"I saw myself in the air"

Pierre Gasly says he could envisage himself flying into the air after almost crashing with teammate Brendon Hartley in qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The Frenchman came across his slowing teammate around the blind turn 14 and almost careered into the back of him.

Gasly said afterwards that he fully expected to be in a huge incident, coming across Hartley at almost 300kph with the Kiwi in the middle of the circuit with a puncture.

“It was pretty scary,” he said. “On the second run I was behind Brendon. The lap was coming nicely – I was seven-tenths faster than my best lap in the end. I don’t know what happened to Brendon but he slowed down massively before Turn 15.

Gasly however hasn't given up on his hopes for the weekend to score a strong result despite a difficult qualifying session.