Oscar Piastri emerges victorious in a thrilling city race in Baku. The Australian in the McLaren won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari.
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Third place went to George Russell in the Mercedes. The Englishman benefited from a violent collision shortly before the end between last year's winner Sergio Perez in the Red Bull and Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari, who were battling it out for the final podium place.
World champion and championship leader Max Verstappen had to settle for 5th place in the second Red Bull. His world championship rival Lando Norris, after a botched qualifying in the McLaren, moved up from 15th on the grid to 4th in the race and reduced the gap. As a result, Norris reduced the gap to Verstappen in the championship standings by three points to 59. McLaren also overtook Verstappen's Red Bull team in the team standings.
No victory again for pole man Leclerc
For Leclerc, two weeks after his victory in Monza, the story of recent years repeated itself. The Monegasque had already started from pole position in Baku in 2021, 2022 and 2023, but failed to win.
The fact that it didn't work out this year was due to a strong performance by Oscar Piastri. After the Australian took the lead from Leclerc on lap 22, he fended off several successful attacks from the Ferrari driver. Ultimately, he triumphed for the second time in a Formula 1 race after his maiden victory in Hungary in July.
Sauber comes away empty-handed again
The Sauber team drivers also failed to score points in the 17th of 24 races this season. Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas finished 14th and 16th respectively. The next chance for the Chinese and Finnish drivers to get their first tangible result of the year will come next weekend at the Singapore Grand Prix.
