A stoppage relegated him to the back of the grid and the Argentinean had to make a great effort to recover the lost positions and manage to climb to eighth position.
Franco Colapinto He started in 9th place in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and was the first of the twenty drivers to stop in the pits. The stoppage relegated him on the grid and he had to make a great manoeuvre to recover the lost positions. The Argentine made history and despite the adversities he finished in 8th place in Baku.
And on the 11th lap, the staff of Williams He decided to change to hard tyres, while his teammate Alex Albon continued in the race and even managed to get to fifth place.
Franco Colapinto and a pure adrenaline maneuver to climb positions
However, from the moment he returned to the circuit, Bakuthe Argentinean set out to recover positions and so he did: in addition to taking advantage of other cars entering the pits, he was able to overtake Pierre Gasly, Alpineon lap 22, to partially take tenth place.
When it seemed that Colapinto He was going to end up empty-handed due to Williams’ strategy that made him stop in the first laps, the Argentine was able to overtake the German Nico Hulkenberg to climb to tenth place and in the last laps he climbed another two places due to the unusual crash between the Mexican Sergio Pérez (Red Bull) and the Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr (Ferrari), who were fighting for the last step of the podium.
Meanwhile, a great race took place on the street circuit in the fight for the top positions, and the suspense continued throughout its development. Charles Leclercwho had started first after winning pole on Saturday, dominated in the initial stages, but then Oscar Piastri He snatched the lead from him to put the team in front McLarenin the absence of Lando Norriswho always fought from behind. At some point Carlos Sainz led the Grand Prix and Sergio “Checo” Perez was also intertwined.
Colapintowho started in eighth position, was the first to go to the pits, on the tenth lap, which caused him to fall to fifteenth position.
As far as the fight for the championship is concerned, the leader, the Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull) finished in fifth place.
The great driver of the day was the British Lando Norriswho had a great performance and climbed from sixteenth to fourth place.
Here are the positions in the Formula 1 championship
1- Max Verstappen: 313 points.
2- Lando Norris: 254.
3- Charles Leclerc: 235.
4- Oscar Piastri: 222.
5- Carlos Sainz Jr: 184.
19- Franco Colapinto: 4.
Source: Ambito
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