Rookie Lance Stroll enjoyed his best qualifying session of the year in Baku as he earned a solid eighth place at a track he had not previously visited.
The Canadian was 12th in Q1 and seventh in Q2 before beating Williams teammate Felipe Massa for the first time when it mattered in Q3.
“It was a great day for me, it’s been a great weekend so far,” he said. “Jumping in the car in FP1 I felt really confident immediately with the track, the balance, everything kind of came together. Today was obviously a great day.
“I just missed out a bit in Q3 compared to Q2, with the track temp dropping, just that one push lap I didn’t feel that I was able to get the tires working perfectly, and it was a bit of a scrappy lap from my side.