Overview

• FIA stewards issued Kimi Antonelli a reprimand for passing two cars during a fleeting yellow indication on his dashboard, allowing him to retain fourth on the grid.
• Nico Hulkenberg faced no penalty for passing Lewis Hamilton under yellow in practice after stewards accepted he could not see the flag or the subsequent green panel.
• Antonelli abandoned the lap in question and the stewards found no sporting advantage, referencing consistency with previous similar cases.
• Qualifying at the Baku City Circuit featured multiple red flags and stretched to roughly two hours in gusty, unpredictable winds.
• Antonelli said the wind made performance a lottery and acknowledged the mental effect of seeing crashes, yet he still out-qualified Mercedes team-mate George Russell.