Azerbaijan GP: Qualifying - RE-CAP & RESULTS

AZERBAIJAN GP - QUALIFYING - RE-CAP & RESULTS

    Sebastian Vettel took another pole position while other drivers dealt with near-misses and penalties ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

    Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley nearly collided in Q1 after Hartley tapped the walls and was trailing with a puncture. Gasly managed to swerve out of the way but it was an overall disastrous qualifying for the Italian team.

    Hulkenberg and Grosjean both received a 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox changes. 

    Grosjean and Hartley had to get permission from the stewards to race after failing to get a time in that was within the 107% regulation. Grosjean, in fact, did not set a time at all in qualifying due to a gearbox failure.

HOW IT WORKS:

Q1 = 18 minutes. All cars allowed to go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q2 = 15 minutes. The remaining cars go out. At the end of the session, the five slowest are eliminated.

Q3 = 12 minutes. Final 10 cars go out. The final order at the end of the session is how the grid will line up. Fastest car starts from Pole Position.

GRID LINE-UP:

1. Sebastian Vettel / Ferrari-Ferrari / Germany

2. Lewis Hamilton / Mercedes-Mercedes / Great Britain

3. Valtteri Bottas / Mercedes-Mercedes / Finland

4. Daniel Ricciardo / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Australia

5. Max Verstappen / Red Bull Racing-TAG-Heuer / Netherlands

6. Kimi Raikkonen / Ferrari-Ferrari / Finland

7. Esteban Ocon / Force India-Mercedes / France

8. Sergio Perez / Force India-Mercedes / Mexico

9. Carlos Sainz / Renault-Renault / Spain

10. Lance Stroll / Williams-Mercedes / Canada

11. Sergey Sirotkin / Williams-Mercedes / Russia

12. Fernando Alonso / McLaren-Renault / Spain

13. Charles Leclerc / Sauber-Ferrari / Monaco

14. Nico Hulkenberg / Renault-Renault / Germany*

15. Kevin Magnussen / Haas-Ferrari / Denmark

16. Stoffel Vandoorne / McLaren-Renault / Belgium

17. Pierre Gasly / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / France

18. Marcus Ericsson / Sauber-Ferrari / Sweden

19. Brendon Hartley / Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda / New Zealand+

20. Romain Grosjean / Haas-Ferrari / France*+

* - (Hulkenberg & Grosjean) 5-Place-Grid-Penalty for unscheduled gearbox change

+ - (Grosjean & Hartley) Granted permission by stewards to race after failing to set times within the 107% regulation.

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