2018 Azerbaijan GP, race report: Kimi P2 and Sebastian P4

Lewis Hamilton was handed victory in a madcap finish to a chaotic, incident-strewn Azerbaijan Grand Prix in which both Red Bulls sensationally collided with each other. The pair had repeatedly clashed during the race, narrowly avoiding contact in a number of overtaking maneuvers.

Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas was on course to win after Mercedes took advantage of a late safety car to jump long-time leader Sebastian Vettel‘s Ferrari. But after Sebastian had thrown away second place with a mistake at the restart, Bottas suffered a puncture on the next lap. His two rivals out of the way, Hamilton was given victory and the championship lead on a plate after looking set to finish third.

The late safety car had been triggered by a crash between the two Red Bulls, when Daniel Ricciardo slammed into the back of team-mate Max Verstappen while trying to pass into the first corner.

Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen finished second for Scuderia Ferrari, ahead of Perez who scores the first points of the season for Force India.

2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix final results

Position	No.	Driver	Car
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2	7	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari
3	11	Sergio Perez	Force India-Mercedes
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari
5	55	Carlos Sainz Jnr	Renault
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari
7	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault
8	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes
9	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault
10	28	Brendon Hartley	Toro Rosso-Honda
11	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari
12	10	Pierre Gasly	Toro Rosso-Honda
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari
14	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes
15	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari
16	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
17	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer
18	27	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault
19	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes
20	35	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes