Perez proves himself in Baku with recital against Verstappen, Alonso touches podium

‘Czech’ Perez wants the title. It doesn’t matter to him that Max Verstappen is the favorite in the team. He said his Red Bull adviser Helmut Marko said ahead of the Azerbaijan GP that his target was “Third title with Verstappen”. And Perez?Austrians did not think about the “Czech”but The Mexican took it upon himself to remind him that he was going to make it difficult for Max This year they achieved a stellar double in Baku this weekend. He won Saturday’s sprint race and ‘Czech’ also won this Sunday’s Baku race. sensational. He did so by taking advantage of Red Bull’s hasty strategic decision to favor Max, who emerged from the frog at the start of the race. brought a profit. For some reason, the Gualajara variety grows on the urban circuit.had already won Jeddah, Monaco, Singapore and even Baku. He repeated it again against Verstappen (2nd), Leclerc (3rd) and Alonso (4th), only to be just one eighth away from the podium.

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“Czech” was doing so well that even a driver as tireless as Max threw in the towel with 11 laps to go. Verstappen was then 3-4 behind the ‘Czech’, who gave the two-time world champion no chance. The Mexican kept Verstappen all the way out of the DRS zone all the time and was always more than seconds away When the race is restarted with a restart after the race “Safety car” on lap 13Then, with Max’s shadow behind him, he started attacking without shaking his hand. “Checo” not only endured the type, but also gave recitals.

He forced Max to go all out with no reward. Max scraped the wall with his right rear wheel.

I tried my best, but it wasn’t enough. he used to feel helpless “Czech language” I was also terrified when brushing the turn 15 wall with my wheels. That was his only mistake. The Mexican did not fail again.And in front of the wall that was found over and over again in the ages Perez, Verstappen he had to give up. A two-time champion who kneels before his theoretical squire. Maybe it’s not anymore. “We are fighting. Well done. Let’s go!”“Czech” shouted on the radio. Notice to all boaters. Punch on the table. Perez is now just six points behind leader Verstappen. Miami is next.

Red Bull’s play with Verstappen didn’t go well

The race got off to a great start for Max. Far from getting into trouble like the day before, he waited his third lap in his DRS to take off the plane and overtake polesitter Leclerc. On lap 6 ‘Czech’ also passed him and he started pulling at a fast pace until he was close to Max. was he going to attack him? Will they stop him from the wall? At that very moment, De Vries hit a wall and we will always remain in doubt.It could be a ‘safety car’ situationbut Race Direction was slow to point it out.

At that moment, Red Bull chose to contact Verstappen immediately and stop him. The team said they called Max, unaware that De Vries was unable to continue because he was struggling with a wheel. Did they not know, or did they want Max to quit early to take advantage of the situation? They were in a hurry, though. Max stopped before the ‘safety car’ came out, so he didn’t free stop. Yes, he will stop after “Czech” seconds without wasting time. It will lead him.

Max started third behind Leclerc. Shortly after the ‘safety’ came back, it didn’t take long for the team’s mistake to ignite, attacking Perez to keep him from running away and it happening to him. What I didn’t know is that today the ‘Czech’ is better: Mexicans set up chairs in the streets of Baku. “I love urban circuits and my goal is to win,” Perez said before the race. He defended and cut a good handful of points from Max in the World Cup lead.

Alonso 4th on strong comeback

Fernando Alonso was not as quick as the previous races on Friday and Saturday at Aston Martin’s circuit, top 5 Start from 6th place.But how much he cares about tires aston martin And his good race pace showed that he could aim for the podium. To do this, he needed to return immediately, which he asked for.semester Finally finished 4th, a good result following 3rd place in the F1 World Championship.

At the start he was trying to pass Hamilton, but he took Turn 1 as Hamilton tried to attack Sainz on the outside. He pushed early and accelerated, but Lewis turned left and pulled Alonso closer to the wall, which prevented him from passing him. Fernando must not have liked his behavior, but he did not lose his temper. As if sitting on the couch at home or against the engineer’s wall, the Oviedo man had the race in his head and, like he had a computer in his car, could attack him. , warned Stroll that Hamilton would attack.

Engineer Alonso was right. Two laps later, I caught up with Lewis, who was struggling with tire trouble. The Briton pitted on his tenth lap, but had very bad luck. This is because he took 10th after giving his rival a free stop just after ‘safety his car’ came out.

Alonso thus eliminated his rival before he could attack when he was already in range. At that time, I was aiming for Sainz. So the pilot engineer became a wizard. With everyone on hard rubber at the ‘safety car’ start, cold tires and no grip, he didn’t hesitate to gamble on the skating rink and execute a genius maneuver. On that restart, Sainz had to brake early in Turn 4 to keep his distance from team-mate Leclerc. Alonso finds a hole there and goes hunting. He passed Sainz at the decisive moment to take fourth place in a tight spot that no one expected.

After that, he started his career in tire management. Alonso had set the race-leading time, but was just one second behind Leclerc, only surpassed by two Red Bulls. But Charles responded well and stayed type. Fernando stayed at the podium gate. He pushed at a breakneck pace on the final lap, However, he fell just tens of minutes behind Charles at the finish line.

Sainz keeps Hamilton at bay in 5th place

Carlos Sainz solved a very difficult race admirably and finished in 5th place. At a track that suffered from a car that didn’t feel comfortable in Baku, the Madrid man couldn’t keep Alonso off but was able to keep Lewis Hamilton off with better pace throughout the race. Luis returned to reach the Spaniards, but in Madrid he found an impenetrable wall. The Spaniard held on in the decisive moment and ruled Lewis out of the DRS. Hamilton couldn’t do it with Sainz. The seven-time champion could not beat the Spaniard. Sainz has achieved his goal. He wanted to minimize the damage from a difficult weekend. he did it