BAKU, Azerbaijan — Valtteri Bottas qualified in pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday after Charles Leclerc’s crash helped to ensure one of the longest qualifying sessions in recent years. Bottas’ last lap of the session was 1 minute, 40.495 seconds, leaving him 0.059 ahead of teammate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes 1-2. Sebastian Vettel was third for Ferrari, 0.302 off Bottas’ time. “It’s all about fine details and I hit the sweet spot.”It was Bottas’ second consecutive pole and the third time in four races that Mercedes has locked out the front row. “I am stupid, I am stupid, I am stupid,” he said over team radio.

Source: National Post April 27, 2019 11:14 UTC