Leclerc achieves in Baku the fourth consecutive 'pole'

Leclerc, during the time trial in Baku. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA (AFP)

In a frenetic qualifying session, Charles Leclerc invented an impossible lap in Baku, a circuit embraced by walls and full of traps, to chain his fourth consecutive

and the sixth in the eight tests that have been put into play so far.

The Ferrari driver took revenge in the best possible way for the disappointment he suffered two weeks ago, in Monaco, where the misreading made by the

strategists condemned him to fourth place in the final, when he had the victory very neck down .

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Ferrari made a move so that the F1-75 gained some top speed, a determining parameter in Azerbaijan because on the two-kilometer main straight the runners do not lift their foot from the gas pedal.

Despite the fact that the first attempt placed Carlos Sainz at the front of the grid, the improvement in the conditions of the asphalt with the circulation of the cars shuffled the table.

And there the best version of Leclerc appeared, capable of leaving Checo Pérez four tenths behind, who will be the one who will accompany him in the front row.

The triumph of the rider from Jalisco in Monaco certified his good feelings at the wheel of Red Bull, the same ones that choke Max Verstappen.

Despite not being as comfortable as his workshop neighbor, the current champion commands the top of the general table and this Sunday he will come third, next to Sainz.

Fernando Alonso,

“All

feel good, but I didn't expect this one.

It was hard for me to see that we could be faster than the Red Bulls, but on that last lap I was able to put everything together”, agreed Leclerc.

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