Sergio Pérez gained the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a two-lap shootout when championship chief Max Verstappen crashed whereas a tire failed and Lewis Hamilton tried to win on a standing restart.
Sergio Perez has completed it!
No factors for Lewis Hamilton.
Podium for Vettel.
Disaster for Verstappen.Quite an unbelievable day in Baku. #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/b8owSB0Hxu
— iSport (@iPaperSport) 6 June 2021
Verstappen was 4 laps away from a second straight win on Sunday when his Red Bull instantly hit the wall with a puncture in his left rear tyre. The Dutchman climbed out of his automotive, inspected the tires and kicked it angrily earlier than stomping in disgust on the race-changing failure.
“Is he okay?” Radio rival and seven-time champion Hamilton.
Verstappen was wonderful however Red Bull was livid on the second failure of a Pirelli tire within the race and requested for a pause to permit a tire change for security causes. Lance Stroll had crashed earlier within the race after his surprising tire failure.
Formula One red-flagged the race and pitted the sector earlier than deciding to renew with a everlasting begin for the two-lap dash.
Perez was the chief however Hamilton overtook him in his try and win the race and take a factors lead over Verstappen. But he did not brake within the first nook and his Mercedes derailed. Hamilton slipped to fifteenth place, breaking his streak of factors place in 54 consecutive races to maneuver to fifteenth place.
oh boy what a race that was#AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 # F1 pic.twitter.com/v3mLifoZn8
– Formula 1 (@F1) 6 June 2021
“So sorry, guys,” he informed the group.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel completed second for Aston Martin after a powerful marketing campaign, ending eleventh. Pierre Gasly completed third for AlphaTauri.
Sunday’s race was the second red-flagged F1 spherical of the yr after the crashes of Valtteri Bottas and George Russell at Imola in April, and the longest suspension since a horrific crash for Romain Grosjean in Bahrain final yr The race was placed on maintain for greater than an hour. .
It was a second profession win for Perez, who’s in his first season with Red Bull, and considerably salvaged the race for a group that was heading for a 1-2 end earlier than Verstappen’s tires failed. was.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
