Race
F1 2023
Round 4

Perez wins, Verstappen follows in second place in Azerbaijan Grand Prix

az Baku Street Circuit

Round 4 of the season,Azerbaijan Grand Prix took place at Baku Street Circuit. Sergio Perez of Oracle Red Bull Racing, supported by Honda as a Team Partner, won the race, with Max Verstappen finishing second.

Perez wins, Verstappen follows in second place in Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Scuderia AlphaTauri driver, Yuki Tsunoda finished 10th, Nyck De Vries was unable to complete the race.


Sergio Perez
Sergio Perez 11
Oracle Red Bull Racing
It has been an unbelievable weekend, I am super pleased and I cannot say more about the Team, it has been a tremendous day for us and I am so proud of everyone. I want to say a big thanks to Thibaut, he is one of my mechanics who is at home for personal reasons, but he is still a very big part of our Team. The Team enjoy calling me the King of the Streets, I am super happy for them all. They have been tremendous all weekend, from the sprint race yesterday through to the way we executed the race today, it was perfect. I think today we were the fastest car on track and regardless of the safety car we would have won the race. I am definitely in the fight for the title, not just because of Baku, I believe I can be very good anywhere this season and now I am just thinking of Miami. There are a lot of races coming up and we must make sure we are on it.

Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen 1
Oracle Red Bull Racing
Overall it was quite a good race. Of course, I was a bit unlucky with the safety car call, but I think in that second stint both of us were pushing flat out. We used every centimetre on that track and touched a few walls! It was a good Team result and there were a lot of learnings from this weekend to take forward to the rest of the season. We bought it home and a 1-2 for the Team was ideal, Checo had a great race and did very well today. I’m already looking forward to Miami and seeing what we can do there.

Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunoda 22
Scuderia AlphaTauri
It was a tough race today but the team, especially the mechanics, did a great job to repair the car after yesterday. The engineers found a strong set-up, even if we lost some time in sector two. We didn’t get many chances to do long runs this weekend but to be able to demonstrate a strong pace, and build on this performance throughout the race, was awesome from the team. I am also happy with my performance. I was consistent, and being sandwiched between the two McLarens meant any mistake would cost us the point. It took a lot of concentration but in the end, we were able to achieve another top-ten finish. There is still room for development and improvement to fight for points consistently, but I have confidence in my team to race stronger in the future.

Nyck De Vries
Nyck De Vries 21
Scuderia AlphaTauri
The accident today was fully my mistake. It was very silly and unnecessary and that responsibility is on me. I am disappointed with myself but that’s the way it is. There are positives to take away from this weekend and I’ll try to look at them. I am happy to be racing again next week so I forget this weekend as soon as possible.


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