Results and summary of F1 Sunday in Baku: race

Charles Leclerc made his stop early to take advantage of a virtual safety car caused by teammate Carlos Sainz’s retirement, and was leading the race when his power unit failed after 20 laps.

Sergio Pérez had taken the lead at the start after overtaking Leclerc and held it until his teammate, Max Verstappen, passed him on lap 15. A few laps later, both Red Bulls pitted and Leclerc was back in the lead until that his abandonment came.

That gave Verstappen an easy win, which opened up quite a gap on Perez, to extend his lead in the drivers’ world championship.

F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022 Race Results in Baku

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	51	1:34’05.941			25
two	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	51	1:34’26.764	20,823	20,823	19
3	George Russell	Mercedes	51	1:34’51.936	45.995	25.172	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	1:35’17.620	1’11.679	25.684	12
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	51	1: 35’23,240	1’17.299	5,620	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	51	1:35’30.040	1’24.099	6.800	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	51	1:35’34.537	1’28.596	4.497	6
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	51	1:35’38.148	1’32,207	3,611	4
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	51	1:35’38.497	1’32.556	0.349	2
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	51	1:35’54.125	1’48.184	15.628	1
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	50	1 lap
12	Alexander Albon	williams	50	1 lap
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	50	1 lap
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	50	1 lap
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	50	1 lap
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	46
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	31
	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	twenty three
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	21
	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	8
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What happened at the 2022 F1 Azerbaijan GP in Baku?

Leclerc was unable to maintain the pole position, with Pérez overtaking him at the first corner to move up to pole position. Verstappen had to fend off Sainz at Turn 3 and held on to third. George Russell was best of the rest, ahead of Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).

Pérez had opened up a two-second lead when DRS was allowed to activate, while Verstappen began to put pressure on Leclerc for second on lap 5. The Mexican complained about a lack of traction, but maintained his lead over the pursuers. .

Sainz was then forced to retire with a hydraulic failure on lap 9, prompting a virtual safety car under which Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Vettel and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) decided to pit. Leclerc suffered a slow stop, while Hamilton lost a place to Vettel by having to wait for Russell’s pitstop .

Pérez was just over two seconds ahead of Verstappen when the race resumed, with Leclerc in third place on new hard tires but 13 seconds behind.

Verstappen caught up with Pérez and overtook him at Turn 1 on Lap 15, while Leclerc caught up to both of them on his new tyres. The Mexican rode fresh hard on lap 17 and also suffered a slow stop, rejoining in third, just ahead of Russell.

The Dutchman stopped on lap 19, giving him a nine-lap lead over Leclerc’s compounds, although he rejoined 13 seconds behind him.

However, the Ferrari Monegasque’s race ended shortly after when his power unit failed at the end of lap 20 and he pitted to retire amid smoke.

Verstappen started to lead and increased his lead to 6 seconds midway through the race, only to widen it further in the second half of the race.

Kevin Magnussen’s Haas stalled on lap 33, causing another virtual safety car. Verstappen, Perez, Russell and Hamilton pitted again, with Gasly and Tsunoda staying out, the latter gaining a position from Hamilton.

Hamilton quickly regained fifth place from Tsunoda, with the latter suffering a problem with his DRS, which his mechanics had to repair impromptu with duct tape.

Vettel finished sixth, despite a minor run off the track early in the race. The German attempted to overtake Esteban Ocon’s Alpine at Turn 3, but overbraked into the corner and had to spin, dropping to 12th position. It took him about 10 laps to catch up and overtake Ocon properly again, so his mistake ultimately only cost him a place with Hamilton.

Fernando Alonso (Alpine), the McLarens of Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris, and Ocon, completed the top ten points positions.

The fastest laps of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan GP in 2022

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	laps	Weather	Difference	Interval	Km/h
1	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	36	1’46.046			203,787
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	50	1’46.050	0.004	0.004	203.779
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	39	1’47.044	0.998	0.994	201.887
4	George Russell	Mercedes	42	1’47.177	1.131	0.133	201.636
Five	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	42	1’47.523	1.477	0.346	200.987
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	13	1’47.531	1.485	0.008	200.972
7	Alexander Albon	williams	48	1’47.966	1,920	0.435	200.163
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	49	1’47.989	1.943	0.023	200.120
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	37	1’47.997	1.951	0.008	200.105
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	38	1’48.038	1.992	0.041	200.029
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	42	1’48.179	2.133	0.141	199.768
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	41	1’48.206	2.160	0.027	199.719
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	44	1,48,276	2,230	0.070	199,589
14	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	36	1’48.297	2.251	0.021	199.551
15	Mick Schumacher	Haas	40	1’48.410	2.364	0.113	199.343
16	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	39	1’48,519	2,473	0.109	199.143
17	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	12	1’48.723	2.677	0.204	198.769
18	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	12	1’48.789	2,743	0.066	198,648
19	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	3	1’48.978	2,932	0.189	198,304
20	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	37	1’49.583	3.537	0.605	197.209
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F1 Azerbaijan GP 2022 pit stops

Cla	Pilot	Chassis	1		two		3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	M	18	H	15	H	18
two	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	M	16	H	17	H	18
3	George Russell	Mercedes	M	9	H	24	H	19
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	M	9	H	24	H	19
5	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	M	9	H	42
6	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	M	10	H	43
7	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	18	H	33
8	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	H	33	M	18
9	Lando Norris	McLaren	M	20	H	31
10	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	H	33	M	18
11	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	H	33	M	17
12	Alexander Albon	williams	M	9	H	20	H	21
13	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	M	9	H	29	S	15
14	Mick Schumacher	Haas	H	9	M	16	H	27
15	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	3	M	17	H	33
16	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	H	31	M	17
	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	11	H	22
	Guanyu Zhou	Alfa Romeo	M	9	H	14
	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	M	9	H	12
	Carlos Sainz Jr.	ferrari	M	8
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