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Baku is a street circuit, but no other venue on the calendar combines racing through a city with overtaking opportunities and unpredictability on the level offered by the Azerbaijani track. The GP taking place today, Saturday 26 September, is sure to be thrilling. Russell starts from pole, followed by Leclerc, Piastri and Hadjar . The first two rows are entirely unprecedented, even in a season as crazy as 2026.
Verstappen and Hamilton are paying the price for issues that emerged during qualifying, while Antonelli, the victim of an error at Turn 1 in Q1, is forced to start from P16. After his comeback at Monza , hopes and expectations are for a repeat... Can he do it? Let's find out together. Formation lap at 13:00.
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