Good luck prevailed for Force
India’s Sergio Perez as he came in third. Valtteri Bottas of Mercedes was also
robbed of victory after running over debris and picking up a puncture – it
handed the win to team mate Lewis Hamilton, whose triumph over Kimi Raikkonen
gave him the championship lead,.
As the race started there was immense drama as
Force India’s Esteban Ocon and Williams’ Sergey Sirotkin were out of contention
as Ocon went into the wall after contact with Raikkonen as the Ferrari tried to
pass at Turn 3, while Sirotkin ran into the rear of Force India of Perez,
before getting pinched between Alonso’s McLaren and Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault.
The two Red Bull drivers made
a disastrous contact on lap 40 when a frustrated Daniel Ricciardo ran into the
rear of team mate Max Verstappen as he attempted to pass the Dutchman on the
high-speed run down to Turn 1.
FORMULA 1 2018 AZERBAIJAN
GRAND PRIX - RACE RESULT
POS DRIVER CAR PTS
1 Lewis
Hamilton MERCEDES 25
2 Kimi
Räikkönen FERRARI 18
3 Sergio
Perez FORCE INDIA MERCEDES 15
4 Sebastian
Vettel FERRARI 12
5 Carlos
Sainz RENAULT 10
6 Charles
Leclerc SAUBER
FERRARI 8
7 Fernando
Alonso MCLAREN RENAULT 6
8 Lance
Stroll WILLIAMS MERCEDES 4
9 Stoffel
Vandoorne MCLAREN RENAULT 2
10 Brendon
Hartley SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 1
11 Marcus
Ericsson SAUBER FERRARI 0
12 Pierre
Gasly SCUDERIA TORO ROSSO HONDA 0
13 Kevin
Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 0
NC Valtteri
Bottas MERCEDES DNF
NC Romain
Grosjean HAAS FERRARI DNF
NC Max
Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER DNF
NC Daniel
Ricciardo RED
BULL RACING TAG HEUER DNF
NC Nico
Hulkenberg RENAULT DNF
NC Esteban
Ocon FORCE
INDIA MERCEDES DNF
NC Sergey
Sirotkin WILLIAMS
MERCEDES DNF