Dylan Bettencourt
Abashayeli be-Ferrari ababili baphoqeleke ukuthi bayeke umqhudelwano phansi ngenxa yokuhluleka kwenjini e-Azerbaijan kwi-Baku Grand Prix, basiza abashayeli be-Red Bull ukuthi iwine kalula.
UMax Verstappen usebenzise ithuba lakhe ngesikhathi uCarlos Saiz enenkinga ye-hydraulic emlenzeni wesishiyagalolunye okuphoqe umshayeli we-Ferrari ukuthi aphume emqhudelwaneni.
Lo mdlali wase-Dutch ube esebona uCharles Leclerc ephambi kwakhe kodwa bekuzoba umsebenzi onzima ukumdlula endaweni enzima ye-Baku – kodwa injini ye-Ferrari ivele yaba nenkinga emlenzeni ka-20 nokuphoqe ukuthi uLeclerc aphume emqhudelwaneni.
USergio Perez we-Red Bull ubehola i-Baku Grand Prix kodwa uzakwabo uVerstappen usheshe walivala igebe wahola umjaho.
UVerstappen uqede umjaho njengowinile, wazuza indondo yakhe yesi-25 kanye nokuqeda endaweni yesi-62, ephula irekhodi lamapulatifomu amaningi njengomshayeli wakwa-Red Bull.
Lokhu kuwukuwina kwakhe kokuqala e-Baku, eba umnqobi wesithupha we-Grand Prix okusalindeleke ukuthi kube nowina kabili.
Inhlekelele yakwa-Ferrari iqhubeke ngesikhathi uZhou Guanyu we-Alfa Romeo naye enenkinga yezobuchwepheshe okumenze watshelwa ukuze amise imoto.
Izingqinamba zomshayeli wase-Italy azigcinanga lapho njengoba uHaas, osebenzisa izinjini ze-Ferrari, ehlelwe yisimo esifana nesikaKevin Magnussen.
Abashayeli bemoto yakwa-Red Bull bawine izindondo ze-Grand Prix ezinhlanu zokugcina kanti uVerstappen wawina ezine kulezo, elula isikhala sabo bephezulu endaweni yokuhlela kanye neyomshayeli.
Sekuphele iminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi abe-Red Bull bengasiwini isicoco sokuhlela kodwa kubukeka emaningi amathuba okuthi bantshontshe isicoco sakwa-Mercedes kulo nyaka.
Kodwa-ke, i-Baku Grand Prix ayizange ibe nezinkinga eqenjini elihamba phambili njengoba uVerstappen ephinde waba nenkinga ye-Drag Reduction System (i-DRS) emjahweni wesithathu.
Ngesikhathi umjaho usuya ngasemaphethelweni, umpetha uyalelwe ukuthi angayisebenzisi i-DRS ngoba iqembu belingeke likwazi ukuyilungisa.
Ukwehluleka kwabakwa-Ferrari kuvumele abakwa-Mercedes ukuthi bathole amaphuzu emjahweni womakhi bezimoto njengoba uGeorge Russel eqede endaweni yesithathu, egcina irekhodi lakhe lokuqeda phezulu kuyo yonke imijaho yesizini kuze kube manje.
Uzakwabo uLewis Hamilton uqede ngemuva kwakhe endaweni yesine.
Okulandelayo kwi-Formula 1 uhambo olude oluya e-Canada kwi-Montreal Grand Prix ngeSonto elizayo.
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