After the crash festival: Bottas grabs Baku pole

The Mercedes driver from Finland also benefited from an accident involving favorite Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc on Saturday and will start the Azerbaijan Grand Prix from first place on the grid on Sunday (14.10:XNUMX p.m.). World champion Lewis Hamilton completes the front row in the second Silver Arrow.

The German Sebastian Vettel only made it to third place and is on the second row with Max Verstappen (Red Bull) from the Netherlands. Bottas set his best time of 1:42,026 minutes in the last second and pushed Hamilton off the lead. This is the 29-year-old's second pole of the season and the eighth of his career.

Leclerc and Kubica with spectacular crashes Favorite Leclerc, who had set the best times in training, had to end the qualification early in the second phase after an accident that was his own fault. The 21-year-old Monegasque crashed into the barrier after a driving error in the narrowest part of the course (see own report) . His badly damaged Ferrari was no longer drivable. He goes into the Grand Prix in tenth place.

But Leclerc didn't cause the only accident: Williams driver Robert Kubica also crashed into the barrier on the same section - his car also suffered significant damage. Robert Kubica crashed into the barrier. © APA/afp / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

In the overall World Cup standings, Hamilton leads the fourth race of the season on Sunday (14.10:68 p.m./RTL and Sky) with 62 points ahead of Bottas (39) and Verstappen (37). Vettel (36) is currently only fourth ahead of Leclerc (XNUMX). Baku qualifying results

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After the crash festival: Bottas grabs Baku pole

Valtteri Bottas secured pole position in dramatic qualifying at the Formula 1 race in Baku.

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