Neither the Victory of the Piastrinor the The Return of Norrisnot even pride Sixth position for Fernando Alonso. The importance of Azerbaijan Grand Prix they took it Carlos Sainz And Czech Perez with his accident two laps from the end for the end of the race.
The Madrilenian, who had already passed Checo in the previous corner, tried to attack from the outside. Charles Leclercwhich left him with no space. This caused Sainz to exit Turn 2 very slowly and Perez to pair up.
While it appeared that the two were maintaining a clean parallel, the Red Bull’s right front wheel collided with the Ferrari’s left rear wheel and They both found themselves against the wall. Checo Perez made it clear who the culprit was.”What an idiot! Is this guy crazy or what?” shouted the Mexican on the radio.
However, Ferrari boss, Fred Vasseurdoes not agree with Perez and defended Carlos Sainz after the race and accused the Jalisco driver, whom he considers responsible for the accident.
“I just quickly went back over the incident and it’s too early to form a precise opinion. They were side by side and both wanted to keep Charles’ wake in front of them. And it’s probably safe to say that Checo had space on the left and Carlos didn’t have any on the right with the wall“, Vasseur said in statements to ‘DAZN’.
“It’s a shame to end like thisbecause both of them had great careers. It will be hard to forget“added the Ferrari boss, aware that his team today gave up the podium to Carlos Sainz and a victory that Charles Leclerc cherished, but ended up giving up to Oscar Piastri.
