Motor racing-Perez wins in Baku after Verstappen crashes out


Formula One F1 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan - June 6, 2021 Red Bull's Sergio Perez celebrates with sparkling wine on the podium after winning the race Pool via REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

(Reuters) -Mexican Sergio Perez won a dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday after a tyre blowout denied championship-leading team mate Max Verstappen certain victory and Lewis Hamilton botched the re-start and failed to score.

The outcome of a rollercoaster afternoon in Baku left the top of the standings unchanged, with Verstappen still four points clear of Mercedes' seven times world champion Hamilton after six races.

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