Red Bull claimed the 1-2 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Max Verstappen leading home Sergio Perez, as one by one both Ferraris retired.
Verstappen and Perez took the fight to Ferrari at the Baku circuit, quickly negating Charles Leclerc’s pole position.
But while it looked as if the Monégasque driver was going to fight back, Leclerc P1 after Verstappen’s pit stop, his race ended along with his Ferrari engine.
Carlos Sainz retired earlier in the race with a hydraulics problem while Zhou Guanyu made it yet another Ferrari engine failure with Kevin Magnussen adding his power unit to the list.
Red Bull were able to take it relatively easy after that, or at least as easy as one can around a street circuit, with Verstappen bagging his fifth win of this season ahead of Perez.
George Russell joined them on the podium, the Mercedes driver continuing his run of top-five results.
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Starting from pole position didn’t work out that well for Leclerc as he was overtaken by Perez into the first corner, the Monégasque driver then having to cover from Verstappen with Sainz fourth. Russell held onto best of the rest through the opening lap ahead of Pierre Gasly, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
Nicholas Latifi’s race was all but over before it began, the driver hit with a 10-second stop-go penalty for a starting grid infringement as his Williams mechanics pushed him back after he overshot his mark on the grid.
From the get-go the Red Bulls seemed to have the better race pace, Verstappen 15kmph faster down the straight than Leclerc. “Red Bull look quick” said Sainz. Perez put some space between himself and the chasing Ferrari, his advantage over two seconds as Verstappen, despite having DRS, struggled to close those final metres on Leclerc. He was told to be…
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