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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Williams have replaced Logan Sargeant with Franco Colapinto for the remaining nine rounds of the 2024 Formula 1 season. Sargeant’s second season in Formula 1 has been cut short ahead of this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, where Colapinto will make his competitive debut having previously driven for Williams in practice at the British Grand Prix in July. Williams had already confirmed Sargeant would be permanently replaced by outgoing Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz to partner Alex Albon next season, but the 23-year-old American’s huge crash in final practice at the Dutch Grand Prix appears to have been the final straw in hastening his exit.
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