Formula 1 qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix turned into crashfest with many red flags, but Andrea Kimi Antonelli kept his cool with a surprisingly good qualifying performance.

After a tough European leg, the young Italian secured fourth place on the Baku grid – a welcome boost to his confidence.

“The pace has been strong the whole weekend, and definitely the biggest difference has been that I was able to do clean sessions and to build it up. I felt pretty ready for qualifying,” Antonelli said.

The Mercedes driver stayed out of trouble, even though he had to visit the stewards for allegedly ignoring yellow flags during qualifying. That was handled with a reprimand, meaning Antonelli will start from fourth on the grid. It equals his best qualifying result so far for a grand prix

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