Baku, Sept. 21 -- Red Bull's Max Verstappen exuded dominance and engineered a lights-to-flag victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at Baku City Circuit on Sunday ahead of George Russell and Carlos Sainz.

Verstappen wasn't displaced from the pole position throughout the race, clocking 1:33:26.408 to take the top honours. He led all 51 laps and won by over 14 seconds from Mercedes' Russell and Sainz, securing the first podium finish for Williams since 2021.

"This weekend has been incredible for us. Monza was already great, but for us to win here is fantastic. The car was working really well on both compounds. We had clean air all the time, so you could look after your tyres, and it was pretty straightforward. It's never easy around here; i...