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2021 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Live: As it happened.
Read our 2021 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix live coverage.
Welcome to our 2021 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix commentary.
The 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix took place on Monday June 7, 2021. Read our F1 live commentary to see the coverage as it we reported it live.
A crazy race with a great top three - Perez, Vettel and Gasly is the top three.
Top ten: Perez, Vettel, Gasly, Leclerc, Norris, Alonso, Tsunoda, Sainz, Ricciardo and Raikkonen.
Sergio Perez wins the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix ahead of Vettel and Gasly.
Hamilton is down to 16th in all this as Gasly and Leclerc battle for third...
Perez leads Vettel, Gasly, Leclerc, Norris, Alonso, Tsunoda, Sainz, Ricciardo and Raikkonen.
Hamilton's gone off at Turn 1! Disaster for the reigning world champion.
So here we go... lights out and away we go again in Baku!
The drivers are now taking the grid with two laps of racing on the cards...
The drivers are now taking the grid...
FIA confirms it will be a standing start on the grid.
The race restart will take place in just over 10 minutes.
Suggestions that the race will restart.
Horner tells Helmut Marko: "I think it is just a tyre failure. They were at the end of their life. It is the same tyre that failed on Stroll so I think it is a tyre issue."
The race has been red-flagged - will it be restarted?
Top ten under the Safety Car: Perez, Hamilton, Vettel, Gasly, Leclerc, Tsunoda, Norris, Sainz, Ricciardo and Alonso.
Big questions for Pirelli if that's another tyre failure.
The scenes in Baku... Perez leads Hamilton and Vettel now.
VERSTAPPEN IS OUT! He's suffered a tyre failure...