Max Verstappen admitted that Ferrari’s double retirement helped Red Bull achieve the Azerbaijan double on Sunday on the streets of Baku. George Russell finished 3rd.
The misfortune of some is the happiness of others. Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of teammate Sergio Pérez, who left him on lap 14. Red Bull radioed the Mexican: no fight (No fight).
Ferrari has hopes of winning the race. Starting from pole position, Charles Leclerc took the lead on lap 20 when his machine betrayed him. His teammate Carlos Sainz junior has retired, victim of a hydraulic leak on the 9th lap.
This is Charles Leclerc’s second retirement in three races.
So frustrating. You need to understand why this happenedLeclerc’s reaction.
Black day for Ferrari in Baku who want revenge on Montreal for a week in the lands of Gilles Villeneuve.
Good performance from Mercedes-Benz with 3rd place for George Russell and 4th for Lewis Hamilton, but the former world champion suffered badly on his back due to the phenomenon of aero rebound (porpoising or poising in English) which specifically affects W13’s behavior in a straight line.
He got down to his single-seater which was very painful at the end. And the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit should still torture him, that is in any case the opinion of his boss, Toto Wolff.
Lance Stroll rode in 15th place when, 3 laps from the finish, his team preferred to call back into the pits to retire. Makes his Aston Martin AMR22strange oscillationstold him on the radio.
His teammate Sebastian Vettel, very comfortable on the streets of Baku this weekend, finished in 6th place.
Torontonian Nicholas Latifi (Williams) inherited 15th place from his compatriot at the end.
More details to come.
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