Oscar Piastri gained the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a overdue crash impacted the race and required it to complete in the back of a digital protection automobile.
The win, blended with the fourth-place end of McLaren teammate Lando Norris, gave the group a 20-point lead over Purple Bull within the constructors standings. Purple Bull had crowned the standings for the previous 55 races; McLaren closing held the placement in 2014.
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) began from the pole place however Piastri made his transfer in the beginning of lap 20, after the drivers’ lone pit prevent, with a daring determination to go Leclerc.
Because the race advanced, and with Leclerc’s tires having given out within the ultimate 5 laps, Leclerc did all he may just to take a look at to carry off Sergio Perez (Purple Bull) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari). And as Perez attempted to go Leclerc, Sainz were given previous Perez, and the 2 drivers were given tangled and wound up touching the barrier, forcing them each out of the race.
“After the prevent, I noticed we had been lovely shut once more and I felt like we had just a little bit of additional grip and I needed to opt for it,” Piastri stated.
“I knew that if I did not get previous in the beginning of the stint, I used to be by no means going to get previous, so I went for a fairly large lunge however controlled to tug it off after which hold on for pricey existence for the following 35 laps. … It indubitably is going down as probably the most higher races of my occupation.”
George Russell (Mercedes) used to be 3rd and Max Verstappen (Purple Bull) 5th within the race at Baku Town Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan.
–Box Stage Media
