阿塞拜疆巴库（美联社）——马克斯·维斯塔潘在周日的阿塞拜疆大奖赛中轻松夺冠，而积分榜领跑者奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里首圈撞车事故，使得兰多·诺里斯得以缩小与其的积分差距。
维斯塔潘在周六混乱的排位赛中夺得杆位后，从比赛开始到结束始终掌控着局面，并在完成唯一一次进站时已建立起巨大领先优势。
“赛车表现得非常出色，”维斯塔潘说道，“驾驶过程相当顺利。当然，这里的比赛并不轻松，今天风很大。”
乔治·拉塞尔（George Russell）带病坚持一周比赛后为梅赛德斯车队夺得亚军，小卡洛斯·塞恩斯（Carlos Sainz Jr.）为威廉姆斯车队获得季军，这是该车队四年来首次登上领奖台。
“这是我职业生涯中最棒的领奖台，”塞恩斯对车队说道。
维斯塔潘自2024年6月西班牙大奖赛后首次实现背靠背夺冠，而迈凯伦车队本赛季的统治地位已连续两站比赛受到威胁。
诺里斯最终位列第七，他错失了充分利用皮亚斯特里失误的机会，未能大幅缩小这位澳大利亚车手在F1冠军争夺战中的领先优势。双方分差从31分降至25分——这正是一场分站赛胜利的积分价值。
皮亚斯特里在发车时几乎熄火，落至队尾，随后试图追赶时又撞上护墙。这位澳大利亚车手在巴库连续第二天发生事故——此前排位赛中他已撞击过护墙。
迈凯轮本可在还剩七站比赛的本周日锁定车队总冠军，但如今至少需等到两周后的新加坡站才能再有机会。这是迈凯轮在这个统治级赛季中最糟糕的联合表现。
美联社赛车新闻：
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) Max Verstappen cruised to victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday as championship leader Oscar Piastris first-lap crash allowed Lando Norris to trim his points advantage.
Verstappen was in control from start to finish after taking pole position in a chaotic qualifying session Saturday and had a vast lead by the time he made his only pit stop.
The car was working really well, Verstappen said. It was pretty straightforward. Of course, its not easy around here, very windy today.
George Russell was second for Mercedes after battling illness through the week and Carlos Sainz, Jr. was third for Williams first podium finish in four years.
Best podium in my career, Sainz told the team.
Verstappen made it back-to-back wins for the first time since the Spanish Grand Prix of June 2024 as McLarens dominance this season came under threat for the second race in a row.
Norris was seventh as he missed the chance to fully exploit Piastris error and slash the Australians lead in the Formula 1 title fight, which drops from 31 points to 25, the value of a race win.
Piastri nearly stalled on the grid and dropped to the back of the field, before sliding into the barrier as he tried to recover places. The Australian crashed for the second day running in Baku after also hitting the barrier in qualifying.
McLaren could have secured the constructors title Sunday with seven races to go, but will now have to wait until at least the next race in Singapore in two weeks time. It was McLarens worst combined performance of an otherwise dominant season.
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