BAKU: Sergio Perez received Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with teammate Max Verstappen in 2d to ram house Red Bull’s supremacy over the remainder of the Formula One grid.
Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finished the rostrum, a decent 3rd.
“Vamos!” exclaimed the Mexican at the staff radio after making it a vastly winning weekend in Baku the place he additionally claimed Saturday’s dash race.
Red Bull’s roll via 2023 after 4 races now reads 4 wins plus Saturday’s dash, 3 poles, and 3 1-2s.
Verstappen leads the drivers’ championship by way of simply six issues forward of the 5th spherical of the document 23-race season in Miami.
Perez’ engineer advised him at the staff radio he was once the “king of the streets” and with justification as 5 of his six F1 wins – now not counting Saturday’s dash – have come on boulevard circuits, two times in Baku along victories in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and singapore.
The fashionable Perez, who believes he can in point of fact problem Verstappen for the name, stated: “It really worked out today for us (me), we managed to keep the pressure on Max. I think it was very close between us, we pushed to the maximum, we both hit the wall a few times but we (I) managed to keep him under control.”
Leclerc conceded that in the intervening time at any charge Red Bull had been in “another league once it comes to the race”.
“Over 51 laps it was not possible, they have so much more pace than we do. Everyone is working flat out to understand what we can do in the races to close the gap.”
Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc finished the rostrum, a decent 3rd.
“Vamos!” exclaimed the Mexican at the staff radio after making it a vastly winning weekend in Baku the place he additionally claimed Saturday’s dash race.
Red Bull’s roll via 2023 after 4 races now reads 4 wins plus Saturday’s dash, 3 poles, and 3 1-2s.
Verstappen leads the drivers’ championship by way of simply six issues forward of the 5th spherical of the document 23-race season in Miami.
Perez’ engineer advised him at the staff radio he was once the “king of the streets” and with justification as 5 of his six F1 wins – now not counting Saturday’s dash – have come on boulevard circuits, two times in Baku along victories in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and singapore.
The fashionable Perez, who believes he can in point of fact problem Verstappen for the name, stated: “It really worked out today for us (me), we managed to keep the pressure on Max. I think it was very close between us, we pushed to the maximum, we both hit the wall a few times but we (I) managed to keep him under control.”
Leclerc conceded that in the intervening time at any charge Red Bull had been in “another league once it comes to the race”.
“Over 51 laps it was not possible, they have so much more pace than we do. Everyone is working flat out to understand what we can do in the races to close the gap.”