Overview
- The FIA issued a provisional Azerbaijan Grand Prix grid after a qualifying session halted six times by red flags and marked by multiple crashes.
- Max Verstappen secured pole by nearly half a second, with Carlos Sainz on the front row and Liam Lawson lining up third.
- Oscar Piastri will start ninth after crashing in Q3, Lando Norris is seventh, Charles Leclerc is 10th and Lewis Hamilton 12th.
- Esteban Ocon was disqualified from qualifying, and Haas has formally asked stewards to allow him to start from the back.
- McLaren can seal the 2025 constructors’ championship today if it outscores Ferrari by nine points in Baku.