It's now less than 45 minutes until the F1 AzerbaijanGP is due to begin. Can Charles Leclerc defy the Red Bulls this time? Follow our live text coverage to find out:
Photo by: Andy Hone / Motorsport ImagesThe podium trio get busy with the fizzy, Perez getting a face full from Verstappen. That's probably the only thing that's gone wrong for the Mexican in the last 24 hours!The Mexican anthem plays on the podium for Perez's win, as he beats his chest with his fist. That one meant a lot.Leclerc takes the middle winners' seat in the cooldown room, but when Perez arrives he offers to move over, but the Mexican declines.
Not for long, as Alonso sets the fastest lap of the race with a 1m44.541s to close to 2.7s off Leclerc.Verstappen shaves Perez's lead to just under three seconds, as he sets a new fastest lap of 1m44.566s to take back that fastest lap bonus point.Piastri is now the latest to pass the ailing Hulkenberg. This strategy gamble isn't really paying off for the Haas man.
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