Carlos Sainz was denied the first pole position of his career as Charles Leclerc edged out his Ferrari team-mate in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
In a session in which there was rarely anything of note to separate the two teams, any one of their four drivers could have been the one to ensure he starts at the front for Sunday's race. But as the sun set in Baku, it was the Monegasque who felt the joy of pole ahead of team-mate Sainz, and Red Bull duo Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.
For a long time it looked as though his Spanish team-mate had done enough, but in the end Leclerc, Verstappen and Perez all put in quicker times and suddenly provisional pole had turned into fourth for Sainz. Perez beat Red Bull partner Verstappen to start on the front row, and it could have been even better if he had not had a slight engine issue which delayed him in getting to the track.
