Qualifying on the streets of Baku on Friday afternoon was typically eventful, with runaway F1 world championship leader Kimi Antonelli crashing out in shock fashion during the first session.
The Italian boasts a commanding 81-point lead at the summit of the Drivers’ Standings after back-to-back victories on home soil at Monza and in Madrid earlier this month, his seventh and eighth wins respectively this term from 14 races.
However, Antonelli – long since the overwhelming favourite to clinch a maiden F1 world title aged just 20 – will start down in 16th on the grid at the picturesque Baku City Circuit after…
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