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Tops / Flops Azerbaijani GP: Vettel's Redemption, Hamilton's Fault

2021-06-07T15:05:20.692Z


The crazy races of Vettel and Gasly but also the victory of Perez or the setbacks of the Mercedes and the crash of Verstappen, find the tops and the flops of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.


TOPS

Vettel's redemption

What a return!

He had been left at Ferrari after years of chaos.

Moving to Aston Martin last winter, the German had a difficult start to the season before being reborn in Monaco.

Fifth in the Principality, the quadruple world champion had laid serious foundations for the rest of the season.

Sunday, he confirmed.

Author of a long stint on his soft tires, Vettel even led the race for a few laps.

Coming out sixth after his stop, the Aston Martin driver jumped Leclerc and Gasly after the first safety car.

Propelled onto the podium after the Verstappen crash (see below), he took advantage of Hamilton's mistake to climb to second place and give Aston Martin the first podium.

Sergio Perez takes advantage

The Mexican begins to take the measure of his new single-seater.

Fourth in Portugal and Monaco, fifth in Spain, the ex-Racing Point driver was doing strong this weekend.

Embarrassed by the red flags in qualifying on Saturday, he started only sixth on Sunday.

Quickly third, then second after his stop, he took advantage of his teammate's crash to recover first place.

Then he pushed Hamilton to the corner fault on the second standing start.

Sergio Perez thus clinches his first success with Red Bull, the second in his career after Sakhir in 2020, and allows the Austrian brand to make the hole in the constructors' standings.

Pierre Gasly, the opportunist

It's a role that suits him well.

Author of a very solid weekend, best time in the third free practice session and fourth in qualifying, the Frenchman had the opportunity to score big points on Sunday.

He finally climbed on the podium after a crazy race and a magnificent overtaking at turn 1 of the last lap on Charles Leclerc.

Third career podium for rider Alpha Tauri after his second place in Brazil in 2019 and his victory at Monza in 2020.

FLOPS

Hamilton at fault

Seventh in Monaco, the reaction of the seven-time world champion was expected. Dropped out much of the weekend, the Briton had found miracle settings on Saturday morning and this allowed him to grab second place in qualifying. Unexpected. Like seeing leader Verstappen finish his race in the wall with three laps to go. Then second, Lewis Hamilton had a golden opportunity in the championship. He himself repeated to his team before the second standing start: "the season is a marathon". Obviously, there is no need to take any risks at the restart, the accounting situation is already excellent. But LH44 got off to a good start and attacked Perez at Turn 1. A mistake as he shot straight ahead and lost all hope. On arrival, he finished 15th and did not benefit from theMax Verstappen accident. A turning point in the season?

Bottas in agony

Her weekend had started with a flight delay.

A sign ?

Out of the blue all weekend, modest tenth on the grid at the start, the Finn experienced a real Stations of the Cross on Sunday.

Twelfth at the finish, he did not even take advantage of the crazy end of the race to grab points.

And things are starting to get messy with the German brand, especially when its driver is overtaken by Alfa Romeos on a regular basis ...

Verstappen is finally doing not so badly

The perfect weekend almost turned into a nightmare.

Race leader with four laps to go, Max Verstappen was heading for the big shot while Lewis Hamilton was third.

But his left rear tire exploded to over 300 km / h, as did Lance Stroll, sending the Dutchman into the wall and offering Hamilton a golden opportunity.

The Briton did not finally take advantage (see above) and it is a lesser evil for the leader of the championship.

He left with four points ahead of Hamilton but aware of having missed a great opportunity.

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Source: lefigaro

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