Vettel on pole in Baku

Sebastian Vettel has claimed pole position for the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix after beating World Championship rival and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton by just under 2-tenths of a second. Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas will start from third place, with Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo in fourth with team-mate Verstappen next behind in fifth. Kimi Raikkonen, meanwhile, will start from sixth after making a mistake on his second lap in turn 16 (which is effectively the final braking point) and potentially cost him pole position as he was fastest of anybody in the first two sectors.

The Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull drivers except for Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen will all be starting on the super-soft tyres, with the Finn starting on the ultra-softs.

Starting grid:

Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes

Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer

Max Verstappen - Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer

Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari

Esteban Ocon - Force India-Mercedes

Sergio Perez - Force India-Mercedes

Carlos Sainz - Renault

Lance Stroll - Williams-Mercedes

Sergey Sirotkin - Williams-Mercedes

Fernando Alonso - McLaren-Renault

Charles Leclerc - Sauber-Ferrari

Nico Hulkenberg - Renault (5-place grid penalty, gearbox change)

Kevin Magnussen - Haas-Ferrari

Stoffel Vandoorne - McLaren-Renault

Pierre Gasly - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda

Marcus Ericsson - Sauber-Ferrari

Brendon Hartley - Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda

Romain Grosjean - Haas-Ferrari