charles leclerc He will first start this Sunday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the eighth of the Formula 1 World Championship, taking place on the Baku street circuit after a great performance that earned him pole position. The Monegasque driver will be accompanied by Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) in the front row.

Leclerc, 24, has scored his fifteenth ‘pillar’ in F1 – sixth of the year – and dominates qualifying this Saturday, sprinting the 6,003m course in the Azerbaijani capital in his best lap in one minute, in 41 Seconds and 359k, last year 282 less than ‘Checo’, who will start second in Azerbaijan, which he won.

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The Mexican driver managed to beat his teammate yesterday team, Netherlands Max Verstappen (Red Bull), World Championship leader with a -347 thousandth third qualifying time (with a nine-point advantage over Leclerc); and spanish carlos sainz (Ferrari) -fourth, 455- this Sunday in Baku will start from the second row; where is the other Spaniard, double Asturian world champion Fernando Alonso (Alp), tenth will begin.

One second and eight tenths behind Leclerc’s time, Alonso will start from fifth place alongside the four-time German world champion. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) improved it by a tenth and will start ninth.

The British will emerge from the third row of the grid. George Russell (Mercedes) -fifth in ‘quali’- and the French Pierre Gasley (Alpha Taurus).

Behind them, from fourth place, the seven-time British world champion will start Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Japanese yuki tsunoda (Alpha Tauri) to complete a 306 kilometer course, which will start at three in the afternoon, in a race scheduled for 51 laps (One o’clock in the Spanish peninsula: 11:00 GMT).

Where to watch Formula 1 races

The 2022 Formula 1 season can be watched live on TV in Spain. Movistar+ and DAZN. The telecommunication operator will include full coverage on the Movistar+ F1 channel, and the broadcast platform is adding races to its offerings thanks to the agreement reached, which also affects MotoGP.

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Regarding the main countries of Latin America, Argentina, Colombia and Chile The big prizes can be followed on Fox Sports. Mexican Channel 9 Televisa will be responsible for the broadcasts. On your own behalf United States of America Formula-1 can be viewed via ESPN.

Azerbaijan GP race schedule

Sunday, June 12

Race: 13:00 (CET) (51 laps)-