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Kimi Antonelli hits wall as George Russell takes F1 Azerbaijan GP pole
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- Sep 26, 2026, 1:30 AM UTC
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Italian racing driver (born 2006)
Andrea Kimi Antonelli is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won eight Formula One Grands Prix since his debut in 2025.
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is a Formula One motor racing event that was held for the first time in 2017. It is held on the Baku City Circuit, a street circuit in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.
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George Russell starts the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on pole with a chance to cut into his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli’s mammoth 81-point Formula 1 standings lead
The championship leader hit the wall at turn 1 during Q1 and ended up sixteenth, Russell took advantage of the situation to take pole. The Italian trusts in coming back in the race as he did in Monza from nineteenth place.
George Russell has held off Max Verstappen for his first Formula 1 win in three months to cut into Kimi Antonelli’s standings lead at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix