The 23-year-old Oscar Piastri’s victory enabled McLaren to replace Red Bull as leaders of the constructors’ championship, ending the champions’ two-year dominance.
McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri celebrates after winning the Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit in Baku.
The race began in warm sunshine under a cloudless sky with temperatures of 27 and 46 bathing the 6km street track. Hamilton also made early progress. By lap five, he was 15th as Leclerc led Piastri by 0.936 seconds ahead of Perez, Sainz, Verstappen and Russell. Alonso was seventh, four seconds adrift and Norris 11th.
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