The end of the race at Azerbaijan Grand Prix of Formula 1 was great, with a four-way battle for the podium and the win, but an accident between Carlos Sainz And Czech Perez In the penultimate lap he ruined everything and altered the final results. Oscar Piastri won a very interesting victory and managed to stand out Charles Leclerc (2nd) in the final laps. Neither the Spaniard nor the Mexican were George Russell who ended up climbing to the third step after this fateful accident.
The action that led to the serious accident came from an overtaking by Sainz on the main straight after an entire race in which he managed his options to fight for the podium until the end. And when the opportunity presented itself, the Madrid player miscalculated in the next corner, Pérez got closer again and almost parallel to each other, when he had everything to recover third place, he was pinned against the wall.
Sainz went too far and wanted to go after Leclerc, unaware of who was coming from behind, namely Perez, who did not help either by leaning to the right and causing a fatal accident that marked a fiasco in capital letters for both. Ferrari of the Red BullThe Mexican, in one of his most difficult years in F1, had found an oasis on the circuit of Bakuwho is always good at this. That’s why his radio after the incident was more than daring: “Is he crazy or what? What an idiot. For his part, Carlos limited himself to asking what had happened.
WHAT AN ACCIDENT BETWEEN SAINZ AND PÉREZ WHEN BOTH WERE FIGHTING FOR THE PODIUM! 💥😬
Sad ending when both of them had a real race 🥶#AzerbaijanDAZNF1 🇦🇿 pic.twitter.com/DSQfljdzqc
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This is how Sainz and Checo assessed the accident
On his way to the commissioners, Sainz was very serious and with Roberto Merhi giving you some type of indication for your statement. Both had to appear and while Fred VasseurFerrari boss, said it was too early “to form a clear opinion”, speaking to DAZN. “Checo had space on the left and Carlos not on the right with the wall. That will be difficult to forget and we will have to focus on Singapore. “We will have to start thinking about it, but I am frustrated because we had more potential,” added the Frenchman.
