Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari) It will debut at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the eighth edition of the Formula 1 World Championship, which first took place this Sunday at the Baku street circuit. First place will be accompanied by Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull).

Leclerc, 24, dominates qualifying this Saturday, which he covered in his best lap, signing his fifteenth ‘pole’ in F1 (sixth of the year). 6,003 meters of the runway of the Azerbaijani capital are less than 282 in one minute, 41 seconds and 359 thousand.Check‘, He will start second in Azerbaijan, which Mexico won last year.

Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), World Championship leader (nine point advantage over Leclerc), qualifying marked for the third time -347 thousand-; and spanish carlos sainz (Ferrari) -fourth, 455- this Sunday in Baku will start from the second row; The other Spaniard, double Asturian world champion Fernando Alonso (Alp), will start tenth.

alonzo, who One second eight decimals from Leclerc’s time. He will start from fifth place, improve him by a tenth, and start ninth alongside German world champions four-year-old Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).

from the third row of the grid British George Russell (Mercedes) and French Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri) will be fifth in Cuali.

Behind them, from the fourth row, Seven-time British world champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri) will start in a race scheduled for 51 laps.(at one o’clock in the Spanish peninsula: 11:00 GMT) to complete a 306-kilometer route that starts at three o’clock in the afternoon.

Azerbaijan GP grid

1. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1’41″359

2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) 1’41″641

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1’41″706

4. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) 1’41″814

5. George Russell (Mercedes) 1’42″712

6. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) 1’42″845

7. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 1’42″924

8. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1’43″056

9. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) 1’43″091

10. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) 1’43″173

11. Lando Norris (McLaren) 1’43″398 *Q2

12. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) 1’43″574

13. Esteban Ocon (Alp) 1’43″585

14. Guanyu Zhou (Alpha Romeo) 1’43″790

15. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1’44″444

16. Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 1’44″643 *Q1

17. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1’44″719

18. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) 1’45″367

19. Lance Ride (Aston Martin) 1’45″371

20. Mick Schumacher (Haas) 1’45″775