The race’s turning point came when a Safety Car was deployed on either side of the Red Bull drivers’ pit stops.
Early on, Verstappen and Perez passed pole-sitter Leclerc and continued to exchange fastest lap times at the front of the field.
Leclerc won his 19th career pole position, and first since Singapore 2022, by defeating Red Bull's Max Verstappen in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying session on Friday.
With Leclerc adding to his pole positions from 2021 and 2022, Verstappen taking second, and Sergio Perez taking third in the other Red Bull.
When F1 Sprint first debuted in 2021, qualifying was moved to Friday and used to set the grid for a brand-new 100-kilometer race.
It seems likely that Verstappen will be the one to claim maximum points on the day but one should not forget Perez's skills when it comes to a street circuit.
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