Charles Leclerc breaks Red Bull dominance with pole in Azerbaijan

Verstappen and Leclerc set identical times in their opening Q3 laps in Baku before the Monegasque returned for a final run to beat his Red Bull rival by 0.188 seconds.
Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole in Azerbaijan (Darko Bandic/AP)
Charles Leclerc put his Ferrari on pole in Azerbaijan (Darko Bandic/AP)

Charles Leclerc saw off Max Verstappen to put his Ferrari on pole position for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Verstappen and Leclerc set identical times in their opening Q3 laps in Baku before the Monegasque returned for a final run to beat his Red Bull rival by 0.188 seconds.

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