His second victory this year (after Hungary) – but also overall in his career in F1 – was achieved by Oscar Piastriwho won the Azerbaijan Grand Prixin the 17th match of the championship!
Turning point in the race o 20th roundwhen the Australian driver overtook him Charles Leclerc (both had kept their positions at the start)! Conflict between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez in the penultimate lap, brought him to the podium George Russellbehind 2nd Leclerc!
IT’S OSCAR PIASTRI AGAIN!!! ??
HE SOAKS UP THE PRESSURE AND TAKES VICTORY ON THE STREETS OF BAKU!! ????#F1 #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/X4Fwc75eoY
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In the 4th place o Lando Norris5th the champion Max Verstappen9th st Lewis Hamiltonwith McLaren overtaking Red Bull in the Constructors’ Championship.
View the full race classification here ??#F1 #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/e2gG08dMSd
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Clean boot in the race, with Leclerc staying first, Piastri second, Perez and Verstappen gaining one place each, moving up to 3rd and 5th respectively, while Norris remained 15th. The latter quickly moved up to 12th, taking advantage of Stroll’s split, while he also passed Tsunoda in the closing stages.
Coming into lap 7, Leclerc opened up a bit of a gap with Piastri, who had more wear on the rear tires.
In fact, on lap 15 MacLaren asked Norris to keep Perez behind him for 1-2 laps in order to protect Piastri’s 2nd place. Which happened, also causing the irritation of the Mexican driver.
To get to 20th “turn”when Piastri on the brakes of the straight passed Leclerc and took the lead of the race!
At the same time, Verstappen was moving up, but he was struggling to pass Norris, for 6th place.
Leclerc and Piastri continued the fierce and exciting battle, with the Australian driver defending strongly. In fact, the Monegasque then paid even more for tire wear, not only staying 2.3″ behind Piastri, but accepting the threat from Perez for 2nd place! At the same time, within ten laps, Norris had covered a gap of 15” from Verstappen.
To get to penultimate round (50/51)where it was noted clash between Saint and Perezwith a virtual security vehicle springing into action!
Thus, Piastri became the winner of the Azerbaijan GP, ​​Leclerc finished second and Russell won a completely unexpected podium, leaving behind Norris, Verstappen and Alonso!
The moment Oscar Piastri clinched his second Grand Prix victory! ????#F1 #AzerbaijanGP pic.twitter.com/eudpFHsCKP
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