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Formula 1

Azerbaijan Grand Prix race day

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By: Geoff Creighton

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Here is our report from an absolutely bonkers race. Keep up with all the fallout on Autosport.com and Motorsport.com tonight and from Monday onwards, and we'll see you again for the Spanish Grand Prix:

Lewis Hamilton gets Baku F1 win amid chaos, Red Bulls collide

Lewis Hamilton stole Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory from Valtteri Bottas after a safety car caused by the Red Bull Formula 1 drivers colliding set up a dramatic Baku finish

Lewis Hamilton gets Baku F1 win amid chaos, Red Bulls collide
 
It's fair to say that by Hamilton's standards these are subdued victory celebrations. He's won enough races to know when one has come about more through luck than blowing everyone away. They're all worth the same number of points though!
 
 
 
Raikkonen: "I was inside [Ocon] and he didn't see me. It wasn't ideal, the start, but I was lucky I didn't come off worse. Difficult race after that, trying to come back. I struggled with the tyres, just tried to play the long game and stay there. It paid off."
 
Hamilton: "Quite an emotional race to be honest. Valtteri deserved to have the win, also Sebastian did a great job. It was very fortunate today, so it feels a bit odd to be here."
 
Perez: "The last two laps were the best of my career, with Sebastian behind. I was trying to keep close to Raikkonen to make sure Sebastian didn't get close enough."
Here's a new one - we're getting the post-race interviews before the podium. The drivers are going to speak in parc ferme.
Screams of jubilation on the Sauber radio as Leclerc celebrates sixth place in the Sauber. Bless him, he even then apologises for using a "bad word".
<a href='https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AzarbaijanGP&src=hash'>#AzarbaijanGP</a> ends with <a href='https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Kimi7&src=hash'>#Kimi7</a> P2 and <a href='https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Seb5&src=hash'>#Seb5</a> P4, a win compromised by the safety cars <a href=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Db9JV7dXkAAcOdR.jpg"/>

#AzarbaijanGP ends with #Kimi7 P2 and #Seb5 P4, a win compromised by the safety cars https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Db9JV7dXkAAcOdR.jpg
 
"Unbelievable guys - we did it once again! Once again! Once again!" says Perez. "It is not a coincidence that we are always there." We were just thinking the same, Force India and Perez have a habit of picking up the scraps from the big teams when a podium is on the table.
Retirements: Bottas, Grosjean, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Hulkenberg, Ocon, Sirotkin
Result: 1 Hamilton; 2 Raikkonen; 3 Perez; 4 Vettel; 5 Sainz; 6 Leclerc; 7 Alonso; 8 Stroll; 9 Vandoorne; 10 Hartley; 11 Ericsson; 12 Gasly; 13 Magnussen
Raikkonen takes second, and Perez holds off Vettel!
Lewis Hamilton wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix!
An incident between Gasly and Magnussen - which mean explain why Magnussen went from the points to the back at the restart - will be investigated after the race.
Perez is going to need a very good exit from Turn 16 to prevent Vettel from towing past him on the long run to the flag.
 
Alonso and Stroll are having a massive battle over seventh place, which is giving Leclerc ahead in sixth a bit of peace.
Hamilton leads by nearly three seconds from Raikkonen. All eyes on the battle for third: Perez v Vettel.
The last lap begins, and Vettel has got back on with it. He's tucked under the rear wing of Perez now. Can he break Force India hearts?
Replays show Bottas ran over a pretty big piece of debris on the start/finish straight to cause that instant tyre blowout.
Vandoorne has come from 14th at the restart to ninth.
Hamilton continues to pull away from Raikkonen.
 
Vettel has regained his composure and got back onto Perez's tail for third.
 
Sainz gets down the outside of Leclerc into Turn 1 and takes fifth from the Sauber.
Hamilton leads Raikkonen by two seconds with two laps to go.
"Oh my god! It just blew up on me," says Bottas, who is out of the race.
Vettel will now come under pressure from Leclerc for fourth.
This race has fallen into Hamilton's lap!
 
It's a right-rear puncture for Bottas. That must be because of debris, as those tyres are only eight laps old.
Perez sweeps past the flatspotted Vettel and into what becomes third as Bottas slows.
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