Russell additionally identified that this was the primary important mistake Antonelli had made in a aggressive session all yr.
Requested if he believed Antonelli’s mistake was a results of “title jitters”, Russell stated: “While you take a look at each championship marketing campaign, even for the winners, there are errors alongside the way in which.
“So, I nonetheless carry on believing and carry on preventing till it is not potential any extra. However I do not really feel any strain.
“I really feel pleasure each time I leap within the automobile now, purely as a result of I really feel extra assured in myself.
“When that confidence begins to construct, it is identical to this upward cycle.
“On the flip facet, once you’re on the again foot, you begin dropping that confidence and you then begin pushing the bounds extra, and that is when errors occur.
“However he is been flawless this season. It is the primary mistake he is made in a qualifying or race this entire yr.”
Russell’s pole margin was a large 0.837secs, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc second and Piastri third.
The Baku avenue circuit has a protracted straight that affords good overtaking prospects and has a fame for producing incident-packed races.
