After simply one hour of practice, the GP stars needed to get approved for Sunday’s GP in Baku. As anticipated, things did not work out: the session was disrupted after just 7 minutes.
After Pierre Gasly’s GP racer ignited in complimentary practice in Baku, Esteban Ocon’s mechanics likewise assisted the vehicle enter time for Grand Prix certifying. Success: The Frenchman was among the very first chauffeurs to appear on track in Q1.
It didn’t take long prior to the very first yellow flags were shown: Guanyu Zhou utilized a runaway zone in the very first corner after the circuit, however handled to prevent the effect and continue driving.
It was not the only flag in Q1 and the session was disrupted after 7 minutes. Nyck de Vries was the trigger, he put his AlphaTauri racing in the barriers at the end of the 3rd corner. At this phase, Max Verstappen was leading.
The Dutchman, who was currently fastest in complimentary practice, topped the timesheets with a 1: 41.887 ahead of Charles Leclerc. Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg, Oscar Piastri, Sergio Pérez, Kevin Magnussen and Valtteri Bottas finished the top10 They were followed by Lance Stroll, Alex Albon, Zhou, Logan Sargeant, George Russell, Ocon, Yuki Tsunoda, Gasly, De Vries and Carlos Sainz.
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