2023-04-29 12:57:35
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) will start the Formula 1 sprint race in Azerbaijan following setting the fastest qualifying time on the streets of the capital Baku.
The Monegasque will start ahead of the Red Bulls of Mexican Sergio Pérez, 2nd, and championship leader Max Verstappen, 3rd for the sprint race, which will start at 3:30 p.m. This race offers championship points: from 8 points for 1st to one point for 8th.
Before the arrival of the paddock in the streets of Baku, Verstappen, the last winner in Azerbaijan, was 15 points ahead of the championship (69 pts) over Pérez (54 pts) and 24 over the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (45 pts), qualified 8th for the sprint. Verstappen will start on Saturday ahead of the Mercedes of Briton George Russell, 4th.
A unique sprint shootout
The Azerbaijan GP, 4th round of the season, is the 1st of the 6 races of the year to offer the sprint format inaugurated in 2021. But unlike what was done until then, the sprint now has its own session of qualifications called “sprint shootout”, shorter than a classic session.
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