Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel pulled out all the stops to snatch pole position for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Behind him will be the two Mercedes drivers of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas. The Red Bull duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen were 4th and 5th. Vettel’s teammate Kimi Raikkonen had to settle for 6th after a mistake in the last sector.
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Force India’s Esteban Ocon was the best of the rest in 7th ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez and the 2 Renaults of Hulkenberg and Sainz. But Hulk has a grid penalty, which will promote Lance Stroll into the top 10.
During the first segment of qualifying, there was a hairy moment between the 2 Toro Rosso drivers. Pierre Gasly barely managed to avoid a shunt with a slow-moving Brendon Hartley. Gasly ran wide and vented his frustration on the radio. Later, it transpired that Hartley had a puncture, which explained his limping car.
The session was fairly action-packed, here is how Twitter reacted to the session.
Soooooo Kimi.. the surely, almost, nearly, but not quite there again #F1 #AzerbaijanGP
#AzerbaijanGP update; We have our poleman and our grid lineup, all that's left is a good, clean, #Fit4F1 street fight. #BakuF1 ora.cl/6ke13
All that was between #Kimi7 & pole position was that little slide! Phew! Missed by an inch @ScuderiaFerrari #Quali #AzerbaijanGP #F1
Vettel holds off the two Mercedes to take pole ?? Both Force Indias in the top 10 ?? #AzerbaijanGP ???? #F1 dlvr.it/QR5l30
https://twitter.com/Lennys_Blog/status/990248296810799104
Should have been #Kimi7 on the pole but hey #Kimi7 all the best for tomorrow's race. #AzerbaijanGP @F1 All the best @ScuderiaFerrari
@svandoorneis again 0,5sec slower than @alo_oficial, very concerning for his F1 future. He’s too nice, needs more grunt. #AzerbaijanGP
The moment @pierregasly avoided an accident #f1 #Qualifying #AzerbaijanGP #Gasly #Hartley #formula1 #Baku
I think when last time was F1 qualify time in dry conditions slower than year before. 2014? 🤔#F1 #AzerbaijanGP
Tomorrow's #AzerbaijanGP is going to be classic. Nail-biting until the end. You cannot predict this race.
Kimi fans right now #F1 #AzerbaijanGP
Drama in Baku! Hartley and teammate Gasly almost collide 💥 #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 #F1
Hartley deserves to be starting from the moon after an incident like that.. #F1 #AzerbaijanGP
Kimi Raikkonen lost it at last corner... 😢 #f1 #AzerbaijanGP #scuderiaferrari
📻Hartley: "I'm sorry about that guys, I was trying to get out the way but it was too late and I went the wrong way" #AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 #F1
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*record scratch* *freeze frame* Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation. #F1 #AzerbaijanGP
https://twitter.com/itsmesums/status/990252775954157568
https://twitter.com/AbhimanyuKohli/status/990253345204912128
That's it, pole for Sebastian Vettel. First time he's had three straight poles since Italy to Korea in 2013 #F1 #AzerbaijanGP
🇦🇿 #AzerbaijanGP - Qualifying 🏁
MiniDrivers - #F1 - #AzerbaijanGP - Qualifying #Vettel #Hamilton #Bottas
