2023-04-28 14:46:50
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The Mexican did not have a good second sector and that was reflected in his final time, while just in that part of the track Leclerc and his Ferrari flew
Checo Perez will start from third position Azerbaijan Grand Prixwhere he will seek to add a new podium in the circuit that he dominates the most in his 12 years within the Formula 1.
The Formula 1 He lived the first of his six weekends in the season with the new sprint race format, which caused qualifying for the Sunday race to be lived this same Friday.
The Mexican was in fourth position in his first opportunity with the red rubber with a time of 1:43.373, a record that was surpassed by his main adversaries, who were displacing the Mexican.
Q1 was affected by the crash of Nyck de Vries in turn 3. After a few minutes of delay the activities resumed, but less than two minutes later Pierre Gasly crashed in the same area and was out of the session.
The delay in the shootout put pressure on everyone to look for a clean lap, which the Mexican needed in the second half of the shootout and advance without setbacks.
In the last minutes of the round, the man from Guadalajara clocked a 1:41.756 that caused him to climb positions and finish in fourth place behind Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso.
For Q2, the Mexican opened his first lap in the first moments and placed himself in the first position with a 1:41.13, a timer with which he surpassed Max Verstappen just by .062 cents.
Checo Perez met with resistance and a response from Charles Leclercwho put in a 1:41.037, maintaining the rivalry with the Mexican and Max Verstappenwhich were separated by just .156 tenths.
The Mexican finished Q2 in third position due to the fastest lap he achieved Max Verstappen in the last moments with a 1:40.822.
Checo Perez, Max Verstappen y Charles Leclerc they took their fight for pole position until Q3. None wanted to give away a single second and they went out on the track in the first moments and Pérez was the loser at the first opportunity, registering a 1:40.563, while Max and Leclerc clocked the same time with a 1:40.445, but it was the Dutchman who He marked that record first, staying in first place.
Czech he fell short in his quest for the top position. the one of Red Bull will start in the third drawer after marking 1:40.495, while Charles Leclerc took pole position with a 1:40.391 and Max Verstappen will start in second position.
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