Daniel Ricciardo was disappointed to qualify only tenth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, having planted his Red Bull into the wall at Turn 6 during the final qualifying session, and took full responsibility for the mistake.
Max Verstappen felt third place in qualifying was potentially on the cards for his Red Bull team, but could only manage fifth due to a gearbox problem during Q3. Despite the setback, he has sights set firmly on third place, ahead of the Ferraris which out-qualified him today.
Valtteri Bottas has pinpointed a lack of tyre grip in comparison to his team-mate Lewis Hamilton for the disparity in Q3 times between the pair, with the Finn qualifying over four tenths behind Hamilton in second place.
Lewis Hamilton feels his pole position here was even better than at the Canadian GP two weeks ago, having beaten the Ferraris by over a second and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas by four tenths.
Kimi Räikkönen qualified over a second down on polesitter Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, explaining that third was the best he could manage given problems getting his tyres to work properly.
Sebastian Vettel says he won’t make excuses for his middling performance in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, having landed behind both Mercedes and his Ferrari team-mate Kimi Räikkönen for tomorrow’s race.
While Vatteri Bottas set the fastest time in FP3 for the Azerbaijan GP, both Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen are in a race against time to prepare for qualifying following technical problems.
Sébastien Loeb has been given a present by Peugeot Sport, being handed ownership of the 208 T16 with which he won the event in 2013 in record-breaking time.
Esteban Ocon heads into the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with no experience of the Baku street circuit, but has looked to other means for ensuring he delivers another strong result for Force India.
Sergio Pérez feels his Canadian GP form, combined with the podium he scored at Baku last year, is a sign of good things to come for Force India at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Jolyon Palmer feels that despite a points-less season thus far, he will finally score his first points of 2017 at Baku, citing past success on street circuits in junior formulae.
The German finished ninth in the inaugural race in Azerbaijan in 2016 and is aiming for more points this weekend.
The #13 Rebellion LMP2 has been disqualified from its 3rd placed finish in the 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans after an illegal modification to its bodywork mid-race.
The 24 Hours of Le Mans has seen yet another twist, with the race leading #1 Porsche retiring from a comfortable lead, and handing an LMP2 car the overall lead for the first time in Le Mans history.
The race promoter of the Malaysian Grand Prix says there always remains a chance of Sepang returning to the F1 calendar in future, though the circumstances will have to be right for it to happen.
As the race reaches its halfway point, a spin into the gravel by Konstantins Calko caused a lead change in GTE Pro, while Nick Tandy continues his solitary run leading the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
As the #8 Toyota is stuck in its garage for repairs, Senna regains the LMP2 lead from team-mate Piquet, whose Rebellion requires new rear bodywork.
