Harakiri for Mercedes in Bahrain! Pérez stole the victory from the great George Russell – Motor – Formula 1

12/06/2020 Bulgaria



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The second race for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Formula 1 presented exceptional emotions and a rather unexpected winner in the person of Sergio Pérez. In the absence of Lewis Hamton in a race for the first time in 14 years, his replacement George Russell had a unique race and was on his way to his first historic victory, but a major misunderstanding in the championship team brought success to the Mexican driver Racing Point . Checo Pérez’s victory is also historic in his career.

This success for the 30-year-old Mexican is even sweeter, after an accident on the first lap, he moved last, but improved to the first position. Even more interesting is that Pérez does not have a contract with the team for next season. The second was Renault driver Estebean Ocon, and the third was Perez’s teammate Lance Stroll. The top 10 was completed by Carlos Sainz, Daniel Ricciardo, Alex Ablan, Danny Kviyat, Valteri Botas, George Russell and Lando Norris.

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Even after the start, George Russell managed to overtake Valteri Botas and lead the column, but at turn four there was real chaos. Max Verstappen was the victim of an accident between Charles Leclerc and Sergio Pérez, who tried to overtake the retarded Boots. Verstappen tried to pass Leclerc and Pérez, but he passed the safety zone and the car succumbed to the gravel on the outside of turn four and then crashed into the barriers. In the end, both the Dutchman’s car and the Monegasque’s car ended up on the firebreaks, which meant the end of the race for both. Pérez managed to continue, but it is last – 18. A safety car also appeared.

At the restart, Carlos Sainz managed to overtake Boots for second position, but an error by the Spaniard, immediately after, caused a change in the positions of the two and again the Finn came second. Sainz was third, Daniel Ricciardo fourth and Danny Quiat fifth. Sergio Pérez quickly gained positions and by lap 12 he was already 11th, leaving behind the only Ferrari driver left, Sebastian Vettel. Alex Alban was tenth.

After lap 21, Russell had a 2 second lead over Boots. Third and fourth were Sainz and Ricciardo. Pérez continued to climb and was already ninth after overtaking Alban.

Until lap 30, Russell continued to lead by two and a half seconds ahead of Boots, and at third Sainz pitted to change tires. The Spaniard returned to eighth position and will hope not to waste much time in the traffic of the cars in front of him, which have not yet stopped to change their image.

On lap 46, George Russell pitted for new hard tires with a three-second lead over Boots, then came second 20 seconds behind the Finn. Sergio Pérez is now third, and Alex Alban is fourth after many innings in driver’s boxing. A new set of hard tires for Alban on lap 49, then he came out in eleventh place.

In round 50, Boots also pitted on new hard tires and came out 8 1/2 seconds behind Russell. On his return to the track, Hamilton’s substitute complained of a loss of power on the straight.

Six laps later, Vettel entered on new hard tires, but slowed down in the pits and returned to track 12. Sergio Pérez passed Lance Stroll for fourth after a mistake by the Canadian.

On lap 60, Boots was catching up and was 5 seconds behind Russell. Pérez surpassed Okon and is now third.

Three rounds later, Jack Aitkin hit one of the firewalls and part of his front wing fell off and a virtual safety car appeared. So Mercedes wanted to do a double stop, and Russell went off without a hitch, but there were big problems for Boots. His stop lasted 27 seconds while he adjusted his left front tire. The Finn was fifth.

Right after that, George Russell had to stop again. It turned out that the team’s mechanics had mixed up the tires and put the ones for Boots on Russell’s car. So Boots was fifth and Russell sixth. Pérez became the leader, and Ocon and Stroll were second and third.

On lap 70, Russell edged out Boots and finished fourth. The young Briton quickly continued his ascent and by lap 75 he was already second. Boots, who returned on the same tires after the failed boxing, was already ninth in round 79. The problems for Mercedes continued and Russell had to return to the pits due to a puncture, and then returned to the track in the unenviable position 15.

In the end, Russell managed to get to ninth position, earning his first career points in Formula 1. Boots remained in eighth position. Alex Alban finished sixth while Sebastian Vettel was twelfth.

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