Sergio Perez wins the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and in doing so becomes the first driver to score two wins at the Baku street circuit.
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Today's post-Sprint press conference with Sergio Perez, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen.
Following a particularly frustrating afternoon, Max Verstappen has called on F1 bosses to drop the Sprint format.
Ferrari's fears of another reliability issue during today's Sprint turned out to be something entirely different as Baku feline uses up one of its nine lives.
A total of 18 drivers will have two sets of hard tyres available, which would allow them to capitalise on any eventual neutralisations: distinctly possible on this street track.
No points today but it was a good and useful long-run practice in preparation for the race, which remains our priority.
When you start from pole and don't bring home the win, you cannot be totally satisfied with the outcome. Having said that, Charles and Carlos produced the race we expected and delivered a good result.
Fortunately, the DRS issues we have encountered throughout the event did not affect us during the Sprint.
George and Max's contact was a racing incident. One was trying to go around the outside and that is never going to be easy.
We now have a much better, in-depth understanding of the soft and medium compounds' behaviour in race conditions and that will allow us to define the best possible strategy for tomorrow.
It's been another frustrating day for the team but we are firmly focused on tomorrow's race where points are on offer.
AlphaTauri has been fined after allowing Yuki Tsunoda to rejoin the race in an unsafe condition following his first lap clash with his teammate, Nyck de Vries.