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L20 Piastri takes the lead off Leclerc! The McLaren driver obtained a sniff of DRS at flip one and is thru.
L18 Piastri passes Albon, Perez isn’t shut sufficient to take benefit by flip three. Sainz pits and comes out sixth behind Norris – who’s closing again as much as Perez.
L17 Leclerc pits and rejoins forward of Albon, who’s but to pit, then the Piastri-Perez battle for a internet second place.
Joseph: “Lando, are you able to do something to carry Perez up in ther center sector with out hurting your self?”
Norris: “Yeah, not lots.”
Joseph: “One or two laps. This lap.”
Piastri pits and comes out simply forward of Perez.
L15 Perez pitted however McLaren have left Piastri out for one more lap.
L14 Verstappen rejoined behind Ricciardo and misplaced time behind the RB in the course of the lap, then obtained a helpful tow onto the beginning/end straight as he simply passes with DRS open.
L13 Verstappen pits – he was over a second slower than Norris on that lap. He mentioned his rear tyres have been “fucked”. It’s a 3.1s change. Russell and Hamilton in too.
L12 Alonso pits. Leclerc is flying out entrance, half a second a lap quicker than Piastri. Norris does his quickest lap on the hards which is two-tenths off his staff mate’s time that lap.
L11 Williams have pitted Colapinto, who had Albon inside DRS vary of him for a number of laps. Verstappen is complaining in regards to the state of his tyres.
Verstappen and Lambiase are arguing over how onerous he ought to be braking. “I’ve zero chunk within the automobile,” he says. He’s now over 5 seconds behind Perez, who’s closing on Piastri for second place.
L10 Hulkenberg passes Bearman for eleventh.
L9 Leclerc is now 2.6s to the great on the entrance of the sphere. Norris is instructed: “The medium shouldn’t be graining but, if something it’s affected by thermal deg. You’re doing a greater job than the opposite automobile who’s battling rears.”
Russell: “I believe a plastic bag simply went within the left-hand aspect airbox.”
L8 Norris simply passes Bearman for tenth place within the prolonged DRS zone.
Colapinto says he can take the combat to Alonso: “Let me know whenever you need me to place him below stress. I’ve extra tempo.”
L7 Piastri misplaced virtually seven-tenths of a second to Leclerc within the center sector and is now out of DRS vary. The hards look like coming in: Albon is on them and shutting on Colapinto and Alonso forward, each on mediums.
L6 Leclerc set the quickest lap the final time round, he’s nonetheless inside a second of Leclerc. Perez now 2.2s behind.
Hamilton has climbed as much as fifteenth. He says the medium tyre compound is “fairly unhealthy”.
Stroll claimed “Tsunoda closed the door on me” when the pair tangled on the primary lap. Stroll is now final, 12s off the rear of the sphere.
Norris askes for the hole and is instructed the hole to Bearman forward. “No, behind, you muppet!”
L4 Tsunoda slows on the pit straight, Ricciardo and Gasly go him at flip one. Hamilton then takes the RB as properly.
L3 Piastri makes use of DRS to shut on Leclerc. Norris is inspecting the rear of Tsunoda’s automobile and passes him for eleventh at flip two. Hulkenberg additionally takes the RB the following time by. Norris now has 4s of air forward between him and Bearman.
L2 Stroll enters the pits with a front-left puncture. He seems to have held up Tsunoda who’s 4s behind Bearman. Leclerc leads however Sainz in fourth is coming below stress from Verstappen.
Additional again Norris has gained two locations from his beginning place and is now behind Tsunoda. Hamilton and Ocon have already caught the again of the queue.
The 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is go! Leclerc retains the lead forward of Piastri, Perez passes Sainz at flip two, Verstappen takes Russell.
All drivers are beginning the race on the medium compound tyres apart from Lando Norris, Alexander Albon, Daniel Ricciardo, Esteban Ocon and Zhou Guanyu who’re all on hards.
We’ve had a couple of modifications to the grid since qualifying completed yesterday. George Russell breathed a sigh of aid as he was solely reprimanded for failing to sluggish for yellow flags and retains his fifth place begin. However staff mate Lewis Hamilton will begin from the pit lane after Mercedes modified his energy unit. Esteban Ocon may also begin from the pit lane, whereas his staff mate Pierre Gasly has to start out on the again following his disqualification from qualifying. Full grid right here.
The 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix is developing subsequent.
