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Story of Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying: Kimi Raikkonen costs Ferrari a front-row lockout in Baku

A round-up of the main talking points from qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where Sebastian Vettel claimed his third straight pole position in 2018 -- the first time he has done so since 2013.

Shock: Like in previous two rounds in Bahrain and China, Kimi Raikkonen looked set to take his first pole position since Monaco last year. The Finn was on course to topple his teammate's provisional pole time of a 1:41.498, crossing the second sector split 0.2s up on Vettel, only to make a mistake at Turn 16 -- as he did on his first run of Q3 -- where he had a huge slide and oversteer moment on the exit of the corner.