Valtteri Bottas extended Mercedes
incredible opening to 2019, enjoying a lights-to-flag victory at the Azerbaijan
Grand Prix as the Silver Arrows secured their fourth consecutive one-two of the
season.
Sebastian Vettel completed the
podium in Baku, Ferrari once again failing to de-stabilize Mercedes despite
their apparent straight-line advantage. He was ahead of Max Verstappen, the Red
Bull driver maintaining his record of finishing in the top four at every race
this year. Charles Leclerc was next up, meanwhile, the Monegasque recovering
decently from his qualifying crash yesterday to take his third fifth place of
the year – while a late stop to try and get the extra point for fastest lap
paid dividends as he set a new lap record for the track.
Baku
specialist Sergio Perez was a strong sixth for Racing Point, ahead of the
McLaren pairing of Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. The second Racing Point of
Lance Stroll took ninth, while Kimi Raikkonen made the most of a pit lane start
to claim the final points-paying position for Alfa Romeo.
Despite
a relatively trouble-free Azerbaijan Grand Prix for much of the field, Daniel
Ricciardo recorded his third non-finish of the year after running wide into
Turn 3 and then reversing into the stopped car of Daniil Kvyat, who was also
forced to retire.
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