Max Verstappen won the Azeirbaijian Formula 1 GP
, eighth race of the 2022 season. Second place for his teammate Sergio Perez, third George Russell in a Mercedes.
At the foot of the podium stopped
Lewis Hamilton
with the second Mercedes and a gap of more than one minute and 11 "from Verstappen, who took the 25th career victory, the first in Baku. Fifth the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasli, in front Sebastian Vettel's Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso (Alpine) seventh,
eighth and ninth the two McLarens
with Ricciardo ahead of Norris. Esteban Ocon (Alpine) closes the top-ten
Charles Leclerc had to retire from the Azeirbaijan F1 GP on lap 20 when
a thick trail of smoke
rose from the rear of his Ferrari , while he was once again the leader of the race.
The two Red Bulls are now in the lead, with Vertsappen ahead of Perez.
"Tomorrow we will analyze what happened, but
it is a retirement that hurts a lot
".
So Charles Leclerc, on Sky Sport, commented on yet another retirement for technical reasons.
"Now I can't find the words ... In the last three races there were performances - added the Ferrari driver - but there was a lack of reliability.
Another 25 points lost
...".
Previously, on the ninth lap,
the Carlos Sainz GP had also finished
, probably due to brake problems.
The Ferrari driver's failure caused the yellow flags and the virtual safety car to be exposed, and allowed Leclerc to change tires, go from medium to hard, and take the lead.
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