Oscar Piastri fended off Charles Leclerc to win a thrilling Azerbaijan Grand Prix as Lando Norris recovered to fourth and beat Max Verstappen. A late crash involving Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz took them out of the race gifting Mercedes’ George Russell the final step on the podium. The result sees McLaren take the lead in the Constructors’ Championship ahead of Red Bull.
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for the fourth year in a row as title rivals Max Verstappen and Lando Norris qualified sixth and 17th. Norris, who is trying to close a 62-point gap to Verstappen over the final eight races of the year, encountered yellow flags on his final lap in the first session and faces a difficult Sunday. Oscar Piastri qualified second to Leclerc and ahead of the second Ferrari of Carlos Sainz.
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McLaren are to prioritise Lando Norris over team-mate Oscar Piastri in their bid to win both Formula 1 world championships this year. But team principal Andrea Stella said any actions taken to back Norris in the drivers’ title chase would happen only within the team’s principles of sportsmanship and fairness.
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Max Verstappen brought home a Red Bull 1-2 in Azerbaijan as Ferrari suffered a costly double DNF on the streets of Baku. Mercedes duo George Russell and Lewis Hamilton came home third and fourth ahead of the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly.
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took pole position ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix seeing off the Red Bull duo of Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen with the sister Ferrari of Carlos Sainz fourth.
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