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Live coverage of Saturday's Formula 1 qualifying session for the 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku.

Formula One racing is headed to Baku for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. We'll update qualifying until we've got the full racing grid is set Sunday's race at ...

18 18 The first 20 minutes will eliminate five drivers and the next 15 minutes will eliminate five more.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez beat championship rivals Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen to the quickest time in third and final practice for the Azerbaijan ...

Qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix begins at 1815 local time. Sign up, join leagues and manage your squad here. Verstappen missed out on a chance to improve having encountered Fernando Alonso's Alpine, but Perez suffered a similar fate when he caught up to Alex Albon on his final flyer.

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez has set the fastest time in third and final practice ahead of qualifying for the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

That time was quickly beaten by Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, the latter leading the way with a 1m44.661s after Sainz had briefly demoted him. The start of FP3 was delayed by 15 minutes due to barrier repairs in Turn 1. The Dutchman tried again in the final minutes but was impeded by a train of traffic in the second sector after going purple in sector one, calling the traffic "unbelievable". Alex Albon was the first of the Williams cars in 17th, ahead of Mick Schumacher, with Bottas and Nicholas Latifi at the bottom of the timesheets. Twelve minutes in the first time on the board was courtesy of Mercedes, too, a still violently bouncing Russell stopping the clocks after 1m47.256s on softs. Mercedes tried to make the most of a final chance to trial much-needed set-up changes ahead of qualifying in a sunny and dry one-hour session.

"Azerbaijani wrestlers under 23 years of age became the winners of the European Championship. Afterward, our freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling teams became ...

The ministry is also working on the improvement of exam standards for the next year,” he said. "Our achievements at European Championships in both freestyle and Greco-Roman style of wrestling have been inscribed in the country's history. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received our young wrestlers on March 17 and the adult wrestling team on April 8. "In 2022, Azerbaijan witnessed continuing sports reforms, as well as achievements of its athletes. “A working group has been formed in this regard. These reforms aim to build an effective strategy for the further success of the country.

The third free practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is scheduled for early Saturday afternoon. On the street circuit of Baku, the lights will jump ...

The third free practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix is scheduled for early Saturday afternoon. The team that we usually see back in Q3, has to recover from a poor first day in Azerbaijan. During the first two free practice sessions, the margins were minimal, although Ferrari seems to be slightly faster than Verstappen and Sergio Perez over one lap.

Charles Leclerc takes pole for Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and he'll be flanked by Red Bull's Sergio Perez as the Ferrari driver takes his sixth pole ...

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Charles Leclerc landed an emphatic sixth pole of the 2022 Formula 1 season as he took control over the Red Bulls in a thrilling qualifying for the ...

The session was paused for 10 minutes to add to the delayed start, while the cars most at risk of eliminated queued at the end of the pitlane in a bid to find clear track position. The Canadian locked the front-left and nosed into the Tecpro although punched reverse and was given the all-clear on damage to go again immediately for a flying lap to move into Q2. It was an evening of struggles for Bottas. The Finn had run off at Turn 3 in the first part of qualifying and then had to abort his next flying lap to leave him adrift of Zhou initially. Sainz was first to go for a final flying lap but was slow through the Turn 5-6 chicane and messy on the exit of Turn 7 to back out of his effort. That threw the attention on Leclerc, who set the fastest first and second sectors of the day to have a massive half-second cushion ahead of the flat-chat run to the line. The Ferrari driver had been adrift of teammate Carlos Sainz in the early part of Q3, but on his final flying lap turned in a rapid first two sectors to steal a march on all his rivals.

The Ferrari driver set a time of 1 minute, 41.359 seconds with his last run of the session to beat Red Bull's Sergio Perez by .282 seconds. Championship leader ...

“I hit it quite a few times but it seems to be very strong, the car, this year,” he said. Lance Stroll was 19th after crashing twice in the first session. The exact circumstances weren't immediately clear, though drivers often slow down in qualifying to get clear space for a fast run next lap. Footage from Norris' onboard camera showed Hamilton driving slowly through the narrow Old City section of the track and Norris then slowing down to match him. Championship leader Max Verstappen qualified third in the other Red Bull, .347 off Leclerc's pace. Pierre Gasly of AlphaTauri was sixth.

Red Bull driver Sergio Perez set the fastest time in third and final practice ahead of qualifying for Formula 1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

That time was quickly beaten by Ferrari drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc, the latter leading the way with a 1m44.661s after Sainz had briefly demoted him. The start of FP3 was delayed by 15 minutes due to barrier repairs in Turn 1. The Dutchman tried again in the final minutes but was impeded by a train of traffic in the second sector after going purple in sector one, calling the traffic "unbelievable". Alex Albon was the first of the Williams cars in 17th, ahead of Mick Schumacher, with Bottas and Nicholas Latifi at the bottom of the timesheets. Twelve minutes in the first time on the board was courtesy of Mercedes, too, a still violently bouncing Russell stopping the clocks after 1m47.256s on softs. Mercedes tried to make the most of a final chance to trial much-needed set-up changes ahead of qualifying in a sunny and dry one-hour session.

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Charles Leclerc took pole position for the fourth Formula One race in a row Saturday ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Lance Stroll was 19th after crashing twice in the first session. Like Leclerc, Verstappen has never been on the podium in Baku, and crashed from the lead last year when a tire blew. The stewards took no action, ruling Hamilton’s actions weren’t dangerous and his overall lap time was fast enough. “I hit it quite hard a few times but it seems to be very strong, the car, this year,” he said. Footage from Norris’ onboard camera showed Hamilton driving slowly through the narrow Old City section of the track and Norris then slowing down to match him. Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen qualified third in the other Red Bull, .347 off Leclerc’s pace.

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