Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Leclerc with a huge mistake

Created: 06/12/2022, 13:07

By: Alexander Kaindl

Charles Leclerc lost his lead in Baku early on.

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Baku is about the next points in Formula 1. Charles Leclerc is once again starting from pole position.

The race on Sunday in the live ticker.

• Formula 1 in Baku: Charles Leclerc starts from pole position

• Vettel sets an example again: Former world champion with political statements

• This live ticker is continuously updated

START: Leclerc's huge mistake!

The Ferrari driver misbrakes and loses the lead!

Perez is now first.

Otherwise, the expected chaos in the narrow streets of Baku does not happen, everything went smoothly.

Vettel makes up a position in the back and is now eighth.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix: The starting grid in Baku

1:00 p.m.:

The formation lap is underway.

12:49 p.m .:

The countdown is on.

Once again, however, Mercedes will only play a supporting role today.

Before the start, team boss Toto Wolff emphasizes: "We don't have the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull."

Update from June 12, 12:42 p.m .:

“Everything is possible here in Baku, of course we hope to make up one or the other place,” says Mick Schumacher immediately before the race on Sky.

The German is the last to start, so slowly the son of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is under pressure.

Maybe it will work today with a big catch-up race.

Update from June 12, 12:23 p.m .:

The installation round is running.

In a good half hour we start here on the Baku City Circuit, directly on the Caspian Sea.

Update from June 12, 11:58 a.m .:

It starts here in Baku in an hour, what is in here for the Germans?

Mick Schumacher will once again be in focus, so far his season has been anything but smooth.

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First report from June 12, 11:43 a.m .:

Baku – Formula 1 is a guest in Azerbaijan at the weekend.

On Sunday from 1 p.m. (all information about the TV broadcast) it's all about the next World Cup points.

Charles Leclerc is once again starting from pole position, the Monegasque has placed his Ferrari in first place for the fourth time in a row.

The Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen start from second and third, Sebastian Vettel drove his Aston Martin in qualifying in ninth place.

Mick Schumacher starts the race from last place.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: Vettel sign before the race in Baku

Vettel once again set an example before the race on Sunday.

When he arrived on Saturday before the final training session in Baku, the Hessian wore a white T-shirt with the words “friends” and “peace” written in black in Russian.

Two hands were shown shaking hands.

The 34-year-old also wore sweatbands in the blue and yellow colors of Ukraine.

In the past few weeks, Vettel has spoken out several times against the background of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.

In the video: Leclerc starts in Baku from pole position

Formula 1: Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Vettel with new statements

Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic.

Until 1991, Russian was the official language alongside Azerbaijani.

Russian is still taught in schools there today.

As recently, Vettel rolled into the paddock several times on a rainbow-colored bike.

The Aston Martin driver has been drawing attention to ecological and political issues for some time now.

Shortly after the outbreak of war on February 24, he also wore a racing helmet with the Ukraine flag, and he had also campaigned for a boycott of the Russia race, which was later canceled.

He is also committed to environmental protection and the rights of homosexuals.