Round 4 / Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Race Results

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	PTS
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	51	1:31:52.942	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	+1.524s	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	+11.739s	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda	51	+17.493s	12
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	51	+69.107s	11
6	11	Sergio Perez	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	51	+76.416s	8
7	55	Carlos Sainz	McLaren Renault	51	+83.826s	6
8	4	Lando Norris	McLaren Renault	51	+100.268s	4
9	18	Lance Stroll	Racing Point BWT Mercedes	51	+103.816s	2
10	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	50	+1 lap	1
11	23	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	50	+1 lap	0
12	99	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas Ferrari	50	+1 lap	0
14	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault	50	+1 lap	0
15	63	George Russell	Williams Mercedes	49	+2 laps	0
16	88	Robert Kubica	Williams Mercedes	49	+2 laps	0
NC	10	Pierre Gasly	Red Bull Racing Honda	38	DNF	0
NC	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas Ferrari	38	DNF	0
NC	26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	33	DNF	0
NC	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault	31	DNF	0

Note – Leclerc scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race. Kubica, Raikkonen and Gasly started the race from the pit lane.

Alfa Romeo Racing Team Quotes

Weather: sunny and dry, 18-20°C air, 34-42°C track

Azerbaijan – Un point !

Frédéric Vasseur, Team Principal Alfa Romeo Racing and CEO Sauber Motorsport AG:
“As happy we’ve been after yesterday’s qualifying, the more disappointed we are after the race. One point I call damage limitation, but to be honest it could have been more. The bad news came this morning regarding Kimi’s front wing. It was a marginal error with the deflection – on Antonio’s car the same front wing with the same specification was fine – but the consequence was that we had to change the specification and Kimi had to start from the pit lane. And as surprisingly there was no safety car this time, we were stuck in traffic with both cars, and whilst both Kimi and Antonio did a got job, our race was compromised.”

Kimi Räikkönen (car number 7):
Alfa Romeo Racing C38 (Chassis 02/Ferrari)
Result: 10th. Start on soft tyres and after 8 laps change to medium tyres
“Not an easy weekend for us. Wasn’t the plan to start from the pit lane but it is what it is, so one point is kind of the maximum we could achieve today. We pitted earlier to get out of the traffic but then I struggled for the whole race with switching the tyres on. Bit disappointed as I was expecting a lot more but I have the feeling that the next race will be easier for us.”

Antonio Giovinazzi (car number 99):
Alfa Romeo Racing C38 (Chassis 03/Ferrari)
Result: 12th. Start on soft tyres and after 7 laps change to medium tyres
“It was a challenging race. We started from P17 on the grid due to my 10-place penalty. I lost too much time to stay out in the first stint and got stuck in traffic. It’s a shame because I had a good pace but unfortunately there was no safety car and I couldn’t challenge for a place in Top Ten. Now I have to stay focused and keep working for the next race in Barcelona.”