00:02In 14th position, the driver at risk. Oh, he brushes the tech pro. He brushes the barrier.
00:07The driver at risk was Nico Hülkenberg. Max Verstappen trying to extract all of it. This
00:13isn't Q3. There isn't pole position on the line. And how hard was the world championship leader
00:18having to push around this circuit? Behrman gets up tonight. The driver at risk is now
00:23Piastri. Verstappen's going to cross the line in the drop zone. He's had to go again. Verstappen
00:29Gasly, Stroll, Ocon and Joe who will start last. Verstappen comes over the line and gets it up to
00:35third behind his old teammate Alex Albon. The McLarens are still at risk. They need a clean
00:42run to the line. Stroll goes to ninth. Sainz is 13th as well. He's in danger. Drops down to 14th
00:49as
00:49Gasly goes third in an Alpine. Great lap from him. And Alpine have not looked like they've had that
00:54pace at any stage at the weekend. It's why you want to be the last car over the line. We're
00:59on
00:59board with one-time Grand Prix winner Oscar Piastri who will get up to third position when it matters.
01:06Norris is a few meters back. Hamilton is down to 12th place but Sainz is at risk. Norris needs this
01:12track to stay green. It does so and he will come over the line to try and improve. He's on
01:17for a
01:17personal best. No he's boxed. He's boxed. He's coming into the pits. Lando Norris is in the drop
01:23zone. The checkered flag is out and the driver second in the world championship will fall at
01:29the first hurdle. There was a brief yellow flag in the final sector and I wonder if Norris caused it
01:35or caught it because he was improving and he couldn't and he's out. Extraordinary. Mate I'm sorry.
01:44This was Norris over the curb skateboarding down the curb and he has it all to do in the Grand
01:50Prix
01:51tomorrow. That's a solid hit from Max. That's a solid hit of the Tech Pro. There's a bit of give
01:56in it
01:56and you can see that there unlike that one for Esteban Ocon hitting the concrete wall and not
02:02getting away with it. So mighty fine differences between the Alpine and the Red Bull. Norris has gone.
02:08That's the major shock and that is a big twist in the context of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend
02:15and Russell will hope that this gets him into the higher echelons of the field and books his place
02:21through fourth position for George Russell. Lewis Hamilton will be the next driver to set a lap time
02:26on the board. We go on board with the seven-time world champion. Yuki Tsunoda's just gone up to
02:31eighth position. Where does Hamilton go across the line? It's good enough for seventh.
02:36Behrman's first sector is half a second quicker than Lewis Hamilton. He has just done a tremendous
02:41first sector. He's not done a tremendous middle sector though. It's not an easy circuit to put the
02:45whole app together. Hulkenberg has come through and not improved. So Behrman will out-qualify
02:51Hulkenberg but as he drives to the line can he get into the top 10? Big moment for Oliver Behrman.
02:57Colopinto goes up to fifth position. Extraordinary performance. That's one driver in his second ever
03:03Formula One qualifying session. What about the other one? He's got himself to 10th place.
03:08But Alonso's going quick. And Alonso knocks him out immediately. Fifth position for Fernando Alonso.
03:16You're three to three. You're three to three, mate.
03:20Congratulations.
03:21Levels.
03:22What a star.
03:25Behrman misses out by a 10th. He's ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, Pierre Gasly, Nico Hulkenberg and Lance Stroll as we
03:32reach the end of Q2.
03:36This is the part of the circuit where the Mercedes is superb. Straight line speed, ultimate power, sweeping round to
03:44the end of the lap to the checkered flag where it will wait in seven minutes and 30 seconds time.
03:49Piastri has the best middle sector so far. He has a really strong power unit in the back of the
03:55car. Same as Russell. Same as Hamilton.
03:57Russell over the line. 1.41.9 to beat. Hamilton next up.
04:01Sainz is the fastest man in the first sector. Leclerc is the fastest man in the middle sector. Piastri is
04:06going quickly as well.
04:08Hamilton to second as we go on board with Oscar Piastri. Who goes ahead of both Mercedes?
04:14Mercedes. Great sector time in the middle part of the lap. But Leclerc takes it away. The master of this
04:20configuration is ahead of Piastri.
04:22Russell and Hamilton. Sainz gets close. Two tenths of a second away. Ferrari's one and two at the moment.
04:28Still lap time to come from both Red Bulls.
04:31But it's not been Verstappen's best lap so far. It's not been the cleanest as he marches up towards the
04:36line.
04:37Ferrari 1.2. Two tenths separating them. Piastri's right there as well.
04:40And Verstappen comes through. He's only fifth.
04:43Only fifth. Behind Russell Piastri and the two Ferraris.
04:46Albon goes ahead of Alonso. What can we see from the second Williams?
04:51He goes behind his teammate. Eighth on the grid. It's impressive.
04:55Four. Franco Colopinto in only his second Grand Prix.
04:59Perez has an out-qualified Max Verstappen all year long.
05:03But he's put his teammate down to sixth place.
05:08Verstappen through the final corner.
05:09Oh. Well, there's time to be found.
05:12And he will be delighted that that happened on run one and not run two.
05:17That curb again at turn 16.
05:21No way.
05:22Alex Albon still has the airbox fan attached.
05:26And he is pulled to the side of the road.
05:28He's got no way to get back to the pits.
05:30And he knows he has to park up.
05:31Otherwise, he'd get pinged for being in an unsafe condition.
05:34Can he get the marshals to remove it?
05:36Please just grab it and we can carry on.
05:38He's now chucked it clear. He's going to have to run over.
05:40Here we go.
05:40He's got the dry ice as well behind him on the left-hand side.
05:44A bizarre one.
05:46A bizarre one operationally for Williams.
05:49The chequered flag is waving.
05:51First driver over the line will be George Russell.
05:53And then the others will get a chance to respond.
05:56Piastri is rapid in the middle part of the lap.
05:59We have a battle for pole position as Russell cuts the beam.
06:02Where does he go?
06:03Improves his lap time.
06:04Not his place.
06:05His teammate is next.
06:06Over the line.
06:07Lewis Hamilton tries to get beyond the Red Bulls.
06:10Can he do it?
06:10No.
06:11He too improves his time but not his position.
06:13Leclerc's hooking it up.
06:14Leclerc's on a very good middle sector.
06:16But first of all, Oscar Piastri.
06:18Can he get pole?
06:19No.
06:19He misses out by seven hundredths of a second.
06:22Perez has done the best first sector of anyone.
06:25Can Sainz take it back?
06:26No.
06:26He misses out on the front row.
06:28Here comes Charles Leclerc to take it further away from the rest of the field.
06:33Colopinto's ahead of Alvin with the Williamses for the Red Bulls.
06:37It's Verstappen up to fifth.
06:39Sergio Perez reply.
06:41Here it comes across the line.
06:42And it's up to fourth.
06:44For the first time this season, the lead Red Bull on the grid will be Sergio Perez.
06:50No one had an answer to the low fuel attacking pace of Charles Leclerc,
06:56who has taken pole in Baku for the fourth time in a row.
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