Charles Leclerc took pole for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix having produced a blistering lap that was three-tenths clear of Oscar Piastri. It is the fourth time in a row for Charles Leclerc after also taking pole at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 races, with teammate Carlos Sainz rounding out the top three positions. Ferrari was out-of-sync with their run plans throughout qualifying, owing to them not wanting to get caught up in the traffic at the end of each session. This is what happened to McLaren’s Lando Norris in Q1 when he got caught up in a yellow flag incident, forcing him to abort his final lap …
