“Winners and Losers at the 2023 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Sergio Perez Takes the Crown”

At the 2023 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Sergio Perez (Red Bull Racing) has confirmed to the world that he is a World Championship contender after winning the F1 sprint and winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday. . But it wasn’t so rosy for other drivers. Formula1.com has picked 6 winners and 5 losers from the F1 Azerbaijan GP.

Winner: Sergio Perez “I can be world champion”. Sergio Perez has made bullish comments after taking victory on the streets of Azerbaijan a day after his highest score in the F1 sprint. He still has a mountain to climb if he wants to clinch an important trophy at the end of the season, but in Baku he took advantage of the safety car luck and beat his team-mate Max Verstappen to win. With this win, he became the first driver to win multiple times in Azerbaijan. This was his fifth Baku podium, more than any other driver and his fifth consecutive street circuit victory. He is now just six points clear of Verstappen in the championship. ‘King of Streets’ Perez in top form on the street circuit. Loser: Nick de Vries Nick de Vries had a weekend to remember. The Dutchman, who started last in the F1 sprint, could barely make it back to 14th place. In the race, he stepped on a “blunder” and crashed, and the safety car was introduced. AlphaTauri’s drivers have failed to score points at any race this season and will miss the checkered flag for the first time in four races in 2023. His teammate, meanwhile, has scored in each of the last two Grands Prix. 2023 Azerbaijan GP: De Vries hits wall, safety car introduced, pit stops one after another. Winner: Charles Leclerc Leclerc’s lofty ambitions were understandably disappointing after he gave up the lead after starting from pole position and took the checkered flag in third. However, this was his first podium finish of the season, and he scored 22 points, more than triple his first three consecutive races, including a 2nd place finish in the sprint. Loser: Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo lacked the pace to score points in either the F1 sprint or Sunday’s Grand Prix, and the team looked like a step back against their rivals. Guanyu Zhou retired for the first time this season, and team-mate Valtteri Bottas complained of the machine’s malfunction due to the damage received on the first lap, and had to take care of the car. Leclerc fails to hold back Red Bulls in Baku Winner: Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso continues his consistent run into 2023 with a third-place finish in a row and a fourth-place finish in Baku. Alonso had never finished in the top five in an Azerbaijan race before, nor had the Aston Martin team finished in the top six. Double world champion Alonso sits third in the drivers’ championship, 33 points behind leader Verstappen and 12 points behind Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton. Alonso didn’t finish on the podium for 4 races in a row, but got good points. Loser: Alpine It’s been a terrible weekend for Alpine. Lagging behind Friday’s unreliability, the French team was unable to validate any significant upgrades. Esteban Ocon started from the pitlane and ran in the points for most of the race, but a forced pit stop in the second half dropped him out of the competition. Pierre Gasly did not finish in the top ten. As a result, the team finished two races without points in a row, and only three of the 2022 races have been without points. Winner: Lewis Hamilton It might seem strange to describe seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton as a winner when he finishes in sixth place, his worst finish of the season. However, Hamilton was fourth in pure performance and made the most of the exact same Mercedes he ran in Australia as the Silver Arrow. Updates are still in progress, but Hamilton did a great job beating team-mate George Russell to move into fourth place in the drivers’ standings. Hamilton, who pitted before the safety car came out, decided to do a recovery drive. Loser: Max Verstappen Second place is nothing to sneeze at, but Max Verstappen’s standards were high and without the safety car he could well have won three out of four races. However, the safety car was deployed and Verstappen lost the lead and fell back to third. Verstappen moved past Leclerc for second, but he was unable to challenge championship rival and team-mate Perez for the lead. In the sprint, he finished third, two places behind Perez, which was a disappointing result. Verstappen unfortunately lost the lead at the safety car and was unable to catch up with his team-mate from there. Winner: Yuki Tsunoda For 2023, Yuki Tsunoda is getting all the power out of one of the slowest cars on the grid, the AlphaTauri. However, his team-mate De Vries pitted before the safety car, allowing his rivals a low-loss pit stop and falling behind. However, he played a mature race with calm judgment and snatched the final point. The past five performances are 11th, 11th, 11th, 10th, 10th. This is a sense of stability in a sense to win the contract renewal. Tsunoda scored points for the second consecutive race. Loser: A weekend without Williams points deemed unsatisfactory shows just how far Williams has come, but straight-line speed advantage meant no points at a circuit that could have done well. endured. Alex Albon suffered damage to his front wing on the opening lap, knocking him off balance and losing downforce. Despite this, the fact that he finished in 12th place shows the high potential of this machine. Given that Logan Sargent missed the sprint and fell behind…