F1 GP Baku: Verstappen was big in the Ferrari disaster

This Sunday was one of those important days, where one of the opponents fought hard with another rival to not only take a big loot and mark the territory, but also to hit morale. of their victim excessively. ferrari must rise from his ashes after the catastrophe of Monaco. It seems hard to get past a bad day like this. Everything should be for the better. But the Italians lived a worse nightmare on the streets of standard. Ferrari burned some gold points again, this time due to two reliability failures that left Leclerc and Sainz came outthus leaving free way for Verstappen will win, Red Bull will complete the double with Pérez in second (Russell is third) and the energy drink team will move away from the Constructors ’World Championship, with an 80 -point advantage over the Italians.. The perfect hit.

Round day for Red Bull, but especially for Max. In the city of fire and wind, Verstappen perfectly combined the strength of those two elements. It was an uncontrollable storm, a fire penetrating everything with tremendous rhythm. He has no rival. From having Leclerc on 9 points, to Canada with a 34 -point advantage against Monegasque.who is now third in the World Cup, with Checo second (he also took the fastest lap) with 21 points.

Leclerc, third consecutive race to forget

Charles has won just two races out of the 5 he started from pole position. Of the two of them he left when he was in the lead due to an engine-related problem, one of which was this Sunday, although his win was less clear.

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Leclerc made life difficult at the start by making a mistake from pole position, with a poor start and excessive braking force against a burning ‘Checo’ Pérez. The Mexican caught up with Max the day before second place in qualifying, and he had to prove to his bosses that they were right in his statements this week, in which they said that at Red Bull there is no number 1 driver and ‘Czech. ‘I could fight the title with Max. He went to it from the first corner. And Charles, with a worse rhythm, has to opt for a reverse approach.

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Monegasque stopped very early, on lap 11, to wear hard rubber and extend that stint, but there were so many races left and it seemed clear he needed another stop. Red Bull then had to press to open a gap for Leclerc to overturn his strategy. Pérez tries, but Max Verstappen is behind, he’s faster and he takes better care of the wheels. Pérez did not want to fight against the Dutchman. Instead they told him not to do it. “No fighting,” they told him on the radio. And Max passed. Then came the Mexican and Max stop.

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Leclerc is the leader but has an older rubber. He had to tap to open a space that would allow him to dream. A lifeboat will open the gates of heaven for him. But luck was not on his side. On lap 21, with 30 long laps left, Leclerc saw his car smoking. His career is over. That was his second retirement in three careers. What at the beginning of the year seemed like a stable and convinced leadership, with no cracks. Now it is leaking after leaving Barcelona due to another similar disaster, the disaster in Monaco and this new destruction. Leclerc left Miami with a 19 -point lead. After 3 races, Charles is at 34, in third position, with Pérez in second place with good options to fight. Although for this you need to keep raising the bar: Max again showed better racing speed on a weekend where he didn’t start out comfortable. He achieved a weight loss victory, champion.

Of course, he got it with the good work of Pérez, who didn’t fight back when he had to pass Max. Also at two bad stops from Red Bull to Mexican. The clearest example is when they both enter pits on the same lap with a single virtual ‘Safety Car’ leaving the event on lap 33. Max’s stop is 2.67 seconds. the of Perez, from 4.4. But this should not diminish the success of Verstappen. Max He is superior all the time. The Dutchman does not fail and drives with courage and determination. Red Bull’s third one-two of the season, winning not only with Max, but as a team.

Sainz, third abandonment in 8 races

Carlos Sainz is in fourth position, with great options to venture into strategy to go for the podium or take advantage of a safety vehicle. But on lap 9 his car broke down and he had to park it on turn 3. This is Carlos ’third abandonment in 8 races, another zero that takes him 67 points away from the lead.

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Russell, another podium; Alonzo, 7th

One more time, and 8 races already. George Russell he was still the only driver to finish all the appointments in the top 5. And this time he did it with a better result, third position. The Englishman added his third podium of the course, the second in the last three races, not bad for his first year in Mercedes. George took advantage of the double abandonment of ferrari to fish in a turbulent river, which stays ahead hamilton (4th), with a good final approach to stop during the single ‘Safety Car Virtual’ was able to overtake the two using fresh rubber AlphaTauri. Tsunoda will lose in 13th place. not like this gaslywhich was 6th, leading to a Fernando Alonso who returned to complete a career without mistakes.

The Spaniard chose a complex approach, which greatly prolonged his first stint. A ‘Safety Car’ will give him many positions. But in Baku, where safety vehicles are often the protagonists, there are no accidents. Despite this, the Oviedo was able to finish in seventh place, scoring points for the third consecutive race, beating two McLaren and his teammate Ocon, who was 10th.

McLarens tried to put pressure on Alonso, who struggled to keep his rear tires alive due to their lower downforce, which allowed him to have more speed on the straight to defend himself. . The Wokingans tried, but Fernando persevered and added again. And this is already said by the Spaniard in ‘DAZN F1’. That he was nervous before the harassment of orange cars was more than “unlikely”.