Charles Leclerc has taken provisional pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Ferrari sprint race ahead of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen.
| Row 1 | 1. (16) Charles Leclerc 1’40.203 Ferrari SF-23 | |
| 2. (11) Sergio Perez 1’40.391 Red Bull RB19 | ||
| Row 2 | 3. (1) Max Verstappen 1’40.495 Red Bull RB19 | |
| 4. (63) George Russell 1’41.016 Mercedes W14 | ||
| Row 3 | 5. (55) Carlos Sainz Jnr 1’41.177 Ferrari SF-23 | |
| 6. (44) Lewis Hamilton 1’41.253 Mercedes W14 | ||
| Row 4 | 7. (23) Alexander Albon 1’41.281 Williams-Mercedes FW45 | |
| 8. (14) Fernando Alonso 1’41.581 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 | ||
| Row 5 | 9. (18) Lance Stroll 1’41.611 Aston Martin-Mercedes AMR23 | |
| 10. (4) Lando Norris 1’41.611 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 | ||
| Row 6 | 11. (81) Oscar Piastri 1’41.654 McLaren-Mercedes MCL60 | |
| 12. (27) Nico Hulkenberg 1’41.818 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 | ||
| Row 7 | 13. (20) Kevin Magnussen 1’42.259 Haas-Ferrari VF-23 | |
| 14. (24) Zhou Guanyu 1’42.395 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 | ||
| Row 8 | 15. (77) Valtteri Bottas 1’42.642 Alfa Romeo-Ferrari C43 | |
| 16. (22) Yuki Tsunoda 1’42.755 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT04 | ||
| Row 9 | 17. (10) Pierre Gasly 1’43.417 Alpine-Renault A523 | |
| 18. (21) Nyck de Vries 1’44.853 AlphaTauri-Red Bull AT04 | ||
| Row 10 | 19. (31) Esteban Ocon 1’55.282 Alpine-Renault A523 |
Penalties
Esteban Ocon: Start from pit lane due to changes made to his car under parc ferme conditions.
Withdrawn
Logan Sargeant: Damaged incurred during sprint race qualifying session
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Jere (@jerejj)
29th April 2023, 10:25
Another pole for Leclerc, as I expected, but Ferrari’s general race pace disadvantage will probably be against him winning in the sprint too.
Sargeant had a good pace until his error, partly down to Sainz’s presence.
Tsunoda still had green lights when crossing the timing line, but unlucky red for him & Alfas.
Yellow Barron
29th April 2023, 12:35
Now that this race has become pretty irrelevant, it makes sense to have it as a reverse grid race to make it interesting.
Points system could simply be:
Points for top 8, 10 or 12
Or
Points for top 8 but with points given to drivers with most completed overtakes or positions gained
Yellow Barron
29th April 2023, 12:38
*but with points also given
Malaysia 2010 was a pretty interesting race due the the Ferrari’s and McLaren’s starting at the back.
S
29th April 2023, 13:46
Just change the entire points system to award points to all finishers.
Nobody is on the track to gain nothing then – every position counts toward the championship, all the time.
As long as there is more points for the GP than the sprint, who cares what the actual number of points is.
It has to be worth it to the competitors. Decoupling it from the GP has made it completely useless for at least 1/3 of them.
Reversing the grid would be interesting and I’d like it to happen (but it won’t), but they at least give everyone sufficient incentive to take it seriously.
Norris’ and Tsunoda’s teams already sacrificed the sprint the first time out with this format…
Ken
29th April 2023, 10:25
Dissapointing q3 by Aston Martins again.Fernando should have been 5-th.
MG1982 (@mg1982)
29th April 2023, 10:33
Congrats to LEC, he’s really making a difference compared to SAI.
That Mercedes should be burned completely!