Charles Leclerc will start from the pole position in the Baku F1 race.
Mercedes Lewis Hamilton was seventh in yesterday’s qualifying sessions in Baku, but will have to start Sunday’s race from the pit.
The power unit was replaced in the seven-time World Championship winner’s car. This is already his fifth engine change of the season, which will result in a penalty.
The start of the race in Baku is at 14:00 Finnish time. Ferrari is shooting from the first grid Charles Leclercfor whom the pole position was the fourth in a row on Baku’s tough street track.
From the second frame, the McLaren starts Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s third Carlos Sainz.
World Championship leader Red Bull Max Verstappen was only sixth in yesterday’s qualifying and badly failed McLaren Lando Norris no less than 17
With Hamilton’s penalty, Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas starting square is 17.