Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit. It is his 66th career pole position, moving him into second on the all-time list ahead of Ayrton Senna on 65. Michael Schumacher has 68.
Hamilton has won two out of the past three races from pole position.
Q3 was interrupted by a red flag with three and a half minutes to go when Daniel Ricciardo hit the wall. This set the drivers up for a one-lap shootout at the end of Q3 with which to try and beat Valtteri Bottas’ provisional pole time.