Lando Norris hit again impressively from hitting the wall on Friday to high the ultimate follow session forward of qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with McLaren team-mate and title chief Oscar Piastri behind Max Verstappen in third.
After what he admitted was a “costly” mistake in second follow, which noticed him harm his McLaren towards the wall and miss the second half of the session, Norris was in high quality type on his return to motion across the difficult Baku Metropolis Circuit as he outpaced his nearest rivals by two tenths of a second with a finest lap of 1:41.223.
Piastri, who leads Norris by 31 factors within the standings, was the one to make a number of errors throughout this session – nearly crashing at Flip 4 himself – however ultimately labored his method again as much as third.
However the Australian was nonetheless outpaced by Verstappen, who seems set to problem the McLarens once more two weeks after beating them to pole and victory at Monza.
Friday pacesetter Lewis Hamilton was additionally simply behind in fourth to recommend he may even stay a front-running risk, though Baku qualifying specialist Charles Leclerc slipped to tenth within the sister automotive.
Qualifying takes place reside at 1pm on Sky Sports activities F1 with a multi-team combat for pole seemingly in retailer.
“I’m encouraged by the fact that I think we are going to see the Red Bulls and the Ferraris challenging the McLarens in qualifying,” stated Sky Sports activities F1’s Karun Chandhok.
Mercedes weren’t as shut in remaining follow, although, ending 0.6s behind Norris.
Two weeks after he acquired the primary public criticism of observe for his performances from Mercedes workforce boss Toto Wolff, Kimi Antonelli continued his high quality begin to he occasion to complete fifth quickest forward of team-mate George Russell.
Williams took seventh with Alex Albon, whereas Haas look to be severe Q3 contenders with not less than Oliver Bearman after the British rookie adopted up his fifth-fastest Friday time with the eighth-quickest effort of ultimate follow.
Liam Lawson, who had a wild 360-degree spin at what’s successfully the circuit’s remaining nook however prevented hitting the limitations, was ninth forward of Leclerc, who didn’t full a really consultant remaining soft-tyre try.
Sky Sports activities F1’s Azerbaijan GP schedule
Saturday September 20
11.10am: F2 Dash Race
12.15pm: Azerbaijan GP Qualifying build-up
1pm: AZERBAIJAN GP QUALIFYING
3pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book
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Sunday September 21
7.55am: F2 Characteristic Race
10.30am: Grand Prix Sunday: Azerbaijan GP build-up*
12pm: THE AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX*
2pm: Chequered Flag: Azerbaijan GP response
3pm: Ted’s Pocket book
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