: Max Verstappen on the post of Carlos Sainz after six accidents in fascinating Baku qualifications | F1 News
Max Verstappen took pole position in an exciting qualification for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix which presented a record of six red flags after several accidents, including a shunt for the leader of the Oscar Piastri championship.
Verstappen ripped off the post of Carlos Sainz de Williams with his last flying lap according to two red flags in the second quarter for accidents of Pitri and Charles Leclerc de Ferrari.
Piastri will start ninth, but his teammate McLaren Lando Norris could not fully capitalize because he could only qualify seventh with a scouring trick where he took a look at the wall.
This means that the McLaren duo, which is divided by 31 points in the pilot championship, will have to go through the field in what is set up to be a spectacular 51 laps around Baku on Sunday when the The lights go out at 12 noon (accumulation from 10:30 am), live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event.
Liam Lawson described a better career third for racing bulls and Kimi Antonelli in fourth position, ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell.
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Lewis Hamilton shakes his head with disbelief while the teammate of Ferrari Charles Leclerc takes him out of the T2 at the Grand Prix of Azerbaijan
Yuki Tsunoda appreciated his best qualification as a Red Bull driver in sixth, with Isack Hadjar in eighth, sharing the protagonists of Title Norris and Piastri.
Ferrari showed a lot of promises on Friday, but Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in the second quarter in 12th and Leclerc crashed at the start of the third quarter, so will start 10th.
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Alex Albon, Nico Hulkenberg, Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman all bring out the red flag in qualifications at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Alex Albon de Williams caused the first red flag of a qualification which lasted two hours when he struck the wall at turn 1, then Nico Hulkenberg damaged his Sauber and Franco Colarpinto of Alpine also crushed in the first trimester, before Oliver Bearman of Haas slap the barriers at turn 2 in the first quarter.
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Sky Sports F1 GP schedule in Azerbaijan
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Look back on some of the most dramatic moments that took place around the city of Baku circuit
Sunday September 21
7:55 am: F2 functionality breed
10:30 am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbai GP Build-Up *
12 noon: The Azerbaijan Grand Prix *
2 p.m.: Damy flag: Azerbaijan GP reaction
3 p.m.: Ted notebook
* Live on the main event of Sky Sports
Formula 1 is in Bakou for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with lights extinct on Sunday at 12 noon and an accumulation from 10:30 am, live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Stream Sky Sports with now – no contract, cancel at any time
2025-09-20 14:20:00
