The primary was a contact with the boundaries that noticed him lose a place to Franco Colapinto. The second was a lapse in focus that didn’t see him react to a inexperienced mild fast sufficient after a yellow flag interval – and that allowed Lewis Hamilton and Bearman to sneak previous.
He crossed the road eleventh for the seventh time this season, breaking the report for essentially the most occasions anybody has completed one place outdoors the factors in a single marketing campaign (Michele Alboreto beforehand held the report for his efforts in 1992).
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Winner: Ollie Bearman
For the second time in succession, Ollie Bearman seized his likelihood to star on the System 1 stage with an assured and assured drive to tenth in Baku for Haas.
Known as in to interchange Kevin Magnussen who was banned for this weekend after exceeding the permitted variety of penalty factors on his tremendous licence, Bearman reminded Haas why they signed him to a full-time seat subsequent 12 months with a mature efficiency throughout the weekend.
Having outqualified Hulkenberg, he ran within the factors, reacted nicely when the staff stated he was overmanaging the tyres and battled these round him – together with Hamilton – exhausting on his option to the ultimate level.
In doing so, he turns into the primary driver in F1 historical past to attain for 2 completely different constructors in his first two Grands Prix (he was seventh when subbing for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia earlier this 12 months).
