Stroll scored his maiden F1 podium back in 2017 at the Azꦦerbai⛎jan Grand Prix while driving for Williams.

While the Canadian has had his critics over the years, Stroll has establiඣshed himself as a 🐠solid midfield driver.

Stroll w🔯on the race head-to-head with four-time world champion teammate𒅌 Sebastian Vettel in 2021.

However, it appears that he’s gone backwards in terms of performa🐲nce in 2022 with Vettel continuing to thrive.

Up at the front, Charles Leclerc produced another stunning la⭕p to claim a fourth successive pole position ahead of Sergio Pere😼z and Max Verstappen, with Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz down in fourth.

Here’s who had a difficult day at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix...

Lance Stroll - Qualified 19th

Crashing in Baku is a common occurrence but in the manner🐭 that Stroll did during qualifying was inexcusable. 

Down in the elimination zone, Str꧅oll was trying to get out in Q1 to avoid a t𓃲hird straight elimination.

With just under four minutes on the🌳 clock, Stroll clattered the wall at Turn 7 aftꦉer locking the rears.

He managed to flat-spot his tyres but co♎ntinued with𝓀out any apparent damage.

Stroll didn’t learn from his mistake as just moments later, he collided with the wall on the entry into Turn 2, destroying🗹 the front end of his car and bringing out the red ෴flag in the process.

Two amateur mistakes from Stroll in a car that should be ไqualifying in the top 10.

Mick Schumacher - Qualified 20th

The only positi🔥ve for Mick Schumacher was that he didn’t heavily shunt his Ha🐭as F1 car.

Following his latest crash in Monaco, Haas bℱoss Guenther Steiner warned that the team couldn’t afford to have any more shunts amid concerns about the budget cap and having enough spare parts.

Schumacher was 1.1s off teammate Kevin Magnussen as he qualiℱfied last.

Valtteri Bottas - Qualified 15th

It was a troubled session for Bottas, who narrowly avoided being ✅eliminated in Q1 for the first time since the 2015 Monaco Grand🐲 Prix.

It s🧸eemed like the Finn lacked confidence, particularly i𒁃n the first sector of the lap, giving away over 0.4s to his less experienced teammate, Guanyu Zhou.

Bottas endured one of the worst weekends of his careerꦦ iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚn Baku last year, qualifying 10th, over one-second off Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton.

The race didn’t go any be🀅tter for Bottas as he was overtaken by four cars on the restart after the red flag at the end of the race.

However, Bottas has performeꩵd very well this season ꧟so it’s a rare off-weekend.

The best performers in F1 qualifying were…

Charles Leclerc - Qualified 1st

Leclerc produced yet another breathtaking lap in Baku to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:eclipse Perez by over 0.2s. 

The Monegasque trailed teammate Sainz after the first rꦏuns but he saved his bes💃t until last in Q3.

With Sainz - who ran ahead of him on track - abandoning his first lap after a mistake on his final effort, Lecl꧙erc was flying, improving by 0.4s at the second sector immediate split.

Leclerc carried this advantage to the chequered flag to secure his fourth straight pole posit♔ion. 

He hasn’t converted pole into a victory in the la🌊st three races and will be needing the perfect strategy from Ferrari on race day.

Pierre Gasly - Qualified 6th

After a disappointing Q1 exit last time out in Monaco, Pierre Gasly was at his best once again as he split the two Mercedes cars ⛦in qualifying.

With news that Red Bull have retained Perez f🌳or two further years, Gasly’s chances of promotion are effectively over.

Gasly has to impress the likes of McLaren and Alpine in the coming races to ꦬtempt them to sign him, particularly with Daniel Ricciardo’s difficult form.

The Frenchman finished on the podium at last year’s Azerᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚbaijan GP and should carnage ensue ahead, he’s in a good position to do it again.

Sebastian Vettel - Qualified 9th

Vettel made it back-to-back Q3 appearances iไn Baku as the four-time champion continues to get the most out of Aston Martin’s upgraded package. 

Aston Martin introduced a significant upgrade, which resembled Red🅷 Bull’s aero package, at🐽 the Spanish Grand Prix.

With Stroll struggling,💛 Vettel is showing his class in 2022 after a slow start following his two-race absence due to coronavirus.&nﷺbsp;

Guanyu Zhou - Qualified 14th

Zhou out-qualified tea🌟mmate Bottas for the fir💛st time in 2022 in Baku.

It’s been a tough run for the Chinese rookie with 🍬reliability issues impacting his season severely. 

It’s a shame for Zhou that Alfa Romeo’s dip in competitiveness has coincided ๊with his best qualifying (relative to Bottas) so far but it should give him a lot of confidence going into the race and the rest of the season.