With significant engine penalties for both drivers, and on a circuit not best suited to the strengths of our car, today's qualifying session was always going to be somewhat disappointing. Fernando Alonso set the 16th-fastest time in Q1, but will start from 20th position. His team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne lines up 19th. The team has placed extra emphasis on race performance, and with the weekend so far littered with incident, we're hopeful of making progress in what promises to be a long and eventful race around the streets of Baku. Fernando Alonso: 'We did a good job today in terms of preparing for the race: we only used one set of tyres, put in low fuel and did some checks. 'We know we're...
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