Toto Wolff has called on Formula One to act to prevent a recurrence of an uneventful Azerbaijan Grand Prix which he accurately summed up as “boring”. Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, highlighted the difficulty of overtaking in Baku that made for a race that was largely a procession from start to finish.
Red Bull’s Sergio Pérez won from teammate Max Verstappen at the grand prix in a dominant one-two where such was their pace advantage they finished over 21 seconds up the road from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who was third. Behind them a combination of caution over tyre wear to ensure completing a one-stop strategy, and the recurring difficulty of passing due to dirty air, ensured the race was very much a barely interrupted train.
