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F1: Ferrari Power Fails In Baku As Red Bull Trounces To Verstappen Led 1-2

Max Verstappen took advantage of another Ferrari reliability issue when Leclerc and Sainz both retired from the race at Baku to take a commanding 5th win of the 2022 season
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By Sahil Gupta

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Published on June 13, 2022

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  • Ferrari had both its car retire at the street race in Baku
  • Red Bull managed a 1-2 with Verstappen winning from P3
  • Total 4 Ferrari powered cars retired during the race

Ferrari again failed to capitalise on Leclerc's 6th pole of the season at Baku as both the scarlet cars retired giving Red Bull a commanding 1-2 led by the defending world champion Verstappen. Leclerc lost the lead at the start of the race to Perez and was struggling to keep up with the Red Bull but he was handed back an advantage thanks to the retirement of his teammate Carlos Sainz Jr due to a hydraulic issue as he pitted under the virtual safety car and started catching the Red Bulls rapidly. In this period, Verstappen overtook Perez but when the Red Bull duo pitted the Ferrari was back ahead of them but calamity struck Ferrari as the Monegasque had another power unit failure. 

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Perez overtook Leclerc at the start of the race

Even for Ferrari's customers, this was a terrible race as both Guanyu Zhou and Kevin Magnussen ended up with engine failures for Alfa Romeo and Haas. Only 2 of the 6 Ferrari-powered cars survived the race with Lance Stroll being the additional retirement at the fag end of the race. In the chaos, George Russell in the Mercedes gave in another solid drive for P3, importantly again, ahead of his 7-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton who managed a decent P4. 

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Alonso broke Rubéns Barrichello's record of the longest F1 career at Baku

Pierre Gasly had the best race of the season in the AlphaTauri at P5 ahead of a resurgent Sebastian Vettel who managed P6 for the Aston Martin. Fernando Alonso delivered a brilliant performance for P7 in the Alpine which was surging to speeds up to 347 km/h in the straight at Baku. He was tailed by the McLaren duo of Ricciardo and Norris in P8 and P9. Esteban Ocon was P10 in the second Alpine. 

Bottas finished outside of the points in P11 for Alfa Romeo ahead of Albon in P12 for Williams. Yuki Tsunoda managed P13 in the AlphaTauri just ahead of Mick Schumacher in the lone Haas and Nicholas Latifi in the Williams. 

Round 8 2022 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Race Result

Pos. Car No. Driver Team Time Points
1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:34:06 25
2 11 Sergio Perez Red Bull +20.823s 19 (18+1 point for fastest lap)
3 63 George Russell Mercedes +45.995s 15
4 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +71.679s 12
5 10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri +77.299s 10
6 5 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin +84.099s 8
7 14 Fernando Alonso Alpine Renault +88.596s 6
8 3 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren +92.207s 4
9 4 Lando Norris McLaren +92.556s 2
10 31 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault +108.184s 1
11 77 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo +1 lap 0
12 23 Alexander Albon Williams +1 lap 0
13 22 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri +1 lap 0
14 47 Mick Schumacher Haas +1 lap 0
15 6 Nicholas Latifi Williams +1 lap 0
16 18 Lance Stroll Aston Martin DNF 0
NC 20 Kevin Magnussen Haas DNF 0
NC 24 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo DNF 0
NC 16 Charles Leclerc Ferrari DNF 0
NC 55 Carlos Sainz Ferrari DNF 0

Championship Standings After Round 8 - 2022 Azerbaijan GP

Pos. Driver Team Points
1 Max Verstappen Red Bull 150
2 Sergio Perez Red Bull 129
3 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 116
4 George Russell Mercedes 99
5 Carlos Sainz Ferrari 83
6 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 62
7 Lando Norris McLaren 50
8 Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo 40
9 Esteban Ocon Alpine Renault 31
10 Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri 16
11 Fernando Alonso Alpine Renault 16
12 Kevin Magnussen Haas 15
13 Daniel Ricciardo McLaren 15
14 Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin 13
15 Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri 11
16 Alexander Albon Williams 3
17 Lance Stroll Aston Martin 2
18 Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo 1
19 Mick Schumacher Haas 0
20 Nico Hulkenberg Aston Martin 0
21 Nicholas Latifi Williams 0
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