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Hamilton was beaten to pole by Bottas, and after making a good start narrowly failed to get past as the pair battled through the first few corners. That left him in the second place that he held to the chequered flag. The two Mercedes drivers have both scored two wins and two second places in the four races held thus far in 2019, but Bottas’s fastest lap point from the Australian GP has left ... Keep reading

Ayrton Senna won three Formula 1 world championships and 41 races, and while his talent was prodigious, the cars he drove played a huge part in his success

Charles Leclerc's crash in qualifying ruined his chances, while missing a tow on his attempt to take pole also cost Vettel dearly in the race. Further back, Racing Point excelled and Renault floundered. Join Julia Piquet as Motorsport Report outlines the five lessons learned from the Baku weekend. More F1 insights: Zandvoort in line to replace Barcelona on 2020 F1 ... Keep reading

The 'marriage' at an end, Red Bull and Renault continue to hit out at one another.

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was another case of Mercedes maximising its chances to take a one-two, while Ferrari missed another opportunity to claw back points in the Formula 1 standings

There's no doubt that Charles Leclerc did himself no favours in crashing his Ferrari in Formula 1 qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

The Italian outfit introduced its first update of the F1 season in Azerbaijan, fielding a revised bargeboard package and lower-drag wing at the street circuit. Ferrari looked to have the edge over its main rival Mercedes for much of the Baku weekend but was bested again in the race, with Sebastian Vettel's poor first stint on softs allowing Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton to claim another ... Keep reading

Why are Renault struggling to keep up with midfield rivals McLaren in the Formula 1 constructors' standings? Jolyon Palmer explains...

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari will need to "pick it up" to fight for the Formula 1 title because his team is close to performing at 100%

Formula 1 agrees a deal to secure the Italian Grand Prix at the historic Monza track until at least 2024.

Russell arrived in Baku suffering from a respiratory infection, then hit a dislodged drain cover in first practice which caused major damage and forced him to miss FP2 as well.  Though he outqualified and outraced teammate Robert Kubica for the fourth race in a row, both Williams drivers were lapped twice on a circuit the team has enjoyed favourable form at in the past.  “It was as good ... Keep reading

In the wake of a report that cites Williams as the biggest offender in terms of the gender pay gap, Claire Williams argues that the rules are misleading.

Zandvoort is being lined up to replace Barcelona as the first non-flyaway race of the 2020 Formula 1 season, with the Spanish Grand Prix falling off the calendar, Autosport understands

The Autodromo Nazionale Monza, which has hosted more Grands Prix than any other circuit, looks set to agree a new 5-year deal.

This year’s Italian GP at Monza is the last under the terms of the current contract, and there had been fears that a lack of financing would leave the event unable to secure a new contract with Liberty Media. Only recently the ACI, Italy motorsport’s federation, said it urgently needed 60 million Euros to help with renovation work its wants to complete before Monza’s centenary in ... Keep reading

Kimi Raikkonen says the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team became aware of a front wing issue in China, but wasn't able to manufacture a replacement for the Baku race

In the wake of Max Verstappen’s success momentum has been building for the World Championship to return to the Netherlands for the first time since the 1985 event. Assen was also in the frame at one stage, before dropping out. A senior source told Motorsport.com in Baku last weekend that a contract has been now agreed between the F1 organisation and the Zandvoort promoter, but it has not yet ... Keep reading

Silverstone has denied media claims that a deal has been agreed which will see the British Grand Prix remain at the Northamptonshire circuit.

Ferrari, which was the outlier in picking the fewest sets of the red-walled tyre last time out in Baku, has gone for nine sets this time for both Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel. The pair will have the joint-highest amount of softs in the field alongside Renault drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo, and Alfa Romeo pairing Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen. Barcelona, which ... Keep reading

Ferrari had looked to be the pace-setters in Baku up until qualifying, and the Italian outfit stood alone in trying to make it through Q2 on medium tyres so it had a strategic advantage in the race. But the move proved to be Ferrari’s downfall, as Leclerc made a mistake in failing to adapt to the braking characteristics of the medium as he locked up and hit the wall at the tight Turn 8 ... Keep reading

Ferrari goes aggressive and Red Bull conservative as tyre choices for Spanish Grand Prix are revealed.

