Norris said on the radio at the end of Q2: “Do not let him foolishly play b s. He has to watch his delta, if he does not, he will have a problem. It is the first car, he will have trouble” . When told he had to accelerate, Hamilton told the Mercedes pitwall: “I do not know what to expect from me sometimes.” The FIA then confirmed that the Briton will be investigated as soon as the qualifications are completed. But the seven-time world champion, who finished in the P7 in the qualifiers but could fall even further in the event of a penalty, told Sky Sports F1 after the session: “I’m not really worried. First, I was offline and you have to be in. in a delta year and I was in my delta time. ENTIRE QUALIFICATION RESULTS: Leclerc at pole ahead of Pereth and Ferstappen “I was not below that pace out of laps, so in time delta, so I should be able to drive at the speed I want. And I was off the line, so I was not holding everyone. I was trying to tow because we are so slow in the straights “The kids from behind did not want to pass, so I just left and went around.” Team manager Toto Wolff said: “I can not predict what the referees will say. I think it was a delta in time. What that means, how the referees will evaluate it, I do not know.” Hamilton added about Mercedes’ lack of pace: “I’m not surprised [we were over a second off pole]. The same happened in Monaco. It’s the same. “However, he added:” There is a lot to expect. It is a difficult and chaotic struggle, there is a lot that can happen. We are in the top 10. “It was a very difficult qualifying period because we are constantly pushing, we have a very, very small window with the car. What we try does not give us what we want. We make many changes, but we always come out with the same conclusion that most of the time bounces , which loses us a lot of performance. “And then all the performance is when you lower the car. We just say, ‘We’re going to take a winner with our back and neck and put the car as low as possible to have performance.’ I went lower and bounced a little more from the other car. “But we are still there, we are just very slow in the straight. It may be difficult tomorrow in the race, but we will give it our all and I hope we may have a better pace, who knows.” Charles Leclerc secured the pole position in Baku and will be in front of the grid for the fourth consecutive race. However, the Monaco driver has not won any of the last three races. Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen start second and third in the Red Bulls with Carlos Sainz’s other Ferrari fourth.
