Oscar Piastri has crashed into the barriers and out of the final qualifying session at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix -- yet his rare mistake could have proved much more costly.
Australia's championship leader reckoned he had been pushing too hard on Baku's testing street circuit in windy, rain-spattered conditions on Saturday when he went too fast into the apex of turn three and slammed his McLaren into the wall.
It left him qualifying in ninth - his worst effort of the season - but his teammate and nearest title challenger Lando Norris couldn't take full advantage as he went flat-out for pole only to also have a slight brush with the wall himself on the way to finishing only seventh quickest.