Mattia Binotto says Ferrari's struggles with Pirelli's 2019 Formula 1 tyres in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix had "nothing to do" with its Baku upgrades

As UK F1 viewing figures haemorrhage, W Series, the new international single-seater championship for women, announces a number of broadcasting deals.

Ricciardo locked up trying to pass Kvyat for 10th into Turn 3 and then reversed into the Toro Rosso when trying to get out of the escape road, having failed to notice Kvyat was still behind him in a “panic”.  Though he had “fun” in the midfield before the error, Ricciardo was preoccupied after the race with costing his team a likely points finish and said Renault “deserved ... Keep reading

Audience numbers for Channel 4's Chinese Grand Prix highlights show were down 13.2% on Bahrain, which was 44% down on 2018 numbers.

Mercedes' four one-two finishes in the 2019 Formula 1 season so far "flatters" the team, says boss Toto Wolff after making history in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Raikkonen was due to start Sunday's race eighth, but was forced to take a pitlane start as Alfa Romeo changed the specification of the front wing flap adjuster after FIA stewards declared the wing had "deflected more than 5mm under a load of 60N". Jake Boxall-Legge joins Glenn Freeman to explain how the front wing failed, and the confusing chain of events before and after that test took ... Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas took his second win of 2019 despite the late-race pressure from team-mate Lewis Hamilton to retake the lead in the drivers' championship by just a single point.  The Azerbaijan Grand Prix proved to be a hard-fought victory for the Finn, who resisted the intimidation from his five-time world champion team-mate and secured the win that eluded him twelve months earlier. Bottas' ... Keep reading

Kimi Raikkonen was excluded from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying result on race day, when his Alfa Romeo Formula 1 car failed a test designed to prevent excessive front-wing flexing.

Valtteri Bottas beat teammate Lewis Hamilton in Baku as Mercedes became the first team to finish first and second in the opening four races of a season since the F1 world championship began in 1950. Read Also: Why three teams had the speed to win in Baku It was the second time this season that Mercedes has overcome a superior Ferrari team, following its unexpected one-two ... Keep reading

The FIA has opened the tenders for standard brake systems and wheel rims in Formula 1 from 2021 as part of its ongoing push to drive down costs for teams

With F1 preparing for a new generation of cars and a wider overhaul of the sport in two years' time, there is a desire to rein in areas where teams spend a lot of money doing their own things for minimal performance gains. Earlier this year, a tender for standard gearboxes was launched, and now two separate invites have been opened for parties interested in supplying brake parts and wheel ... Keep reading

Romain Grosjean has described the repeat of Haas Formula 1 team's tyre struggles in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as "not too surprising" but "fucking annoying"

Haas started the season with the fourth-fastest car but has not scored points since Kevin Magnussen finished sixth in the opening race in Australia, as it failed to convert strong one-lap pace into race performance in Bahrain and China. In Azerbaijan, neither car made it into the top-10 shootout in qualifying, Magnussen finished a distant 13th and Grosjean fell out of the points before retiring ... Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel admits that he is having to drive SF90 "unnaturally" due to its failure to respond.

Sergio Perez says the McLaren he held off throughout the Azerbaijan Grand Prix were "a lot faster" than his Racing Point Formula 1 car

As Giorgio Piola's exclusive drawing shows (above), Ferrari's upgrade for Baku included a small change to the floor - adding a bank of three fins at the rear corner just ahead of the tyre squirt slot. These fins were something that Ferrari tried in numerous practice sessions at the end of last year, starting in Japan, but could not get to work in the way it hoped. Ferrari SF71H floor ... Keep reading

Mercedes' consistent success in Formula 1 - in which they have won the past five world titles - is "boring", says Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.

