Leclerc takes sprint pole despite hitting the wall

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc made it two pole positions in two days winning the new sprint shootout at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Saturday.

Leclerc took pole for the sprint race despite crashing on his final lap of the shortened qualifying session. The Sprint race will be held later today and the first eight finishers will add points to their World championship standings.

Charles Leclerc is in the barriers!!!!

He won’t get to do a final run, but still holds onto provisional pole! 😱#AzerbaijanGP #F1Sprint pic.twitter.com/rOnE8rwf3a

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Leclerc beat Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, with Mercedes driver George Russell in fourth and Lewis Hamilton sixth behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, who was compromised in his final lap by Leclerc, who crashed in front of him and yellow flags were waved, which meant the Spaniard couldn’t improve on his time.