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F1 Grand Prix race results: Verstappen wins Azerbaijan GP
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday, as his world championship rival Charles Leclerc was forced to retire from the lead.
Charles Bradley
Edited: Jun 12, 2022, 4:58 PM
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Ferrari's Leclerc – who pitted early under a virtual safety car caused by teammate Carlos Sainz's retirement – was leading the race when his power unit failed after 20 laps.
Red Bull's Sergio Perez had taken the lead at the start from poleman Leclerc and held it until teammate Verstappen passed him on Lap 15, both Red Bulls then pitting and allowing Leclerc back in front until his retirement soon after.
That gifted an easy win to Verstappen, who pulled well clear of Perez, to extend his world championship lead.
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2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix race results
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap Interval Points 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull 51 1:34'05.941 25 2 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 Alex 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 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo 23 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari 21 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari 8 View full results
How the Azerbaijan Grand Prix unfolded
Leclerc held his pole advantage on the short run to Turn 1 but Perez lunged ahead of him at the first corner to take the lead. Verstappen had to defend from Sainz at Turn 3 but maintained third. Mercedes' George Russell was best of the rest, ahead of Pierre Gasly (AlphaTauri), Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin).
Perez extended a 2s lead by the time DRS was activated, while Verstappen began to pressure Leclerc for second on Lap 5. Perez complained of a lack of traction but maintained his advantage over the warring Leclerc and Verstappen.
Sainz then pulled off at Turn 4 with a hydraulic failure on Lap 9, causing a virtual safety car that Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton, Vettel and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) decided to pit under. Leclerc suffered a slow stop, while Hamilton lost a place to Vettel having stacked in the pits behind Russell.
Perez led Verstappen 2.3s as the race went green, with Leclerc in third on fresh hard tyres but 13s back.
Verstappen reeled in Perez and passed him for the lead at Turn 1 on Lap 15, while Leclerc was catching them both on his new rubber. Perez pitted for fresh hards on Lap 17 and also suffered a slow stop and rejoined in third, just ahead of Russell.
Verstappen stopped on Lap 19, meaning a nine-lap fresher tyres advantage over Leclerc as he rejoined 13s behind him. But Leclerc's race ended soon after when his power unit failed at the end of Lap 20 and he smokily toured into the pits.
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Verstappen led by over 6s by half distance and further extended the gap in the second half of the race.
Kevin Magnussen's Haas ground to a halt on Lap 33 causing a virtual safety car. Verstappen, Perez, Russell and Hamilton stopped again, with Gasly and Tsunoda staying out, the latter gaining a spot from Hamilton.
Hamilton quickly regained fifth from Tsunoda, the latter then suffering a DRS flap failure. He pitted for some hasty repairs, and was told not to use DRS again, but was now 13th. Hamilton passed Gasly for fourth on Lap 44.
Vettel finished sixth, despite a trip down an escape road. He had tried to pass Esteban Ocon's Alpine at Turn 3 early on but overshot the corner and had to spin turn, dropping to 12th. It took him over 10 laps to catch and pass Ocon properly but, in the long run, his misadventure only cost him one place to Hamilton.
Fernando Alonso (Alpine), the McLarens of Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris, and Ocon rounded out the point scorers.
2022 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix fastest laps
Cla Driver Chassis Laps Time Gap 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 5 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 Alex 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 Zhou Guanyu
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
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 View full results
2022 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix pitstops
Cla Driver Chassis 1 2 3 1 Max Verstappen
Red Bull M 18 H 15 H 18 2 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 Alex 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 Zhou Guanyu
Alfa Romeo M 9 H 14 Charles Leclerc
Ferrari M 9 H 12 Carlos Sainz
Ferrari M 8 View full results
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