Oscar Piastri wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Lando Norris cuts lead

Lando Norris recovered from his qualifying disaster by pulling off a late overtake on Max Verstappen to further cut the title lead as Oscar Piastri won a pulsating Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

The British driver started from 15th as Verstappen lined up sixth but Norris pulled off a superb drive to make his tyres last before easing past the struggling Dutchman with three laps to go.

Norris finished fourth and took three points out of Verstappen's title lead, which now stands at 59 points with seven races remaining.

Piastri claimed his second Formula One victory after passing pole-sitter Charles Leclerc with a thrilling move and holding off the Ferrari driver for the rest of the race to take the win.

Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz suffered a dramatic late crash as McLaren took over the lead of the constructors' championship.

Norris arrived in the Land of Fire bidding to turn up the heat on championship leader Verstappen, having taken 16 points out of the three-time world champion's title lead across the last two races.

The 24-year-old's championship hopes suffered a huge blow when he qualified only 17th. He was promoted to 15th on the grid after Pierre Gasly was disqualified from qualifying and Lewis Hamilton started from the pit lane after being given a new engine.

Leclerc eased away off the line to keep his lead on the short run to turn one while Verstappen, who started sixth, made up a place by passing George Russell on the opening lap.

Norris started on the hard tyre and made up three places on lap one and was soon making more progress.
Having passed Yuki Tsunoda, he cruised past compatriot Oliver Bearman - on his first full weekend in F1 - to move into the top 10 within eight laps.

At the front, Leclerc shrugged off the attentions of