Formula 1 today

The Baku City Circuit is renowned for throwing up drama aplenty – and today it also produced some pretty amazing numbers, helped in no large part by race ...

• With P3, Mercedes’ George Russell maintained his record as the only driver to score in every race this season. • For Russell it was his third podium finish of the year (he was also third in Australia and Spain). • With P8, McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo secured only his second points finish in a Grand Prix this year (he was 6th in the Australian Grand Prix, as well as sixth in the Imola F1 Sprint). • With P11, Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas missed the points for only the second time this season (he failed to finish in Saudi Arabia). • With Perez in P2, Red Bull claimed the 20th one-two finish in their history and their third one-two finish in the last five races, after only claiming one in the previous eight seasons (Malaysia 2016). • Today’s victory means Red Bull have won five races in a row for only the third time in their history (Sebastian Vettel won nine in a row for them in 2013; Verstappen and Sergio Perez won five in a row between them in 2021).