After Mercedes continued its unbeaten 2019 Formula 1 run with another one-two, the Autosport podcast assesses who else could or should have won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Raikkonen was excluded from Azerbaijan GP qualifying and consigned to a pitlane start after the front wing on his Alfa failed a deflection test, which also forced the team to make a change to the specification of the flap adjuster hook on the front wing. Speaking to media after the Baku race, Raikkonen revealed Alfa Romeo had already encountered a problem with his front wing in China – where ... Keep reading

George Russell was relieved to see Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend end after a mix of illness, his bizarre practice incident with a drain cover and Williams's performance

Patrese won the Mexican and Portuguese Grands Prix in 1991 in the Renault V10-powered car, and retired from the lead of two other races that year as the semi-automatic transmission proved problematic. He retired from F1 at the end of the 1993 season, having won six grands prix. The Williams – which happened to be in Mansell's 'red five' livery, rather than Patrese's number six – was one of ... Keep reading

The Englishman survived the contact and brought his McLaren-Renault safely home in eighth place, behind team mate Carlos Sainz. It was the rookie’s second score in his first four starts, following his sixth place in Bahrain. “I had a few wall hits,” Norris told Motorsport.com. “I had one three or four laps from the end, which I got pretty nervous about, because it was quite a big hit ... Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team sporting director Gil de Ferran called the extra Azerbaijan Grand Prix pitstop that dropped Lando Norris behind team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr an "aggressive and defensive" tactic

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has confirmed that his two drivers were free to fight one another in the final stages of yesterday's race.

Hamilton was two seconds behind Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas when the VSC was deployed in Baku following the stoppage of Pierre Gasly’s Red Bull.  However, after the drivers resumed full speed with 10 laps to go, that gap had risen to 3.5s, and Hamilton was not quite able to make up the gap and launch a late attack for the win.  Asked by Motorsport.com about fine margins like the ... Keep reading

Admitting that his race was lost in qualifying, Lewis Hamilton says he was over-cautious in his first lap duel with teammate Valtteri Bottas.

Yet another Mercedes 1-2 then, the fourth in a row since the start of the season, with Valtteri Bottas holding the upper hand over Lewis Hamilton after just holding on to his pole position advantage. After the race, Hamilton said he had been “too friendly” towards Bottas through the opening corners through which they ran side by side, and also admitted he’d been “under par” across the ... Keep reading

Though most believe Ferrari got its strategy wrong for the fourth successive race, team boss Mattia Binotto says ' not so', while Charles Leclerc explains his apparent lack of pace.

Seven of the best pictures from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix where Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton in Baku.

Today's post-race press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

Our performance did not live up to our expectations today.

It's a very disappointing result.

This was another fantastic performance from the entire team. We didn't make any major mistakes and that's what has won us this race.

Max drove a strong race today. Unfortunately, after losing a position at the start to Perez, by the time he managed to get back past, he'd lost touch with the lead group.

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says his muted pace late in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was not representative and did not mean the SF90 struggled on the soft tyres

After crashing in qualifying, Leclerc charged from ninth place on the fresh set of mediums in the opening stages, snatching fourth from Max Verstappen on the ninth lap and assuming the lead once the three cars ahead pitted. His pace advantage didn't hold up and, once he traded his mediums for a new set of softs with 16 laps to go, he emerged from the pits almost half a minute down on the ... Keep reading

Are Mercedes as dominant as the Williams, McLarens and Ferraris of the past? 5 live's Jack Nicholls and Jolyon Palmer ask the question.

Max Verstappen's bid for third place in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was reined in as a precautionary response to his Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Pierre Gasly's driveshaft failure

Gasly suffered a driveshaft failure after charging from the pitlane to sixth, and his stopped car triggered a virtual safety car just as Verstappen was mounting more pressure on Sebastian Vettel. After the VSC period ended, Verstappen struggled with tyre temperatures and fell away from Vettel, but Red Bull had also told him to back off to avoid a potential repeat problem. "We struggled a ... Keep reading

Vettel, who had praised Ferrari's upgraded car during practice, finished third in Baku and now trails new championship leader Valtteri Bottas by 35 points. From the editor, also read: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2 Vettel says Ferrari needs "crucial" turnaround in Spain Asked by Motorsport.com if his confidence in the upgrades Ferrari ... Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari's struggles to make its tyres work properly is the more "dominating factor" in its Formula 1 car's performance being held back, rather than an aerodynamic weakness.

