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Azerbaijan GP: Valtteri Bottas on pole after Charles Leclerc crash

Valtteri Bottas led Lewis Hamilton to a Mercedes one-two in a chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying as Ferrari's challenge crumbled. Charles Leclerc had looked favourite but Ferrari's new star crashed in second qualifying and will start ninth. "I am stupid," Leclerc said on the team radio before saying on social media: "No excuses. I've been useless. I will push to have a better tomorrow." His team-mate Sebastian Vettel was third, 0.302 seconds off the pace. It was a madcap session, with two lengthy stoppages for accidents, the other to Williams' Robert Kubica, and a number of drivers getting away with brushing the walls around the challenging Baku street circuit -...
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