Sergio “Checo” Perez signed the third best result in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix classification. and starts behind Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who starts first, and Dutchman Max Verstappen, World Cup leader, who is aiming for a third title in a row.
Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which takes place on the Baku street circuit, capital of the country, will be the fourth race of the season. Verstappen is the leader of the classification with 69 points and “Checo” Perez is in second place with 54 units.
Leclerc has signed his nineteenth pole since racing in Formula One – third (after him) in Azerbaijan and first of the season – by dominating qualifying this Friday, in which he cleared the 6,003m circuit in the Azerbaijani capital in one minute, 40 seconds and 203 thousandths, 188 less than Verstappen and 292 ahead of the Czech.
Spaniards Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) will start fourth and sixth respectively in Sunday’s 51-lap race to complete the 306km route.
The Mexican driver has a win and 2 podiums in the first three races of the year. In the last race, he finished fifth, starting last on the grid, so he will be looking to get back on the podium in Baku.
Canadian Lance Stroll – Alonso’s new teammate – and Australian rookie Oscar Piastri (McLaren), who finished the main session in an honorable tenth place, will do so from fifth.
This Saturday will be the first of the six sprint tests of the season, which will not affect the start of the race on Sunday.-, hours after qualification (abbreviated), which will determine the grid the same.
The shortened race will take place on a third of the Sunday route, i.e.: 17 laps over a distance of just over a hundred kilometers.
Source: La Opinion
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