Xinhua News Agency, Baku, June 12. The Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan Grand Prix started on the 12th. Red Bull drivers Verstappen and Perez won the championship and runner-up respectively. The two Ferrari drivers Leclerc and Sainz The car crashed out of the race.

  As the five red lights went out, the race officially started. Leclerc, who started from pole position, had his tires locked at the first corner and was overtaken by Perez.

Aston Martin driver Vettel overtook Toro Rosso driver Kakuta Yugi, and the remaining top 10 drivers did not change their positions at the start.

  On the ninth lap, Sainz's car malfunctioned, stopped in the buffer zone and triggered the virtual safety car.

A large number of drivers, including Leclerc, took advantage of the virtual safety car opportunity to pit to change their tires, and both Red Bull drivers chose to stay on the track, but after leaving the station on lap 19, they finished second and third behind Leclerc.

  On the 20th lap, Leclerc suffered an engine failure in the leading position and regretted to retire. He has won the pole position in four consecutive races, but has missed the championship.

  The Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu of the Alfa Romeo team beat teammate Bottas for the first time in qualifying and started 14th in the race that day.

He was in the points zone halfway through the race, but withdrew for the third time this season due to a car breakdown.

  In the end, Verstappen won his first Azerbaijan Grand Prix championship and his fifth championship this season.

Perez won the runner-up, Mercedes driver Russell won the third.

  After eight races this season, Verstappen currently leads the driver standings with 150 points, and Perez overtakes Leclerc with 129 points and ranks second.

The next race of the Canadian Grand Prix will take place on June 19.