Keep stretching the Red Bull who celebrates thanks to the brace obtained a Baku! Now the two riders of the Austrian team are leading the drivers' championship. On the other side the Ferrari continues to disappoint and after 13 years he returns with a double retirement due to a technical problem with the cars. 5 retirements of which 4 coming from Ferrari engines in this race. Instead, he takes his 3rd podium of the season George Russell! Let's see the tops and the flops at Fanta F1 after this bitter day.
TOP OF BAKU AL FANTA F1:
Max Verstappen: Calm and perseverance. Max started his race behind teammate e Charles. He knew that the race wouldn't be decided on the first lap and he proved it going forward without taking any unnecessary risks. The team assists him, there is no doubt, both in strategies and in managing the rivalry with Perez. His sprint in the championship and in Fanta F1 continues also thanks to the difficult period for Charles left to himself. Max from Imola he collected 4 victories and a third place.
Sergio Perez: For Perez everyone is a potential opponent, even his teammate. For the second time after Barcelona the team invites him not to battle with Max, because the important thing is to get to victory with one of the two cars without risking it. He doesn't give up even after the pit stops and arrives confidently in P2 also getting the bonus of the fastest lap. He also overtook Charles in the drivers' championship. A security to the Fanta F1.
George Russell: The outsider par excellence. No one has ever been as constant as him. Are Red Bull or Ferrari in trouble? George is ready, on every track and in every condition. He makes no mistakes and even manages to bridge the problems of the W13. At Fanta F1 he never scored less than +16 points. He too is a guarantee.
Sebastian Vettel: On these circuits it exalts itself. In Baku comes the best result of the season for Sebastian who got a fantastic second place here a year ago. The Aston Martin is not a competitive car but today Seb really took it to the limit obtaining the best possible result, net of the mistake in overtaking Gasly with too much ardor, which he remedied with a maneuver like a true champion.
Pierre Gasly: Excellent race also for Pierre Gasli, also to his best result of the season. He tries several times to hold the fourth position, which then went to Hamilton, exhausted and with a broken back at the end of the race.
BAKU FLOP AT FANTA F1:
Charles Leclerc: Red Bull managed once again to capitalize on Ferrari's problems, also taking advantage of Charles' mistake at the start. Problems that once again force Charles Leclerc to retire, when he was leading the group about 20 laps from the start of the race. After Barcelona and Monaco it was supposed to be the turning point race, to get back to victory, which has been missing since the distant Australian GP! A breakdown perhaps caused by too much hunger, which jeopardized the reliability in front of a greater power of the F1-75. A very high cost for Charles but also for the Fantamanagers who had chosen him as captain at Fanta F1.
Carlos Sainz: A curse that continues even for Sainz, forced to retire for a plumbing problem. At the moment it is a risk to buy it, either for her mistakes or for problems that are involving the Redhead a little too often. The goal for Ferrari now is to solve the problems, then the gap to recover in the standings will come.
Retreats: Zhou, Magnussen and Stroll. These are the fallen in Baku, after the two DNFs of Ferrari have been removed. Too bad because Zhou and Kevin were having a good race. But it's not the first time Haas and Alfa have had problems. For Zhou this is the 3rd technical retreat of the season, the second instead for Magnussen. Stroll was running an anonymous race but retiring takes important points away from Fanta F1.
Nicholas Latifi: too many penalties for Latifi. The only positive thing is that he didn't retire and finished last.
