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Verstappen takes Baku victory as Ferrari drivers retire

by Fergal Walsh
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Max Verstappen has taken his fifth race win of the 2022 Formula 1 season, after dominating proceedings at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

While it was a strong showing for Red Bull, rivals Ferrari failed to score points at all as both of its cars retired from the race.

Verstappen started from third on the grid, but moved up to second place when pole-sitter Charles Leclerc pitted under an early Virtual Safety Car.

He then set after team-mate Sergio Perez, who took the lead of the race on the run to the opening corner from second on the grid.

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Verstappen overtook Perez on lap 15, with the Mexican struggling heavily on his Medium tyres.

In the following laps, the two Red Bull cars pitted for fresh Hard tyres and ran in second and third, however they moved up the order when Leclerc retired with an issue.

That left Verstappen and Perez to take first and second at the chequered flag, with George Russell crossing the line in third, taking his third podium of the season.

Ferrari implodes early on

Carlos Sainz was the first retirement from the race, as he pulled into an escape road early on in the grand prix.

Running in fourth place and dropping back from the leading trio, Sainz reported a brake-by-wire failure as he approached Turn 4 on lap nine of the race.

The subsequent Virtual Safety Car saw team-mate Leclerc pit for fresh tyres, however the Monegasque driver’s day was undone by a hydraulic issue, forcing him to retire for the second time in three races.

Leclerc has now dropped further behind in the Drivers’ standings, sitting 34 points behind Verstappen in third place, with Perez moving to second place.

Ferrari has also lost more ground to Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship, and is now 80 points down on their rivals.

Hamilton leads non-podium finishers

Lewis Hamilton made a late recovery to cross the line in fourth place, having pitted under a VSC caused by Kevin Magnussen’s retirement.

The seven-time World Champion made overtakes on the AlphaTauri’s of Yuki Tsunoda and Pierre Gasly to come home behind team-mate Russell.

Gasly was fifth, and Tsunoda was on course for a strong haul of points before a black and orange flag for a DRS issue forced the Japanese driver into the pits and out of the points late in the race.

Sebastian Vettel was sixth, taking his best result since last year’s Belgian Grand Prix, ahead of Fernando Alonso in seventh.

Daniel Ricciardo made his only pit stop under the VSC for Magnussen, and ended up ahead of team-mate Lando Norris. Esteban Ocon took the final point in 10th.

Position Driver Team Gap
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull
2 Sergio Perez Red Bull 20.823
3 George Russell Mercedes 45.995
4 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 71.679
5 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 77.299
6 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 84.099
7 Fernando Alonso Alpine 88.596
8 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 92.207
9 Lando Norris McLaren 92.556
10 Esteban Ocon Alpine 68.184
11 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 1 Lap
12 Alex Albon Williams 1 Lap
13 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 1 Lap
14 Mick Schumacher Haas 1 Lap
15 Nicholas Latifi Williams 1 Lap
16 Lance Stroll Aston Martin DNF
17 Kevin Magnussen Haas DNF
18 Guanyu Zhou Alfa Romeo DNF
19 Charles Leclerc Ferrari DNF
20 Carlos Sainz Jr Ferrari DNF
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  1. Enzo says:
    8 months ago

    “Ferrari implodes”….

    How many times have we seen that in a headline over the past 15 years? Time to hire some Germans again to get Ferrari back to its winning ways. Could have easily won 5+ championships since 2010 (with Alonso alone) if they would have hired competent people to design and build the cars, especially considering the main opposition during all those years were mid-level drivers in outrageously dominant cars, who Alonso almost beat in dump truck Ferraris with a circus act running his team. Just imagine if he had been at both Red Bull and Mercedes — he could be going for this 15th world championship this year.

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