Valtteri Bottas will start the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix from pole position after pipping teammate Lewis Hamilton at the death.
Racing Point supersub Nico Hulkenberg qualified a sensational third in just his second weekend back in F1 filing in for the COVID-19-infected Sergio Perez.
Mercedes was in a class of its own in the battle for pole, the black cars qualifying almost a full second quicker than Hulkenberg’s pink machine, but the intrateam battle for pole was tight.
Renault teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are adamant the French marque has plenty of pace in hand for qualifying despite being anchored to the bottom of the timesheet during Friday practice in Azerbaijan.
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