Lewis Hamilton says he could have "pushed a lot harder" in his fight against Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Valtteri Bottas on the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

As happy as we've been after yesterday's qualifying, the more disappointed we are after the race.

Daniel Ricciardo admits to a "bit of panic" in incident that led to grid penalty for the Spanish GP.

Verstappen finished fourth in Baku, having been gaining on the race-leading Mercedes and Sebastian Vettel's third-placed Ferrari before the VSC caused by his teammate Pierre Gasly parking in an escape road. "I was catching up seven/eight seconds over that stint, so that was all good, but as soon as we got to the virtual safety car, I lost a lot of temperature," said Verstappen. "It seems ... Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo has been handed a 3-place grid penalty for the forthcoming Spanish GP following today's clash with Daniil Kvyat.

Daniel Ricciardo has been given a three-place grid penalty for the next Formula 1 race in Spain after reversing into Daniil Kvyat in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix by 1.5 seconds from Lewis Hamilton.

Late in the race Ricciardo had attempted to pass Kvyat for 10th place under braking for Turn 3, but misjudged the move and slid down the escape road. In doing so, that forced Kvyat wide and the Toro Rosso driver also ended up in the run-off area, sitting right behind the Renault. In Ricciardo's haste to get going, and unaware his rival was behind him, he instantly reversed and then hit ... Keep reading

Hamilton made a good getaway from second on the grid to pull alongside pole position man Bottas on the run to Turn 1, as the pair ran around the first corners side-by-side. Bottas eventually managed to get in front, and Hamilton suggested he could have made life tougher on a weekend when his teammate had the upper hand. "I didn't get the job done in qualifying, he [Bottas] did," Hamilton ... Keep reading

Ferrari again showed the potential speed to fight for the win at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but a crash for Charles Leclerc in qualifying and difficulties on the soft tyre for Vettel left the door open for the fourth straight Mercedes 1-2 finish. Read Also: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2 With third-placed finisher Vettel and Ferrari falling ... Keep reading

As Bottas wins in Baku we appear to have a title fight on our hands, sadly, as in 2016, its only between the Mercedes drivers.

Daniel Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat have been summoned to the stewards for their bizarre incident in Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, when Ricciardo reversed into the Toro Rosso

Valtteri Bottas withstood a late charge from Lewis Hamilton to win Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix and atone for his heartbreak at the end of last year's race in Baku

Full result of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Ricciardo attempted to pass Kvyat for 10th place under braking for the Turn 3 left-hander, but misjudged it and ran deep into the corner. Read Also: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas leads fourth consecutive Mercedes 1-2 By heading down the escape road, the Renault inadvertently blocked Kvyat, who was trying to make the corner from the outside. Kvyat had to wait until the Renault ... Keep reading

Twelve months after being denied victory by a late puncture, Bottas held his nerve under pressure to lead Hamilton home and regain the lead of the championship. As Mercedes clinched its fourth one-two in four races at the start of the 2019 season, Sebastian Vettel could only finish third again for Ferrari. Vettel's teammate Charles Leclerc recovered to fifth, behind Max Verstappen's Red ... Keep reading

Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix by 1.5 seconds from Lewis Hamilton.

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Amended starting grid for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after penalties applied.

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen will need to start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pitlane after being excluded from qualifying because of a front wing problem

Kimi Raikkonen will start today's Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pitlane after being excluded from the qualifying results.

Raikkonen was meant to start the Baku race in eighth place after his third Q3 appearance in four races with his new team. However, on Sunday morning he was disqualified from the results of Saturday's session because his front wing failed a deflection test. The FIA stewards reported that Raikkonen's front wing "deflected more than 5mm under a load of 60N". F1's technical regulations state ... Keep reading

Russell has been suffering with a viral infection in the build-up to Baku, and pulled out of the pre-weekend Thursday press conference as a result. He sat out almost the entirety of Friday's running after a loose manhole cover wrote off his FW42 chassis, and was slower than teammate Robert Kubica in Saturday morning practice, but had the measure of his teammate in qualifying even before Kubica ... Keep reading

Red Bull and its Formula 1 engine supplier Honda have introduced a change to Pierre Gasly's power unit following his exclusion from Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying for a fuel flow infringement

Gasly's results were stricken from the qualifying classification in Baku after his RB15 was found to be in breach of the required fuel-flow limit of 100kg per hour. The Frenchman was already set to begin the race from the pitlane following a Friday weighbridge offence and thus only contested the first segment of qualifying. He was the fastest of the 20 drivers participating in the segment ... Keep reading

Ahead of today's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Alfa Romeo has been summoned by the stewards over an issue with Kimi Raikkonen's front wing.

