Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel had looked set to turn pole position into a victory until a second Safety Car intervention left him lunging to pass Bottas and locking-up. The German finished fourth behind the triumphant Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen in the second Ferrari and Mexican Sergio Perez of Force India. The race was heavily punctuated by accidents which included one in which the two Red Bulls of Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen collided while fighting for fourth place in the closing stages.That was unbelievably dramatic!
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) April 29, 2018
Lewis Hamilton has come from nowhere to win the Azerbaijan GP.
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Hamilton leads the world championship on 70 points, four clear of Vettel. Carlos Sainz finished fifth for Renault and Charles Leclerc sixth for Sauber, his first points finish. Fernando Alonso finished seventh for McLaren ahead of Canadian Lance Stroll of Williams, Stoffel Vandoorne in the second McLaren and New Zealand’s Brendon Hartley of Toro Rosso.Drama in the final 11 laps of the #AzerbaijanGP ?
— BBC 5 live Sport (@5liveSport) April 29, 2018
?Red Bulls crash
?Safety Car deployed
?Grosjean crashes during safety car
?️Hamilton: 'Race should end'
?Race restarted
?Vettel locks front tyres
?Bottas rear tyre blow-out
?Hamilton wins first race of the season pic.twitter.com/4JyvPSyGtq
RACE REPORT: Lewis Hamilton takes the lead of the world championship after chaotic #AzerbaijanGP
— Sky Sports F1 ? (@SkySportsF1) April 29, 2018
Sebastian Vettel locks up, Valtteri Bottas suffers puncture, Red Bulls collide...https://t.co/5MusVzD79f #SkyF1 pic.twitter.com/YtqZFdZ9En
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