Azerbaijan – Q1: De Vries and Gasly in the wall

• Unsurprisingly, we were treated to a red flag in the streets of Baku. This is the work of Nyck de Vries. Like his teammate Yuki tsunoda last year the pilot Alpha Tauri ended his race in the Tecpros of turn 3. If at first it seemed that the Dutchman braked late, the Italian team indicated that its driver suffered a rear brake failure.
• A few moments later, Pierre Gasly imitated his Batavian counterpart, in the same place! “More luck” for the Norman since he was able to return to a clearance zone a few meters further on. This still required the display of a red flag.
• Finally, the session was restarted for the last 7 minutes and it was Charles Leclerc who set the best time 1'41"269 ahead Max Verstappen et Fernando Alonso. Sergio Pérez and George Russell completed the Top 5. As for those eliminated, we find: Guanyu-Zhou, Nico Hulkenberg, Kevin Magnussen and therefore the injured Pierre Gasly and Nyck de Vries.

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