Formula
1 drama was at his peak in Baku as Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo both Red Bulls drivers sensationally collided with
each other to hand lucky Lewis Hamilton his first victory of the season at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Hamilton was
given victory and the championship lead on a plate after looking set to finish
third.
In four races
there have been three different winners from three teams, Valtteri
Bottas was on course to win after Mercedes took advantage of a late safety car
to jump long-time leader Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari, but after Vettel had
thrown away second place with a mistake at the restart, Bottas suffered a
puncture on the next lap.
Max
Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have been told to apologise to Red Bull's 800
staff after they took each other out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at 220mph.The
pair's mutually race-ending shunt was the fifth time they had gone
wheel-to-wheel in Baku. And, after touching tyres earlier in the afternoon,
their final collision had an air of inevitability about it.
Lewis Hamilton took his first race win since
October and only led on the final two
laps after team-mate Valtteri Bottas suffered dramatic late puncture, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel are for now comfortably clear
of the rest on points, Hamilton needed his win in Baku badly,
after a generally underwhelming start to the season from him and his team and
no victories for the world champion since the US Grand Prix last
October.
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