Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) consolidated its leadership Formula 1 World Championship winning, ahead of Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez Azerbaijan Grand Prixeighth of the year played this Sunday baku street circuitthe capital of the country.
Verstappen, 24, led Red Bull’s third ‘double’ of the season to secure his fifth F1 victory of the year; In a race where ‘Checo’ took the twentieth podium in the queen category and placed second and British George Russell (Mercedes) third; He finished fourth in Azerbaijan this Sunday, ahead of fellow countryman and teammate Lewis Hamilton.
in a race two Ferrari drivers left -Spanish carlos sainz, starting the fourth due to a hydraulic problem; and Monegasque charles leclercRed Bull, who did it one by one from the pole position in the power unit, expanded its advantage in both championships. Verstappen now leads the Drivers’ World Championship with 150 points, 21 points more than his Mexican teammate, who placed second in the competition; The Austrian team, on the other hand, is the leader in the Constructors’ World Championship with 279 vehicles, with more than eighty vehicles than Ferrari.
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Other Spaniard, double Spanish world champion Fernando Alonso (Alp), who started the tenth, He finished the race in a very reliable seventh place. Ahead of him was Frenchman Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri), fifth, and four German world champions Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin), sixth in Baku this Sunday, crossed the finish line.
Two McLarens, owned by Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Briton Lando Norris, finished eighth and ninth respectively; and Alonso’s Alpine teammate, Frenchman Esteban Ocon, also added to the points for tenth place.
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The next Grand Prix, the Canadian Grand Prix, will be held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal next weekend.
Azerbaijan GP results
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1:34’05″941
2. Sergio Perez (Red Bull) in 20″823
3. George Russell (Mercedes) in 45″995
4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) in 71,679
5. Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri) at 77″299
6. Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) at 84,099
7. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) at 88,596
8. Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren) at 92″207
9. Lando Norris (McLaren) in 92″556
10. Esteban Ocon (Alp) 108″184
11. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) 1 lap
12. Alexander Albon (Williams) 1 lap
13. Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) 1 round
14. Mick Schumacher (Haas) 1 lap
15. Nicholas Latifi (Williams) 1 lap
RETIRED
Lance Stroll Aston Martin
Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
Guanyu Zhou (Alpha Romeo)
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
World Cup qualification (8/22)
1. Max Verstappen 150 points
2. Sergio Perez 129
3. Charles Leclerc 116
4.George Russell99
5. Carlos Sainz 83
6. Lewis Hamilton 62
7. Lando Norris 50
8. Valtteri Bottas 40
9. Esteban Ocon 31
10.Fernando Alonso16
11. Pierre Gasly 16
12.Kevin Magnussen15
13. Daniel Ricciardo 15
14. Sebastian Vettel 13
15.Yuki Tsunoda 11
16. Alexander Albon 3
17. Lance’s Journey 2
18. Guanyu Zhou 1
19. Mick Schumacher 0
20. Nico Hulkenberg 0
21. Nicholas Latifi 0
EQUIPMENT
1. Red Bull 279 points
2.Ferrari 199
3.Mercedes 161
4. McLaren 65
5. Alpine 47
6. Alpha Romeo 41
7. AlfaTauri 27
8.Haas 15
9. Aston Martin 15