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Verstappen high-speed crash hands Perez win, Hamilton botches restart

Sergio Perez won an extraordinarily dramatic Azerbaijan GP for Red Bull after team-mate Max Verstappen lost a certain victory in a high-speed accident five laps from the end, and Lewis Hamilton botched the subsequent restart. After Aston Martin's Lance Stroll had already suffered an accident when his left-rear tyre suddenly let go at around 200mph on the long main straight, Verstappen's afternoon suffered a similarly scary conclusion. Verstappen was headed for a key victory and stretch his title lead over Hamilton to 15 points when his own left-rear tyre suddenly let go and slammed into the outside wall on the pit straight as he ended lap 46. Kicking the problematic tyre as he exited the...
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