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Winners and losers from F1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix street brawl

Not for the first time, Baku was the epitome of a race of two halves. A flavourless main course washed down with an indulgent dessert, triggered by a mid-race pair of safety cars. With one dab of the brake pedal, the lap 36 restart melee doubled the number of candidates for the loser category, while the list of winners boasts a number of unlikely heroes. Winner: George Russell Things got a ...…

Winners and losers from F1's Azerbaijan Grand Prix street brawl

George Russell won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, holding off Max Verstappen by one-tenth of a second. According to Gulf News and The Citizen, Russell started from pole position and built an 11-second lead before safety cars allowed Verstappen to catch up. On the final lap, Verstappen chased Russell, getting close enough for a last lunge on Turn 15, but Russell held him off.

The race was marked by two mid-race crashes. As reported by The Citizen, on lap 35, Alex Albon drove his Williams into a wall, bringing out the safety car. At the restart, Franco Colapinto lunged up the inside but ran out of space, pushing Alpine team-mate Pierre Gasly into Lando Norris in a McLaren.

Isack Hadjar finished third in the other Red Bull, with Charles Leclerc fourth for Ferrari and Kimi Antonelli fifth. According to Gulf News and The Citizen, Antonelli had started from 16th after a crash in qualifying but climbed through the field to finish fifth, cutting Russell's championship lead.

Brief written by urgent.news from Motorsport.com, Gulf News, The Citizen, SB Nation — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.

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