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Motorsport: Verstappen claims pole at Azerbaijan Grand Prix

# Motorsport: Max Verstappen grabbed his sixth pole position of the season for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the Baku street circuit Saturday after a chaotic qualifying session with at least seven crashes. Red Bull’s reigning world champion will have the Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Williams next to him on the grid, with the New Zealander Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls third. World championship leader Oscar Piastri will start from ninth on the grid after a crash, two places behind his McLaren teammate Lando Norris. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton ran out of fuel during the session and will start twelfth.