{"id":5732,"date":"2026-09-26T14:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2026-09-26T14:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T14:59:20","slug":"russell-edges-out-verstappen-to-win-in-baku-antonelli-settles-for-fifth-motorsports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=5732","title":{"rendered":"Russell edges out Verstappen to win in Baku, Antonelli settles for fifth | Motorsports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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George Russell wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix for eighth career F1 victory and first since the Austrian Grand Prix in June.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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George Russell held off Red Bull\u2019s four-time world champion Max Verstappen to complete a lights-to-flag win in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Mercedes, with teammate Kimi Antonelli limiting the damage to his championship lead by finishing fifth.<\/p>\n

Russell took the flag 0.196 seconds ahead of the flying Dutchman, who started eighth but crossed the line nearly side-by-side with his Mercedes rival after two safety car phases turned a cruise into a fight for survival for the Briton.<\/p>\n

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Frenchman Isack Hadjar, who was handed a contract extension by Red Bull earlier this week and had missed the last three races with a wrist injury, completed the podium on his racing return.<\/p>\n

The win around the Baku street track was the eighth of Russell\u2019s career, the third of the season and his first since the Austrian Grand Prix<\/a> at the end of June.<\/p>\n

It allowed him to close the gap in the overall standings to Italian championship leader Antonelli by 15 points to 66 after 15 rounds.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to be back on the top step of the podium,\u201d said Russell.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery race since the (summer) break I\u2019ve gone from strength to strength and I feel more like myself again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Antonelli had started 16th after a rare error saw him crash out of Friday\u2019s qualifying.<\/p>\n

His drive on Saturday was less like his Monza charge<\/a> \u2014 where he went from 19th to first \u2014 and more of a slow-burn recovery.<\/p>\n

Charles Leclerc took fourth for Ferrari ahead of the 20-year-old Italian. His seven-time world champion teammate Lewis Hamilton was sixth.<\/p>\n

Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad finished seventh. Esteban Ocon took eighth ahead of teammate Oliver Bearman in a double points finish for Haas.<\/p>\n

Carlos Sainz rounded out the top 10 for Williams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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