F1: Sergio Perez wins dramatic Azerbaijan GP after Max Verstappen crashes, Lewis Hamilton runs off monitor

F1: In a dramatic race at Baku, Red Bull’s Sergio Perez completed on the highest step of the rostrum after his teammate and Championship chief Max Verstappen crashed when main within the forty seventh lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. F1: Max Verstappen was livid after he crashed in Baku on Sunday (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSergio Perez received the Azerbaijan GP for Red Bull on SundayChampionship chief Max Verstappen crashed from lead with 4 laps to go2-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel completed 2nd, Pierre Gasly was thirdSergio Perez received his second Formula One race on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a dramatic end to the race in Baku. Driver Championship chief and Perez’s Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen crashed with simply 4 laps to go, resulting in a restart on Sunday.Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, in the meantime, went astray whereas making an attempt to win the race on the standing restart within the two-lap shootout.Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel took second for Aston Martin after a formidable drive after qualifying eleventh. Pierre Gasly was third for AlphaTauri.Verstappen livid after crashIt was not the best weekend for Verstappen, who additionally suffered a crash throughout remaining apply on Saturday. Verstappen was 4 laps away from a second consecutive victory Sunday when his Red Bull out of the blue slammed onerous into the wall with a puncture to his left rear tire. The Dutchman climbed from his automotive, inspected the tire and kicked it in anger earlier than stomping off in disgust over the race-changing failure.Red Bull was livid over a second failure of a Pirelli tire within the race and requested for a stoppage to permit tire modifications for security causes. Lance Stroll had crashed earlier within the race after his personal surprising tire failure.Hamilton goes off monitorFormula One red-flagged the race and introduced the sphere to pit lane earlier than deciding to renew with a standing begin for a two-lap dash to the end.Perez was the chief however Hamilton shot previous him in his try and win the race and reclaim the factors lead from Verstappen. But he did not brake within the first nook and his Mercedes slid off monitor. Hamilton dropped to fifteenth, snapping a streak of 54 consecutive races of incomes a factors place end.”So sorry, guys,” he advised the crew.Sunday’s race was the second red-flagged F1 spherical of the 12 months after Valtteri Bottas and George Russell crashed at Imola in April, and the longest suspension since a fiery crash for Romain Grosjean in Bahrain final 12 months brought about the race to be stopped for greater than an hour.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.