Formula 1: Verstappen victory after Ferrari fiasco in Baku

Created: 06/12/2022, 18:36

By: Alexander Kaindl

In Baku it was about the next points in Formula 1. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz experienced a Ferrari disaster.

The ticker to read.

• Formula 1 in Baku: Charles Leclerc started from pole position

• Ferrari disaster: Leclerc and Sainz were eliminated

• The race to read in the ticker

FINISH: Max Verstappen wins!

The world champion drives confidently to the next victory, Red Bull colleague Sergio Perez is second.

The two Silver Arrows, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, follow.

Sebastian Vettel celebrated a decent result with sixth place, he might have scored even more points without his spin.

Mick Schumacher ends up in 14th place.

Azerbaijan Grand Prix: The final score of Baku

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The last kilometers from Baku, but the story is told here.

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Lance Stroll finishes the race, his situation is too hopeless.

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Five rounds left.

Verstappen continues to circle lonely.

The two Mercedes have now positioned themselves behind him and Perez.

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sprint in Baku.

Max Verstappen will win here if nothing out of the ordinary happens.

He is 15 seconds ahead of teammate Sergio Perez.

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Tsunoda's wing is fixed with tape, which you don't see every day either.

He no longer has DRS.

Vettel is now sixth.

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37/51: Defective

wing at Tsunoda, the AlphaTauri pilot actually has to go to the pits.

Vettel would then be sixth.

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It's a shame that Sebastian Vettel made this spin at the beginning of the race.

He is now seventh, without his mistake he could have done even better.

Formula 1 in Baku: Fourth failure – Haas driver Magnussen is eliminated

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The next failure and again it's a Ferrari engine!

Schumacher colleague Magnussen is out, his Haas is smoking and no longer roadworthy.

Virtual Safety Car phase, there are a few more stops.

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Leclerc after his exit: "Of course we have to look at it so that it doesn't happen again.

I'm lost for words.

It's very disappointing.”

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Strong from Vettel!

He passes Ocon on the outside, clean manoeuvre.

The German is now eighth.

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Problems at Alfa Romeo, Zhou has to pit.

The Chinese must finish the race.

It's a shame, he had a decent weekend here.

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Leclerc gets out of his Ferrari completely frustrated, team boss Mattia Binotto is stunned.

Really bitter.

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Ferrari disaster in Baku

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Engine damage at Leclerc!

Insanity!

What a bitter Ferrari afternoon.

First Sainz is eliminated with hydraulic problems, now Leclerc gets it.

Leclerc's afternoon started badly.

He had to give up the lead right after the start.

After less than half of the race, the Ferrari driver retired.

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Now Verstappen is in the box.

Leclerc takes the lead again.

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Perez drives into the pits.

It wasn't a good stop but he gets back on track ahead of Russell.

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Verstappen passes Perez!

The world champion takes the lead.

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Vettel turns

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Vettel!

The German passes Ocon but then makes a mistake and goes off the track.

The Aston Martin turns and returns to the road.

But there is probably still a penalty, that was a risky manoeuvre.

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The defective Ferrari is gone, the Virtual Safety Car phase is over.

A few drivers were in the pits and the field was shaken up.

Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen were not changing tires, the Red Bull duo are now leading the field.

Leclerc is third after his stop.

Formula 1 NOW live: Bitter Ferrari end in Baku

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Yellow flags!

Carlos Sainz is out!

What was going on?

The Ferrari driver wanted to brake but couldn't.

And so his car rolled over.

Bitter for the Spaniard!

Teammate Leclerc uses the Virtual Safety Car phase for a pit stop, where not everything went smoothly.

He loses a few seconds there.

Hamilton, Vettel, Tsunoda and Gasly also come to change tires.

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Verstappen is getting close to Leclerc here.

That will not go well for the Ferrari driver for much longer.

The Red Bull is extremely fast.

Further back in the field, Vettel continues to accelerate and chase Hamilton.

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We sort ourselves.

Perez leads the field, just under two seconds ahead of Leclerc, who got off to a really bad start.

Verstappen is in wait in third place, followed by Sainz and Russell.

Sebastian Vettel is eighth, Mick Schumacher is still last.

Formula 1 NOW in the live ticker: Leclerc with a huge mistake

START: Leclerc's huge mistake!

The Ferrari driver misbrakes and loses the lead!

Perez is now first.

Otherwise, the expected chaos in the narrow streets of Baku does not happen, everything went smoothly.

Vettel makes up a position in the back and is now eighth.

1:00 p.m.:

The formation lap is underway.

12:49 p.m .:

The countdown is on.

Once again, however, Mercedes will only play a supporting role today.

Before the start, team boss Toto Wolff emphasizes: "We don't have the pace of Ferrari and Red Bull."

Update from June 12, 12:42 p.m .:

“Everything is possible here in Baku, of course we hope to make up one or the other place,” says Mick Schumacher immediately before the race on Sky.

The German is the last to start, so slowly the son of Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher is under pressure.

Maybe it will work today with a big catch-up race.

Update from June 12, 12:23 p.m .:

The installation round is running.

In a good half hour we start here on the Baku City Circuit, directly on the Caspian Sea.

Update from June 12, 11:58 a.m .:

It starts here in Baku in an hour, what is in here for the Germans?

Mick Schumacher will once again be in focus, so far his season has been anything but smooth.

First report from June 12, 11:43 a.m .:

Baku – Formula 1 is a guest in Azerbaijan at the weekend.

On Sunday from 1 p.m. (all information about the TV broadcast) it's all about the next World Cup points.

Charles Leclerc is once again starting from pole position, the Monegasque has placed his Ferrari in first place for the fourth time in a row.

The Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen start from second and third, Sebastian Vettel drove his Aston Martin in qualifying in ninth place.

Mick Schumacher starts the race from last place.

Formula 1 today in the live ticker: Vettel sign before the race in Baku

Vettel once again set an example before the race on Sunday.

When he arrived on Saturday before the final training session in Baku, the Hessian wore a white T-shirt with the words “friends” and “peace” written in black in Russian.

Two hands were shown shaking hands.

The 34-year-old also wore sweatbands in the blue and yellow colors of Ukraine.

In the past few weeks, Vettel has spoken out several times against the background of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine.

In the video: Leclerc starts in Baku from pole position

Formula 1: Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Vettel with new statements

Azerbaijan is a former Soviet republic.

Until 1991, Russian was the official language alongside Azerbaijani.

Russian is still taught in schools there today.

As recently, Vettel rolled into the paddock several times on a rainbow-colored bike.

The Aston Martin driver has been drawing attention to ecological and political issues for some time now.

Shortly after the outbreak of war on February 24, he also wore a racing helmet with the Ukraine flag, and he had also campaigned for a boycott of the Russia race, which was later canceled.

He is also committed to environmental protection and the rights of homosexuals.