Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2018
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The top 10 is completed by Sebastian Vettel, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, who scores his first points in F1, Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll, Stoffel Vandoorne and Brendon Hartley.
Lewis Hamilton wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and Sergio Pérez!
Vettel keeps Pérez under pressure for the final step of the podium.
Last trip to Baku!
Bottas retired by stopping his car in a loophole.
The incident between the two Red Bull drivers will be investigated after the finish.
T49 – Hamilton is the new leader ahead of Räikkönen and Pérez. Vettel remains in 4th place ahead of Leclerc
Amazing ! Bottas suffered a puncture in the straight and saw Hamilton take the lead of the race. The Finn obviously rolled over debris.
Bottas traps Vettel on the restart. The Finn takes off, while Hamilton presses on the Ferrari. However, the German tried to pass Bottas when braking for the first corner and blocked his wheels. Hamilton and Räikkönen took the opportunity to overtake the German.
The safety car will return at the end of this lap.
T47 – Bottas still leads the peloton behind the safety car and precedes Vettel, Hamilton, Räikkönen, Pérez, Sainz, Leclerc, Stroll, Alonso and Magnussen.
Romain Grosjean showed his anger in his stand after being brought back by the medical car.
Red Bull Motorsport consultant Helmut Marko briefly commented on the incident between Ricciardo and Verstappen. “They knew they could fight with respect, they didn’t. Both are to blame in this incident. » comments Marko, in comments collected by Canal +.
LAP 43 / 51
Grosjean crashes under the Safety Car
The Frenchman was up to sixth after starting last #AzerbaijanGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/Im3ydwboJp
- Formula 1 (@ F1) April 29, 2018
The medical car takes Romain Grosjean, undoubtedly for a check-up.
The post-race will be tense at Red Bull given the images showing Christian Horner leaving the box at the Milton Keynes team.
Grosjean got out of his car alone, but the medical car was deployed by race management. No need to worry though.
Romain Grosjean hit the wall behind the safety car! The Frenchman apparently lost control of his car when he heated his tires.
T43 – All the leading drivers changed tires, with the ultra-softs for Bottas, Vettel, Hamilton and Räikkönen for the top 4 ahead of Pérez, Grosjean, Sainz, Leclerc, Stroll and Alonso, who complete the top 10.