Verstappen wins Azerbaijan GP

Max Verstappen rode his luck to an unchallenged first Baku win on Sunday opening up a commanding championship lead after Ferrari`s challenge imploded at the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix. The Dutchman eased across the line 20.8 seconds clear of Sergio Perez who, ordered not to fight Verstappen, completed a one-two for Red Bull.

George Russell kept his record of finishing every race this season in the top five with third for Mercedes. Ferrari’s miserable afternoon ended after 20 of the race’s 51 laps. Charles Leclerc, who is leading the team’s challenge and had started from pole, pulled into the pits from the lead with his Ferrari spewing smoke to chalk up his second retirement from three races. His team mate Carlos Sainz had pulled to the side of the track 10 laps earlier with a hydraulic failure.

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