Max Verstappen has praised the standard of his automotive after he prolonged his lead of the championship as Crimson Bull secured a 1-2 end at Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The Dutchman began the race in third with teammate Sergio Perez taking the lead off Charles Leclerc on the first nook, earlier than the Ferrari man pitted early to arrange an intriguing tactical battle.
Nevertheless, lower than midway into the race Leclerc retired with energy unit issues, permitting Verstappen to cruise to victory after passing Perez with none opposition from the Mexican.
Verstappen should have gained on the Baku Metropolis Circuit final season, however a tyre puncture noticed him crash out with just some laps to go, so the 24-year-old was happy to have gotten the job achieved this time spherical.
‘You possibly can by no means make up what you misplaced final 12 months however I feel as we speak we had unbelievable tempo within the automotive we might actually take care of the tyres,’ Verstappen stated post-race.
‘A tiny bit fortunate with the retirement however I feel however our automotive was actually fast as we speak so I feel I might have closed that hole after which in fact you could have a race in your palms.
‘However general, I’m actually pleased with the steadiness of the automotive as we speak. To finish with a Crimson Bull 1-2 as we speak is a extremely good outcome for the workforce.
‘Each weekend is a bit completely different. You actually should be exact, be targeted on the little issues to do with race administration, so it could actually swing round for each race weekend.’
Verstappen is now 21 factors forward of Perez within the drivers’ standings with Leclerc an extra 13 behind, whereas Crimson Bull are a whopping 80 factors forward of Ferrari within the constructors’ championship.
Considerably controversially, Perez was instructed by Crimson Bull to not battle Verstappen for the lead, even after the specter of the Ferraris had gone, echoing an identical instruction the Mexican was given on the Spanish Grand Prix.
However Perez insisted that he was okay with the choice taken, saying: ‘I feel it was the fitting name made by the workforce as a result of on the time Max was a bit additional forward [pace-wise].
‘At this place something can occur so on the finish of the day we managed to do a 1-2 in order that’s an awesome workforce outcome.’
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