F1 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix race result, Daniel Ricciardo finishing position, winner, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari problems & More Trending News

He had already been handed for the lead by Sergio Perez within the opening nook however hoped an early cease throughout a digital security automotive – attributable to teammate Sainz’s stoppage – may permit him to catch the Red Bulls.

Verstappen handed Perez on tempo on lap 15 and by no means appeared again, constructing a 21-point lead on his teammate within the championship race, and a 34-point lead on Leclerc.

Daniel Ricciardo’s luck lastly turned, with a well-timed digital security automotive attributable to Kevin Magnussen that means his technique to start on laborious tyres and go lengthy labored a deal with.

Gaining an affordable cease, Ricciardo (who began twelfth) got here out forward of his teammate Lando Norris, and completed eighth.

Verstappen, Perez and Mercedes’ George Russell made up the rostrum with Lewis Hamilton fourth, forward of Pierre Gasly, Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso.

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Sergio Perez took the lead from pole-sitter Charles Leclerc into the opening nook after a strong begin which allowed him to carry his inside line. A lock-up for Leclerc additionally damage him.

Perez already had a 1.9 second hole again to Leclerc after two accomplished laps, in an enormous begin for the reigning race-winner.

Williams’ Nicholas Latifi was awarded a 10-second stop-and-go penalty for a grid infringement, after a workforce member touched his automotive when it wasn’t allowed.

Daniel Ricciardo, who began twelfth and was the best starter on the laborious tyres with all forward of him on the mediums, was threatening teammate Lando Norris attributable to DRS on the primary straight as quickly because it was activated.

Max Verstappen, working third, bought into DRS vary of Charles Leclerc on lap 5 however the Ferrari – slower in a straight line – continued to carry off the Red Bull.

McLaren requested Ricciardo to again off and cease difficult Norris, so they may construct a lead on Esteban Ocon working thirteenth behind them.

“If this is his best pace, I’ve got more,” Ricciardo advised the workforce.

In one more catastrophe for Ferrari’s out-of-form Carlos Sainz he was pressured to cease at flip 4 on lap 9 attributable to hydraulics points and his race was over. The digital security automotive was deployed.

Leclerc pitted for laborious tyres in the course of the VSC, as did George Russell (fourth) and Lewis Hamilton, however the veteran ended up behind Aston Martin’s Seb Vettel via the stops as a result of he was held up within the pits.

The concern for many who stopped was that it was too early, given the warmer than anticipated climate, to run a clear one-stop race. Ricciardo was working seventh, behind yet-to-pit Norris and Fernando Alonso, however forward of Pierre Gasly and others.

Vettel tried to overhaul Esteban Ocon for ninth, and had clearly achieved it, however locked up right into a nook and bumped into the escape highway.

Verstappen took the lead of the race from Perez at first of lap 15 due to the DRS, with Perez advised “no fighting”, however Leclerc was rapidly closing within the data if he bought shut, he may cross them late within the race through a two-stop technique.

Verstappen instantly pulled out a three-second lead inside the area of a lap, proving he had the tempo to warrant taking the lead from his teammate. Perez pitted on lap 17 for hards, making a sluggish cease, dropping right into a battle with Russell for third.

With all automobiles struggling to previous the fast-in-a-straight-line Alpines, Hamilton needed to go deep right into a nook to get previous Ocon for ninth, however bought the transfer achieved on lap 19. Verstappen then pitted for hards, dropping into second nicely behind Leclerc.

Ricciardo almost handed Norris into flip one with the DRS however clearly stopped simply earlier than truly passing him, with commentator Paul Di Resta calling it “team orders”.

McLaren defined Norris was being allowed to remain in entrance to try to overcut Alonso, earlier than Norris lastly pitted and didn’t do it, leaving Ricciardo fourth however rapidly handed by Gasly as he feared.

Leclerc’s engine blew up getting into the primary straight on lap 21 forcing him to retire.

“Problem Problem. Engine. It’s gone. No no, it’s done,” he stated.

Alfa Romeo’s Zhou Guanyu grew to become the third retirement on lap 23 attributable to a technical subject.

Ricciardo was handed by Hamilton for fifth on lap 26 because the Aussie tried to go lengthy on his opening stint on the hards, hoping for a security automotive later within the race.

Hamilton hopped onto workforce radio to declare his again was “killing him” because of the Mercedes’ porpoising and bumping alongside the observe down the primary straight.

A fourth Ferrari-powered automotive was pressured to retire on lap 33 with Haas’ Kevin Magnussen coming to a halt.

The digital security automotive was deployed and it noticed Verstappen and Perez pit from the entrance.

But most significantly for the yet-to-stop Ricciardo, he was capable of acquire round 10 seconds on his rivals by stopping cheaply for medium tyres.

He got here out in ninth place, forward of his teammate Norris and with a tyre benefit on Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton, Tsunoda (who didn’t cease beneath the VSC) and Gasly forward of him. Ricciardo was rapidly working a second sooner than these forward of him.

Hamilton handed Tsunoda for fifth on lap 36, with the AlphaTauri’s DRS mechanism revealed to be damaged – seemingly cut up in half.

He given a black and orange flag forcing him to pit for mechanical problems however as an alternative of retiring him, AlphaTauri pitted him and easily put a bunch of duct tape on his again wing, in completely weird scenes.

Either means Ricciardo was up into eighth, although his medium tyres weren’t actually working for him as he dropped again from Alonso in seventh.

Hamilton lastly bought previous Gasly for fourth on lap 44, making it a Red Bull 1-2 and Mercedes 3-4.

On lap 45, Norris was advised he could be allowed to cross Ricciardo if his teammate couldn’t cross a slowing Alonso for seventh.

But then on lap 50 Norris was advised to not cross his teammate to “return the favour” for earlier within the race.

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