Verstappen leads the 2024 drivers standings on 313 points, with Norris on 254

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Baku: McLaren’s Oscar Piastri held off pole-sitter Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari for an epic Azerbaijan Grand Prix win on Sunday with Mercedes’ George Russell in 0.33.

Piastri’s teammate Lando Norris completed fourth to reduce championship chief Red Bull’s Max Verstappen (fifth) result in fifty nine factors with seven races and 3 sprints to go.


There was late drama at the streets of Baku when Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Sergio Perez in the second Red Bull collided, the race finishing under a digital protection vehicle.

Leclerc held the lead after his fourth successive pole in Baku until lap 20 when Piastri nipped past him.

A dogfight between the Australian and the man from Monaco ensued, with Piastri holding on to claim his 2nd profession win after Hungary in July.

Verstappen, who has not received now in seven races, leads the 2024 drivers standings on 313 points, with Norris who won an additional factor for the quickest lap on 254 ahead of next weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.

McLaren overtook Red Bull in the constructor’s championship name race.