US EditionCharles Leclerc Wants to Emulate Daniel Ricciardo's 2017 Baku Masterclass After F1 Qualifying Disaster
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Charles Leclerc wants to emulate Daniel Ricciardo's 2017 Baku masterclass after F1 qualifying disaster
Charles Leclerc had a disaster during the 2025 Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying, as he crashed out in the early minutes of Q3. That meant he would be dead last in the group and start P10 on the grid.
Azerbaijan's GP is starting badly for Ferrari
Ferrari doesn’t lift his head. It’s true that it’s a team where everything they suffer is magnified, but Maranello’s are chained in negative situations. It’s indifferent that Baku, a circuit where they smile in style, works for them. Something happens with the two SF-25s, who lived a dramatic classification. Lewis Hamilton didn’t pass to Q3 and Charles Leclerc, minutes later, drove his car into curve 15 when he attacked.wf_cms.rss.read_more
Leclerc admits he "over-dedicated himself" in qualifying
Despite his impressive records in Azerbaijan, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc endured a tough day at Baku as he crashed out in the final segment of the all-important Saturday session. The Monegasque will only start from P10 on the grid at the track where he has clinched a total of four pole positions.
On Friday it was a double lead, on Saturday it was a double crisis. Ferrari stumbled in the F1 qualifying, Charles Leclerc crashed. For the Monegassen the world went wrong: on the Baku City Circuit he drove four times on Pole. What was going on.
Charles Leclerc admits fault: “It was my mistake, but we really struggled with the medium tires”
The Monegasque driver did not make excuses for the crash that forced him to retire in Q3, but he highlighted the significant difficulties Ferrari faced with the medium tires. Double setback Qualifying in Baku proved disastrous for Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton finishing 12th and failing to reach the fight for pole position in Q3. Meanwhile, his teammate Charles Leclerc did initially make it into Q3, only to cause one of the six red flags displaye…
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