Friday afternoon was surprising in Baku, both for the final result and for the incidents that occurred during qualifying. The one who emerged in the end was the Dutchman from Trident Richard Verschoorleading for most of the session and able to further improve his time in the final available stint, snatching pole from Andrea Kimi Antonelli for only 17 thousandths of second. Only 15th the leader of the general classification Isaac Hadjarauthor of a strange error that occurred almost at the same time as that of his teammate Josep Maria Martì, and moreover at the same point of the Azerbaijani track.
A qualifying session that began with an excellent performance by Verschoor, the protagonist of the best time with his Trident and a second sector that was virtually unreachable for the competition. However, the real twist came just over four minutes from the end of the session, when all the drivers returned to the track for their final timed attempts after the pit stop. It was precisely at this point, in fact, that the two fields of the championship leader Isaac Hadjar and his teammate Josep Maria Martí they hit the barriers after being blocked at two different times (a few seconds apart) in curve 1. A very strange episode which, in addition to putting the Frenchman out of any possible fight for pole position, decreed the exposure of the red flag.
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