There was no shortage of drama on Grand Prix Sunday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where Max Verstappen emerged victorious, and Carlos Sainz scored his first Williams podium.<\/p>\n
Ferrari meanwhile became a key talking point of the race when Lewis Hamilton<\/a> failed to execute a swap of positions with Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc. All this and more as we take a fast-paced look through the major headlines from Baku.<\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton involved in Ferrari team order drama<\/p>\n Leclerc obliged with Ferrari\u2019s request to let Hamilton through, in order to attack the trio of Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda and Lando Norris in the closing stages. Hamilton was on the fresher tyres.<\/p>\n Hamilton could not make any overtakes and was asked to let Leclerc back through into eighth. That did not happen, despite Hamilton slowing and moving aside in the approach to the line.<\/p>\n Hamilton said he was too in the zone, and having failed to back off enough, apologised to Leclerc.<\/p>\n Read more \u2013 Lewis Hamilton at centre of Ferrari team orders in untelevised Baku GP radio call<\/a><\/p>\n Charles Leclerc suggests \u2018rules not respected\u2019 by Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n Fortunately, Leclerc was totally unfazed by what went down, considering it was only a P8 finish at stake.<\/p>\n However, he would hope for a different outcome if \u201csexier positions\u201d were up for grabs in future, having alluded to the rules not being respected by Hamilton.<\/p>\n Read more \u2013 Leclerc suggests \u2018rules not respected\u2019 in Lewis Hamilton Baku team orders breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Piastri to escape grid penalty<\/p>\n It was a nightmare Azerbaijan Grand Prix for Drivers\u2019 Championship<\/a> leader in Oscar Piastri. Following on from his Q3 crash, Piastri suffered a false start, then crashed out on the opening lap of the race.<\/p>\n Piastri was given a five-second penalty for the false start, but despite having not served it, the punishment will not carry over into Singapore.<\/p>\n Read more \u2013 Explained: Why Oscar Piastri will escape a Singapore GP grid penalty<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Piastri wary of Max Verstappen threat<\/p>\n While it was a \u201cmessy\u201d race weekend for Piastri, Max Verstappen\u2019s was anything but. Back-to-back poles and victories has breathed fresh life into the season for Verstappen and Red Bull.<\/p>\n Verstappen has delivered his trademark disappearing act out front two weekends in a row, leading some to ask the question of whether he still has a sniff of winning World Championship<\/a> number five. Piastri is not \u201cgoing to rule him out\u201d of the conversation.<\/p>\n