366 - Azerbaijan GP & Bahrain GP (at Sepang) Prerace 2026

You know who's not worried? George Russell, because he's on pole position.

Behind him, Charles Leclerc, Oscar Piastri in third, and then Isaac Hadjar, the first of the Red Bulls.

He's got some points to make up.

He's like, I'm back, folks.

My body feels good.

My body is ready.

And I'm going to get some points.

Yeah, Max Verstappen's car apparently not doing too hot in qualifying.

They, I think, replaced the power unit after qualifying, right, for the race.

Mm-hmm.

Lando Norris, fifth, Lewis Hamilton, sixth, Pierre Gasly, seventh, and then Max Verstappen down in eighth, followed by Franco Colapinto and Oliver Behrman in 10th.

Then Liam Lawson, Alex Albon, Esteban Ocon, Carlos Sainz, Arvid Lindblad, Kimi Antonelli down in 16th place.

He did not set a time in Q2.

Gabriel Bortoletto in 17th, then Nico Hülkenberg, Valtteri Bottas, Sergio Perez, Fernando Alonso, and Lance Stroll.

Alonso starting from the back for power unit elements, same with Stroll.

Sainz is penalized five places for failing to slow for yellow flags, which is a big bummer because he had gotten it into Q3, first time Williams had done so this year.

Perez also was penalized three places for impeding, but you know what, they're gonna be back at the

grid.

Yeah, it's not really a matter for them, but for signs, it was definitely a blow.

I mean, I feel like the Williams cars in recent races have been sort of two steps forward, one step back a little bit.

Well, this is a big one.

They brought their weight down, which was the big problem with their car.

by 20 kilograms for this race.

Wow.

Aston said they were bringing some decent upgrades, obviously, as well.