He Azerbaijan Grand Prixthe first with the new sprint format, has ended with the victory of Sergio Perez both in the sprint and in the long race, although the weekend has been characterized by chaos that occurred on the track and off it all three days.
The Mexican leaves Baku with practically the maximum points, where he has taken both victories and only the fastest lap of the race has escaped him. Of course, the leadership still has it max verstappen by only six points ahead, a minimum distance since if Pérez repeated the result in the next race he would be the new leader of the World Championship.
The current world champion, on the other hand, had a difficult weekend. He missed both pole positions and the sprint was a disaster. He got a touch with russell that left some damage on his Red Bull that only allowed him to be third. In the normal race, the safety car wiped out part of his chances of victory and then his own pace was not good enough to catch Pérez.
In Baku he showed signs of life again charles leclerc. After two zeros and a discreet race in Saudi Arabia, it was time to vindicate himself and he did. He was fastest on both poles, but his Ferrari it is still too inferior in the race. He scratched a second in the sprint and a third in the race to get back to winning ways.
Carlos Sainz had many more problems. She never found the confidence or the feeling on the streets of Baku and suffered all weekend. On Saturday she garnered fifth place after a controversy with Alonsobut they ended up ditching amicably the topic. In the normal race, another fifth place, but in both races very far from Leclerc.
Fernando Alonso He also had a difficult weekend. The Spaniard suffered problems opening the DRS, but they were fixed for the races. With the bad classifications made, he had to come back. On Saturday he only gave him sixth place, but on Sunday he gave a exhibition with great overtaking Sainza very good career management even advising each other with Lance Stroll and finishing in fourth position.
Mercedes took a step back in Azerbaijan. After a great run in Australia, the Germans disappeared from the map in Baku. George Russell signed a good fourth place in the sprint, but on Sunday he could only be eighth, a little worse than lewis hamiltonwhich was sixth.
Of course, the worst weekend was by far that of Alpine. The French arrived after promising that they would fight for second place in the constructors, but they were not close by chance. Pierre Gasley ended up against the wall and with the car burned the first day, Esteban Ocon He was so uncomfortable in the car that he decided to penalize to make changes to the car and both ended up out of points. To top it off, Ocon he almost took several photographers with him in an image never seen in Formula 1.
Where and when is the next race taking place?
The next appointment on the calendar is Miami Grand Prixin the United States, which will take place on Sunday May 7, at 9:30 p.m. peninsular time, in the urban circuit of Miami.
Last year the victory there went to Max Verstappen, with Charles Leclerc second and Carlos Sainz third.
