Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz had been concerned in an enormous accident within the closing levels of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as they squabbled over a podium place.
With the Crimson Bull of Perez battling for the lead for a lot of the race, the Mexican made a transfer on the lead Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, solely to be backed into Sainz.
Sainz battled previous and was then tussling with team-mate Leclerc, just for Perez to struggle again and pull alongside earlier than the 2 collected each other after flip two.
Each smashed into the barrier and missed out on respective huge factors hauls, with Perez, particularly, fuming over the group radio.
Having struggled for type of late, Perez was again to his finest on the streets of Baku and had stayed on the again of Leclerc’s battle with race winner Oscar Piastri for the second half of the grand prix.
Sainz was extra measured, asking “what occurred” because the pair clambered freed from their wrecked automobiles, with a digital security automotive deployed for the rest of the race.
Sergio Perez, Crimson Bull Racing RB20
Photograph by: Dom Romney / Motorsport Pictures
The shunt really helped Leclerc hold on to second, having seen his rear tyres drop off a cliff after following the McLaren of Piastri for thus lengthy.
It additionally noticed George Russell take the third step on the rostrum after a reasonably quiet race, though he did make an excellent transfer to move Max Verstappen earlier within the race.
The incident was excellent news for the second McLaren of Lando Norris, who recovered from his Q1 elimination on Saturday to take fourth, in addition to the quickest lap, to truly shut up the hole on Verstappen on the high of the drivers’ championship.
