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The Lap 47 restart saw Verstappen lead away but struggle to build up a gap to Leclerc. Perez took the opportunity to pit for new mediums from P4, emerging there, with hard-shod Verstappen, Leclerc and Sainz ahead.

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That was until the Lap 41 caution, a VSC-turned-Safety Car triggered by a clash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris, which sent the McLaren driver into a spin as his right-rear tyre ripped off.

READ MORE: Verstappen elated with 'comeback' win in Miami – but calls on Red Bull to iron out 'hit and miss' weekends It seemed that Verstappen would cruise to victory in front of Miami Gardens’ marina… The Ferrari driver lost the lead to his rival on the main straight at the start of Lap 9 of 57 and pitted from mediums to hards on Lap 24, causing Verstappen to react with his stop two laps later. Red Bull’s reigning champion took P2 off Carlos Sainz into Turn 1 at the start, and soon began to close in on Leclerc. 4 – Fernando Alonso Aston Martin +22.Max Verstappen won the first ever Miami Grand Prix, having pried the lead off Ferrari’s pole-sitter Charles Leclerc early in the race, and defended it in an enthralling late-race battle.recommendsīaku GP: Street magician Sergio Perez holds off Max Verstappen to winį1 had ‘lucky escape’ as FIA confirm investigation into Esteban Ocon pitlane incident 2023 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Results (Classification): Fortunately, Ocon was able to reach his pit box without incident. The race was overshadowed by a dramatic late-race incident when Esteban Ocon, pitting on the final lap to conform with the regulations demanding a pit-stop, came barreling into the pitlane only to find photographers and marshals blocking his path. Repeating his Saudi Arabian GP feat of holding off his illustrious teammate, Perez came home as victor ahead of Verstappen and Leclerc, with Fernando Alonso claiming fourth for Aston Martin. The Dutch driver quickly cleared Leclerc but, for the entire remaining 40 laps, was powerless against Perez’s pace. Verstappen was immediately brought in for fresh tyres, but the Safety Car took a further lap to be deployed.Īs a result, with Perez pitting a lap later, the Mexican driver came out in front of Leclerc and Verstappen. The AlphaTauri driver clipped the inside wall of Turn 5 and couldn’t turn into the next corner, forcing him to come to a halt at the side of the track. Perez took a few more laps to overtake Leclerc to set up a Red Bull 1-2, and had closed to within DRS range of Verstappen when the race was interrupted by an incident involving Nyck de Vries. With the reigning World Champion starting from second on the grid, he stalked pole-sitter Charles Leclerc for the first three laps of the race before overtaking the Ferrari heading down the main straight. Perez came out on top of a pedestrian race on the streets of Baku, with the Mexican driver benefitting from a Safety Car intervention that took Max Verstappen out of the lead.

Red Bull have claimed a 1-2 in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Sergio Perez leading home teammate Max Verstappen.