McLaren’s Oscar Piastri drove to his second F1 victory.
15:57•Updated 16:04
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri throttled the Baku street track to the second race victory of his career. Piastri, who started from the second grid, overtook the Ferrari shortly after the pit stop Charles Leclercwho started the race from pole position.
Piastri kept his top position until the finish, although Leclerc challenged fiercely for many laps.
In the penultimate round of the race, we saw a wild drama, when Red Bull, who were fighting for third place, Sergio Perez and Ferrari Carlos Sainz collided with each other.
After Piastri and Leclerc, Mercedes took the third place in the race George Russell. In yesterday’s qualifying, McLaren was only in 17th place Lando Norris made a huge climb and was fourth.
Red Bull’s victory in the World Cup Max Verstappen Norris, who was fighting against him, humiliated the Dutchman in the last laps of the race. Although he clearly started from the back, the Briton still managed to beat Verstappen in the race with a stylish pass.
The Red Bull driver was fifth. Norris reduced Verstappen’s point difference to 59 points. There are still seven races left in the season.
Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas was the last to finish, i.e. 16th. He and the entire Sauber team do not have a single World Cup point from this season.