Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022-06-12 result

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Event
Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Date
Sun 12th June 2022 (UTC)
Sun 12th June 2022 (Local)

Timestamp
2022-06-12T11:00:00

Time

11:00:00 UTC (15:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2022

Round
8

Status
Match Finished

Location
Baku City Circuit

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Description

The 2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2022) was the eighth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship at the Baku City Circuit in Baku on 12 June 2022. The 51-lap race was won by Max Verstappen. Charles Leclerc, who was second in the championship standings prior to the race, retired on lap 21 due to power unit issues, and fell to third in the standings behind Sergio Pérez. With the win, Verstappen extended his lead to 21 points.

Background
Championship standings before the race
In the Drivers' Championship, Max Verstappen led with 125 points, nine points ahead of Charles Leclerc in second, and fifteen points ahead of Sergio Pérez in third position. Red Bull Racing led Ferrari by 36 points, and Mercedes by 101 points in the Constructors' Championship.

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Result List

01	Max Verstappen	1:34:05.941
02	Sergio Perez	+20.823s
03	George Russell	+45.995s
04	Lewis Hamilton	+71.679s
05	Pierre Gasly	+77.299s
06	Sebastian Vettel	+84.099s
07	Fernando Alonso	+88.596s
08	Daniel Ricciardo	+92.207s
09	Lando Norris	+92.556s
10	Esteban Ocon	+108.184s
11	Valtteri Bottas	+1 lap
12	Alexander Albon	+1 lap
13	Yuki Tsunoda	+1 lap
14	Mick Schumacher	+1 lap
15	Nicholas Latifi	+1 lap
16	Lance Stroll	DNF

Result Description
The race started at 15:00 local time on 12 June. Sergio Pérez took the lead heading into turn 1 on lap 1, after polesitter Charles Leclerc locked up his front left tyre. On Lap 9, Carlos Sainz Jr. pulled over in the run-off area of turn 4 after suffering a hydraulics issue with his car. This resulted in the virtual safety car, in which most of the grid, including Leclerc, chose to pit with the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Pérez choosing not to. On lap 15, Verstappen overtook Pérez into turn 1. Pérez pitted on lap 17 for new hards, a slow stop meant that when he exited the pits, Leclerc had passed him, and Verstappen, who pitted two laps later, was able to overcut his team-mate. On lap 21, Leclerc's car started billowing smoke with an engine problem on the main straight causing his retirement, with Zhou Guanyu retiring on lap 23 with a hydraulics issue. On lap 31, Kevin Magnussen's car also had an engine issue resulting in smoke. He pulled over just before turn 15 off the racing line, but it still resulted in a second virtual safety car. Most of the grid chose to pit for fresher tyres. Tsunoda was shown the black-and-orange flag for a DRS failure, which was fixed with speed tape, and him dropped to 13th. Williams's Latifi received a ten-second stop and go penalty after for a grid infringement and was later given a five-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags. On lap 44, Lewis Hamilton overtook Pierre Gasly for fourth. On lap 46, Lance Stroll was called in to retire due to high oscillations. Verstappen won the race, and Pérez finished second. George Russell finished third for Mercedes, with Hamilton in fourth, and Gasly fifth. Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Daniel Ricciardo, Lando Norris and Esteban Ocon completed the top 10.

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