Piastri emerges victorious in Azerbaijan GP

Oscar Piastri

Oscar Piastri delivered a cool performance on and off the track on Sunday after his measured drive to win a tense and dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix lifted McLaren past Red Bull in the race for the constructors' championship.

His win ended Red Bull's more than two-year domination and confirmed that McLaren are now the team to beat having outscored all their rivals in the last seven races.

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In a battle of attrition on the fast and technical 6km Baku street circuit, the 23-year-old Australian drove with control and aplomb to beat Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who started on pole for the fourth consecutive year.

George Russell, profiting from a late crash involving Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, finished third for Mercedes. Perez had attempted to pass Leclerc before tangling with Sainz in a collision that left both drivers furious after hitting the wall on the penultimate lap. The crash damaged both cars, ending their involvement and triggering a Virtual Safety Car finish to the race.

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