Checo Pérez will start second in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix; Leclerc achieved pole position

Sergio Pérez at the Baku Circuit. Photo: @redbullracing

The qualifying session of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix was held and with it the starting order for Sunday’s race was defined. Sergio Pérez finished in second position by stopping the clock at 1:41.641, so he will start from the third row on the grid. The Mexican was faster than his teammate Verstappen for the second weekend in a row, while Charles Leclerc took the pole position.

“The first start is where you put everything. I hit the wall a couple of times. Luckily, we managed to survive, which is really the key here. It wasn’t an ideal qualifying because we had a problem with the engine. We couldn’t turn it on. And that meant we lost… he was basically alone. And that’s very powerful around here. Who knows if enough for the pole, but we certainly lost a few tenths. But I think Charles had a very good lap,” he said. Czech.

The starting order of the top 10 was then as follows: Leclerc first; Perez second; Verstappen third; Carlos Sainz fourth; George Russell fifth; Pierre Gasly sixth; Lewis Hamilton seventh, Yuki Tsunoda eighth; Sebastian Vettel ninth, and Fernando Alonso tenth.

Leclerc, Pérez and Verstappen were the three fastest drivers in qualifying at the 2022 Azerbaijan GP. Photo: REUTERS/Murad Sezer

The race, eighth on the 2022 calendar of the big circuswill take place at the Baku Street Circuit, Azerbaijan, and is scheduled to start at 6:00 a.m. Central Mexico time on Sunday, June 12.

Azerbaijan 2017: 16th place with Force India (withdrew from the race)

Azerbaijan 2018: Third place with Force India.

Azerbaijan 2019: Fifth place with Racing Point.

Azerbaijan 2020: It was not played due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Azerbaijan 2021: First place with Red Bull Racing.

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