Overview

• Pierre Gasly's car exceeded the FIA's fuel mass flow limit of 100 kg/h during his final timed lap in Q2.
• The Alpine team attributed the breach to an unexpected and brief technical fault that did not provide a performance advantage.
• Despite the team's explanation, the FIA stewards disqualified Gasly from the qualifying results, enforcing the standard penalty for such infringements.
• Gasly initially qualified 13th but will now start from the back of the grid for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
• Charles Leclerc secured the pole position for the race, with Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz rounding out the top three.