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Written by Tom Harrison
Well that wasexciting, wasn"t it? Last year"s Azerbaijan Grand Prix (technically the first one as 2016"s race was officially that year"s European GP) was as exciting as they come nowadays, and we"re pleased to report this year"s race followed in its footsteps. And it wasn"t like it was a slow-burner either, with all the good overtakes, crashes and so-on saved for the last few laps. Vettel qualified on pole and lead from the get go, unchallenged on the short run down to the first corner by either of the Mercedes, Red Bulls or fellow Ferrari fanned out behind him. If at that point he thought he was in for one of those races where he qualifies first, leads from pole and claims the win without so much as a fumbled apex, he was quite wrong. On the way down to turn three Sirotkin"s Williams got squeezed between H lkenberg in the Renault and Alonso in the McLaren, taking the Russian out of the race and puncturing both of the Spaniard"s right-handed tyres. As Alonso began limping back to the pits, Esteban Ocon and Kimi R ikk nen had a coming together, sticking Ocon"s Force India in the wall, damaging Kimi"s front-wing and bringing out the safety car.
Date written: 30 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11689
Well that wasexciting, wasn"t it? Last year"s Azerbaijan Grand Prix (technically the first one as 2016"s race was officially that year"s European GP) was as exciting as they come nowadays, and we"re pleased to report this year"s race followed in its footsteps. And it wasn"t like it was a slow-burner either, with all the good overtakes, crashes and so-on saved for the last few laps. Vettel qualified on pole and lead from the get go, unchallenged on the short run down to the first corner by either of the Mercedes, Red Bulls or fellow Ferrari fanned out behind him. If at that point he thought he was in for one of those races where he qualifies first, leads from pole and claims the win without so much as a fumbled apex, he was quite wrong. On the way down to turn three Sirotkin"s Williams got squeezed between H lkenberg in the Renault and Alonso in the McLaren, taking the Russian out of the race and puncturing both of the Spaniard"s right-handed tyres. As Alonso began limping back to the pits, Esteban Ocon and Kimi R ikk nen had a coming together, sticking Ocon"s Force India in the wall, damaging Kimi"s front-wing and bringing out the safety car.
Date written: 30 Apr 2018
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 11689
