Sergio Perez wins Azerbaijan GP after Verstappen crashes from lead

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Sergio Perez gained the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a two-lap shootout right after championship chief Max Verstappen crashed even though major with a tire failure and Lewis Hamilton went off system striving to seize the get on the standing restart.

Verstappen was four laps absent from a second consecutive victory Sunday when his Purple Bull suddenly slammed really hard into the wall with a puncture to his remaining rear tire. The Dutchman climbed from his motor vehicle, inspected the tire and kicked it in anger right before stomping off in disgust above the race-altering failure.

“Is he Alright?” radioed rival and seven-time champion Hamilton.

Verstappen was high-quality but Purple Bull was furious above a second failure of a Pirelli tire in the race and asked for a stoppage to permit tire modifications for protection good reasons. Lance Stroll had crashed earlier in the race right after his very own surprising tire failure.

System Just one purple-flagged the race and introduced the field to pit lane right before choosing to resume with a standing get started for a two-lap dash to the end.

Perez was the chief but Hamilton shot previous him in his endeavor to get the race and reclaim the details direct from Verstappen. But he unsuccessful to brake in the initially corner and his Mercedes slid off track. Hamilton dropped to fifteenth, snapping a streak of fifty four consecutive races of earning a details position end.

“So sorry, guys,” he told the staff.

4-time champion Sebastian Vettel took second for Aston Martin right after an remarkable push right after qualifying 11th. Pierre Gasly was 3rd for AlphaTauri.

Sunday’s race was the second purple-flagged F1 round of the calendar year right after Valtteri Bottas and George Russell crashed at Imola in April, and the longest suspension due to the fact a fiery crash for Romain Grosjean in Bahrain past calendar year brought about the race to be stopped much more than an hour.

It was the second profession get for Perez, who is in his initially year with Purple Bull and it somewhat salvaged the race for the staff that had been headed towards a one-2 end right before Verstappen’s tire unsuccessful.

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