There might be a situation where the Red Bulls fail to complete their laps before the end of the session due to some incident which might completely turn the grid around.

The battle for top spot on the driver's championship table between Red Bull teammates Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen will heat up in Ferrari's back yard.

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.

In a late restart at Albert Park, Sainz collided with fellow countryman Fernando Alonso, costing the Ferrari driver a five-second penalty that dropped him from P4 to P12.

Teams can evaluate their progress thus far and work on upgrade packages for their cars without the usual summer shutdown regulations.

The announcement of a five-second time penalty for Sainz came through as the order was reset to the previous restart ahead of a final lap to the checkered flag behind the Safety Ca...

If the decision is ruled in the Brazilian's favour, Massa could become the last driver to win a driver's championship with Ferrari.

When his engineer informed Sainz of the penalty, the Spaniard was heard yelling over the radio and pleading with the stewards.