The thicker forward leg of the upper elements of the suspension is attached to the upright directly above the rear leg, although the lower wishbone is a more conventional one-piece design. These exclusive drawings, by technical illustrator Giorgio Piola, reveal the detail of Red Bull’s front suspension, with the inset (above) showing the conventional layout. Red Bull Racing RB14 Top ... Keep reading

Robert Kubica will start today's Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pitlane after Williams made changes to his car following Q1 crash.

The drivers finished qualifying in 14th and 17th places respectively, although both will gain grid positions from penalties incurred by others. Team boss Gunther Steiner had cautioned in advance that Baku would be a difficult track for the team, and that proved to be the case as the drivers couldn’t get into the tyre temperature window. “The feeling hasn’t been good all weekend in the ... Keep reading

Robert Kubica will start Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix from the pitlane, following his Williams team's decision to make changes to his FW42 in the aftermath of his qualifying crash

Red Bull is running a unique Formula 1 front suspension design with two separate legs replacing the conventional single-piece wishbone.

Kubica crashed into the barriers at the tight Turn 8 left-hander in the dying seconds of the first qualifying segment on Saturday, having tagged the inside wall on entry into the corner. The Polish driver was set to line up 19th - promoted one spot due to Pierre Gasly's pitlane start penalty for missing the weighbridge - but will now give up his starting spot on the grid. Williams said that ... Keep reading

A combination of factors, not least a cunning ploy from Mercedes, was to see the Silver Arrows 'steal' front row spot from Sebastian Vettel.

Ferrari had been impressively quick in through practice, but ultimately lost out after Charles Leclerc crashed in Q2, and Vettel was unable to match his rivals in Q3. The German was the first driver in the queue of cars going for a time, and thus had to complete his flying lap without a tow. He was left in that situation in part because the Mercedes drivers drove down the pitlane and then ... Keep reading

Ferrari's unexpected Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying defeat was a "double whammy" of being "dummied" by Formula 1 rival Mercedes and getting caught out by a significant drop in track temperature

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Pierre Gasly has been excluded from the qualifying results for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for a breach of the fuel flow rules.

Pierre Gasly has been excluded from the results of Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying because his Red Bull Formula 1 car breached fuel flow rules

The unpredictability of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix gives Ferrari a chance to redeem themselves on Sunday, after Mercedes little trick.

Haas Formula 1 team drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean both struggled for grip and pace in Baku - despite both reporting that they were happy with the feeling of the car

Bottas' second chance at redemption? The Finn took pole position for the second time in two races but, last time out in China, he was unable to make the most of his opportunity to win a race that got away from him in 2018. He lost out on winning the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix after encountering a cruel tyre blowout on the final lap, and goes into the race knowing that he has unfinished ... Keep reading

Today's post-qualifying press conference with Valtteri Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

The longer the Qualifying session took today, the better our performance looked.

But the stewards' decision will make no difference to the grid because Gasly was already destined for a pitlane start as a punishment for missing a call to the weighbridge at the end of Friday practice. Gasly and Red Bull's summons was the first time that a breach of the fuel flow limit of 100kg per hour had been found in qualifying. Previous disqualifications for the offence had only been ... Keep reading

Nico Hulkenberg says he "hasn't felt the love and the harmony" with the Renault Formula 1 car in Baku so far, after struggling in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix

We are not happy about the outcome of qualifying. Our car was performing well today and we could have certainly achieved a much better result.

Overall, the qualifying was a good one as we have both cars in the Top Ten for the first time.

