️ F1 updates from 1pm BST in Baku
️ Russell vows to ‘keep fighting’ for title | Mail Philip
Welcome to Friday F1 qualifying. No, this is not Las Vegas, but the result of Sunday being Azerbaijan’s Remembrance Day. So from 1pm BST the 11 teams and 22 drivers will be chasing grid positions for a race that starts at noon BST on Saturday.
Two weeks ago in Spain, Lando Norris took pole but had a near-certain victory snatched away by the timing of a virtual safety car, instigated just after he passed the pit entrance and allowing pretty much everyone else to take a free pit stop … including Kimi Antonelli, the driver least in need of a slice of luck but whose championship lead was extended to 81 points with his victory.