The German suffered his second Q1 exit of the year and was only quicker than the Williams drivers in the session, while trailing teammate Daniel Ricciardo by nearly a second. When he was informed of the gap to Ricciardo by the team at the end of Q1, Hulkenberg responded with a simple “ouch”. Speaking after the session, he said: “The feeling of the car underneath me, I haven’t really ... Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says his Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying crash showed he should allow "a bit more margin" while he is still lacking confidence with the FW42

Gasly benefited from a huge tow from Lance Stroll's Racing Point to lap quickest in the first part of qualifying in Baku. However, FIA F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer reported that Gasly exceeded the maximum allowed fuel mass flow of 100 kg/h on that lap. He referred the matter to the stewards, who have duly summoned Gasly and his Red Bull team. Daniel Ricciardo exceeded the fuel-flow ... Keep reading

Kubica crashed into the barrier at the tight Turn 8 right-hander late in the first segment of qualifying, having clipped the wall entering the corner. The crash consigned him to 19th on the grid, as he was outqualified by teammate George Russell for a fourth race in a row. Kubica has not been comfortable with his FW42 chassis since the start of the season, and admitted he could've taken more ... Keep reading

TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Paul Di Resta) Q: You’ve got to be the happiest man here today, Valtteri; what a sensational last lap to grab pole position. An interrupted session, you kept your composure, and I guess you stole that pole position from Ferrari, because they have been ever so strong?  Valtteri BOTTAS: Yeah, I’m really happy for that. It was a nice feeling to get it done on ... Keep reading

Red Bull has been summoned to the stewards for Pierre Gasly exceeding Formula 1's fuel flow limit while setting the fastest lap at the start of Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying

In theory, because tyre wear and degradation are not significant here, this should be a one-stop race.

Max Verstappen says Formula 1's high-drag 2019 cars have made slipstreaming a "critical" element of qualifying

The Dutchman had topped the Q2 session in Azerbaijan and had provisionally been on the front row towards the end of Q3, before he slipped down to fourth in the end. Read Also: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole, Leclerc crashes But he reckons the key element that decided the final order was who got the better tow rather than who delivered the best lap – ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says a "pretty shocking" first two corners made the difference in qualifying for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after being beaten to pole by team-mate Valtteri Bottas

Charles Leclerc proves to be his own hardest critic following Q2 error that robbed him of almost certain pole.

Kimi Raikkonen says his Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying was spoiled by getting too close to Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes Formula 1 car in Q3

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Bottas led a Mercedes one-two in Baku, helped by an interrupted qualifying session that included post-practice favourite Charles Leclerc crashing out in Q2. Read Also: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole, Leclerc crashes Hamilton, who will line up second, said he never recovered from a "pretty shocking" first two corners. "Valtteri did an exceptional job, it ... Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton says he would be "the same" as Charles Leclerc after the Ferrari Formula 1 driver lambasted himself as "useless" following his Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying crash

Valtteri Bottas leads Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying as Ferrari's challenge crumbles.

The Finn had been in the mix to fight for the front end of the midfield pack in Q3, but it all went wrong when he got too strong a slipstream off Hamilton on the long straight as he began the lap. Read Also: Azerbaijan GP: Bottas beats Hamilton to pole, Leclerc crashes It meant the Alfa Romeo driver was left tucked right under the gearbox of the Mercedes for the tight ... Keep reading

The Ferrari driver was one of the first cars to complete his final Q3 lap, which meant he had to run alone as he crossed the line while cars behind benefited from others' slipstreams. In the end, Vettel missed out on pole position to Valtteri Bottas by 0.302 seconds, with Lewis Hamilton also pipping him for a spot on the front row. Speaking after qualifying, Vettel rued the lack of a tow – ... Keep reading

Delayed session following crashes for Kubica and Leclerc, plays into Mercedes hands as Valtteri Bottas leads a 1-2 for the world champions.

Charles Leclerc said he deserved to miss out on Azerbaijan Grand Prix Q3 for he "stupid" error he made in his Baku Formula 1 qualifying crash

Valtteri Bottas claimed a surprise pole position for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix after pre-qualifying favourite Charles Leclerc crashed out in Q2

Full times from today's qualifying session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.